All Posts by Ron Ramsden

How to Charge What You’re Worth AND Close the Sale by Ron Ramsden

  Has this happened to you? You hear: You are way too expensive. I went with someone else. I […]

What Tools to Provide New Painters on Day One

Painting Contractors: What tools do you provide your new painters on day 1? I am going to share what […]

Painting Contractor Shares Production Rates for a “Painter for a Day”

How much do you charge for all those odd requests you get? Something like painting a shed, for instance. […]

Painting Contractor Shares Production Rates for Siding

Painting Contractor Shares Production Rates for Siding In this post, I want to share with you our production rates […]

How to Estimate Plaster Walls

How to Estimate Plaster Walls Today I am at a newly built carriage house, next to the main house, […]

5 Factors You Need to Consider When Figuring Your Production Rates

In this post, we will be talking about exterior estimating production rates and what to consider when finding your […]

Painting Contractors: Here’s What You Need to Know About Medical Office Painting

Painting Contractors: Here’s What You Need to Know About Medical Office Painting I want to share a story with […]

How to Manage a Busy Production Calendar

How to Manage a Busy Production Calendar Managing the chaos! It is so busy, spring has sprung, the weather […]

How to Conduct Convenient Interviews That Will Save You Time

How to Conduct Convenient Interviews That Will Save You Time Hiring is on our mind these days, the seasons […]

Why You MUST Have a Company Vehicle Policy

Why You MUST Have a Company Vehicle Policy Do you have a policy regarding your company vehicles? I want […]

The Importance & Benefits of Exercise

The Importance & Benefits of Exercise Hi, Ron here from DYB coach. In business, we think about net profit, […]

How I Built Company Culture With a Klondike Bar

How I Built Company Culture With a Klondike Bar What do Klondike Bars have to do with painting? For […]

What to Do When Asked, “Can You Throw That in for Free?”

What to Do When Asked, “Can You Throw That in for Free?” “Can you do that for free?” Or, […]

How to React to Customer Complaints

How to React to Customer Complaints Has this ever happened to you? You work on the job site or […]

How to Find the Quality Employees

How to Find the Quality Employees I found the perfect employee. And I am going to tell you where […]

How to Become the Property Manager’s Hero

How to Become the Property Manager’s Hero I just heard from a brand new property manager, and I touched […]

How to Find All-Star Team Members that Will Help Grow Your Company

How to Find All-Star Team Members that Will Help Grow Your Company Are you ready to hire your first […]

Contractors: How to Handle Bad Google Reviews

Contractors: How to Handle Bad Google Reviews Bad Google reviews; we don’t want to get them but occasionally we […]

The Importance of Working ON Your Business Instead of IN Your Business

The Importance of Working ON Your Business Instead of IN Your Business Do you work for your business or […]

Here’s How Your Social Media Could Affect Your Business in a Negative Way

Here’s How Your Social Media Could Affect Your Business in a Negative Way Social Media… is it helping you, […]

Increase Your Revenue By $100,000 This Year By Breaking It Down Just Like This…

Increase Your Revenue By $100,000 This Year By Breaking It Down Just Like This… Do you want to increase […]

You’ll Never Guess How I Won This Bid…

You’ll Never Guess How I Won This Bid… Guerrilla marketing… thinking outside the box… have you tried this? I […]

This Technique Allows Me to Complete Work Quickly AND Efficiently

This Technique Allows Me to Complete Work Quickly AND Efficiently Hey there! It’s Jam session time! As I record […]

Are You Making These 3 Mistakes During Your Estimates?

Are You Making These 3 Mistakes During Your Estimates? 3 mistakes not to make while you are doing your […]

Offer Your Services as a Charitable Donation Through Paint it Forward

Offer Your Services as a Charitable Donation Through Paint it Forward Contributions and charitable giving. How many times are […]

This Free Tool Allows Me to Stay in Touch With Customers

This Free Tool Allows Me to Stay in Touch With Customers I failed… I really failed big this time. […]

How to Estimate an Interior Door

How to Estimate an Interior Door Estimating Interiors and the process to do it. We are going to talk […]

What to Look For When Bidding On New Construction

What to Look For When Bidding On New Construction Bidding on new construction; especially something like this which is […]

How to Get Countless Referrals from “Virtual Lead Partners”

How to Get Countless Referrals from “Virtual Lead Partners” Employees that don’t work for you, do you have any […]

Realtors: What to Look For and What to Avoid

Realtors: What to Look For and What to Avoid Just got asked again, about our realtor program. I want […]

How to Become the “Lucky” Painter Part 2

How to Become the “Lucky” Painter Part 2 I am a lucky painter again! That’s what I was just […]

How to Maintain Outstanding Culture with both Employees and Sub-Contractors

How to Maintain Outstanding Culture with both Employees and Sub-Contractors Employees and Sub-Contractors; Do you have both? How do […]

Implement This So That Employees Know Exactly What Is Required Of Them for a Raise

Implement This So That Employees Know Exactly What Is Required Of Them for a Raise Oh no! One of […]

