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Some good thoughts and concerns iSign. Bringing in a sales person to smaller businesses like most of ours can be a tough pill to swallow, as we, as the owners, are used to full control of all aspects of the business. In activating a sales force, you have to be willing to "loosen the reins" so...

As a business owner, no one is there offering a handout if the revenues come in short, we need to create business everyday just to keep the doors open. I view sales staff in the same manner. If they are confident in their abilities, they shouldn't need a base salary. In an industry like ours...

On the sign side...Baby Nurseries and kids rooms mostly, followed by retail window prints.

hmm, entertaining. I for one am clearly not a sign guy in our eyes Greg, just someone who prints stuff on a big printer thingy onto to a sticky material (what is that stuff called again?) I'm OK with that.

Oddly enough, I own another company that services the fuel for emergency generators, so this thread got my attention. I can tell you that if the grid went down for an extended period of time, you'd have more to be concerned about than whether or not your sign business survived. While much of...

In a previous life I represented an importer of Pro Audio & Lighting products (gear used in concerts, nightclubs, etc), most of which came from China. Before bringing a product to market we would go through a large number of sample prototypes to make sure they got everything right and met local...

Pricing is almost always based on volume, no matter what product or what industry. As business people, we are all always searching for the best deal on our supplies. All this guy has done is bucked up to get a better deal on his supplies. It's my understanding that you have to be spending...

Just curious, why no shipping to Canada? Especially something this small and low value that would probably ship USPS.

Google "Picture Cardboard Box" and it comes up with a few solutions, mostly US based. I am assuming you don't need them to be very deep (<5 inches). I get a lot of my boxes shipping boxes from wholesale shipping supplies companies, which seem to have every box know to man available. Here's a...

This part of the forum is called Sales, Marketing, Pricing Etc, so, based on the title of section, I would think this is a place to discuss pricing. For the record, I'd be $180 each, $120 for 10+ units.

It hurt, I won't lie! Credit cards are a tricky thing, they advertise all these features to protect the card holder, and pretty much leave the merchant blowing in the wind if there is a problem. Sure, they tell you that if you follow their protocols that you're fine, but the simple fact is...

I have to agree, the site has become more toxic in the last few months, with little in the way of networking going on. As for the premium section that seems to get mentioned every time a deeper question is asked, I have to say that I was disappointed with the offerings in that section of the...

I think we've all been there at some point in our lives. The most recent problem on the business side seems to be the banks reducing or pulling lines of credit with no notice. The worst thing that has happened to me was in the late 90's, I was hit with $25,000 in chargebacks from a client...

The irony of this thread is that you have a number of posters saying they wouldn't be willing to mentor a fellow peer, on a sign networking site that is based on discussing the sign business and helping each other out! If that is your attitude, why are you even here? I think we all tend to...

I too would be totally into something like this. I was out of the Sign industry for about 12 years before getting back into it in 2008. Things have changed ALOT in those 12 years! Unfortunately, aside from a single shop that was kind enough to let me use their Laminator last summer, I have...

Signs 101 Network RegistryIn what country are you located? Canada In what state or province are you located? British Columbia In what city or town are you located? Surrey What large city is nearest you? Vancouver Check all items that apply to your listingInstallations (Basic, no permits)...

That works out to $21.42 a square foot. It seems a bit high to me, but you are in a smaller market with less competition. 16 hours to install 126 sqft seems long as well, but without more info on the install it's hard to say. I'd be under $2000 for this. Like I said though, you are in a...

I would have to agree with the majority here, this card in no way portrays the fact this guy is in the landscaping business. It's the sort of card I would expect from a low budget type of company, the sort I would not even consider to mow my lawn, let along pay for enhanced landscaping. The...

While this is a great thread to have on the site, I am simply amazed with the number of sign makers on this site that apparently moonlight as Lawyers. Many are very Matter-of-fact about their understanding of copyright and what is going to happen to violators. The bottom line in reality is...

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