Painting contractor marketing for interior, exterior and commercial painters

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Separate the work you sell

Interior painting, exterior painting, cabinet refinishing, commercial repaints and work for property managers are bought by different people for different reasons. A homeowner wants to know how you protect furniture and floors. A property manager wants to know you can turn over units on schedule. Give each kind of work you want more of its own page, with photos of that work and the answers those buyers need. The page on contractor website design explains the structure.

Photos that do the selling

Paint is about color and finish, and both photograph well in good light. Shoot finished rooms in daylight, show exteriors from the street, and pair before and after shots from the same spot. Describe each job briefly: the surfaces, the prep, anything that made it difficult. Your own photos on your website and Google profile say more than any stock picture, and should never be swapped for other companies’ work.

Google Business Profile and reviews

Many homeowners look for a painter on the map. Google says local results are mainly based on relevance, distance and popularity, and there is no way to pay for a better local ranking. Use your real business name, the most specific category that fits, your real address with your service areas, and your own photos. Then ask every customer for an honest review when the job is finished, and offer nothing for it: Google’s Maps policy bans incentives for reviews, and the FTC’s rule bans fake reviews and incentives tied to a particular sentiment. See local SEO for contractors for each step.

Signs, neighbors and repeat work

A yard sign on an exterior job, placed with the owner’s permission, reaches every neighbor who walks past while the house is being painted. Leave a card with your website when the job is done, and keep a list of past customers: interiors and exteriors both need repainting in time, and a customer who was happy is the easiest job to win again. Property managers and real estate agents can send repeat work if you prove reliable.

Explain how you work

Much of what a homeowner worries about with a painter happens before the first coat: how furniture and floors are protected, how surfaces are prepared, how long the house will be disrupted and how the site is left each evening. A short page that walks through your process answers those questions and makes you look organized. Be specific about the prep you do, the products you use if you have a standard, and how you handle touch-ups. Do not promise times or prices on the page that you cannot keep on every job.

For commercial and property management work, the questions change: working around tenants, painting occupied buildings, turning over units between leases and keeping to a schedule. A separate page for that work, with photos of commercial jobs, speaks to those buyers in their own terms.

Paid search for painters

Search ads can put you in front of people looking for a painter now, in the places you work, on a daily budget you set. Send interior ads to the interior page and exterior ads to the exterior page. Local Services Ads, where you pay for leads rather than clicks, may be another option; eligibility depends on trade and area, so check it in Google’s Local Services Ads sign-up. Read Google Ads for contractors for more.

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