7:  Cut back on prep

You want your Vancouver painting company to go up in flames?  Forget the drop sheets and ignore the spatter on the 18th century armoire.  Leave the light switch covers and door hinges on and cut around them.  Paint over the spider webs and the dirt on the top of the baseboards.  Skip the sanding.  It won’t take long to say bye-by to your business.

6:   Don’t confirm colours

There is no better way to end your business than having to do your work twice, and no better way to ensure doing that than painting the wrong colour.  If you want to put yourself out of the painting business in the Vancouver area…then don’t do samples.

5:  Hire Cheap Vancouver labour and don’t supervise them

What you really need destroy your business is chaos so don’t be shy to ignore the warning signs of your new hires like their sloppy dress, or the fact that they are not bondable.  And if they say “yea, I can paint.  Anyone can paint” then sign them up, because you’re got a one way ticket to disaster.  Run from the guy with the clean whites and the appreciation that painting in Vancouver is a trade that will take a lifetime to learn.  Laugh off the guy whose five year old brushes are immaculate and who cleans and stacks his rollers and trays.

And once you have a couple of those losers on site, take a break.  Go for a coffee.  Maybe even take the rest of the day off.  Your plan to kill you Vancouver painting business is in good hands and it wont take long before you are collecting wefare.

10:  Dont return Calls

By itself, not returning calls won’t put you under, but it’s a great start.  Not only will you frustrate the people who pay your bills, supply your paint and do your work for you, you won’t have to interrupt your lunch or leanr how to put phone numbers into that stupid cell phone directory.  When you short circuit your communications by ignoring calls, you destroy trust, confidence and efficiency.  When you want to wreck your painting businsess in the Vancouver area, what could be better than that?

9:  Over-promise, under perform

We are still on cummunication here.  If you want your Vancouver painting business to tank, make sure you promise the moon to your customers and then deliver the abondoned building across the street.  String them a line about how you going to make their decorating and painting dreams come true.  Tell them your work will be perfect and you’ll be done well ahead of schedule.  Whatever you do, don’t be realistic about your schedules or the challenges of the paint job before you.  Make it look easy.  If you want your customer to never recommend you to her friends, raise her expectations so hight that not even Michelangelo could meet them.  Then, slow down.  Relax.  Believe your own press, and you will under-perform beyond your own expectations.

8:  Do extras for free

This actually looks like a strategy for growing your business because you are making your customers happy, but in fact, it is an excellent way to cripple your Vancouver Painting Business..by drying up the funds you need to operate effectively.  When you do painting extras for free in the Vancouver area, you are guaranteed to eat up your profit margin, frustrate your subs with your subsequent nickel and diming and lower the quality of the work overall as you rush to finish your now money-losing job.  In the end, you will have made the customer more upset tha if you had ch arged for the extra work.  Excellent.  No referrals here, either.

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