Sinopsis
Podcast produced by the Painting and Decorating Contractors of America (PDCA). Join Chris Shank, PDCA Education Director, as he interviews industry experts on how to build stronger businesses.Founded in 1884, the PDCA is the only national trade association dedicated to the success of painting and decorating contractors through ethics, education and excellence. Today, PDCA is recognized and supported by many industry manufacturers and suppliers as the premier organization committed to helping professional painting and decorating contractors improve their business.
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Profit Share to Prosperity: Elite Business Advice
05/08/2024 Duración: 29minFind More Episodes on PCA Overdrive: https://www.pcaoverdrive.org/elite-business-advice PCA Overdrive is free for members. Not a member? Download the app on the Apple Store or Google Play and enjoy a 7 day free trial! Become a member: https://www.pcapainted.org/membership-resources/ The best way to create alignment within your company is to incentivize everyone for the behaviors you want/need from them! This can come from efficiency bonuses or performance bonuses for certain deliverables/metrics. In today’s episode we talk with Brandon Lazar, Founder of BonusUP and NinjaVA, to discuss how he’s seen this concept revolutionize a home service business. Visit www.bonusup.com or www.ninjava.com to learn more about both businesses we discussed on today’s episode. Enter Elite100 on NinjaVA to get $100 off! Tired of running around non-stop during your busy season already? Schedule a free business analysis meeting at www.elitebusinessadvisors.com to see how we can help! For more details on the Elite Business Re
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If You Do Jobs Less Than $2000 Listen To This: Contractor Evolution
05/08/2024 Duración: 01h09minFind More Episodes on PCA Overdrive: https://www.pcaoverdrive.org/contractor-evolution PCA Overdrive is free for members. Not a member? Download the app on the Apple Store or Google Play and enjoy a 7 day free trial! Become a member: https://www.pcapainted.org/membership-resources/ To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/pca-ce Small Average Job-size businesses (or small AJS for short) have a unique set of obstacles to growth that most other contractors never have to confront. If you’re a junk removal business, do landscape maintenance, window cleaning, pressure washing, gutter cleaning, Christmas lights, or are a service plumber or electrician, you’ll know what I’m talking about. Scaling to a million a year, $500 a time, is no small feat. Basic napkin math reveals a lot of jobs for a lot of clients. Barry Hartman is the co-founder of 505 Junk, a pay-by-weight junk removal business here in Vancouver. Since 2011, he’s worked relentlessly to crack the code on small AJS g
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Conflict Resolution & Subcontractor Management: Conversation w/ Dmitriy Ivanchuk: Painted Show
05/08/2024 Duración: 01h09minFind More Episodes on PCA Overdrive: https://www.pcaoverdrive.org/painted-show PCA Overdrive is free for members. Not a member? Download the app on the Apple Store or Google Play and enjoy a 7 day free trial! Become a member: https://www.pcapainted.org/membership-resources/ Join your host, Torlando Hakes, on The PaintED Show as he sits down with Dmitriy Ivanchuk, the founder of Hey Pros, a cutting-edge subcontractor management software. In this episode, we delve into the often challenging world of conflict resolution when working with subcontractors. Dmitriy, drawing from his extensive experience in the construction industry, shares valuable insights on how to proactively prevent conflicts from arising in the first place. We discuss practical strategies for addressing disagreements and misunderstandings when they do occur, ensuring a swift and amicable resolution for all parties involved. But we don't stop there! Dmitriy also reveals his secrets to optimizing contractor workflows through effective projec
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Tiffany Freer: Women in Paint
05/08/2024 Duración: 44minFind More Episodes on PCA Overdrive: https://www.pcaoverdrive.org/women-in-paint PCA Overdrive is free for members. Not a member? Download the app on the Apple Store or Google Play and enjoy a 7 day free trial! Become a member: https://www.pcapainted.org/membership-resources/
