# Painting Contractor Growth > Marketing guides, Google benchmark data and a free 14-day trial of any growth service, written for painting contractors. Every service is offered as a free 14-day trial to painting contractors; start by texting or calling (385) 832-6175. ## Benchmark data - [Painting contractors on Google benchmark report](https://paintingcontractorgrowth.com/benchmarks/): 88,392 listings, 51 states. Median reviews 11; 27.1% have no website; 46.1% have under 10 reviews; median reviews with a website 18 vs 3 without. ## Guides - [Hiring someone to market your painting company, or doing it yourself](https://paintingcontractorgrowth.com/guides/choosing-a-marketing-partner-painting/): What a fair price is for a painting contractor, the contract terms to refuse, the questions to ask on the first call, and when to do it yourself instead. - [The painting contractor's year: exterior season, interior season and how to survive January](https://paintingcontractorgrowth.com/guides/seasonality-slow-season-painting/): A month by month marketing plan for painting companies, when to move ad budget from exterior to interior and cabinets, and the referrals that fill winter. - [How to present a painting estimate so it closes at the kitchen table](https://paintingcontractorgrowth.com/guides/pricing-and-quoting-painting/): The on-site presentation, good better best tiers, what to itemize and what to hide, deposits, and how your average project value decides your marketing budget. - [The estimate follow-up sequence that wins painting jobs from the second bidder](https://paintingcontractorgrowth.com/guides/missed-calls-follow-up-painting/): What a missed call costs a painting company, the five-touch sequence after you send a bid, speed to lead, and the text-back setup that stops leaks. - [The seven things a painting company website has to do](https://paintingcontractorgrowth.com/guides/painting-website-essentials/): The pages, the gallery, the price ranges, the estimate form and the speed a painting contractor site needs, and why the site changes how bids are judged. - [How painting contractors show up in ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI answers](https://paintingcontractorgrowth.com/guides/ai-search-chatgpt-painting/): What the AI answer engines read when a homeowner asks for a painter, and the eight things a painting company can fix this month to be one of the names listed. - [Facebook and Instagram ads for painting contractors that actually book estimates](https://paintingcontractorgrowth.com/guides/facebook-instagram-ads-painting/): The before and after creative that works, offers homeowners respond to, daily budgets, audience setup, retargeting, and what a painting lead costs on Meta. - [Google Ads for painting contractors: what to run, what to kill, what a lead should cost](https://paintingcontractorgrowth.com/guides/google-ads-for-painting-contractors/): Budgets, the three campaigns worth running, the keywords that drain a painting account, negative lists, and real cost per lead for interior and cabinets. - [The Google Business Profile setup that gets painting contractors into the map pack](https://paintingcontractorgrowth.com/guides/google-business-profile-painting/): Categories, service lists, before and after photos, hours, posts and Q and A, set up the way Google actually ranks painting companies in a local search. - [How painting contractors get more Google reviews, one walkthrough at a time](https://paintingcontractorgrowth.com/guides/get-more-google-reviews-painting/): The final-walkthrough ask, the exact text to send, why photos in reviews matter for painters, and the review velocity that moves you past the field. ## Blog - [Six weeks of exterior left: the September plan for a full winter](https://paintingcontractorgrowth.com/blog/exterior-season-ends-the-september-plan/): A week by week plan to sell the last exterior slots, switch the ads to interior and cabinets, and book realtor and property manager work before December. - [What should cabinet painting cost in 2026, and why your quote keeps losing to the franchise](https://paintingcontractorgrowth.com/blog/what-cabinet-painting-should-cost-2026/): Real 2026 cabinet refinishing price ranges, what drives the number, how the national franchises price the same kitchen, and how to present yours so it wins. ## Services (each a free 14-day trial) - [Google Ads management for painting contractors](https://paintingcontractorgrowth.com/services/google-ads-management/) - [Facebook and Instagram ads for painting contractors](https://paintingcontractorgrowth.com/services/facebook-and-instagram-ads/) - [AI search optimization for painting contractors](https://paintingcontractorgrowth.com/services/ai-search-optimization/) - [Local SEO and Google profile for painting contractors](https://paintingcontractorgrowth.com/services/local-seo-and-google-profile/) - [Website design and rebuilds for painting contractors](https://paintingcontractorgrowth.com/services/website-design/) - [Social media management for painting contractors](https://paintingcontractorgrowth.com/services/social-media-management/) - [Review generation and reputation for painting contractors](https://paintingcontractorgrowth.com/services/review-generation/) - [Missed-call text-back for painting contractors](https://paintingcontractorgrowth.com/services/missed-call-text-back/) - [Email and SMS campaigns for painting contractors](https://paintingcontractorgrowth.com/services/email-and-sms-campaigns/) - [Bookkeeping and financials for painting contractors](https://paintingcontractorgrowth.com/services/bookkeeping/) - [Appointment setting for painting contractors](https://paintingcontractorgrowth.com/services/appointment-setting/) - [Analytics and reporting for painting contractors](https://paintingcontractorgrowth.com/services/analytics-and-reporting/) ## By state - [Painting contractors marketing by state](https://paintingcontractorgrowth.com/painting-marketing/): one page per state with that state's listing count, median reviews and website gap. ## Tools and offer - [Missed-call revenue calculator](https://paintingcontractorgrowth.com/calculator/) - [Free 14-day trial](https://paintingcontractorgrowth.com/free-trial/): Google Ads management; Meta (Facebook and Instagram) ads; AI search optimization (show up in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI); Local SEO and Google Business Profile; Website design and rebuilds; Social media management; Review generation and reputation; Missed-call text-back and lead follow-up; Email and SMS campaigns; Bookkeeping and monthly financials; Cold-call appointment setting; Marketing analytics and reporting - [FAQ](https://paintingcontractorgrowth.com/faq/) - [About and method](https://paintingcontractorgrowth.com/about/)