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you may want to look locally for a box manufacturing company. i spent years of my life working in conjunction with a packaging company designing packaging for a mutual client of both of ours...i learned more about corrugated boxes than i ever wanted to...good times lol. but all of those...

if you are refering to wall words and the sayings that are geared to the stepford wive's i believe there was a post a few months ago..could have been longer..where someone put a link to a collection of phrases, decorative words, etc. the general consensus was that it was so expensive that you...

image you have identified a huge piece of the puzzle. the goal should not be just to attract more customers but rather it should be to attract more of your ideal customers, you can not do that until you identify who they are. once you have identified who your ideal customers are the next...

I really am not a fan in most instances of PRICE being the focus of your marketing plan...it makes it very difficult to make a profit. In addition you have no customer loyalty versus a company that wins their clients based on design skills, the ability to create advertising that generates...

there is a 'general' rule in regards to marketing endeavors that in short says that the percentage of change you can expect to see in increased sales is in relation to the percentage of change or increase you make in your marketing. So if you are making a 5% change you shouldn't expect to see...

there is a guy somewhat local to you that just sells used sign and screenprinting equipment. i've seen 4color 4station presses for as low as $600 from him...we're not talking hix but i've seen more than a few hopkins. for a while he was building his own conveyor driers as well. if you search...

just another thought because i have been having a similar discussion with many of my clients recently. when you are creating artwork requirements or trying to come up with a way to describe what you need from your clients use words and descriptions that they understand. the majority of the...

if it is a milliken awning they are a merchant member here and you may want to contact them and ask for some advice..never hurts to ask.

we've discussed this topic many times over the past years so it may be worth searching the past discussions for other perspectives and past answers. as i have said in the past, it is so rare to receive acceptable artwork from those within the industry that i have pretty much given up on...

well i hate to disappoint you i didnt start a thread just to tell you how wonderful and amazing you are...but heck since we are here why not. anyways your mailbox is full and rejecting pm's hope you are doing well. d

ugh my stomach is upset in regards to marketing being a 'shotgun approach' and only because i feel bad when i see people make comments like this because i know they are spending money that they don;t need to be spending and they are not getting the results that they should be for the money they...

depends what you are looking for, what makes them great in your opinion. there are companies that offer absolutely top notch customer service like thinc which could be a model for almost any industry on how to truly service your clients. but if by great you mean great pricing then there are many...

when i dealt with very large pop and banner orders (some orders were well in excess of 200,000 pieces) all of our contracts specified that the order could be as much as 4% under the ordered amount or 4% over, in the event that we were under they paid for it and in the event that we were over...

there is a HUGE difference between printing vinyl and applying to substrates than there is in constructing electrical signs. granted there are a few non illuminated sign situations that could cause serious damage, improper installation of rigid signs, etc but when you get into electrical signs...

in my opinion the dangerous part is people doing work that they are not qualified to do.

or using a duplicating bit on a router with or without a small router table.

glad you found this topic luggnut. some of the best partnerships i have seen have been someone who can handle the business end of things and someone who knows the sign end of things...but just a warning make sure you really identify your roles, responsibillities, expectations, etc i've seen...

i agree with you completely Pat and i think we all saw the writing on the wall many years ago in that what was once a niche would soon be another service or product sold by the inch. today more than any other time in my career i would say that you need to get into this trade with a clearly...

and do you need to be able to cut a 4X8? what materials do you think you will be cutting?

Dice I agree with you in regards to a good production person or team can crank out much more than 4X's their pay but that is the minimum that i have had to produce to justify their employment...there are many shops that want more employees to lessen their burden or whatever but they have no idea...