Zach Ausherman, Owner of Ausherman Painting, joins the Painter Marketing Mastermind Podcast for a second time to discuss culture, employee hiring and retention, and review generation.

Zach took over Ausherman Painting from his father and has made many changes to the company's culture. He deep d...

Mike Beaulieu, founder and owner of New Look Painting, discusses how he provides a world class experience for his residential painting customers. Mike takes a deep dive into his sales and project management process, as well as the psychology behind his system. Mike has refined a highly effective...

Michael Sutton, founder, and owner of Kind Home Solutions discusses how he has reached over $9 million in annual revenue in under 5 years. Michael runs through his company's story year-by-year since its founding in 2018 and outlines how he achieved $2.2 million in his first year alone. Approachin...

Brian Reis, founder, and owner of Bella's Army Painting discusses how his sales-first mindset has allowed him to effectively outrun other problems in his business, and a shift he is taking this year to rightsize and improve operations. This is Brian's second time on the Painter Marketing Mastermi...

Tony Busnardo & Kent Gledhill, founders and co-owners of Old World Painting, discuss their journey as friends and business partners. They share a mindset they perceive to be very harmful that many other painting company owners seem to possess, and how staying away from that mode of thinking has e...

Alex Corral, founder, and owner of Cabinet Coating Kings share the positive mindset he embraces and has dubbed "boomnomenalism," and the power he's seen in transforming his own life. An entrepreneur through and through, Alex bet on himself when starting his business by emptying his bank account t...

In this very special episode of the Painter Marketing Mastermind Podcast, we host a group interview of Nick Slavik, Brad Ellison, Chris Elliott, and Chris Mole, all owners of highly successful painting companies. These titans of industry discuss topics that were covered during Nick Slavik's "Ask ...

Chad Jeffries, co-owner of Brick City Painting and Drywall, discusses his journey from subcontractor to co-owner of his business. Brick City Painting and Drywall does over $3 million in annual revenue, and Chad has had to grow as a person and a leader in order to effectively run his company. A st...

Jack Magee, founder, and owner of Trailblaze Paints, shares how he has grown to doing over $2 million per year after only 2 years in business. At 23 years old, Jack is the youngest guest that the Painter Marketing Mastermind Podcast has ever had. Throughout the interview, Jack shares his entrepr...

On this episode of the Painter Marketing Mastermind Podcast, we welcome back guest Matt Carlson. Matt is the owner of M. Carlson Painting, a residential repaint company based in Orono, MN that now does $5 million per year in annual revenue. Matt shares significant changes he has made in his busin...

Matt Kuyper, founder and co-owner with his wife Maggie of Harpeth Painting, discusses how he reached $1 million with his painting company in his first year working only part time. Harpeth Painting now does over $6.5 million in annual revenue, reaching that revenue in less than 6 years. Matt shar...

Return guest Jason Phillips, founder and owner of Phillips Home Improvements, discusses the importance of having good systems, and why you should borrow from others until your company runs like an Easy Bake Oven. He also discusses how to always be adding value for both your customers and your emp...

Tanner Mullen, founder and owner of Premium Painting, discusses how he has grown his business to doing over $1 million in annual revenue by focusing on the buyer's journey. Tanner shares his in-depth hiring process, including the many subtle but impactful nuances involved that ensure he hires onl...

Greg Flaherty, founder, and owner of Colorful Remedies discusses how he built a painting business that can now fully run without him. He shares his process for vetting potentially bad clients right from the start, and why he views that as a critical component of his painting company's success. Gr...

Doug Bates, founder and owner of Bates Painting Company, shares lessons from his incredible 42-year journey growing his business. An artist at heart, Doug shares why he only hires artists as his painters, and the impact he believes that has on the quality of their work and on his business. Doug d...

Eric Regan, founder, and owner of Mission Painting discusses his "why" for starting and growing his business, and how that impacts every decision he makes. He shares why he does not use commissions to motivate his employees but instead pays them far above market rates, and the benefits he has see...

John MacFarland, Founder and Owner of MacFarland Painting, joins the Painter Marketing Mastermind Podcast for a second time to take a deeper dive into his unique compensation model. A very big advocate for open book reporting and transparency, John explains how other painting company owners can ...

Nick Slavik, founder, and owner of Nick Slavik Painting & Restoration takes a deep dive into the fundamental components of business success. Nick discusses how to get your painting business in order, both in terms of customer fulfillment and employee satisfaction. He shares a huge shift that he h...

In this special live recording of the Painter Marketing Mastermind Podcast at PCA Expo 2022, Brad Ellison, Chris Elliott, and Chris Mole discuss lessons they learned from Nick Slavik's Ask A Painter Live Winter Retreat. They dive deep into limiting beliefs, and how they have worked as business ow...

Jason Paris, the founder, and co-owner of Paris Painting and Aleph Holdings discusses his journey from solopreneur to building a highly successful team that runs multiple businesses doing well north of $20 million in annual revenue. Jason takes a deep dive into Aleph Holdings. An exciting new par...

Ray Rahni, founder and owner of Paint Track Painting Services, shares how he has grown his business to over $1 million but why revenue isn't his focus. He talks about the importance of prioritizing profit and how he motivates his painters to ensure high profitability within his company. Ray also ...

Mike & Miriam Freeman, Co-owners of Mike's Quality Painting, share how they have grown their painting business to doing over $6 million in annual revenue in just ten years. They further discuss the importance of having a great team and how they've gotten their painters to seek out proactively mor...

In this special live recording at PCA Expo 2022, we host guest Jason Phillips, founder, and owner of Phillips Home Improvements. Jason shares how he has had to grow as a business leader and entrepreneur in order to take Phillips Home Improvements to do over $8 million in annual revenue. He has id...

Aaron Vytlacil, founder and owner of AV Painting, shares how he has grown from $800k in 2020 to doing over $2 million/year in annual revenue. He also discusses enlightening conversations he has had recently with thought leaders in the painting industry, and how these conversations have shifted hi...