How to be a Successful Sign Shop

[Stanton]

1) Become friends with your fellow shops in your area.


Take your three closest competitors to lunch once a month.
Talk about stuff.

Become friends.

You can trade jobs and employees to everyone's advantage.

Business is a game.


Cost = $65.00



Tell me I am wrong...

#2, next week.

 

[HulkSmash]

we're successful and do nothing of the sorts. My competitors close by are ruthless.

 

[Snydo]

How about taking your 3 best customers out to lunch? Makes more sense to me.

 

[Christian @ 2CT Media]

We work with other companies in our market, but have learned that some companies are not trustworthy and will do what they can to snake your clients.

Sad thing its mostly on false promises, that leave a bad taste in the clients mouth for the whole industry.

 

[GAC05]

we're successful and do nothing of the sorts. My competitors close by are ruthless.

What if you take them fishing once a month instead?

wayne k
guam usa

 

[AnthonyRalano]

That's why I have all of you in this forum. Far enough away not to take money. Friends in the same business who won't give you a Tiny Tim Xmas. Lunch is on me guys.

 

[Shadowglen]

1) Become friends with your fellow shops in your area.




Tell me I am wrong...

#2, next week.

OK. Among many other things, you are wrong.

you cant have a non-condescending conversation with anyone on this board much less your competitors.

 

[player]

Why?

 

[FS-Keith]

yea how about no

 

[Stanton]

Why?

Because you can trade jobs and employees.

Not a zero sum game.

 

[Stanton]

I had a competitor with a vacuum form operation and one crane.

I had three 80 foot trucks and no vacuum forming shop.

Don't collude, but, don't leave cash on the table.
I am not making this stuff up.

I am arrogant. Get over that.

Call me names. Invent a name I have never heard.

Call me wrong.....

 

[AnthonyRalano]

Why not take all the jobs and all the good employees? Competition is called competition for a reason. The two compete. I have never seen a football game where teams decide to help each other score touchdowns and then somehow come out champions in the end.

 

[Biker Scout]

That's what soccer is for.

 

[ddarlak]

What if you take them fishing once a month instead?

- maybe on a one way fishing trip, drop them off at the nearest buoy...

 

[inthesignbiz]

Who has time for lunch?

Lunch would be nice.

 

[artofacks1]

Who has time for lunch?

Lunch would be nice.

nice! Making that cash!

 

[Stanton]

Why not take all the jobs and all the good employees?

Are you up to doing everything all at once?

Ever have a $35,000 per week payroll ?
Not big as big goes. But preddy gall dern big.

Ever pay people to sweep ?


Toss jobs off to your buddies.


MAKE FRIENDS.

I am not making this crap up.

- maybe on a one way fishing trip, drop them off at the nearest buoy...

I am a moderator on BloodyDecks.com

Check this out.....


http://www.bdoutdoors.com/forums/threads/thieves-took-my-kicker.538292/page-2#post-3393428


yep... i'm Jig Strike

 

[Stanton]

you can't have a non-condescending conversation with anyone on this board much less your competitors.

I flew first class to Las Vegas a while back. On their dime (dollars).

The dude wanted me to tell him why he was failing.



There was a banner on the wall . . .


"If your not proud of it, dont send it out."



No s#it YOUR... and no apostrophe in don'''''t.


That is what you just failed at.

You should do that thing where you shut up and listen.


this is what I fix for a living.



Ha ha ha ha ha.

 

[Biker Scout]

So... what you are saying is that you are the "Simon Cowell" of the sign world?

 

[bob]

...
Call me names. Invent a name I have never heard...

Sitzpinkler.

 

[Stanton]

Sitzpinkler.

more like schist swisher.