Are you tired of working 60, 70, or
more hours a week? Are you tired of saying "next year will be
better"? Are you tired of feast or famine? Are you thinking of
starting your own painting business, but you don't know where to
begin?
If you answered yes to
any of these questions, then you came to the right place.
According to the
Small Business Administration,
more than 90% of small businesses
fail within 5 years. Of those that survive 5 years, another 90% will
fail within another 5 years. After 10 years, less than 1 out of 100
small businesses remain open.
Operating a successful business does not need to be complicated. It
simply takes good business practices. However, a
skilled craftsman does not necessarily make a good business owner.
The skill sets are much different.
For years I voiced many of the complaints common to contractors. I
wondered why my employees didn't do things the way I would. I worked
60 hour weeks and made less money than my lead painters. I was
stressed, confused, and disgusted. And then I looked in the
mirror and found the problem.
The problem wasn't
my employees, or my customers, or my marketing. I was the problem. I
kept doing the same things and expecting different results. So I
changed how I operated my business. I developed systems with help
from my employees. Then I got out of their way.
The difference was remarkable. I reduced my work hours. I
increased my prices. I quit baby sitting my crews. And I started
making money.
In retrospect, the changes we made were relatively simple. We developed a
marketing plan that focused on customer retention, proximity
marketing, and brand development. We developed forms and checklists
to help the crews operate more efficiently and improve customer
satisfaction. We learned to sell at increased prices so we had more money coming
into the business. In short, we adopted sound business practices.
There is no shortage
of information on how to run a successful business. But much of
this information is either general in nature, or pertains to a
specific industry. The challenge is to identify how this
information applies to a contracting business.
Out of the Bucket.com
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We offer
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These workshops come with forms, sample procedures, and other
tools that you can easily adapt to fit your particular business.
Our
Operations
Manual Templates can save you hundreds of hours
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templates are easily modified and will help you systematize your
business.
Getting Out of the
Bucket
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practices and systematizing your business. This 220-page manual
comes with forms, worksheets, and exercises designed to help you
improve operations in every aspect of your business.
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It is update monthly to provide you with a growing resource of
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tools to help you create the business you want to own.
Brian Phillips
rything from accounting to
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