Friday, March 5, 2021

Efficiency Is Everything


Everybody always wants to know our “secret” on how we get the results we get. Many people assume most of our photos are probably photoshopped. The truth is you have to move as fast as your body will allow. The hotter it is the faster you have to move! If you’ve ever painted the exterior of a house in direct sunlight then you know exactly what I’m talking about. It’s funny because many homeowners look at our speed as a negative thing. I’m not sure if it’s because they feel they were short changed, think we must have missed something, or we must be performing an inferior job. We’ve even had customers have us come back to put on a second coat because they felt we were “rushing”. When in reality what you are witnessing is 20 years of evolution within a company. I think it’s rather impressive that most of us are closer to 40 than we are 20, and yet we out perform any other crew around here our age or younger. We’re faster now then we were when we were in our 20’s, and it all comes down to experience. Everyone always boasts about the years they have been in business 30 years, 40 years, and that’s great. Longevity is everybody’s goal, but time is merely a way to measure growth. So, if you break down what we’ve accomplished in two decades vs any other company in the country I can assure you the stats will not look the same. I have always said “one season with us is 3 to 4 seasons vs the average company”. Now I am in no way knocking any of the competition. I have respect for anyone willing to come out here to try an make a living as there are much easier ways to do it. I’m simply just stating the facts. It’s funny to me because when Michael Phelps trains his whole life to become the fastest swimmer in the world we cheer in amazement! When Usain Bolt runs faster than a cheetah we watch it over and over again on replay because we can’t possibly believe that what we are witnessing is real. But when Prestige Sealcoating shows up and completes your driveway from start to finish in 7 minutes there must be a problem. We have worked unbelievably hard our entire lives to be able to perform at this level. We run an up tempo offense all season long with no intentions of letting up.