parkedcar
New Member
Hi all!
First off let me say what an awesome resource this site has been. I came across this site a few months ago and have been lurking around here for hours everyday since. There is so much useful information here that I wish I had found 5 years ago when I started my business.
I got into this business on my own after I sold my half of a DJ business I owned. I wanted to invest in something new so I purchased a roland cx-24, Ultraflex 7 (Flexi) and a bunch of vinyl and started doing graphics. It's something I was always interested in. I learned everything on my own through trial and error and slowly grew the business into a little something with a small client base. I moved into a shop off Main St. in my town. I was sort of tucked away and decided that the cost of the shop didn't justify the few walk-ins I got a week. So I moved the shop back home in a small 500sq/ft area above the garage, saving tons of money.
I've made my share of mistakes, mostly slitting my own throat with my pricing, never really knowing what I was making was worth.
Well those days are behind me, mostly because of everything I've learned here.
For once, I feel confident with were my business (VFX Custom Graphics) is going. I came to realize that i need to add digital printing to my services if I want to go anywhere. I'm testing the waters now, subbing out my print jobs and its working out, and I see a nice new Mutoh Valuejet in my future.
I'm heading out to OK, next month for the Fellers Wrap Class and I'm psyched!! I can't wait to get wrapping!
Some of my work is on www.myspace.com/vfxcustom . Still working on my site so myspace works for now. I dont have the best selection of pics because i lost them all to a hard drive failure. Lesson learned: Always Back Up!!!
So thats my story!
-Mike
VFX Custom Graphics
First off let me say what an awesome resource this site has been. I came across this site a few months ago and have been lurking around here for hours everyday since. There is so much useful information here that I wish I had found 5 years ago when I started my business.
I got into this business on my own after I sold my half of a DJ business I owned. I wanted to invest in something new so I purchased a roland cx-24, Ultraflex 7 (Flexi) and a bunch of vinyl and started doing graphics. It's something I was always interested in. I learned everything on my own through trial and error and slowly grew the business into a little something with a small client base. I moved into a shop off Main St. in my town. I was sort of tucked away and decided that the cost of the shop didn't justify the few walk-ins I got a week. So I moved the shop back home in a small 500sq/ft area above the garage, saving tons of money.
I've made my share of mistakes, mostly slitting my own throat with my pricing, never really knowing what I was making was worth.
Well those days are behind me, mostly because of everything I've learned here.
For once, I feel confident with were my business (VFX Custom Graphics) is going. I came to realize that i need to add digital printing to my services if I want to go anywhere. I'm testing the waters now, subbing out my print jobs and its working out, and I see a nice new Mutoh Valuejet in my future.
I'm heading out to OK, next month for the Fellers Wrap Class and I'm psyched!! I can't wait to get wrapping!
Some of my work is on www.myspace.com/vfxcustom . Still working on my site so myspace works for now. I dont have the best selection of pics because i lost them all to a hard drive failure. Lesson learned: Always Back Up!!!
So thats my story!
-Mike
VFX Custom Graphics
