We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Alexis O Mendez a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Alexis O, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. How did you come up with the idea for your business?
Since my childhood I grew up surrounded by an artistic and musical family. I remember being younger and always helping around the house painting and loving to paint my room with creative colors and styles. I also do music and i’m a singer, so art has been always around me.
On 2005 I studied vocal performance at Nyack, New York and came back to my original country on 2008 due to a heart Illness. No longer after that I met who is my wife now and got married on March of 2011. Due to the corruption and many obstacles of our country we moved out on 2013 and established ourselves in Orlando FL.
After many years working for others, on 2018 in the middle of working for a mega company, I went into an emotional depression and frustration, living on an emotional a roll coaster day by day. Then one day my wife stopped me and said: Hey, what do you want to do? Just tell me whatever you want to do and I will support you!
Those words were enough to give birth what you all know today as GIVE COLORS! A creative company who loves to serves others in a colorful way! God has been faithful!
Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers
My name is Alexis O Mendez Garcia, born and raised in Puerto Rico. Besides from being a painter, I’m also a musician and singer. I’ve been happily married for 11 years.
Got in the industry of Painting after many years working for others, going into a emotional crisis and being frustrated of not developing something different of my own.
At the beginning like every business, took some time to learn and develop new things. My wife has been my right hand since the beginning and she is currently my customer service and marketing manager. On my first project, I didn’t got any revenue or profit. I loss more than what the project cost, but little by little I started to develop more strategies and organization to it.
Every customer is an opportunity of connecting to more people. Referrals started coming and coming! I can say without hesitation and proudly that Give Colors has grown organically and smoothly.
Today we offer more than just a painting service, we offer creative ways to bring a different look to your house or business place. We add value through everything we do!
Some of our services are:
• Exterior & Interior Paint
• Pressure Wash
• Interior painting designs
• Cabinet Painting
• Wood accent walls
Our goal is not only to help you by painting your house or business, our goal is to bring a full creative experience of renovation into your house or business. We set ourselves apart from other by caring about every single detail of your project. We GIVE COLORS!
We want our customers to feel comfortable and please when they book us for a project. We help our customers achieve their project! You imagine, We create, We Give Colors!
What’s been the most effective strategy for growing your clientele?
The most effective strategy to grow is to CARE! If you don’t see your customer needs as important, YOU won’t connect with their necessities. Each customer is an opportunity and a door to open others doors. Since painting has never been a necessity service, we have to create the necessity to our audience by showing what they can achieve by booking our different services. The more you understand their necessity, the more you will connect to their needs.
What’s worked well for you in terms of a source for new clients?
Surprisingly, like I said before, our great source for bringing new customers to our company has been the mouth to mouth recommendations and referrals. Give Colors has grown organically and smoothly. Our main goal has been always to connect with our customers by offering each service with a high level of respect, clarity and trust.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: www.instagram.com/givecolorsfl
- Facebook: www.facebook.com/givecolors
- Other: Email: [email protected]