| Starting a painting business is one of the easiest | | | | Martha. Life is tough enough without listening to the |
| businesses to start, and yet Dun and Bradstreet says | | | | doomsayers. |
| construction companies are among the highest rated | | | | 4) Always give the customer more than they paid for. |
| to fail. How do you become one of the successes? | | | | I am not saying to work for free. If you have the |
| Here's how to succeed: | | | | chance to do something extra within reason for your |
| 1) Become interested in learning about the painting | | | | client then do it. Do the best job. |
| business and stay interested. Do yourself a big favor | | | | 5) The actual painting part of this business is a rather |
| and be selective of the sources that you choose to | | | | small part, and anyone can learn to paint. The place |
| learn from. Only pick those people who have | | | | where painters fail is not making enough money for |
| experience. There are tons of people who want to tell | | | | the jobs they do. So learn how much money you need |
| you how to do it, but have no direct knowledge of | | | | to break even and then add on profit. |
| running a business. | | | | There are only 5 tips and they are short, but these 5 |
| 2) Set up systems right away, have a system for | | | | things, if you keep them foremost in your mind will help |
| marketing, sales, hiring, and management You will need | | | | you to succeed. Remember that constructions |
| these systems for when you grow to the point where | | | | services have one of the highest failure rates. There |
| you start to hire more people to do the jobs that you | | | | are real reasons for these failures, and they are all |
| do now. | | | | preventable. |
| 3) Stay away from anyone that wants to drown you | | | | So go on to have a great business with lots of perks. |
| in negative thoughts, whether that person is another | | | | Make lots of money and enjoy your freedom. |
| painting contractor, the clerk in the paint store or Aunt | | | | |