Painting Piece Work for a Contractor – Time and Materials

Painting Piece Work for a Contractor – Time and Materials Painting piece work for a contractor – time and […]

How to Score Interior Work for Rainy Days

How to Score Interior Work for Rainy Days On the next rainy day, here is what you do… I […]

How to Find Facebook Content to Stay Top of Mind

How to Find Facebook Content to Stay Top of Mind Social Media; What to post when you have no […]

How To Market To ‘Tweason’ Residential

How To Market To ‘Tweason’ Residential How are you filling your ‘Tweasons’? What’s a Tweason? I will tell you […]

How to Do an Exterior Estimate an a House Flip

How to Do an Exterior Estimate on a House Flip Have you ever wanted to price out an exterior […]

Here’s How to Find Work NOW

Here’s How to Find Work NOW Running out of work or no work? I am Ron Ramsden and I […]

How to Book a Client for Next Year

How to Book a Client for Next Year Change of season? Can’t handle the work that is coming in, […]

What to Look For in a Vinyl Siding Repaint Estimate

What to Look For in a Vinyl Siding Repaint Estimate Painting Vinyl Siding; what to look for and how […]

What to Consider When Bidding on New Construction Projects

What to Consider When Bidding on New Construction Projects Pricing new construction; is it worth it? Is it something […]

Give These Options during the Estimate for a Better Chance at Winning the Bid

Give These Options during the Estimate for a Better Chance at Winning the Bid You know one thing I […]

This $20 Item Brought Me a $13,000 Job

This $20 Item Brought Me a $13,000 Job Hey, Ron here, I want to share with you how a […]

How to Give Bonuses When Not Bidding by Hourly Rate

How to Give Bonuses When Not Bidding by Hourly Rate Hello everybody; Employee bonuses, and a question that just […]

Here’s How You Can Market Your Painting Business for FREE

Here’s How You Can Market Your Painting Business for FREE Marketing with no marketing budget and no money? This […]

Here’s What You Must Know If You Own a Business

Here’s What You Must Know If You Own a Business I am Ron Ramsden and I am a DYB […]

Here’s How Change Can Benefit You

Here’s How Change Can Benefit You You might be wondering why sporting that Neon shirt. Well, I want to […]

Exterior Painting Estimate Walk-Through

Exterior Painting Estimate Walk-Through Exterior estimates; How do we do them? What do we look for? And sometimes additional […]

How to Advertise Your Niche for FREE

How to Advertise Your Niche for FREE What is your niche? Are you a painting contractor looking for a […]

Painting Contractors: How to Get The Customers You Want

Painting Contractors: How to Get The Customers You Want Are you still busy, the end of summer 2018? How […]

How to Elevate the Value of Your Warranty to Stand Out From Your Competition

How to Elevate the Value of Your Warranty to Stand Out From Your Competition   How would you like […]

Winter ABA’s (Anything But Ads)

Winter ABA’s (Anything But Ads)   Are you planning for winter yet? I know right now is August, it’s […]

How to Do a Group Interview

How to Do a Group Interview We recently ran a “Help-wanted” ad, looking for retail workers as well as […]

How To Find All-Star Painters During the Summer

How To Find All-Star Painters During the Summer Are you hiring in the middle of summer and there is […]

A FREE Tool That Tracks & Schedules Emails

A FREE Tool That Tracks & Schedules Emails FREE! How many of you like free stuff that is actually […]

Here’s Why You Should Attend Industry Events

Here’s Why You Should Attend Industry Events Industry events, why should you go? I am Ron Ramsden, a DYB […]

5 Low Cost Benefits That Will Attract All-Star Painters

5 Low-Cost Benefits That Will Attract All-Star Painters Busy! Busy! Busy! It’s midsummer, who’s looking for help out there? […]

6 Steps to Get Your Time Back

6 Steps to Get Your Time Back Busy! Busy! Busy! Are you a crew of 1-5 people who are […]

Here’s Our Scheduling Process

Here’s Our Scheduling Process I want to share a story of a very unhappy customer or potential unhappy customer, […]

How and What Tasks to Delegate to a Virtual Assistant to Get Your Time Back and Make More Profit

How and What Tasks to Delegate to a Virtual Assistant to Get Your Time Back and Make More Profit […]

Take 5 Minutes To Do This & Your Business Will Thank You Later

Take 5 Minutes To Do This & Your Business Will Thank You Later Are you so busy right now […]

You Are The Average of Your 5 Closest Friends

Who do you hang out with? Who are your buddies? Who are you going to call when you want […]

11 Steps to Turn Your Crew Into a Team

11 Steps to Turn Your Crew Into a Team So you have a painting crew? But could you go […]

Here’s How to Make Your Hiring Ad Eye-Catching to Millennials

Here’s How to Make Your Hiring Ad Eye-Catching to Millennials Boy have I got a hiring update for you… […]

Do This To Stay Top of Mind to Your Customers, For FREE

Do This To Stay Top of Mind to Your Customers, For FREE How would you like your customers to […]

