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Getting payment up-front is a great way to avoid the extra efforts. We started a "50% to 100% payment-up-front" policy 6 months ago (except for credit-worthy clients with a great track record.) We require the other 50% upon delivery (prior to releasing the product or service.) Our sales have...

You really only need to think about 2 things: Traffic and Conversion. You can use Google Analytics to learn about your traffic and conversion. It's free. If you're serious about web commerce, research "StomperNet." If you're serious about conversion, try split testing. It really works! Good...

If you really want to know how to rank organically, try to buy a "Stomper Net" disk on ebay or network and find someone who knows what Stomper Net is. It works. I can't say enough about Brad/Andy from learning from them over the last 5 years. Good luck! Chris - Lets Go Banners (currently...

Website is the way to go if you know how to get listed in Organic and (maybe) pay-per-clicks. Our website out-performs our yellow-page ads on a factor I can't even describe.

We have some great results from posting tons of content and link-building strategies (with pricing). Our site delivers at least 2 leads per day (on average) and closes at least 5 to 10 orders per month. (These numbers are national- while we also derive approx. 2 call-ins per day in Hawaii.)...

Ahoy and Aloha from Hawaii! We wish you the best of luck! Chris

Welcome from the Big Island of Hawaii! Aloha and GREAT WISHES TO YOU! Chris - Lets Go Banners

Dale and his Big Squeegee.... ROCK! We over-laminated most of our signs for the first 2 years in our shop with Dale's BS (Big Squeegee.) And even though we purchased a cold/hot lam machine last year, we still pull out the Big Squeegees everyday. There's not enough I can say about this great...

As Rush Limbaugh says, "Come on in, the water's warm!" Many sign shops in an area could be a great sign (no pun intended) that you're in a great place for this industry. If you know how to market and sell, you should easily gain clients and business. Customer service (over price, in my...

Welcome and Aloha! Chris

You have the experience. Start your own sign shop. Good luck, Chris

I would be happy to help- we offer free UPS shipping to the Mainland (even tho' we're based out of Hawaii.) What type of prints do you need? Printed vinyl, canvas, etc? We're fast and I would give you a great price! thanks, Chris

Aloha from Lets Go Banners in Hawaii!

Aloha from Hawaii!

This may sound stupid, but the only time I've had issues like you're describing was when I had a bad connection (cat-3) from my computer to the printer. Really. The printer would do weird things, I freaked out, tried (after hours) to figure it out, and finally figured out the connection wasn't...

Aloha from Hawaii Sign-a-rama! Chris

We've used MS Access for about 13 years, nothing better for us. I've tried other programs, but I really like the flexibility of creating new forms, q's, and reports. We're even using Access for many accounting functions now as well. I'm not a programmer, but as long as you have less than 5 to...

Bad checks suck. We're trying to get cc's up front as a policy for new customers. Our internet site only accepts payment prior to orders. I think most people expect to pay for things up front. Credit, in my opinion, is becoming a thing of the past. Back when we used to have land-lines...

Not sure this will help, but we've been operating our sign business out of our home for almost three years. I would not recommend going too deep if you have to take stuff "down stairs." It cuts 20% out of your productivity (at a minimum). If you have a "walk-out" basement, then you're fine...

Welcome to Signs101! I have to ask you a question, not related to Signs- is it TRUE that when you flush the toilets in Australia that the water goes "counter clock-wise" (instead of in North America, where it goes "clock-wise?") Sorry if you think this is unprofessional, but it's always...