PaintED Podcast

There's a battle brewing between supermodel Kathy Ireland and PCA's Prithvi Rakhyani to become the next face of the industry. However, there's a break in the showdown long enough for Chad and Prithvi to discuss everything PCA brought to the industry in 2021.

Additionally, Erica and Elijah from PCA's production team stop by talk about their filming experience for Business Anatomy Season 2. They also share what they are learning about the painting trade while on the job site.

PCA Overdrive is free for members.

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Join Ryan Groth, CEO of Sales Transformation Group as he teaches contractors the mindset of companies who are number one in their markets and how the you can leverage their strengths to ascend higher or remain at the top of the food chain.

Key Takeaways:

Learn ways on how to increase market perception.

Gain confidence in their brand uniqueness and remove insecurities and doubts.

Show how Apex Predators in nature display their unique abilities to remain at the top of the food chain, preying instead of being preyed upon.

After an unprecedented year, EXPO 2022 will take place at the Hyatt Grand Cypress Hotel in Orlando, FL. From March 2nd to March 4th, attendees will be able to enjoy 30 different breakout sessions, daily brain meld sessions, a tradeshow, an awards ceremony, and evening events hosted by industry partners Benjamin Moore, PPG, and Sherwin Williams.

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Financial Fitness for business is designed to teach you the financial principles you were never taught in college! Whether you are looking to implement a system for the day to day financial operations of your business, how to have security, or how to increase the profitability of your business, Financial Fitness can help!

Three things you can expect to learn:

- Money management systems to weather any slow seasons and be prepared for unexpected expenses

- How to invest in yourself and your business to grow it exponentially

After an unprecedented year, EXPO 2022 will take place at the Hyatt Grand Cypress Hotel in Orlando, FL. From March 2nd to March 4th, attendees will be able to enjoy 30 different breakout sessions, daily brain meld sessions, a tradeshow, an awards ceremony, and evening events hosted by industry partners Benjamin Moore, PPG, and Sherwin Williams.

In our EXPO panel discussions, business owners tackle the topic at hand and offer their perspectives and solutions, share lessons learned from their experience, and answer audience questions.

In this panel discussion you will hear from business owners about how they first learned they needed to expand into offices and hire office staff, and the challenges they faced in office management. Learn how to identify personnel that match your business, how to prioritize your needs, how to transfer duties, how to become efficient and productive instead of working against each other or duplicating tasks, and how to keep your team happy through the transition.

After an unprecedented year, EXPO 2022 will take place at the Hyatt Grand Cypress Hotel in Orlando, FL. From March 2nd to March 4th, attendees will be able to enjoy 30 different breakout sessions, daily brain meld sessions, a tradeshow, an awards ceremony, and evening events hosted by industry partners Benjamin Moore, PPG, and Sherwin Williams.

Learn more about PCA EXPO

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One thing that gets overlooked every year is intentionally planning out a vision and action steps for your company for the year. While having an annual revenue goal is great, seeing if it’s feasible and checks the boxes for you financially is most important. In this episode, Chris Moore, Founder of Elite Business Advisors walks through how they plan out a new year with their clients and some tips for a perfect reset in the new year.

To get access to the spreadsheet Chris references in the episode, email him at [email protected] so he can share it with you.

If you’d like to dive deeper to plan out your 2022 or have questions about the process, schedule a free business analysis meeting at www.elitebusinessadvising.com.

PCA Overdrive is free for members.

What is an employer brand? An Employer Brand, in case you are wondering, is a contracting business that attracts the best talent in the industry, regardless of what is going on economically.

This week we broke down 6 quick actions that any contractor could implement that make them more attractive to potential applicants.

In this episode we cover:

- The imagery and messaging to use on your job ads and landing page that attracts top talent.

- How to leverage your Instagram account to peak the interest of potential applicants.

- An easy way to add fun into your team culture so you can showcase it to the world.

- The way to add style to your team that gets them and prospects excited.

- An ‘outside the box’ referral program that you won’t find in most contracting businesses.

- What’s at stake in the next decade if you don’t implement some of these things.

PCA Overdrive is free for members.

Luke Reynolds comes on to discuss the 3 day painter workshop Jan. 12-14 in Indianapolis. The prep and protection workshop will give painters the opportunity to develop skills and boost their careers. Contractors can use the program to deliver in-depth instruction to rising stars.

Topics include:

-Painting career path information

-Leadership and integrity training

-New prep and protection products available in the market

Paint contractors, painters, high school students in vocational programs, and government program participants are all welcome to join this class.

Watch the episode on PCA Overdrive

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Morgan Sedgwick, owner of Jedi Painting Pros, discusses her mission for female empowerment in the trades, and how painting has changed her life, and how she is using it to better the lives of those around her. She gives some examples of ways she has differentiated her painting company, and discusses some of the unique struggles she has had to endure in growing her business.

Topics Discussed:

- Why Morgan can charge higher prices but still land interior paint jobs consistently

- Unique challenges of operating a painting company in Hawaii

- Ways to understand your target market that help you serve it better.

PCA Overdrive is free for members.

In our EXPO panel discussions, subject matter experts tackle the topic at hand and offer their perspectives and solutions, share lessons learned from their experience, and answer audience questions.

In this panel discussion you will hear from actual production managers and operations managers about the technology they use to make their business run smoothly and efficiently.

The PM/OM panel discussion from 2019 was widely successful, and it was requested by many to come back! This is a great class for you to send your PM/OM to for great insight into how some of the top companies in the industry use technology and train their teams.

After an unprecedented year, EXPO 2022 will take place at the Hyatt Grand Cypress Hotel in Orlando, FL. From March 2nd to March 4th, attendees will be able to enjoy 30 different breakout sessions, daily brain meld sessions, a tradeshow, an awards ceremony, and evening events hosted by industry partners Benjamin Moore, PPG, and Sherwin Williams.

In this episode, Nick Slavik shares with us his takeaways on top talent recruitment from his 200 interviews performed this year. He discusses how to locate the greatest personnel as well as how the hiring process has evolved. Don't miss this episode to learn how to use these hiring insights to organize your recruitment strategy and make smarter hiring decisions.

PCA Overdrive is free for members.