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 […]

EP42: Business Runs in the Family — Rick Holtz of HJ Holtz & Sons

EP42: Business Runs in the Family — Rick Holtz of HJ Holtz & Sons SUMMARY: In this episode of […]

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 […]

EP41 Ray Rahni: Computer Engineer from Iran to Successful Painting Company

EP41 Ray Rahni: Computer Engineer from Iran to Successful Painting Company SUMMARY: In this episode of DYB, Steve shares […]

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 […]

EP40 Mike Katounas: Family Confrontation, Combating Cancer with Faith, while Succeeding in Business

EP40 Mike Katounas: Family Confrontation, Combating Cancer with Faith, while Succeeding in Business SUMMARY: Today we sit down with […]

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 Well Do You Incentivize Your Salesperson?

How Well Do You Incentivize Your Salesperson? A top 10 question I am asked all over North America is […]

EP39 Nick Slavik: The Importance of Exceptional Customer Service & Asking Yourself “Why”

EP39 Nick Slavik: The Importance of Exceptional Customer Service & Asking Yourself “Why” SUMMARY: In this episode we are […]

How to Create Your Company Culture

How to Create Your Company Culture Purpose and Values Statement Part 1 I am often asked why you don’t […]

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 […]

EP38 Jason Paris: $3M + 31yrs old = CRUSHING Millennial Stereotypes!

EP38 Jason Paris: $3M + 31yrs old = CRUSHING Millennial Stereotypes! SUMMARY: In this episode of the DYB podcast, […]

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 […]

EP37 Doug Imhoff: The Importance of Delegation in Order to Maximize the Growth of Your Painting Business

EP37 Doug Imhoff: The Importance of Delegation in Order to Maximize the Growth of Your Painting Business SUMMARY: In […]

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 […]

EP36: Highlights from 2018 AST from the DYB Coach Team

EP36: Highlights from 2018 AST from the DYB Coach Team SUMMARY: In this episode of the DYB Podcast, The […]

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 […]

EP35 Saulius Bertulis From Lithuania to $1M Commercial Painting Co. with his Partner Eivydas Phillips

EP35 Saulius Bertulis From Lithuania to $1M Commercial Painting Co. with his Partner Eivydas Phillips SUMMARY: In this episode […]

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 […]

Which of These 5 Languages of Appreciation Do You Show Your Team? Part 2

Which of These 5 Languages of Appreciation Do You Show Your Team? Part 2 Here is part 1 if […]

Which of These 5 Languages of Appreciation Do You Show Your Team? Part 1

Which of These 5 Languages of Appreciation Do You Show Your Team? Part 1 Based on The 5 Languages […]

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? […]

EP34 Greg Miller Explains How Being Patient and Trusting the Process Leads To Building A Successful Business

EP34 Greg Miller Explains How Being Patient and Trusting the Process Leads To Building A Successful Business   SUMMARY: […]

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, […]

EP33 John Neubert Reveals His Unique Strategies for Hiring and Retaining 80 Painters, Despite the Current Labor Market

EP33 John Neubert Reveals His Unique Strategies for Hiring and Retaining 80 Painters, Despite the Current Labor Market SUMMARY: […]

How to Determine Which Overhead Positions You Need for Your Business Part 2

In part 1, we looked at stages of growth in your painting business and I asked you to identify […]

When is The Right Time to Add Overhead Positions? Part 1

When is The Right Time to Add Overhead Positions? Part 1 I am regularly asked, “when is the right […]

EP32 Matt Orme: From Zero to $1M in just 1 Year!

EP32 Matt Orme: From Zero to $1M in just 1 Year! SUMMARY: In this episode of DYB, Steve gets […]

3 Ways to Take Back Control of Your Time

3 Ways to Take Back Control of Your Time There are many things that are frustrating in our day […]

EP31: Nick Lauro Shares How To Build A Successful Company By Holding Your Team Above The Line

EP31: Nick Lauro Shares How To Build A Successful Company By Holding Your Team Above The Line SUMMARY: In […]

Sam Brooks of Southwest, FL, Shares of His Successful Startup of Encouragement Inc. with The Help of His Business Coach

Sam Brooks of Southwest, FL, Shares of His Successful Startup of Encouragement Inc. with The Help of His Business […]

How to Determine Your Financial Data & Get Back On Track

How to Determine Your Financial Data & Get Back On Track It’s Half Time. Do you know the score? […]

Ray Paparo of Aspen Painting & Wall Covering of Pennsylvania Tells of His Remarkable Experience with Painting Contractor Business Coach

Ray Paparo of Aspen Painting & Wall Covering of Pennsylvania Tells of His Remarkable Experience with Painting Contractor Business […]

