Paint Radio | American Painting Contractor

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Paint Radio | American Painting Contractor episodes

October 05, 2023 Marketing Ideas for Larger Contractors
Here's 2 of the 62 ideas in this podcast: Contractors should strongly consider hiring a marketing agency when they reach $500k. Your return on ad spend should be 20x-30x. That's a tasty sample of Andrew's discussion with Austin Houser of Base Coat Marketing!Sponsored by Hyde and Behr
44 min
September 21, 2023 In-Depth Surface Prep with 3M
You think you know surface prep. But do you know it like a 3M Product Engineer does? No you don't! So listen in as Andrew enjoys a lively chat with know-it-alls from 3M, as well as clever contractors Mike Chavez and Chad Turpen.
44 min
September 07, 2023 Build a Manager's Mindset
Call it whatever you want -- mindfulness, mindset, emotional intelligence, the warm fuzzies -- but a few improvements in your self-awareness will pay immediate dividends with employee management. Andrew gets deep with Art Snarzyk of InnerView Advisors.
42 min
August 30, 2023 Better Crew Management
Hear how one contractor keeps better track of workflow and crews...without visiting the job sites. Andrew chats with Dan Zupancic to learn how Dreamscape Painting keeps work flowing with detailed, app-generated work orders and all crew communications occur on Slack. Learn more about this slick system!

Sponsored by Behr, Hyde, and Paint Supply
36 min
August 10, 2023 Are We in a New Age of Primers?
Andrew chats with two experts from KILZ about the newest capabilities of primers - limits of universal primers, where oil is still needed, and further advances in water-based primers. We even discuss the mythical unicorn primer with Tom McEvoy and Greg Williams.
Sponsored by KILZ
47 min
May 31, 2023 Creating a Hiring Funnel
Danny Kerr from Breakthrough Academy joins us to talk hiring! Struggling to find good people? Struggling to find people who stay? Kerr talks
us through building a system that helps you to find the right people for the jobs that you are trying to fill.

29 min
May 17, 2023 Training for Challenges
Brian Nolan from Nolan Consulting is back. We are talking about exercises that help you build your “mental muscle.” Why do you want to work that muscle? Because it can help you face the difficult challenges that abound in life. Join us to learn some tips that will help you “work the problem” when things go sideways.

See the video we discuss Handling Hard Well.

46 min
May 03, 2023 Painting Down Under
Imagine the stories an Australian contractor with 1,300 painters could tell! No need to imagine, because they're all right here in our podcast. Gerard Higgins of Higgins Painting discusses his "no d**khead policy," why the U.S. is so far ahead on spraying, and his surprise there aren't more national contractors here. Aaron Moore from PPD chimes in as well.
37 min
April 26, 2023 Finding New Customers
Backlog drying up? Looking for a some new leads? Carl Utter from Contractor Growth Strategy gives us a few ideas about how to find and entice new customers. Definitely a few surprises on this podcast: knock, knock.
26 min
April 12, 2023 What Dogs Teach Us About Leadership
We’re trying something a little bit different this week. Leadership lessons can come from anywhere. For me, some of the most impactful lessons I learned were through my dog and dog trainer. In the interest of sharing this experience, we talk with Alex Canby about the core elements that create a leader dogs WANT to follow and how these attributes are important in all of relationships. Beware! We do talk about dogs in this podcast… A LOT!

45 min

About Paint Radio | American Painting Contractor

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Join Andrew Dwyer & Kevin Hoffman as they pick the brains of some of the best painters in North America! Whether you're a seasoned painting contractor or new to the industry, you'll love our witty and insightful discussions. From business topics to application techniques, APC covers it all ... and has been for 100 years.