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this is how we sell signs
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visual800
Active Member
Who submits a contract with artwork? We always handle that after job has been accepted. I try not to shove too much in a clients face so early in the game
SignManiac
New Member
No doubt presentation is 90% of the sale. I hit them on two fronts. The showroom is the the first hook and then I follow with scale color rendering like yours. You can't miss when the client has a clear vision of there project before it's even done!
Pixels Are Bad Mmmkay?
New Member
Beautiful presentation. Congratulations on 25 years.
g&eprinting
New Member
Real nice!!
What software do you use to create this?
Jean Shimp
New Member
Very nice! I am assuming this is AFTER you get a deposit?
Gino
Premium Subscriber
Jean Shimp
New Member
Gino, I'm not sure I am interpreting that as having already received a deposit. It seems like the contract comes after the art? I understand details have to be worked out before a final plan is decided, but at the very least I would get a signature commitment on an Estimate prior to doing sign sketch.
Gino
Premium Subscriber
It honestly doesn't say that, but just recently and many times in the past, the OP has made many comments to the effect, he can't get a deposit up front.
He generally starts with supplying the drawings in hopes he gets the job. Many others agree with this type of approach.
He generally starts with supplying the drawings in hopes he gets the job. Many others agree with this type of approach.
I wouldn't scratch my bag without a contract, let alone do complete mock-ups and layouts on spec. It's nice to give the customer artwork so he can go shopping for the absolute lowest price. With computers it is easy for
a hack shop to duplicate something, but to design good work is where they fail. By designing it on spec they now can do pretty much what is on the paper, without the cost of the design...
a hack shop to duplicate something, but to design good work is where they fail. By designing it on spec they now can do pretty much what is on the paper, without the cost of the design...
Ummm.... most folks who have gotten tired of seeing their artwork reproduced by others.
You are really lucky to have cultivated such a trustworthy and loyal clientele that you would offer such detailed, labor intensive preliminary artwork without even so much as a copyright infringement clause being printed on it.
There are two things I have no hesitation shoving in a client's face BEFORE I or anyone else here spends more than even an hour's worth of design time on, a price range and material type or process. I'm an artist also , so if I want to fulfill my creative urges with something, I'll do a painting, not give away detailed, production ready sketches to anyone who calls.