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8th Anniversary show The Roast of Nick Slavik: Ask A Painter
05/08/2024 Duración: 01h15minFind More Episodes on PCA Overdrive: https://www.pcaoverdrive.org/ask-a-painter PCA Overdrive is free for members. Not a member? Download the app on the Apple Store or Google Play and enjoy a 7 day free trial! Become a member: https://www.pcapainted.org/membership-resources/ PCA member companies are 15x larger, more profitable and more stable than the average painting company. How did they do this? @PCA's Business Training: https://www.pcapainted.org/business-training/ Upcoming Events: -Syracuse, NY Master's Class 17 May 24 - contact your SW rep to attend! -New Hampshire Master's Class 24 May 24 - contact your SW rep to attend! -The Retreat w Nick Slavik Summer l - 13-16 Aug - more info to follow! -Tom Reber's Mile High Profit Summit - 19 Sep 24 - more to follow! -SoCal // SurfPrep Master's Class - 27 Sep 24 - more info to follow! -Gathering of MN Painters / SW / Graco Master's Class - 6 Dec 24 Link to the PCA's event page (updates coming soon!): https://www.pcapainted.org/events/ Want a LIVE Masters Cl
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PCA Expo Location Announcement, Ask me Anything, Any Question, Any Topic: Ask A Painter
05/08/2024 Duración: 27minFind More Episodes on PCA Overdrive: https://www.pcaoverdrive.org/ask-a-painter PCA Overdrive is free for members. Not a member? Download the app on the Apple Store or Google Play and enjoy a 7 day free trial! Become a member: https://www.pcapainted.org/membership-resources/ PCA member companies are 15x larger, more profitable and more stable than the average painting company. How did they do this? @PCA's Business Training: https://www.pcapainted.org/business-training/ Upcoming Events: -Syracuse, NY Master's Class 17 May 24 - contact your SW rep to attend! -New Hampshire Master's Class 24 May 24 - contact your SW rep to attend! -The Retreat w Nick Slavik Summer l - 13-16 Aug - more info to follow! -Tom Reber's Mile High Profit Summit - 19 Sep 24 - more to follow! -SoCal // SurfPrep Master's Class - 27 Sep 24 - more info to follow! -Gathering of MN Painters / SW / Graco Master's Class - 6 Dec 24 Link to the PCA's event page (updates coming soon!): https://www.pcapainted.org/events/ Want a LIVE Masters Cl
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Hacking It as a Team: Elite Business Advice
05/08/2024 Duración: 38minFind More Episodes on PCA Overdrive: https://www.pcaoverdrive.org/elite-business-advice PCA Overdrive is free for members. Not a member? Download the app on the Apple Store or Google Play and enjoy a 7 day free trial! Become a member: https://www.pcapainted.org/membership-resources/ Growth is hard. It’s hardest when you’re alone, and only slightly less difficult when you have a team. One could argue that growth as a team is a challenge in itself because you have differing opinions, personalities and perspectives. In today’s episode, we chat with our advisor team to share what we’ve learned in the past year of growing Elite Business Advisors together and the principles that translate over to your painting company. Searching for help in growing your team or business? Schedule a free business analysis meeting at www.elitebusinessadvisors.com For more details on the Elite Business Retreat mentioned in the intro, visit www.elitebusinessadvisors.com/retreat!
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The 4 Phases Of Contractor Growth: Contractor Evolution
05/08/2024 Duración: 25minFind More Episodes on PCA Overdrive: https://www.pcaoverdrive.org/contractor-evolution PCA Overdrive is free for members. Not a member? Download the app on the Apple Store or Google Play and enjoy a 7 day free trial! Become a member: https://www.pcapainted.org/membership-resources/ To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/pca-ce Growing your construction, trades, or home services business is no easy task. You’ve got: - Tricky customers - Shrinking labor market - Cash flow crunches - Fly-by nighters who constantly underbid you …It's brutal. So it helps to know which stage of growth you are at, which comes next, and how to get there faster. This is why, after working with over 1,500 businesses, we’ve studied and developed the 4 Contractor Growth Phases. Curious about which phase you’re in? Listen to the full episode to find out! 00:00 - Intro 02:28 - Operator 10:59 - Manager 15:19 - Leader 22:32 - Strategist Subscribe to Breakthrough Academy to never miss a video!
