Notes for painting businesses on winning work online
Practical, sourced articles for painters and decorators in New Zealand. Each one is dated, links to the official source for every rule it mentions, and avoids promises nobody can keep.
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What a painter’s website needs to win more jobs
A page-by-page checklist for NZ painting businesses: the photos, quote form questions, service pages and trust details that turn visitors into quote requests.
How much does a website cost a painting business in NZ?
The real costs of a painter website in New Zealand: DIY builders, one-off agency builds and managed plans compared, plus domain, GST and the hours you put in.
Google Business Profile for painters in New Zealand
Set up and run a Google Business Profile as an NZ painter: service areas instead of an address, the right name and categories, photos, and how it links to your site.
How painters can get more Google reviews, within the rules
A simple system for NZ painters to ask for Google reviews at the right moment, reply to them well and show them on your website, all within the rules.
Website or Facebook page: what a painting business needs
Should an NZ painter rely on a Facebook page or have a website? What each does well, where Facebook falls short for quote requests, and how to use both together.
Before and after photos and colour consultations on your site
How NZ painters can photograph jobs, get permission to show clients’ homes, caption before and after pairs, and turn colour consultations into booked work.
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