Common Market Madrigal (w/ JB Brown) | S5E7 | Pro Painter Podcast Remember a few weeks ago when JB Brown visited Morgan on the show? Of course you do! We talked all about growing your marketing share during a recession, and the importance of having a strong unique sales proposition. This week JB is back, and joins Morgan to break down the big long …

You Gotta Be | S5E3 | Pro Painter Podcast Nick is back already! That’s right, another episode with Pro Painter Network founder and owner of Walls By Design, Nick May. In the second part of their conversation (from this season’s premiere episode), Morgan and Nick really focus on how to weather changing tides and oncoming storms. What can we learn fr…

Questions (w/ Nick May) | S5E6 | Pro Painter Podcast Your host Morgan Knox is joined once again this week by Pro Painter Network founder Nick May, also of Walls By Design. In an earlier episode we teased a discussion on Peter Drucker and this week, we deliver! Have you asked yourself Peter Drucker’s Five Most Important Questions? Morgan and Nick fo…

Mo Money Mo Problems (w/ Torlando Hakes) | S5E5 | Pro Painter Podcast After seeing so much public discussion on some of the biggest problems facing our industry, Morgan sat down with Torlando Hakes to review these thoughts and throw down some more. Come with us and take an eagle-eye view of the painting industry that stretches as far back as the In…

(What) No One Knows | S5E4 | Pro Painter Podcast Wouldn’t it be nice to have some insight into how to grow your market share during a recession? Well then we’ve got a show for you. This week, Morgan is joined by JB Brown as they discuss how to strengthen your existing marketing efforts – and when and how to strike to grow your market share. In this…

You Get What You Give | S5E2 | Pro Painter Podcast Morgan is joined by Estimate Rocket’s Chris Shank, The Education Guy. Chris is an old friend of the Pro Painter Network and was with us at the start, even shepherding so much of the Roadmap to Profit. Together Morgan and Chris explore the nature of learning as a lifelong pursuit and what it truly m…

99 Problems But A Brush Ain’t One | S5E1 | Pro Painter Podcast Morgan Knox brings Nick May onto the show to start off the season with a discussion about all of the talk they’ve been hearing about the biggest problems in the painting industry. In this episode: Nick’s #1 Problem: 6:40 Fighting Fires & Proper Delegation: 8:35 Why is Admin So Hard?: 10…

Passing the Torch with Morgan Knox | S4E10 | Pro Painter Podcast Hosted by Nick May w/ guest Morgan Knox Hey there! Glad to see you again for another episode of the Pro Painter Podcast. We have come to the end of the fourth season; we hope this journey has served as a learning experience for you. We are not done yet, however! This week, Nick May in…

Legal Counselor Karalynn Cromeens: Putting the “Contract” in “Contractor” | S4E9 | Pro Painter Podcast Hosted by Nick May w/ guest Karalynn Cromeens Welcome back to the Pro Painter Podcast! This week’s guest is not a painting contractor. Today, Nick May chats with Karalynn Cromeens, a legal counselor armed with a Juris Doctorate and nearly two deca…

Value Proposition with Nick May | S4E8 | Pro Painter Podcast Hosted by Nick May Hi there! Welcome back to the Pro Painter Podcast. Today, Nick May sits down with… actually there’s no guest this week. Don’t worry, nobody bailed on us. This week we bring you a Nick May solo episode. Nick is all about connecting with people, and guiding painters on ho…

Holding hands, making all kinds of plans, Mrs. Jones has entered our lives and now we’ve gotta’ walk her through the process of being an interior design client. As usual, Garrison and Lisa have some dramatically different approaches to each step of the client journey. But no matter their differences, their professional vibe holds true. Come along w…

You don’t gotta’ go to work (work, work, work, work, work), but you gotta’ put in work (work, work, work, work, work). Okay, we’re being silly, but it’s true! No matter where you decide to keep your office, you’re still the boss. You take your business with you wherever you go. So where do you want it to be? Lisa and Garrison explore all the variou…

Have you ever heard the Lisa feel the color blue? Or asked the grinning Garrison why he grins? Can you paint with all the Colors of the Year? On this episode of Coast to Coast, Lisa Davenport and Garrison Hullinger dig into some official colors of the year and how they feel about them. You also get to hear their own, personal color picks for the ye…

After a much-needed holiday hiatus (or a COVID coffee break, if you will), Lisa Davenport and Garrison Hullinger are back! And they are rearing and ready to round out the remainder of our season, so buckle up. Recorded just after the turn of the New Year, our Coast to Coast hosts (to hosts) with the most (to most) eagerly say a hearty BUH-BYE to 20…

