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Painting Business Owners: How to Prioritize Your Schedule

Hi there, Greg here from DYB Coach, also Green Pro Painting, out of Greenville, South Carolina.

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I wanted to share a little bit of a cheat for your schedule as a painting business owner, on how to prioritize as your company is growing.

In my previous post, I had shared a little bit about how to free up some of your time from going to get paint and making sure that this is happening, from a project management standpoint.

But now, I am going to talk to you about an owner’s standpoint and what’s important for you, depending on what your roles are in your company.

So, here is what you do;

Break Down and Prioritize the Things You Need To Complete

What I do is, I take a simple Excel spreadsheet, and I break out and prioritize the things that I need to complete.

Here is how I have broken up my week for me;

• Mondays –Marketing, Client follow up & Biding: On Mondays I follow-up on sales from the previous week, and maybe completing some bids.

• Tuesdays & Thursdays –Job Site Visits & Field Estimates: Tuesday is going to be job site visits and field estimates. So, if you are going to be out doing residential stuff, you have to do your measuring, I set those up for Tuesdays, and Thursdays as well.

• Wednesdays –Payroll & Billing: Wednesdays are payroll and any type of billing item that needs to be completed.

• Fridays –Follow-up on clients & employees: And then Fridays are just follow up for clients and employees or anything of that nature.

Really simple… just break it down like that!

Be Flexible with Your Schedule

If you open up your schedule for Estimates every single day, that’s totally fine, this is what worked for me, and if there was an area where I needed to make an adjustment, it was no problem, we could totally do that on the fly.

If the client couldn’t see us on a Tuesday or a Wednesday, we will do it on a Monday, but I would always present it as Tuesdays and Thursdays were my days are available.

Very rarely did I ever have to make a change because of somebody not being able to come in with that.

If they want to have work done at their house… they usually make themselves available.

I hope that was helpful for you guys!

If you have any questions, feel free to drop a hint in the comment of what you need some help with.

Also check us out on YouTube, because we have plenty of videos that could help you guys when your business is growing.

You can do this!

About the Author

As many of you know, my journey has been one of grit, grace, and transformation. At 19, I was a high school dropout, single father, and struggling paint contractor in Michigan. I later moved to Florida, where I faced both personal and professional hardships. With nothing left to lose, I turned to prayer—and was blessed with a relentless hunger to learn. I devoured books, attended seminars, and discovered better ways to streamline and grow my business—even through the Great Recession (and yes, I did hit the wife lottery along the way!). In 2014, I published How To Double Your Business and later sold the painting business, launching a new chapter: coaching others to grow their businesses. For the past 10 years, I’ve dedicated myself to helping business owners scale through the DYB System, while also drawing from frameworks like EOS, Scaling Up, and The Four Disciplines of Execution. Yet something was still missing—something more adaptive, integrated, and complete. Then I found Pinnacle. After months of research and interviews with other Guides, I joined Pinnacle. Their tools and strategies have exceeded every expectation. Now, as a Pinnacle Business Guide, I help leadership teams implement a custom-tailored operating system that draws from the best in the industry—but flexes with your unique business. It’s a dynamic, proven approach to achieve clarity, momentum, and lasting growth. I’m no longer taking on any more 1:1 coaching clients… Instead, I now specialize in working with visionary business owners who are ready to get their leadership teams aligned—around a clear vision, a focused strategy, and an actionable execution plan. With the tools and process I now have as a Pinnacle Business Guide, I help turn alignment into momentum, and momentum into results. If your business is growing—but your leadership team isn’t fully rowing in the same direction—let’s talk.

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