Are you sending e-mails but they’re just not getting any response?
Or maybe they’re not even getting opened?
We’ve gathered 5 marketing emails that are tested and are proven to work well for getting some kind of response from your audience and helping them engage!
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With all of the multi-billion dollar companies that seem to dominate Google, you might feel discouraged at the thought of trying to rank your painting website…
But, it absolutely CAN be done, and your website doesn’t need a ton of content or backlinks, either.
Here Are 5 Tips to Rank Your Painting Website on Google
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Have you tried running Facebook Ads to get paint jobs?
Or maybe you are running Ads on Facebook but aren’t seeing very promising results…
With 2.5 billion users, Facebook has become the most widely used social media platform.
Here Are 7 Deadly Facebook Ads Mistakes
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7 Things to Remove From Your Painting Website Immediately
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74% of companies use lead generation forms, with 49.7% stating they’re the highest converting lead generation tool they have.
No matter what kind of business you have, building your email list is a MUST.
Of course, the more people you have on your e-mail list, the higher the chances of closing a sale.
A good way of growing your email list is by use of a lead generation form.
Here’s How to Add a Lead Generation Form to Your Painting Website
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Local SEO is laser-focused on the local area of the person performing the search.
Think of it like when you’re in the mood for coffee, and you open up Google to find out where the nearest coffee shops are.
As a painting contractor, it’s essential that you spend some time getting your local SEO done right!
You want to make sure that people that find you in searches are going to be relevant to your area.
There’s a slim chance that someone in Houston is going to pay you to come from Boston to paint their living room… unless you’re Ron Ramsden.
After all, 1 in 5 searches being done for local businesses lead to some kind of sale that same day.
Here’s My 9-Step Local SEO Checklist for Painting Contractors
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Email can be one of the best ways to keep in touch with your customers or educate future ones.
The problem is, if you don’t have an email strategy, it’s a bit more difficult to do this correctly.
However, if you develop some very basic email marketing skills I’m about to show you,
you can succeed in communicating better with your customers and maybe even getting more!
With that in mind, Here Are 9 Effective Email Marketing Tips for Painting Contractors
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If you’re anything like me, you’re the type to take advantage of all the tools you can find.
Take blogging for example, people used to create blogs using HTML and hand code all of it…
Thank God for a tool like Wordpress which came along and made everything SO much easier!
There are so many tools out there that will make your life easier when it comes to blogging.
Such as tools helpful for writing, SEO, marketing, and content creation in general.
Today we’ll take a look at 9 Blogging Tools for Writing, SEO, Marketing, and Content Creation.
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Although LinkedIn may not be as popular as Facebook, it has been around for much longer.
And when it comes to networking, LinkedIn has definitely gained the most respect.
Here Are Seven Ways to use LinkedIn to Promote Your Painting Business.
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Did you know that Facebook Live videos produce 6 times as many interactions as plain videos?
Years ago in order to advertise your business, the only options available were not that cost-effective.
However, since Facebook Live launched in 2016, it gives you the ability to connect with your customers & prospects face-to-face,
at NO COST to you.
Using this, there are so many ways you can take your painting business to the next level!
Here are 7 Facebook Live Tips for Painting Contractors: Before, During, & After Broadcast.
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While setting up countless Zapier automations for many painting businesses, I’m often asked,
“What’s the difference between Estimate Rocket & PEP Cloud?”
or “Which is better?”
With the help of my good friend Shawn Derby of Sir Paints a Lot, we’ll be discussing the pros and cons of each of the programs!
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? Hey Painting Contractors! You should know that algorithms change more than us women change clothes ?
Compared to a few years ago, there are many more ways to drive visitors to your website than ever before.?
⚠️If you’re still using the same SEO strategies you learned a couple years ago,
or even last year…
They’re most likely not going to have the same effect as they used to.?
As Google’s role is to give the best results to their users, they are constantly adjusting things.?
Here are 7 SEO Trends You Don’t Want to Miss in 2020
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The world of social media has grown significantly since MySpace was reigning supreme 15 years ago.
Now we have a large amount of social media channels to choose from…
I’ve been asked many times, “what’s the difference between channels X, Y, & Z? and what’s best for my painting business?”
So I threw together the pros and cons of:
– Facebook Business Page
– Facebook Profile as Business Page
– LinkedIn Business Page
– Instagram Business Account
– Instagram Personal Account as Business Page
Facebook data shows that 53% of people are more likely to interact with a business they can message directly.
How long does it take for you to respond when someone contacts you via Facebook messenger?
In most cases, the longer it takes for you to reply…
…the less likely they’ll want to do business with you.
In fact, with everyone and their mom on social media,
they’re able to contact another painter who can respond much quicker.
Yet it is perfectly understandable that you, as a painting business owner,
aren’t going to be able to sit around 24/7 waiting for someone to contact you.
That’s where Facebook Messenger bots come in!
