news - Professional Painter Magazine https://professionalpainter.ca News and resources for professional painters Fri, 25 Nov 2022 17:53:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 eRenovate https://professionalpainter.ca/erenovate/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=erenovate&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=erenovate Sun, 05 Jul 2015 19:57:44 +0000 http://s658871703.online-home.ca/?p=2098 Winning good painting jobs is just about to get easier, and a new Canadian mobile phone app and website called eRenovate is the reason why. Sign up and create a business profile that includes a description and a photo gallery.

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]]> Winning good painting jobs is just about to get easier, and a new Canadian mobile phone app and website called eRenovate is the reason why. Sign up and create a business profile that includes a description and a photo gallery. You can even add an intro video if you want.When property owners looking for a painter in your area post their job on the eRenovate system, it automatically sends an invitation to you for a bid. You can review project photos and details, provide a quote, and send an intro video with your info if you want. You get direct contact with interested clients and are free to exchange texts, emails or phone calls, prior to setting up an onsite meeting to provide a quote.

It’s like a dating service for painters. Leads come to you, and you can deal with them more quick- ly than the old fashioned way. “Our motto is Click, Connect and Quote,” says Tom Cordeiro, president of eRenovate. “Our goal is to make it easier for tradespeople of all kinds to get the jobs they want. The less time you spend looking for painting jobs, the more time you spend making money. The app also keeps out the riffraff, the tire-kickers and the fly-by-night painters through a professional verification process. eRenovate is open now for painters and contractors to sign up.”

The app opens its doors to the public this fall, and that’s when job notifications will start coming through. Learn more and sign up at eRenovate.com/contractors/pro-app or email them at memberservices@erenovate.com.

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]]> Painter Training: Fisherman’s Project https://professionalpainter.ca/fishermans-project-painter-training/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fishermans-project-painter-training&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fishermans-project-painter-training Sun, 05 Jul 2015 19:50:51 +0000 http://s658871703.online-home.ca/?p=2094 There’s painting to be done in Greenburgh, New York and plenty of underemployed people looking for work. All that’s missing is skills, and that’s where something called the Fisherman’s Project comes in. Led by the town of Greenburgh, it’s both a training program and a painting company, and it uses the internet, hands-on skills development […]

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]]> There’s painting to be done in Greenburgh, New York and plenty of underemployed people looking for work. All that’s missing is skills, and that’s where something called the Fisherman’s Project comes in. Led by the town of Greenburgh, it’s both a training program and a painting company, and it uses the internet, hands-on skills development and an apprenticeship model to solve an ongoing community problem. “There are a significant number of unemployed people in this town,” explains Marty Rolnick, an organizer behind the Fisherman’s Project. “And at the same time many of our elderly, disabled and disadvantaged residents can’t afford to maintain their homes properly, either.

Empowering people to fill this community need is what we’re doing.” The motto of the not-for-profit venture “paint it forward”, and is in its earliest stages right now. When it’s all set up the Fisherman’s Project will use online video training, hands-on teaching sessions and an apprenticeship model to help the community help itself. So what’s with the name? Rolnick explains: “We call it the Fisherman’s Project from that old saying: Give a person a fish and feed them for a day. Teach a person to fish and feed them for a lifetime.” Email martyrolnick@gmail.com for more information.

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]]> Dulux Helps Out https://professionalpainter.ca/dulux-helps-out/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dulux-helps-out&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dulux-helps-out Sun, 05 Jul 2015 19:47:29 +0000 http://s658871703.online-home.ca/?p=2091 Paint makes a big difference to the landscape of any community, and paint is just what 25 non-profit Canadian organizations in need will get this year – paint and the people to put it on.

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]]> Paint makes a big difference to the landscape of any community, and paint is just what 25 non-profit Canadian organizations in need will get this year – paint and the people to put it on. That’s what a unique initiative by Dulux Paint is all about. “We’re encouraging the public to nominate charities, non-profit organizations and other community groups in need of renewal anywhere in Canada,” explains Martin Tustin-Fuchs, brand manager for Dulux Paints. “This year we’re aiming to transform the 25 organizations in greatest need.”

Dulux has already provided hundreds of thousands of dollars of paint and resources to community spaces since 2011, and the company also provides paint for all home building projects of Habitat for Humanity Canada. Nominations for the 2015 campaign are open right now for non-profits that need a facelift. Mention this initiative to your painting clients and make nominations yourself at www.colourfulcommunities.ca

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