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I feel like what I pay him is what he should be getting paid and because he continues to work hard, grows knowledge and is a great team member, he has been getting a $1 raise each time his yearly review has come up and there have be quite a few $1 raises in between. I would probably adjust my...

I've had this particular employee for about 3 years and I wish I had 2 more of him. He's almost perfect in every way possible. The other day, He and I were both installing a billboard wrap for a concrete floor finishing company and the ad on the billboard was advertising NOW HIRING. They were...

We've built our own job tracking, estimating, time tracking into Smartsuite. There are a ton of other programs out there that are similar but for estimating, you'll want a spreadsheet function. It took me quite a bit of time to build the pricing functions and calculations but it's completely...

Here's a few we've done in the last year....

This time of year, I use the cold weather as an excuse. If we're finishing up a wrap, it's going to sit overnight for the adhesive to bond properly. You're the expert/professional. Never let the customer dictate the timeline when you want the quality to be the best it can be. If you're doing a...

Propper post heating but more likely the material used, could be the issue. If it's not cast wrap media and laminate, it's still likely to fail in even those slight recessed areas if you heat and force it in or use the "palm" technique. For the deep recessed areas, I hate doing these even with...

Fellow Wisconsinite here! :) 3 full time and me. After losing our biggest client last year around this time this year was going to be the real test. Overall, typical small sales ($100 to $10,000) were very good and I saw a lot of new customers, more than usual. Larger sales ($10,000 up) were...

I'm definitely going to use this next time!

They never call. These particular scammers anyways.

Just say, Sure! just give us a call at xxx-xxx-xxxx. They will if it's legit, won't if it's a scam.

The customer will have to do the leg work, providing all of the right info and artwork. Something will get messed up or colors won't be what they wanted. Deadlines won't be met. I think this gets cheaper because the process is becoming automated and there are less employees from start to...

We have a rollover table and absolutely love it! With very minimal training, anyone can apply graphics to boards or apply transfer tape. We do try to laminate small prints with scrap laminate and sometimes it doesn't go well but that's mostly on the user, not the machine. My advise is stick...

Yeah, I looked at others on their lot under CDL and they were junk. The outriggers work great. I had to replace 2 of the 3 batteries but that's it so far. I can't drive it to a job yet but I've been practicing a whole lot at the shop. This thing blows my F450 bucket away.

Just bought this monstrosity! 55 ft 2 man bucket. Now I need to get a CDL. :doh:

I've thought about "business only" work but there are a handful of times where some of these walkins are helpful especially during the winter months. It would be great so separate this section of the business Commercial/Personal so one doesn't bother the other. Tending to Personal work is...

Thank you! This has been extremely helpful and I appreciate it. That puts things into prospective a bit more. I've used estimate sign software and used the hourly rate wizard to "roughly" calculate around an $85 hourly shop rate. However, I've never been entirely certain that this is correct and...

Ok. This is where I get confused. On billable hours. Here is our breakdown Production person - sends to print, runs printers, laminators, weeding and taping, cleans up the shop more than the rest of us Graphic Designer - Meets with customers if I'm busy, helps set up jobs if I'm busy, Graphic...

4 full time employees and me (owner full time). That's it.

Just ran hourly rate calculator from Firesprint and it looks like I should be charging a shop rate of a little over $400 per hour. My current shop rate is around $100. What am I doing wrong, or am I filling it our right and losing money? Is this shop rate for Designers, Production and...

Sorry about the extra posts. It said there was an error when trying to send it each time. Apparently not.