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Kevin Virgin, Ace Pro Painters: Women in Paint
05/08/2024 Duración: 39minFind More Episodes on PCA Overdrive: https://www.pcaoverdrive.org/women-in-paint PCA Overdrive is free for members. Not a member? Download the app on the Apple Store or Google Play and enjoy a 7 day free trial! Become a member: https://www.pcapainted.org/membership-resources/
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Live Q&A with Jason Paris at the Gathering of Florida Painters: Ask A Painter
05/08/2024 Duración: 34minFind More Episodes on PCA Overdrive: https://www.pcaoverdrive.org/ask-a-painter PCA Overdrive is free for members. Not a member? Download the app on the Apple Store or Google Play and enjoy a 7 day free trial! Become a member: https://www.pcapainted.org/membership-resources/ PCA member companies are 15x larger, more profitable and more stable than the average painting company. How did they do this? @PCA's Business Training: https://www.pcapainted.org/business-training/ Upcoming Events: -Syracuse, NY Master's Class 17 May 24 - contact your SW rep to attend! -New Hampshire Master's Class 24 May 24 - contact your SW rep to attend! -The Retreat w Nick Slavik Summer l - 13-16 Aug - more info to follow! -Tom Reber's Mile High Profit Summit - 19 Sep 24 - more to follow! -SoCal // SurfPrep Master's Class - 27 Sep 24 - more info to follow! -Gathering of MN Painters / SW / Graco Master's Class - 6 Dec 24 Link to the PCA's event page (updates coming soon!): https://www.pcapainted.org/events/ Want a LIVE Masters Cl
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These 7 Mistakes Will Wreck Painters In 2024: Painter Marketing Mastermind
05/08/2024 Duración: 01h25minFind More Episodes on PCA Overdrive: https://www.pcaoverdrive.org/painter-marketing-mastermind PCA Overdrive is free for members. Not a member? Download the app on the Apple Store or Google Play and enjoy a 7 day free trial! Become a member: https://www.pcapainted.org/membership-resources/ In this Masterclass Training conducted by Painter Marketing Pros and The Academy for Professional Painting Contractors, Brandon Pierpont and Brandon Lewis dive into some major economic shifts underway in the painting industry and what companies need to do to thrive. Out of control inflation, new and ongoing wars, and an intense election year are all impacting the painting landscape. Listen to the 7 dangerous mistakes that will wreck (average) painters in 2024, and what steps you need to take to not only survive, but also to thrive in this uncertainty!
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Conflict Resolution & Subcontractor Management: Conversation w/ Dmitriy Ivanchuk: PaintED Podcast
03/06/2024 Duración: 01h09minJoin your host, Torlando Hakes, on The PaintED Show as he sits down with Dmitriy Ivanchuk, the founder of Hey Pros, a cutting-edge subcontractor management software. In this episode, we delve into the often challenging world of conflict resolution when working with subcontractors. Dmitriy, drawing from his extensive experience in the construction industry, shares valuable insights on how to proactively prevent conflicts from arising in the first place. We discuss practical strategies for addressing disagreements and misunderstandings when they do occur, ensuring a swift and amicable resolution for all parties involved. But we don't stop there! Dmitriy also reveals his secrets to optimizing contractor workflows through effective project management techniques. Discover how leveraging technology and streamlined processes can significantly reduce the likelihood of conflicts while boosting overall efficiency and productivity on your projects. Whether you're a seasoned contractor or just starting out, this episo
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BarBoB From Cologne At The 2024 German Decorating Show: Brothers of the Brush
15/05/2024 Duración: 39minNowtheeen were back! Join me as we bring you this bonus episode of the BoBcast, Bar BoB. Where we are joined by various guests that drop in to chat relevant topics, chat crap, and generally get stuff off their chest in a bar-like atmosphere. In this episode, we are at the 2024 decorating show in the beautiful city of Cologne, Germany. Also known as FAF - FARBE, AUSBAU & FASSADE the exhibitors at show don't generally sell products, It's more of a trade show/exhibition showing all new ideas and innovations where suppliers can network and meet companies. In this installment, we sit down at a cafe with my travel companions for a catch up, about cologne itself and the show. If you ever fancy dropping by look out for the notifications on Brothers of the Brush Instagram . You should still know the drill by, get a brew, pin back your lugs and give it a listen and give us (@brothersofthebrushinsta, Mark,Kyle,Callum) your feedback by hash-tagging #bobcast on Insta and well give you a shout-out back. In this episod
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Driven By Family & Faith: Los Pintores
15/05/2024 Duración: 01h06minWe appreciate and thank Luis for allowing us to share his passion not only with his company but with his family as well & holding his values true to this day alongside with his beliefs at home as well as his beliefs out on the field. Be sure to leave a like and comment down below your favorite part from this episode! Don’t forget to leave a like! Comment & subscribe to show your support