Painting Contractors: How to Stand Out From Your Competition & Get Noticed

How to Stand Out From Your Competition & Get Noticed What do Bat Dad and you have in common? […]

Not Having This Insurance Could Cost You Your Business

Not Having This Insurance Could Cost You Your Business Painting contractors ask me all the time “Do I need […]

Where to Find All-Star College Hires

Ready to hire some college kids for the summer? You could probably use the help, so I’ll tell you […]

Painting Contractors: How To Get Your Customers to Spend More With You

Painting Contractors: How To Get Your Customers to Spend More With You Do you want to get your customers […]

Most Painting Contractors Don’t Know This About Their Production Rates

I got thrown into the fire. I mean I was actually on a job site. But through it all, […]

How To Sequence Your First Exterior Paint Job

You’ve started your first painting company and now you’re ready to venture out and start your first exterior! This […]

Why I Mark Up My Supplies (And You Should Too)

Why I Mark Up My Supplies (And You Should Too) Imagine being able to take your family to Disney […]

FREE Tool For Painting Contractors: How To Utilize Google Maps For Your Business

FREE Tool For Painting Contractors: How To Utilize Google Maps For Your Business Something for FREE… who doesn’t like […]

What Most Painting Contractors Don’t Know About Calculating Overhead

What Does It Cost You To Put A Guy On A Job For An Hour? What’s your overhead? What’s […]

Start a Painting Business With These 11 Budget Friendly Tips

Start a Painting Business With These 11 Budget-Friendly Tips Congratulations on starting your own painting business! Chances are you’re […]

Painting Contractors: Here’s How to Get Leads from Facebook

Not getting enough traffic from Facebook? It’s time to step out of your comfort zone and go Facebook LIVE! […]

This Allows Your Customers to Book an Estimate Online for FREE

This Allows Your Customers to Book an Estimate Online for FREE I’m trying to return a call to a […]

Painting Contractors: Here’s How to Estimate Your Next Deck Staining

Painting Contractors: Here’s How to Estimate Your Next Deck Staining Let’s get some extra money on your next deck […]

Painting Contractors: Free Tools to Grow Your Business, “Google My Business”

Painting Contractors: Free Tools to Grow Your Business, “Google My Business” Do you like free stuff? How about free […]

Insurances Every Painting Contractor Needs

Insurances Every Painting Contractor Needs Business Insurance… Do you have the right business insurance? Do you have enough? Do […]

Painting Contractors: Do NOT Pay for Leads

If you are paying for leads you need to read this now. I am Ron Ramsden, I am a […]

Painting Contractor How to Successfully Onboard a New Hire

Congrats! You’re hiring someone! Maybe it’s your first employee since you’ve been out of the field. Now… what are […]

Painting Contractors: Save Time During Estimates By Answering These 7 Questions Ahead of Time

How many times do you feel that you’re wasting time during your estimates? You find yourself answering the same […]

Painting Contractors: Prequalify Your Leads With These 7 Questions

Painting Contractors: Prequalify Your Leads With These 7 Questions As you drive up to a potential customer’s house you […]

Painting Contractor’s: How to Get Leads on Facebook

Leads. You want to know where to find some? You want to find them easily? Simple. Let them find […]

Painting Contractor Saves $12,500 During Lunch

Do you want to know how I saved $12,500 at lunch? See if you can relate to this… You […]

Painting Contractor 11 Interview Questions for Hiring an All-Star Part 1

Are you ready to hire? How many times have you made that mistake where the person you hired didn’t […]

Painting Contractors: 11 Interview Questions for Hiring an All-Star Part 2

Painting Contractors: 11 Interview Questions for Hiring an All-Star Part 2 We went through 1-6 previously, click here to […]

Get More Done and Sleep Better By Utilizing a Calendar

Do you lay in bed at night thinking of all the stuff you have to do the next day, […]

10 Things to Consider When Hiring Your First Employee

Are you ready to hire that first employee? I mean are you really ready to hire that first employee? […]

How to Figure Production Rates

Hello everybody, Ron here, DYB coach, also a painting contractor for the last 17 years in Northern Massachusetts. Thank […]

How You Can Win More Bids Without Lowering Your Price

Close ratio. What’s your closing ratio? Do you know your closing ratio? Would you like to increase your closing […]

The Secrets of a DYB Mastermind Group

The Secrets of a DYB Mastermind Group… what is it? The secret handshake, the meeting that happens when you […]

How to Provide Better Estimates to Win More Bids

Are you looking to supercharge your estimating process? I am Ron Ramsden, I am a DYB Coach, also a […]

How to Get More Done in Less Time

Getting more things done in less time, wouldn’t you love that? I am going to tell you how in […]

How to Get Painting Leads With Videos

Remember me? Hi, Ron here, from DYB Coach, I’m also painting contractor up here in Northern Massachusetts. Why do […]

Painting Business Owner Shares How Much He Pays His Painters

Shhhh… I am going to tell you a secret, but don’t tell anybody else! I want to talk about […]