We have just started reaching out to the painting community through facebook and our blog... We have read many articles here, and now that were are spending more time online we want to contribute in all ways possible.
We have award winning customer support and have always put clients needs first. Our clients include hundreds of residential painting customers and a growing list of commercial painting clients in and around Raleigh North Carolina.
Welcome CertaPro! We dont have any CP representation here at this point and very much look forward to your participation. Please check out our thread topics and jump on in! :thumbup:
Thank you for the message. Seems you have quite a tough crowd here. I look forward to the banter.
Last year we completed approx. 60% Res and 40% Commercial. We had a positive year in the economy that was not swinging well. It was to say the least a tough year for us but we fought the good fight and live to fight another day!
No disrespect to Fresh, he knows what I feel and I think he has given some credence that the Fresh Coat model has a different approach.
I am always ready to listen and learn, but to be brutally honest, I have a huge prejudice against all the "Pro" type franchises. Be it Student, College, or Certa.
I do, however, welcome this guy and look forward to exchanging truths to improve the profession. I hope he doesn't leave too soon, but I thought it only fair to express my feelings that have been formed by many years of seeing the local certa pro owners wreck havoc.
Oh, I thought the op said he was a certa franchise, which if memory serves is the one that BM is forming some sort of relationship with. I would like to hear what the gentleman has to contribute. Remember, this is just his introduction thread, and lord knows we are always asking people to do proper introductions, which he did.
He could of been just looking to get his name out and build some SEO, or he could of just not gotten back to PT yet, and will in fact turn out to be a contributing member.
I hope it is the latter as I always like to learn what i can about franchises.
I know you guys think you smell blood but take it easy. I would hate to see him come back to his thread and have it be all murky with this or that and be turned off from contributing to PT.
Not that I really have a opinion one way or the other, but I have no problem with a franchise. Franchise People are not looking to be self employed, they are looking to be business owners. I think sometimes the self employed almost take offense that somebody not as skilled as them dare try and own a business in their industry. I'll tell you, one of the most successfull painting companies in my area is owned and operated by a guy who had no idea how to paint when he startdd his company. I like hearing evryones input. IF I hear something I like from someone Ill use it, If dont Like what I hear I dont use It. There are lots of ways to succeed in doing this. Not all will agree on which way is the right way for them.
Not that I really have a opinion one way or the other, but I have no problem with a franchise. Franchise People are not looking to be self employed, they are looking to be business owners. I think sometimes the self employed almost take offense that somebody not as skilled as them dare try and own a business in their industry. I'll tell you, one of the most successfull painting companies in my area is owned and operated by a guy who had no idea how to paint when he startdd his company. I like hearing evryones input. IF I hear something I like from someone Ill use it, If dont Like what I hear I dont use It. There are lots of ways to succeed in doing this. Not all will agree on which way is the right way for them.
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