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Ask Us Anything Closing Rates, Sundries In Job Costing... Elite Business Advice
15/05/2024 Duración: 24minWe’re back with another Ask Us Anything episode! On today’s episode, here are a few topics we’re covering: - New construction margins - Closing rate when it comes to commercial and residential bids - Sundries % in job costing - Costing with Cabinets - Admin Hiring Have a question you want us to cover on a future episode? Email us at Chris@elitebusinessadvisors.com or DM us on our social accounts: @Elitebusinessadvisors Looking for a community of people to bounce ideas off of and someone to be there to help you navigate your growth and questions? Schedule a free business analysis meeting with us at www.elitebusinessadvisors.com Find More Episodes on PCA Overdrive: https://www.pcaoverdrive.org/elite-business-advice PCA Overdrive is free for members. Not a member? Download the app on the Apple Store or Google Play and enjoy a 7 day free trial! Become a member: https://www.pcapainted.org/membership-resources/
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James Williams' Near Death Experience: Contractor Evolution
15/05/2024 Duración: 01h10minTo learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/pca-ce We spend a lot of time on this show on systems, best practices, and tactics. But Today’s conversation is a human one. Our very own BTA Member, Brady Williams of Ox Glass, went through one of the most terrifying and harrowing experiences you will ever hear about. On June 8th, 2023, while Brady was at a business retreat thousands of miles away, his son James (back home in Utah) fell backward off a third-story balcony straight onto his head. Shattering his skull, puncturing his lung, and damaging a number of other vital organs. He was given minimal chances of survival. Even if that did happen, James's normal life was completely off the table. If you want systems or tactics, come back next week. Today’s conversation is about James' miraculous battle for survival, Brady’s experience as a father, and how the OX Glass Team rallied around to support a family in their time of need. 00:00 - Intro 04:43 - The Night Of The Accid
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Decoding Branding With Amanda Nagy: PaintED Podcast
15/05/2024 Duración: 57minEver wonder how some companies just seem to resonate with the perfect customer? Our guest, Amanda Nagy from the amazing Finn & Grey, knows the secret: it's all about branding! On this episode of PaintED, Torlando chats with Amanda about the power of branding in a super chill way. We'll break down how to use branding to attract your ideal customer and even boost your marketing efforts (without all the jargon). So, ditch the boring business talk and get ready to PaintED with some actionable branding tips - perfect for entrepreneurs and anyone who wants to stand out from the crowd (and maybe make some more sales along the way). https://finnandgray.com/home-services/ Find More Episodes on PCA Overdrive: https://www.pcaoverdrive.org/painted-show PCA Overdrive is free for members. Not a member? Download the app on the Apple Store or Google Play and enjoy a 7 day free trial! Become a member: https://www.pcapainted.org/membership-resources/
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Using Slack As A Production Tool: Women In Paint
15/05/2024 Duración: 24minFind More Episodes on PCA Overdrive: https://www.pcaoverdrive.org/videos/using-slack-as-a-production-tool PCA Overdrive is free for members. Not a member? Download the app on the Apple Store or Google Play and enjoy a 7 day free trial! Become a member: https://www.pcapainted.org/membership-resources/
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Three Financial Principles To Live By: Elite Business Advice
15/05/2024 Duración: 31minThere is so much information on finances in the world via social media and podcasts, some of it is great advice and others not as much. We wanted to share 3 principles that have withstood the test of time, and proven to be great principles to live by in both your business and personal lives. These aren’t the only principles we’d suggest, but 3 common ones that have come up a lot with our clients recently! Need help achieving your financial goals for your business or another perspective? Schedule a free business analysis meeting with us at www.elitebusinessadvisors.com! Find More Episodes on PCA Overdrive: https://www.pcaoverdrive.org/elite-business-advice PCA Overdrive is free for members. Not a member? Download the app on the Apple Store or Google Play and enjoy a 7 day free trial! Become a member: https://www.pcapainted.org/membership-resources/
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Planning Your Goals For A New Year: Scott Lollar's Podcast
07/05/2024 Duración: 19minFind More Episodes on PCA Overdrive: https://www.pcaoverdrive.org/beyond-1m-podcast PCA Overdrive is free for members. Not a member? Download the app on the Apple Store or Google Play and enjoy a 7 day free trial! Become a member: https://www.pcapainted.org/membership-resources/