Painters Academy

This episode argues that smaller two-man painting crews are more profitable and efficient than larger crews, based on the host's extensive industry experience.

This episode features an interview with Michael Sanchez, owner of L&J Painting, discussing his company's journey from humble beginnings to success, including business culture and employee recruitment strategies.

This episode features an interview with Kevin O'Brien of Trusted Painters LLC, discussing his journey from sales to implementing business systems using a baseball analogy to emphasize consistency and growth.

Brandon Lewis discusses whether painters should use debt to grow their businesses, sharing personal experiences with paying off his mortgage and outlining considerations for business debt.

Brandon Lewis introduces his Painter's Profitability Pulse Check system while sharing insights from three business diagnostics he conducted for painting companies of varying sizes.

Brandon introduces a casual 'BS session' format where he shares updates about his recent webinar on winter work, upcoming live music event, and travel plans to Boston and Tennessee.

This episode addresses the seasonal challenges painting contractors face during winter and introduces strategies to maintain profitability, retain employees, and close jobs through a work blueprint approach.

This episode offers a paid consultation service for painting business owners facing challenges like expansion decisions, financial analysis, staffing issues, marketing efficiency, and seasonal profitability.

This webinar provides painting contractors with actionable strategies to secure winter work through goal-setting, pricing, marketing, and operational adjustments.

Brandon Lewis shares a Jim Rohn-inspired lesson about focusing on self-improvement rather than easier circumstances, using a real diagnostic call example of a painting business owner struggling with operational inefficiencies despite having access to comprehensive business tools.

This episode uses a sports analogy to explain why painting contractors must provide clear labor and material budgets to their painters to ensure projects stay on budget and profitable.

The host warns against taking business advice from paint stores or Facebook groups, explaining that most painting businesses fail to scale due to poor business acumen.

This episode discusses the importance of building and maintaining a client list for service businesses, using a conversation with a brewery marketing manager as an example to emphasize that focusing on clients rather than jobs leads to increased sales and referrals.

Mark DeFrancesco interviews Brandon Lewis about how painting business owners can overcome fear and inefficiency to achieve profitability, drawing from over 2,500 painter diagnostics and personal experiences.

This episode features painting business owners Michael Balding and Greg Collins discussing how they grew their company from a small operation to over $1.7 million in revenue through strategic scaling and improved profitability.

A consultant shares insights from analyzing 2,700 painting contractor businesses to identify three key signs that indicate potential for wealth and success in the industry.

The host compares running a painting business to maintaining his 1972 K5 Chevy Blazer, discussing current industry challenges like decreased demand and business system issues while sharing personal anecdotes about the truck and his grandfather.

This episode addresses common reasons painting business owners are disappointed with their painters, focusing on low pay due to poor marketing/sales systems and insufficient crew leadership.

Business owners share testimonials about the benefits of attending the Painting Profits Summit, highlighting networking, education, and overcoming industry challenges.

This episode explains how painting contractors should use their calendar as a shield to protect their time for strategic planning rather than as a sponge that absorbs distractions and reactive tasks.

This episode features an interview with Michal Cheney, owner of No Drip Painting, discussing her journey from childhood passion to building a multi-million dollar painting business with a strong focus on team culture and community impact.

This episode uses a provocative hostage analogy to challenge painting business owners to apply desperate-level urgency to their recruitment and marketing efforts instead of settling for minimal results.

Brandon Lewis encourages listeners to apply for scholarships to the Painting Profit Summit, sharing his personal story of overcoming poverty through scholarships and highlighting how the summit has transformed lives and businesses.

This episode challenges painting contractors' prejudices against various marketing mediums, arguing that each communication tool has value and should be integrated into business strategies.

This episode features an interview with Walt Dykes, owner of D&D Decorating, discussing his 40-year journey in the painting business from getting kicked out of school to building a successful contracting company.

A painting business expert invites painters to a Q&A call to address common business challenges like lead generation and scaling, while also previewing the 2026 Painting Profits Summit event.

This episode features an interview with Walt Dykes, owner of D&D Decorating, discussing his 40-year journey in the painting business and strategies for building a recession-proof company.

This episode advises painting contractors to shift from hands-on fieldwork to desk-based management to scale their business and improve quality of life.

A podcast host invites painting contractors to participate in a political survey to understand their views on elections, key issues, and industry demographics.

This seminar provides a comprehensive blueprint for building and managing a successful sales team in the residential repaint industry, covering ideal salesperson profiles, recruiting, hiring processes, onboarding, and training.

This episode promotes a bootcamp teaching painting contractors how to acquire large commercial repaint projects using proven systems and strategies.

This episode features an interview with Brad Siler, owner of Pencil Log Pros, discussing his entrepreneurial journey, the challenges of work-life balance in early business stages, and his unique path in the painting industry.

This episode features an interview with Hugo and Edgar Trejo, owners of JTP Painting Services, discussing their family business's growth, customer service excellence, and community impact in League City, Texas.

This episode discusses the risks and advantages of using subcontractors versus employees in a painting business, emphasizing proper payment models and seasonal flexibility.

Brandon discusses common problematic client types in the painting business and responds to a skeptic questioning his claims about wealthy painters by citing his extensive business surveys.

This episode promotes a session at the Painting Profits Summit that teaches painting contractors how to effectively recruit, manage, and compensate salespeople to scale their businesses and improve work-life balance.

This episode identifies six common pricing mistakes in the painting industry and presents a reliable pricing methodology to increase profitability for painting contractors.

This episode explains how painting businesses can be sold for significant money and offers free valuations to established owners.

This episode announces that the Painters Academy is raising prices for new members of its gold membership program, which includes enhanced value like coaching calls and resources, but offers a deadline to lock in the current rate.

A painting contractor named James overcomes depression and financial struggles by attending a professional summit that transforms his business and outlook.

Tara Riley hosts this episode of Painters Academy, filling in for Brandon Lewis to discuss SEO and paid digital trends with experts Brandon Pierpont and John Schofield.

This episode focuses on helping painting contractors improve their business by addressing common estimating and pricing problems.

Brandon Lewis analyzes why painting contractors struggle to sell at high prices, attributing it to weak sales processes and client distrust.

This episode addresses common misconceptions about painters as overhead versus income sources, offering training on business systems and recruitment for painting contractors.

Brandon Lewis explains why painting contractors need a written business plan and how even a simple one-page plan can drive success.

An interview with painting contractor Eric Heupel about his career and business journey.

Two business coaches introduce a playbook for painting contractors to build systems and scale their businesses.

A podcast for painting contractors featuring an interview with a second-generation contractor about his journey and business insights.

Brandon Lewis uses the story of the Alamo to inspire painting contractors to overcome odds and achieve success through commitment and specialized training.

Brandon Lewis uses the symbolism of Independence Hall to motivate painting contractors to achieve financial and time independence through sacrifice and strategic business practices.

Brandon Lewis discusses his recent events and shares business metrics and strategies for painting contractors.

Brandon Lewis answers questions from painting contractors about optimizing their painting business, covering systems, work-life balance, revenue, and employee culture.

Brandon Lewis explains why painting contractors must adapt their recruitment strategies to the current employee's market.

Brandon Lewis teaches painting contractors how to achieve 50% gross profit margins through operational improvements.