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Focus on the positive, and not the negative. Reward those who accomplish and achieve. I just googled how Google rewards and retains employees. Interesting Times article how Google offers lots of free food, extra perks like massages and free time to work on personal projects. Maybe extra...

Stacy: Where are you coming up with the information that virtually every teacher and professor knew about the rumors? I don’t get the punishment. Joe Pa is in the grave, the university president is gone, and Sandusky is in jail. The cancer has been removed. The ruling serves no purpose...

Do we have vendors offering wholesale LED light boxes and commercial monitors? I am creating menu signs for a client in the fast food industry -- similar to the ones behind the counter at McDonald's. I would like to back light the menus and use monitors to display multiple images. Or...

Your repair shop of choice may have inflated the estimate, knowing it is an insurance job. Why not ask if they can reduce their estimate to the amount paid? Be grateful you are okay from the accident, and that you received a quick check in hand. Sounds like it could have been a lot worse.

John, We specialize in box truck wraps, and we are located right outside Baltimore. If the current vendor doesn't work out, we would love the opportunity. Send me an email: mike@finesign.com

Larger companies are encouraging their customer service representatives to push the online automation ordering. It is going to be the wave of the future more and more. I have a friend who owns one of the sign franchises. Corporate is telling him to do the same -- to encourage his customers to...

Create a design what the front could look like, and hang it in your shop.

try http://www.texvisions.com/

In addition to the equipment, have you considered the required extra inventory: masking tape, vinyl, racks to hold the vinyl, cutting table, tape and cutting supplies, plotter blades etc? Also, the repairs and upgrades to the equipment -- parts, etc? Not to mention the learning curve on...

Funny Video... Man, what a brilliant idea. I wish I still had my printer. I would roll in it, and start printing signs! And start taking orders. No rent. No overhead. I could say I was part of the occupation movement.

I have used Move In Media, a new Merchant Member, for wind feather type products. I was very pleased with product, service and pricing.

I agree, Dan. And I often wondered, since joining this forum, why don't people use their real name? Or their real business name? Or why some even hide where they are located? (That I truly don't understand!) When I joined, I used my real name because frankly I was new to forums...

3M How about 3M's online Visual Attention Service? If you haven't heard of it, VAS is an application that scans graphics and shows what elements will grab attention. I think it could be awesome for the sign industry -- if it really worked. Unfortunately, I can not seem to be able to...

You might want to take a look at this company's products: http://www.afterglowllc.com/ They are claiming 8 hrs of luminance on their glow in the dark materials.

Your question about size is an interesting one. I don't believe bigger is necessarily better -- particularly for someone starting out. Smaller printers are easier to manage. Keep in mind, a bigger printer requires more work space, more ink, and more inventory (smaller roles and larger rolls...

Here is a reference you may want to consider. I picked this book up a few years back at one of the sign conventions. GOTCHA! The Art of the Billboard. Edited by Wei Yew.

My answer to your question -- industry and the the economy are doing better due to a comparably mild winter, particularly on the East coast. Gas and oil aren't in demand, as much. People are outside, feeling better, spending money, etc. I think the sign industry is one that would certainly...

You might want to consider just putting a picture of your van wrap ...and you are done. The other stuff is just redundant. The website and name are on the van, why repeat it? Put a contrasting color behind the van, so it stands out. The van wrap is a billboard, so I would think it should...

Great question! I will share the rule I tell my customers. "Each word on a sign takes about a second to read. Your customers typically have 3-5 seconds of road time to read a sign. What message do you want them to read? What 3-5 words or elements do you want your customers to see on your...

Hey, Dizzy: Good luck with the new venture. I commented on a thread over this past weekend about the cost of start-up digital printing. Here is the short -- have you considered the cost for inventory: inks, vinyl, banner rolls and lamination? That will be more than what you are budgeted for...