Whether you’re selling or staying, the time is now to add a little curb appeal to your home! House painting in the Denver area is in full swing and the team at Vivax is here to “wow you”. We talk to a lot of folks who are selling or thinking about selling the house has been sitting on the market for some time. Ask any realtor…or painter … and they’ll tell you that sprucing up the exterior can make a huge impact on selling your home. Not only that, it actually adds value! With Vivax’s fully TRANSFERABLE you get to tell the buyer that their paint job is under warranty and that one less thing they need to worry about with all the stress that goes along with purchasing a home. Vivax Pro Painting’s warranty is the only one is the business that is all inclusive. If you think it’s a warranty claim, then it is! We look at warranty claims as an opportunity, rather than a hassle. If we come out to re-beautify your home no questions asked, won’t you tell your friends? That’s more valuable to us than collecting a few bucks.

If you’re staying in your home and it needs a little TLC, why not give it a full makeover? Our free estimates also come with a free color consultation. Get a “new” house without actually purchasing one! Don’t forget we do decks (even can build you a new one), gutters and woodwork if you’ve got a few projects on the honey-do list.

Whether you are looking to increase the resale value of your home or simply wanting to increase the appeal it has to you as the homeowner, exterior painting is a profitable way to boost curb appeal and property value. According to the website HandyAmerican.com, an exterior paint job will increase the current market value of your home up to 200 percent, plus resale recovery.

A new exterior paint job is a quick and cost-effective way to create dramatic visual appeal by refreshing or replacing the current color scheme but it is also a great way to add a protective layer to extend your home’s exterior for years. When done correctly, painting your home can seal and protect against moisture, weather and wildlife. Keys to a long-lasting and enduring paint job are in the preparation prior to painting as well as the products used. Proper removal of old paint and replacement of failing boards, extensive caulking of cracks, seams and nail holes, and priming where needed are examples of necessary prep steps.

In terms of products, choosing the something that is suited for our dry and sunny Colorado climate is a must.
Vivax Pro Painting, a local Denver painting contractor, along with Kwal Paints, a Colorado based paint manufacture, combine all of the necessities along with an outstanding warranty to ensure that the homeowners dollar will stretch to it’s maximum value. Vivax offers a all-inclusive 4-year warranty at its base pricing that provides a 10 year life of a paint job and for approximately 30% more, you can extend the warranty to 7-years and the life of the paint job up to 14 years. Considering the average out of pocket expense for a Vivax paint job is $2,500 that is a great ROI.

There are so many avenues to choose from when looking for inspiration for paint colors. I know that I personally have to put a lot of thought into choosing colors…..I want to know that when the color goes up, I am going to LOVE it! I start off by looking at the “walls around me” pulling inspiration from the everyday things in my life. When someone is in the market for interior painting I notice they begin pulling from colors in their closet, in their favorite dress, matching throw pillows they are in love with– the options are endless!  You can even take your favorite candle in to get matched at the paint store if your heart so desires! These days it seems as though people are expanding beyond the typical beige walls and stepping into a more “EXCITING” world of paint colors.

I know I personally have stepped WAYYYY into that world….to the point where some may even squint as they walk through our home! But to us, it is the perfect combination of our favorite vacations and memory evoking colors from the things that make us happy! I always encourage people to put more thought into choosing colors and not just going with what a “model home” had one time that they saw and sorta liked. Be creative, get involved in the process and find something that really makes you smile!

I became an addict of the new site called “PINTEREST” last summer and I cannot tell you how many times I have pulled paint inspiration from this site! Since Vivax Pro Painting is THE EXTERIOR PAINTING SPECIALIST in Denver, Colorado, I began looking at how we could utilize this site to come up with new ideas for our homeowners and maybe even help homeowner’s associations to expand “BEYOND THE BEIGE”!  I started by typing in a simple search for “door colors” (http://pinterest.com/search/?q=door+colors) and my eyes about popped out of my head!

I WAS IN LOVE with Pinterest even more than I had been! I realized we are entering a world where the inspiration that was once the magazine on our coffee table or that favorite dress color has now expanded into an opportunity to see what is on the other side of the globe! AMAZING! If I went to or really WANT to visit Venice and it is the colors and the decor that I yearn to be around I can bring that into my own home after searching something as simple as “Venice Colors” (http://pinterest.com/search/?q=venice+colors) and VIOLA I have more inspiring colors to begin my own extreme home makeover!

