New bids

It is that time of the year, the weather is starting to show some signs of getting warmer. People are starting to look at the outside of their homes, and call for bids.

Now is the time to ask for your bid, even if you will need to wait until later in the year to have the work completed.

It is always good to know what it will cost, then you will be able to plan and reserve your time.
We will be happy to help you!!

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The Weather!!

How can I talk about anything else? I was very luck and able to be outside most of the day today and honestly I think that is enough said. 73 beautiful degrees!!

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Is anyone else tired of the high cost of advertising?

We have tried many different methods of advertising. With mixed results our efforts have included the:

Yellow Pages

This was a horrible waste of money. We had a full page ad, at a cost of about $600.00 a month. We received no phone calls!! I say stay away!

Val-Pak

These are coupons inserted in a mailer. My feelings about this are mixed. We did get a lot of phone calls, however, in retrospect I would do it much different. Our representative encouraged us to make our insert a coupon as it would get us more business. It did get us a lot more calls I am sure, but they were not the customers you necessarily want.

We may try again this year, but we will make sure our message of a GOOD VALUE AT A RESONABLE COST gets out!! Not save $500.00. There is a huge difference in the message, one that I did not realize.

Yard signs

We have had very good luck with these. This year for the first time we hung Christmas lights, and advertised exclusively with yard signs. Our cost for advertising was $1500.00 and it was a smashing success.

I am not sure this will work for everything, but I am hoping it will have the same results for painting. We will try to visit this topic again later when I can update you on the effectiveness.

Internet

This is an area that we are very new to. As far as I can tell it is going to be very cheap, and I believe very effective. It will just take some of my time in the morning and evening. I am not going to get into how to do this here as it is a subject all its own, however, come join :

http://www.facebook.com/pages/North-Kansas-City-MO/Kansas-City-Networking/47980106515?ref=ts#/group.php?gid=31274289492&ref=ts

And you will learn how to do this.

Word of mouth

It is this simple do a good job for people and they will tell their friends and neighbors. It is the greatest thing!! And very cost effective!!

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Painters Background

When hiring a painter it is very important to make sure he has enough experience to make the correct recommendations for your needs.

For example many painters have only painted residential houses so their product knowlege is very limited.

Many houses have galvanized flashing, it should be primed with a product called galvite to ensure the paint will last.

Ask your painter what galvite is, most wont know!

It is important that your painter have extensive knowlege of residential, commercial, and industrial painting. The crossover knowlege will ensure you get a quality job!!

Contractor Resources

Always remember when you hire a contractor it is important that he have the resources to take care of any problems that may arise.

* What if ... a ladder goes through a window?

* What if ... while replacing rotten wood an electrical wire gets cut

Can he take care of it!!!

Ask these questions!!

Another day

Today we have painters working in Johnson County, they are finishing up a job!!

We also have painters going out to take down some Christmas lights another company hung. One of my customers was kind enough to call me and tell me some of her neighbors were having problems. NEW CUSTOMERS FOR NEXT YEAR!!!!!

What Paint to use?

Many paint manufactures spend a tremendous amount of money in advertising. They in turn have very good name recognition. It is important to understand nearly all paint manufactures have good quality paint and poor quality paint.

In short the name on the can is not as important as what is inside.

The favorite trick of many painters is to use a cheap paint from a company with name recognition. Don’t fall for this!!