EP30 Rich Groark: How to Implement Tech, Methodology, & a Culture of Respect to Grow Your Painting Business Beyond $1 Million Dollars

EP30 Rich Groark: How to Implement Tech, Methodology, & a Culture of Respect to Grow Your Painting Business Beyond […]

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 […]

Painting Contractor Business Coach Testimonial by Cameron Loughlin of Mountain Skyline Painting of Denver, CO

Painting Contractor Business Coach Testimonial by Cameron Loughlin of Mountain Skyline Painting of Denver, CO Hey there, I’m Cameron […]

EP29: Scott Lollar Shares Strategies To Scale to Million and Multi-Million Dollar Revenues

EP29: Scott Lollar Shares Strategies To Scale to Million and Multi-Million Dollar Revenues SUMMARY: In this episode of DYB, […]

Painting Contractor Business Coach Testimonial by John Peek of Peek Brothers Painting San Diego CA

Hi everybody, this is John Peek, otherwise known as the “paint professor.” I just got off the phone on […]

How to Run Successful Company Meetings

How to Run Successful Company Meetings Are company meetings something you do well? Not very well? Not at all? […]

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 […]

EP28 Annie Newton: How to Succeed in Business & Life

EP28 Annie Newton: How to Succeed in Business & Life SUMMARY: In this episode of DYB Podcast, Steve interviews […]

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… […]

EP27 Brian & Amber Yaussy: How to Build a Successful Company With Your Spouse

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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 […]

How I Save 20-30% a Year on Sundries

Would you like to learn a process that can save 20-30% on your annual sundries purchases without changing many […]

EP26: Kim Garst, Social Media Expert, Shares Strategies to Get More Leads, for FREE

EP26: Kim Garst, Social Media Expert, Shares Strategies to Get More Leads, for FREE SUMMARY: In this Episode of […]

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 […]

EP25 Bob Burg The Go-Giver Influencer: A Little Story About a Most Persuasive Idea

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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 […]

EP24 Miljce Donev: On His Way to $3M+ By Playing To His Strengths

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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, […]

Painting Contractors: How To Win Bids Without Lowering Your Price or Giving Discounts

“Can you do better?” he bargained. A customer from New York, looking to get his entire condo repainted. I […]

EP23 Bill Carlson: How to Build a Trustworthy Team To Get You Past $1M, Profitably

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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 […]

Painting Contractors: How To Win Bids Before Arriving To The Painting Estimate

I used to get SO frustrated when I would lose jobs to cheaper bids. This used to happen over […]

EP22 Aaron Steininger: From Retail to a Thriving Columbus Ohio Painting Business

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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

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EP21: Marc Miles Discusses 7 Things Every Painting Contractor Must Know To Protect Their Business

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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 […]

EP20: Justin & Aaron Flora: How Two Brothers Are Crushing It In Indianapolis

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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

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EP19: Scott Sheldon Discusses How to Keep Your Customers By Going Above and Beyond

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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 […]

EP18: Matt Jansen Shares of The Importance in Giving Back to Your Community When Building Your Brand

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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 […]

EP17: Christian Militello Shares How Building Company Culture Increases Bottom Line

EP17: Christian Militello Shares How Building Company Culture Increases Bottom Line SUMMARY: In this episode of DYB, Steve Interviews […]

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 […]

EP16: Rob Youness Shares How To Succeed Using Subs and Employees

EP16: Rob Youness Shares How To Succeed Using Subs and Employees SUMMARY: In this episode of DYB Podcast, Steve […]

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 […]

EP15: Mark & Nicole Black: From Start Up To $1M As Men In White

EP15: Mark & Nicole Black: From Start Up To $1M As Men In White SUMMARY: In this unique episode […]

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 […]

EP14: Lisa Moon the Faux Painter Marries Paper Hanger and Together They Build the Successful Paper Moon Painting

EP14: Lisa Moon the Faux Painter Marries Paper Hanger and Together They Build the Successful Paper Moon Painting SUMMARY:  […]

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? […]

EP13 Tony Isgrove Shares his rise to Sydney Australia’s Award Winning Painting Company

EP13: Tony Isgrove Shares his rise to Sydney Australia’s Award Winning Painting Company SUMMARY: In this episode of DYB, […]

EP12: Michael Hopkinson From Backpacking Across England To Building A Successful Painting Company in Australia

  EP12: Michael Hopkinson From Backpacking Across England To Building A Successful Painting Company in Australia SUMMARY: In this […]

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 […]

EP11 John Peek Unpacks Business Partnerships, Mentor Groups, and Knowing Your Numbers.

    EP11 John Peek of Peek Brothers Painting, Unpacks Business Partnerships, Mentor Groups, and Knowing Your Numbers. QUOTES: […]