Request an estimate from Vivax Pro Painting for your next exterior painting project and allow us to help transform your home into something that you are proud of! We’ll help with the colors too…

Blog Written by Jessica Klein
Title: Director of Marketing, Partner

Read her bio here: http://www.vivaxpropainting.com/about-vivax/meet-the-team-2/

Are you looking for a job near Denver? If you want to join a rapidly-growing company, Vivax Pro Painting may be the perfect fit! We are hiring for a couple different positions including office support/appointment setting and marketing. We are, and will continue to be a company that people desire to work with. We grow from within and produce talented managers and sales people who go on to do great things. We are a company that breeds loyal clients who actively generate referral business, and we will continue to give back to the community.




Field Marketing Manager




*Our top performers earn full-time pay working part-time flexible hours. Opportunity for quick advancement and to lead your own team!




Summary: Generate quality leads (NO SALES! Purely Marketing our brand and lead generation) by canvassing assigned territories and submitting them daily to the office. Work outside, make your own schedule, in-house training.




Duties and Responsibilities:
• Work 3-4 hour shifts on three to five days each week late afternoons and
early evenings (weekends are optional)
• Canvas in areas where we are painting homes and offer a free painting estimate to the homeowners.




Must Have Qualifications:
A GOOD ATTITUDE and reliable transportation.




***All hires start at this position, and at Vivax we grow from within and produce talented team members and managers who go on to do great things!




Find out what working for a Inc. 500 company is like!
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/house-painter-tops-inc-500-fastest-growing-companies-list-111948059.html




We’re proud to be one of the fastest growing companies in Colorado:
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/print-edition/2011/07/15/customer-satisfaction-gives-vivax-the.html?page=all -




For office/appointment setting position please email for job description.


Please send resumes to scott@vivaxpropainting.com.

Hey All,




It’s been a while since we blogged so we figured we’d kick painting season off BIG TIME! We’re extremely excited to be giving away a free paint job this year!!! The details are below. If you have any questions or need any help, please just ask. Feel free to call 720-210-9004 or email scott@vivaxpropainting.com. We want to kick off this painting season with a bang. The best part about our contest is that YOU control whether you win. We aren’t picking or deciding… so go win yourself a free exterior paint job (or nominate someone you know).




To Qualify:



Step 1 -Call the office to schedule an estimate. Estimate must be done prior to March 10. Or must have received estimate from Vivax with the last year (March 10, 2011)




Step 2-Fan Vivax Pro Painting on Facebook. Must be done before step 3. (www.facebook.com/vivaxpropainting)




Step 3-Take a picture of your house and upload it to Facebook. Vivax Pro Painting must be tagged in your picture so it posts to our wall. In the caption part of the picture you must plead your case why you (or the person you nominate) should win the free paint job.

(This step can be done with the help of someone at Vivax Pro Painting.)




Step 4-The picture that gets the most combined likes + comments (each individual can only like a photo once and can only comment on a photo once), will win a FREE Exterior Paint Job!!! Our current fans can vote for you but it is highly encouraged you reach out to your friends in order to get enough likes/comments to win!!!




Deadlines and Rules:


-Winner must have received an estimate from Vivax Pro Painting between March 10, 2011 and March 10, 2012 to qualify.


-On April 1, 2012 at 12pm we will be announcing the winner on our Facebook Page




-Must paint before Oct 1, 2012


-Free Exterior Paint Job valued up to $2,500


-Comes with a 4-year all-inclusive warranty

(7-year warranty available at an additional cost)

Are you looking to paint a room, or 3, before the holidays? We’d love to help! After wrapping up our exterior house painting season, we’d like to shift things into the heat and focus on interior paint jobs. Because of that, we’re offering discounts to paint the inside of your home. Whether you’re having company or you want to spruce a room or two up for your significant other, give us a call for a free estimate. We’ll let you know your options and give you the best interior deal of the year.

As always, if you are doing the project yourself, we can help as well. Go to You Tube and search Vivax Pro Painting to find our DIY videos. And good luck!

