Ryan is an award winner for his outstanding painting and marketing work, You can find his contributions to the painting community across numerous blog sites and on his YouTube channel.
His company has won Best Painting Company four years in a row by Lehigh Valley Style and Best Painting Company twice by What's Happening. Also being named Emerging Business of the year 2015 and also 2017
Ryan Amato Painting
306 S. New St
Bethlehem, Pa 18015
484-821-7112
I have had the luxury to be able to interview, meet and interact with many great people from all walks of life, from business to sports to entertainment and I wanted to start to bring these discussions to you.
You will soon find out even though we all come from different walks of life we all have many of the same things in common.
Listen in as we speak to Mark about his life, business and family and I hope you can learn a few things to use in your world as well
We recently had the opportunity to interview David Galkin of Fish Window Cleaning of the Lehigh Valley's owner David Galkin
I have had the luxury to be able to interview, meet and interact with many great people from all walks of life, from business to sports to entertainment and I wanted to start to bring these discussions to you.
You will soon find out even though we all come from different walks of life we all have many of the same things in common.
Listen in as we speak to David about his life, business and family and I hope you can learn a few things to use ion your world as well
We get a ton of questions each day regarding a potential house painting project and to avoid and missed expectations it is a great idea to ask every question you may have.
A project can go wrong quickly if something was never communicated to your painting contractor and they start a project doing things they believe were correct and spoken about.
Nothing is worse than an unhappy client as they will make everyone else unhappy as well.
All the painters want to do and live for is at the end of the project to look back at a great job and a smiling client.
To alleviate this we write everything down in our proposals, record estimates, send videos, blogs, and many many emails. We try to overly communicate all of this info so there are no surprises once that project begins.
Here is a recent video we did on our YouTube channel, there are many other informative videos on there as well so make sure you click subscribe.
Here are the most asked questions regarding a painting project. If you have any others please feel free to let us know we would gladly add them in a future video or blog.
I know how scary it may seem when someone asks you what your budget is for a project
Either you don't know, don't want to share or think its rude of the contractor to even ask but there are great reasons we ask this questions.
To not waste the time of the homeowner or contractor. Knowing the range of the budget can save wasted time if there is no way the contractor can meet it or there may be room to add even more work to make your project even better.
To make sure your expectations match your budget
So your not disappointed hiring a contractor who only gives you a price you need but can't deliver what you expect.
One of the first questions we ask before we even come out is do you have a budget for this project and then while were onsite we will ask that same questions again.
We want to work for people who trust us and vice versa and sharing this important information starts the relationship process from the start. If you can't trust the person your hiring to do your work it may not be the right person.
Here is a video I just did explaining this process in depth.
What is more annoying than an estimator who you scheduled with not showing up at all? A contractor who doesn't return a phone call ever?
I went through this same thing recently when I needed work done at my home. I simply could not get anyone to call me back except for a few who I mentioned in my video blog.
When you want something done inside your home or business you expect a call back at the least.
A scheduled appointment takes time away from your busy schedule and family so a call, email if that person cannot show up, would be the right thing to do.
I am amazed at the number of estimates I go to and the look of surprise on the faces and they say "wow I am surprised you showed up" It was crazy to me they would call multiple painting contractors and we would be one of the few that showed up to at least discuss the project. maybe at that point, it wouldn't be right for us but we can let them know that or refer them to someone great.
To be professional is not much to ask for from anyone.
With our company we call if were a minute late, let alone I cannot recall ever not showing up.
I have been on the other end of that with the homeowner not being home but that's a blog for another time.
Here is my recent video discussing this topic. Get your acts together contractors.
Why start a new business?
The long hours? Sleepless nights, always constant worry?
It all seems like a ton of fun from the outside, you can set your own hours, have loads of money, freedom, no boss but in reality, you have a hundred times the worries of a normal job.
You now are responsible for the jobs of your employees who sometimes don't appreciate that or understand the worries and concerns you have. You now have thousands of bosses, from the clients to the general contractors, vendors and more, all of them you have to answer to at one point or the other.
You now have overhead, the office, trucks, equipment, bills, taxes, insurances, workers compensation and more.
The, you can set your hour's thing is out the window, how about working from 6am to 10 pm every night when the business first starts and that's a light day.
many things come into play when you are your own boss but fun is not generally one of them most of the time.
So then why do we all do it? We love it and wouldn't want it any other way. The stress you end up feeding off of, the fast-paced lifestyle, the ups, and downs.
Here is a video of why I decided to start a painting company.
We love to let people know when they have done something awesome.
This person I heard about long before I went out to do the estimate, the office told me I would love the estimate. "She has watched all your videos" and is excited to meet you.
When I arrived I could see right away Paula would be fun to work with, she had a great personality, was looking for someone to work with her on the project and was very interested in my ideas.
It is great to go on any project and form a relationship with the clients, they respect your opinion and work so that is a bonus.
When I left I knew she would push hard to have us as her contractor and as I expected we were awarded the project a few days later.
That is where my part ends but when the job leader came back from his meeting all he could say is Paula is great!
Once the job started the painters all said the same thing, she was very accommodating, fun to be around and enjoyed the whole process.
So for that we love Paula, I wish everyone could "be like Paula" the world would be a better place
Running a "larger" painting company has its ups and downs and that is a story for another time but at the top of this list is how many clients, salespeople and others assume I am the person to speak to no matter what the subject may be.
Whether a job issue, a color selection, a new product they want me to buy, some marketing thing or their dog is sick and they can't work today.
When I don't answer these issues sometimes it may come off as I don't care or the matter isn't important enough. That is far from the case but look at it like this when you go to any other store or restaurant they have put people in place to take care of any need that may arise.
I worked very hard to get us into the position that I could start to bring in other personnel to handle most of these matters so I could step back and grow and manage the business, to be involved in every day to day matter would take away from the ultimate goal. That doesn't mean in any way your projector question is not important only that we have trained someone to specifically handle these requests.
I knew long ago to stick with what you do best and for me that is estimating and marketing, not worrying about the job site daily issues or a truck broke down. These issues are handled by our production and shop team, trust me the truck will get fixed and if not they will learn the lesson as we hold everyone accountable. They do not typically make the same mistakes twice.
So when someone calls the office and asks for Ryan, I have strict policy on taking calls, I am very focused and protective of my time, we only have so many hours in the day people so use it wisely, me being interrupted on something I am not that great on dealing with may take me away from a super opportunity or something personal I need to attend to.
On another blog I will explain how I manage my daily tasks, listen up as it will free you from stress and anxiety, you may ruffle some
You will soon find out even though we all come from different walks of life we all have many of the same things in common.