And we’re back. More anecdotes. More wisdom. More ways to be a professional success from two amazing, different people. Points of interest include: qualifying clients, standards and consistency, the kickoff process, commercial work, the office’s role in landing a client – and much more.By iMay Media

One of the dirty little secrets of success is that there’s actually more than one right way. Every path and every philosophy has its pros and cons, sure, but it’s all about finding the right one for you and making it work. After all, what is Coast to Coast if not a celebration of two different people with two different styles making their way throu…

There are rules that we have to follow, and there are rules that we define and follow ourselves. Set by our own internal compass. A personal code. Character. Where does one begin and the other end? And which should be written down on paper and enforced? Eww, what is this – a college course on Theories of Law? No! Just our two favorite design profes…

We’re back! Gosh it feels like it’s been forever. Has it really been that long – or is it just a 2020 thing? (Our vote is 2020.) Lisa and Garrison were so excited to reconnect and catch up, and we’re excited to share that with you. No special topic this week, just two friends getting by as professionals and human people in these modern times. Point…

Sometimes you walk into a professional relationship with someone and they already have some pretty strong prejudices in place about what to expect. Maybe they learned it from TV. Maybe they were burned by a previous designer or contractor. Whatever the case, you know that you’ll have to go above and beyond to make sure that you really wow them. On …

Consistency is key. In your messaging, your quality, your pricing. All of these (and more) add up to how you’re perceived by your clients. To the reputation that precedes you when a photo of your work or the name of your company enters a room. That’s your brand, y’all. It’s, like, important and stuff. Lisa and Garrison have worked long and hard to …

We're gonna' keep this one short and simple: It's time to just have some fun, so gather 'round for story time. We've got anecdotes, we've got pranks and silliness. That's it! Listen and enjoy!Points of interest include: Lisa's phone troubles, Garrison gets spooked, Lisa's morning segment - and much more.…

The last thing our cross-continental duo wants to do is add to the big pile of bummer that is life in 2020. It's against the whole spirit of how they live their lives. And yet, Lisa and Garrison have felt a little remiss about not exposing more of their vulnerability. Sure we've talked here and there about how COVID has affected us all, profesional…

Relationships are important. And if last week's episode didn't stress that enough, well we're here to tell you again. Professional peers, meetup groups, networks, friends, vendors, competitors - all have something to offer.So how do you approach building relationships? When is it worth spending your aleady valuable and limited time? And how do you …

Lisa and Garrison are here to help. Why?Well most of us have that story from when we started out. That one time there was a kind soul who took us under their wing, or gave us a piece of free advice, or pitched in when things got tough. Well, if we're lucky. Some of us toughed it out alone. Whatever the road, the value of that support and guidance c…

Have you got your Chock full o' Nuts ready? Nestled all cozy into a comfy, comfy chair? That's okay, we'll wait. There's no rush.Okay, good. It's time for some Coffee Talk. No specific theme today, just a veritable potpourri of fun conversation topics with our favourite cross-coastal designers, Garrison Hullinger and Lisa Davenport. Who let all the…

Too much fab for one episode, Lisa and Garrison are still going strong on their creative and guerilla marketing share sesh in the second half of this two-parter (here's Pt. I) . This time they highlight the importance of turning your relationships into evangelists for your work, differing approaches in how to go about a public portfolio, and have j…

Grab your coffee and pull up a chair, it's time to listen in to another cross-continental conversation between the lovely Lisa and Garrison! They had so much to say on the subject that we decided to split this one into two episodes! (Stay tuned for Pt. II.)Finding new and creative niches in marketing - particularly ones that yield results - has alw…

It's a new season, baby! Garrison and Lisa are back, they've got their caffeine, and they're excited to talk to eachother about all the learning and growing they've been doing these last few months. Particularly on the subject of client expectations, and how they're changing in response to the new landscape.Points of interest include: getting more …

Garrison and Lisa just couldn't stay away, and had plenty more to say on the subject of where things are at. What they've learned about themselves these last few months, more effects of working from home, and even a little light prognostication. So before our hiatus kicks off again in earnest, we'd like to bring you another conversation of humble, …

Oh, hi there! Since most of Season 4's conversations were recorded mostly before the pandemic, Lisa and Garrison really wanted to reconnect and talk about how their lives have been these last couple months. No doom and gloom, we promise. Just some lively conversation between friends that takes a look at the same world we all live in right now. Hard…

