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Or when he's weeding, i hope! ;)

Ah, I didn't catch that it was your house. :) Excellent work!

This is very cool! My daughter wanted one like this. Did you recreate the graphics or find them somewhere? And what about licensing concerns?

I'd probably just redraw it. Would take less time than searching for it.

When I advertised for a Graphic Designer on craigslist, I required them to have a portfolio of paid work and two years experience. I got over 700 applications (that all lived within 50 miles). I was only able to look through 200 resume/portfolios and out of that I called only 4 people for an...

Awesome. Evidently I was looking in the wrong place (looking in Merchant Directory not Merchant List) Thank you Fred! Nate, I'll give you guys a call this week!

I am gearing up to open my own shop again. I have decided not to buy a printer right out of the gate so I am looking for a wholesale digital printer in California (or within a 2 day ship). In my previous business I used Merritt and I LOVE them, but they are a 5+ day ship. I have checked...

A local company pays 30% of invoice and gives an office to his sale people. They are 1099 and only get paid for the work they handle, no residuals. In my business plan, I'm looking to pay a base draw plus commission ($15/hour Draw on a 25% of Gross Profit commission on handled sales and 15% on...

Awesome looking shirt, but it scared me. as a child I hated the game Simon and this looked like a nightmare version of it. :ROFLMAO:

Excellent point and absolutely correct (you'd be amazed by how many sign companies don't know this). Another good reason to only sell for the company.

Sorry Rick, I forgot to quote you earlier, but I did answer above, quoted here "As to the types of signs I would sell, most of the clients I've dealt with in the past have been real estate agents and owners. The vehicles for many local businesses (mostly cut vinyl and the occasional partial...

That would be awesome Gino, I hope so. Thanks everyone for the awesome advice, as always.

I agree with this completely Gino! That's why my goal is to only work with one or the other (sorry if I didn't make that clear). I've worked for a local shop (Since closed) as an outside sales person and it was difficult enough dealing with ONE group of people (designer, installer, owner) I...

Thanks! This is my hope. I'm working on putting a resume/proposal letter together for potential shops. There are only a couple of shops in the area that are worth working for/with so I hope one of takes me up on it, otherwise I think I'm going to wait until I can work out something on my own. :)

:ROFLMAO: I do like to get paid decently for my work. Also I will have to put my daughter into day care when I do go back, so it needs to pay for that (and be worth it on top of that).

Excellent post Gino, thank you. I have applied for pretty much every shop around here that is worth anything. No jobs available right now. I'm lucky not to *need* to be employed right now thanks to my fantastic wife. What I was thinking of doing is finding a single shop to work with and...

Hey watch that "one of you" stuff, I haven't made up my mind. :thumb: I just found the Broker thread (yikes) While I wouldn't ever do most of those things (Like asking for a better price, or not paying for my work) as I know what the industry is like, payments up front, and an...

I did a search for other threads and didn't find much, my search-fu isn't strong on this forum. Can't hand paint or carve signs. I can build electrical, though it isn't my favorite thing. I can build printed and die cut signs using wholesale contacts locally for the supplies. My big issue...

Hello all, I've been in the industry for 7 years now and due to some health issues I had to leave my last position. Now that my health issues are resolved I am looking to return to work, but of course, I am having difficulties finding work. I want to own my own business again but do not have...

Great stuff!