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Hacks on Hiring & Effects of the PPP Loan for Paint Contractors | S10E11 | THE BUSINESS BRUSH

On today’s Cage Fight episode of The Business Brush, Nick May, Nick LoGrasso, and Nick Slavik join Chris Shank as they talk about hiring and the PPP loan in their painting businesses. 

Broad-strokes include: Hiring, staying busy in winter, opinions on the PPP loan – and much more!

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Charles Boston

In this week's Business Brush, Nick May and Chris Shank sit down with Charles Boston from AH Painting. Join them as they discuss hirings, whether you should hire a painter and teach them sales or hire a salesperson and teach them painting.

Broad-strokes include: Hiring Sales People, Relating to your customers, setting goals for your sales people - and much more!

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FORJAK Industrial

Operations managers serve an important role in a painting business. On today’s episode of The Business Brush, Chris Shank is joined by Dustin Parr (Walls By Design), Bill Curtindale (SKIS Painting) and Katie Hedges (FORJAK Industrial). 

They discuss how their employees are performing their duties among the covid restrictions and how they have turned to the web to do their work. 

Broad-strokes include: Covid’s impact on their business, hiring new employees, going more digital - and much more!

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Chris Shank

Today on The Business Brush, we bring you an episode on marketing. Your hosts Nick May and Chris Shank call painting companies and critique business’s messages when potential clients call.

Broad-strokes include: critiquing voice messages and websites, and they discuss the importance of a clear and concise message

To contact Nick about voice message recordings or to submit websites that can use a facelift, go to www.thebusinessbrush.com/contact-us/.

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Matt Orme

On this week’s episode, Nick May sits down with Matt Orme on The Business Brush as they discuss Matt's previous experience as a teacher and basketball coach, and how he uses that background in his business. They also talk about how to cover your weaknesses.Broad-strokes include: teaching/coaching points, hiring people to cover your weaknessesPro Painter Network (PPN)

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It’s time! Today on The Business Brush, we bring you a Cage Fight episode: a panel of respected painters. In the corners we have your host Nick May, David Cook out of D’Franco Wallpaper, Zach Kenney out of ZK Painting and John Bubenik out of Color Craftsmen. These fighters battle over additional streams of revenue in their business. Some added services because they saw potential in a service, some added services because their clients were continuously asking for something specific. 

Broad-strokes include: wallpaper application, saying no, new services because of covid - and much more!

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Former Co-Hosts of Small Business Naked, Nick May and Johnny Erbert, reconnect on this week’s episode of The Business Brush.  Now with his newest business, Johnny Battle, Johnny Erbert talks about how to build your team, and whether or not you should be friends with your employees or just a boss.

Broad-strokes include: Nick and Johnny’s prior history, and trips Johnny has taken his employees on.

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The sponsor for this episode is Benjamin Moore Paints.

We have revamped The Business Brush for this season - new intro, new music, new format and new co-host: Chris Shank!

Nick and Shank are joined by Chris Mole of Mr. Mole’s Painting and it turns into more of a mentoring session. A member of The Business Brush Group, Chris Mole has learned from Nick and implemented what he's learned in his business. We are trying something new this week and breaking it up into two episodes.  Look for the rest of this interview in a bonus episode on Friday!

Broad-strokes include: Chris Mole’s immigration to the US, joining The Business Brush Group, ways to pay employees - and much more!

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Today's sponsor is Benjamin Moore Paints.

One of iMay Media’s newest members, Chris Shank joins Nick today on The Business Brush where they discuss what the team has been working on behind the scenes. Chris Shank comes with vast knowledge and experience in webinars, big events and educational materials.

Broad-strokes include: introduction of Roadmap to Profit, burning out in business, and introduction to the team.

Tired of getting on a scissor-lift to paint several feet above ground, FORJAK Industrial had to get creative. Today on The Business Brush, Nick learns all about Forjak's Better Faster Finish system from Matt Palmisciano (head of Business Development and Finance for Forjak). The ingenious invention lets the operator coat high-volume, low-detail structures from the comfort of a cab. It's about time.

Broad-strokes include: how Better Faster Finish has revolutionized painting taller structures, the difficulties of automating, solving unique new problems that have emerged - and much more!