We all make mistakes. No early career is without its share of diving headfirst into exciting new opportunities. (And others kind of fall in.. or trip in!) The trick is to pay attention. To mindfully assess what happened and why, so that we can grow from it. If you're doing it right, the longer you're in business, the more mistakes you've made - and…

Our exciting KBIS coverage continues, this time joined by The Chaise Lounge's Nick May!Still hype from their last discussion, Garrison and Lisa dig into the various reasons they feel it's important to come to the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show (almost) every year - or to send your junior designers along at the very least. With Nick in the mix, our …

The Kitchen and Bath Industry Show (KBIS)- held in Orlando, FL back in February - highlights "product innovations from leading kitchen and bath brands". It's our pleasure to bring you an on-location episode. Recording together, in person for the very first time, are our lovely hosts Garrison and Lisa, who just gush and gush over all the cool things…

Rules are important. As we first started making our way in this world, coloring inside the lines helped us understand certain boundaries and why they were put there. As we got older, more experienced, and eventually made a return to childhood silliness - well, we realized that "oh my gosh", there are just so many rules that we can break. To surpris…

Let's be frank. The world looks a lot different now than it did a month ago - much less back in December when this episode was recorded. On the one hand, it can feel a little disorienting to hear a conversation from a time when our thoughts and habits were in another place entirely. On the other, it can also be a reminder of normalcy.So, on that no…

And we're back!With everything going on in the world, we're incredibly appreciative that you took a moment to join us this week. Our episode this week focuses on expectations and honesty, cornerstones of any relationship - including professional ones.Points of interest include: Chock full o'Nuts, Palm Springs, taking care of every detail, mistakes …

Welcome to week 2 with our new, dynamic, design duo!Recorded way, way back in a holiday season of yesteryear, Garrison and Lisa share a little bit about the craziness of the time before turning their attention to social media and messaging. The challenges, their insights and habits, all that fun stuff.Points of interest include: Sneak peeks (not gi…

A new year. A new host. A new Coast to Coast. Joining Garrison in our cross-country game of telephone is Lisa Davenport! In this episode we get to know our new host and her journey, while also making stops for important vistas along the way. Points of interest include: The importance of visualizing success, what goes into relocating a business, hav…

This week's episode of Coast to Coast design is bittersweet. Your hosts Garrison and Catherine talk about how they started out and grew their businesses to where they are today and talk about where they're going in the near future. For Catherine, that's away from this show. After a brief hiatus, a new East coast designer will be joining Garrison on…

This week, Catherine and Garrison discuss what kinds of projects they have on their plates and what challenges each of them brings. And these projects range all the way from multi-year new construction all the way to working on your own home. Make sure to follow Coast to Coast Design @coasttocoastdesign on Instagram and DM your questions and commen…

This week, Garrison and Catherine dive deep into research about how much designers charge all over the country in fees and how much different regions mark products upBy iMay Media

This week, Catherine and Garrison talk about those special things and people that they could not live without. Even though they've built their businesses on their own talents and abilities, but there are things they need to use them to their fullest and people they need to do the things they can't.By iMay Media

This week, Garrison and Catherine take a half hour to toot their own horns a little and appreciate what aspects of designer life they excel in. They have different experiences and different talents, so they explain where they get their strengths from and how they contribute to their respective businesses.…

Welcome back to Coast to Coast Design. On the first episode of the new season, Catherine and Garrison chat about making choices alongside clients and making choices in spite of clients thinking they want something else. If you want to reach out to your hosts, message them on Instagram @coasttocoastdesign.…

This week on Coast to Coast Design, Catherine and Garrison talk about the different workloads, expectations and troubles associated with taking on projects that involve construction compared against projects that are about only decorating.By iMay Media

On Coast to Coast Design this week, your hosts discuss how they feel about trends on their way in or out, and what trends they would like to see gain some traction. And a special surprise guest joins Garrison and Catherine to contribute their two cents.By iMay Media

This week, Garrison and Catherine talk about their respective clienteles and how much of them is made of repeat clients. The compare the experience of repeat clients with first time clients and jointly appreciate the value of building a working relationship with clients over time.By iMay Media

This week, Catherine and Garrison discuss the beginnings of their careers and the strange jobs they took to get the ball rolling.By iMay Media

This week, Garrison and Catherine discuss the possibilities a newer designer might have available to them to generate attention, network and get broad experience.By iMay Media

Today on Coast to Coast Design, Garrison and Catherine chat about photographers. How do you pick one? How do you decide which shots to get? Drapes always open, right? All these questions and more get answered in this episode.If you want to add more questions to the conversation, got to @coasttocoastdesign on Instagram and ask your own questions.…