Each year we preach (for lack of a better word) that homeowners in the Denver area protect their homes for winter! That time has now arrived, believe it or not! The snow has already fallen in the mountains and soon it will along the Front Range.

Whether you are painting now or in the Spring, it’s the perfect time to call a few of the best painting contractors and have them come out to take a look. Vivax will be honoring Fall’s prices in the Spring of 2012 but you must get a free estimate now!

If you have rotten or damaged boards on your home, those should be taken care of before the snow just rests on them and damages your home even more. Our project planners will happily write you up a woodwork estimate.

Take advantage of some of the best painting specials we’ve ever offered!

 


You know the importance of offering outstanding workmanship but why is it so important to consistently do it? This topic branches off our previous post, “Scripting Your Way to Success”. All of these concepts are designed to help you become a referable contractor.

Our Vice President of Production has a great line that he tells his production managers, “Do what you need to do in order to get a few referrals at the end of the job.” In other words, don’t just work to pick up the check from the homeowner; the goal is to get customers to refer their friends and family members that may need work done on their home. If you get those, the check will obviously be coming our way! Our referrals are considered as good as “gold”.

Here are a few ways us painting contractors consistently offer outstanding workmanship:

Pre Job Walk Through

Our project manager will walk around the house with the homeowner pointing out specific areas of concern and confirm project details as well as warranty. Setting clear expectations is the best way to make sure you are providing outstanding service. If you fulfill all the customers’ expectations, then you should be a referable company in their eyes.

Keeping the Crews Happy

Obviously those doing the actual work will have a huge impact on the homeowner and the success of the job. It’s important you work with the crews on a consistent basis in order to get consistent work out of them. You need to treat your crews right and in turn they’ll treat the job and the homeowner with excellent care.

Post Job Walk Through

This is super important because it’s the last thing we do before asking for the “gold”. It’s our opportunity to walk around the house and address all those key areas that we paid extra close attention to. It’s also where we authorize the warranty and make sure there is nothing else we can take care of before leaving.

Vivax Pro Painting is honored to be one of 11 industry experts to have a blog hosted on Service Magic’s web site. This is an installment from there detailing our house painting business and business in general!

It sounds a little cheesy and a little odd that a house painting contractor would need scripts but trust me when I say it can really help improve your business and the experience clients have!

The goal is to offer consistently amazing customer service and you do that by promising and delivering the same things to each client. And a script will help you do that.

That doesn’t mean sounding like a robot when answering the phone or meeting with a client. The script is designed so that anyone can jump into a conversion and touch on all the right points. Once someone is comfortable hitting all those key points they can tweak the script into what works for them.

When our marketing team trains on how to make outbound calls, they learn from a script we’ve crafted and molded the last few years. The script ensures that we get all the appropriate information for us to be successful at the estimate as well as to excite the homeowner that we will be coming to answer questions and address any concerns they may have. We happen to be a company that doesn’t accept deposits or money until the job is finished. So we make a habit of telling that to our potential clients in the initial conversation to open up those lines of trust.

From the sales process through the job coordination scripts are equally as important, if not more. We need to make sure our sales people are promising things that the production team can deliver upon. After all,
“We’re a customer service company that just so happens to be really good at painting houses.”

It’s also important to note that each season (or year or whatever applies to your business) the scripts should be revisited. We’ve had to adjust some things just to stay relevant and continue to exceed customer expectations.

The whole process with the scripts is designed to make our company more referable—that’s the ultimate success for a contractor. The best place to get more business is from happy clientele and in order to do that you must meet or exceed their expectations with awesome customer service. I think we can all agree on that. Growing the business with referrals is what enabled us to take more leads from companies such as ServiceMagic. Scripting our way to success has been a major part in our growth as a company. Now we like to let our clients do the bragging for us and keep those referrals coming!

***Vivax Pro Painting is honored to be one of 11 contractor experts to have a blog hosted on Service Magic’s web site. This is an installment from there detailing our house painting business and business in general!

In this video: Jeremiah Owen, President of Vivax Pro Painting, says “Hello” and explains how Vivax Pro is here to help in the search for any home improvement. Just ask us on the Vivax Pro Painting Facebook Page and we will be sure give you an answer you can trust! You can also have a look at our Home Improvement Page for Colorado.