What Are Facebook Messenger Bots?
Facebook Messenger bots are automated scripts that communicate with users on your behalf.
They’re able to answer a lot of repetitive questions you get on a daily basis.
They’re also able to gather useful information from a user and hold onto it for you to personally respond to on your own time.
Check out how you can prequalify a prospect before they book a painting estimate:
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Hey there, painting contractors — did you know that in the world of paying for better exposure on Facebook, there are two main routes?
You have the choice of “boosted” posts, or Facebook Ads.
There are a lot of questions that a professional Painting Contractor might have in regards to this; shout out to Aaron Steininger of Sunlight Housepainting for this question!
What’s the difference between using Facebook ads and “boosted” posts; moreover what’s best for painting contractors?
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With 1 billion active users, Instagram has become one of the most cost-effective ways to advertise your painting services.
While blogging is a powerful platform to inform, engage, and convert your potential customers, it can’t survive without the support of social media channels like Instagram.
Instagram user numbers have literally exploded in the past few years…
In June of 2016, Instagram hit the 500 million mark, just two years later, in June 2018, the number of accounts doubled again.
If the number of your followers are not growing, your posts only reach a fraction of the actual followers, and you’re losing followers instead of gaining new ones…
Here are 13 Proven Ways to Grow Your Instagram Following in 2020 for Painting Contractors!
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Having a Facebook page is great, but if nobody knows it’s there, it’s not doing your painting business any good.
It would be like having a store hidden down a dark alley – no chance of finding any customers.
Today I’ll share 9 ways to grow your Facebook following, specifically for Painting Contractors.
Facebook Growth Tip #1 for Painting Contractors: Post Quality Content
Posting quality content does not mean that you have to create it yourself.
It’s okay to share other people’s content on Facebook but when doing so be sure to copy and paste the content & photo then give credit to the original poster versus just sharing.
Facebook favors “original” posts more than shared posts.
One thing I’ve noticed is that many Facebook Business Pages are strictly posting things about their business only.
However, a large percentage of your content doesn’t have to be about painting at all!
Share funny cat videos, outrageous memes, inspiring quotes -anything to keep your audience engaged (and of course throw in some posts about your painting business in between).
We actually curate/create a ton of engaging content like this for different painting businesses and then schedule it to recycle forever.
One thing you have to stay top of mind to is that in order to grow engagement you have to put yourself in your audience’s shoes and think about what they would want to see.
Here are 5 types of Facebook posts that drive engagement like crazy…
5 Things Most Painting Contractors Don’t Know About SEO Hey everyone, Nadia Burnett here with DYB Virtual, and today I wanted to spread a little insight on some elementary SEO tactics that often go overlooked… Unless your business relies on word-of-mouth referrals, a website that is not search engine optimized is not going to keep […]
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11 Google My Business Post Ideas for Painting Contractors Only 44% of local businesses have claimed their “Google My Business” listing. Meaning if you jump on the train now and use it correctly, you’ll be way ahead of your competitors in your area. Posting on Google My Business consistently is one of the best ways […]
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7 Benefits of “Google My Business” for Your Painting Business 40% of users that conduct a search on Google don’t click on a single thing on the results page. What does this mean for your painting business? This means you need to get on the first page of Google as quickly as possible! Fortunately, Google […]
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Painting Contractors: This Zapier Automation Shares Each of Your Blog Posts to All of Your Social Media Networks Imagine hitting the “Publish” button on a fresh blog post you just spent hours writing… … then seconds later it’s automatically posted to all of your social media channels. If you want to get maximum value out […]
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How to Automate the Moment Your Client Accepts the Proposal, All the Way Until the Deposit Invoice is Sent via Zapier Imagine arriving at a prospect’s house to give an estimate… …then leaving with a signed contract and deposit in hand. If you are the type of painting contractor that delivers the estimate on the […]
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Maximize the ROI of Your Painting Blog With These 12 Steps Today I want to let you know precisely how to get the most value out of your SEO blog posts so that we can get your website ranking #1 as quickly as possible. Although you’re posting to your website 1-2 times each week, there’s […]
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6 Tools That Will Save Your Painting Business Money, Time, & Headaches If you own a painting business, then you know that 24 hours is not enough time in a single day. There isn’t enough time to handle the behind the scenes tasks like… scheduling estimates creating projects creating invoices updating your mailing list And […]
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This Zapier Automation is Saving Painting Businesses 20+ Hours Each Week and Thousands in Admin Expenses The most common phrase I hear when working with painting business owners on the backend of their business is, “I just don’t have the time.” GOOD! As a business owner, you should NOT be the one: Inputting client information […]
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Painting Contractors: Steal My 471 Blog Post Ideas Creating a blog post that people really want to read while keeping up with SEO trends is a challenge that most painting contractors face day in and day out. The algorithms evolve and the consumers and industry change. Without a little help, it can be quite difficult […]
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