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Business in your part of the world? Is it picking up? Is the economy starting to turn around? More sales? Better sales? Inquiring minds want to know.
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SIGNS1st. Neil Butler Paradise, NF Posts: 6277 | From: St. John's NF Canada | Registered: Mar 1999
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I have definitely seen an improvement with my business here in Oregon, don't know if that is the turn of the economy or the normal increase I have after winter. Still somewhat slow, but better than it has been since December.
-------------------- Jeff Wisdom SignWorks info@oregonsignworks.com Posts: 450 | From: Oregon | Registered: Dec 2005
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November and December were dead.... after the first of the year, it picked up quickly and I've been slammed for the last couple months. It may sputter and die tomorrow, but I feel our economy here is definitely picking up...
-------------------- Jon Jantz Snappysign.com jjantz21@gmail.com http://www.allcw.com Posts: 3395 | From: Atmore, AL | Registered: Nov 2005
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We had a brutal winter, here in Kansas City and I was slow, but April is a record recovery. Biggest April on record for me.
-------------------- Preston McCall 112 Rim Road Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 text: 5056607370 Posts: 1552 | From: Santa Fe, New Mexico | Registered: Nov 1998
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lots of BS quotes. lots of low priced shopping. no good or creative work at the moment
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I was doing great at the beginning of the year - until two serious snow storms hit. Then things slowed a bit.
And maybe it's just a coincidence, but after our leaders passed this new health insurance law, business stopped.
On the positive side, it's given me more time to work in my garden.
Havin' fun,
Checkers
-------------------- a.k.a. Brian Born www.CheckersCustom.com Harrisburg, Pa Work Smart, Play Hard Posts: 3775 | From: Harrisburg, Pa. U.S.A. | Registered: Nov 1998
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Very comfortably busy. A few repeat customers, a few nice new clients, a few PITA jobs, and some fun paint work coming up. Love....Jill
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Out here in Sask., its over the top busy and has been right through winter. I had winter jobs lined up that I didn't get to. It really never slowed down out here on the priaries...I guess you could say we're in the middle of it all hehe...althought snow again yesturday and talked to Dan S. and he's cut his grass 20 times already. So busy but cold is the read I guess.
-------------------- Pat Welter Masterhand Signs and Designs Unity, Saskatchewan.Canada Posts: 1304 | From: Unity, Saskatchewan.Canada | Registered: May 1999
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Between times when the lawn needs mowing we've been getting busier all the time. Big theme park work is still not on the horizon but quality 3D sign projects are REALLY picking up. It looks like we may have a VERY BUSY summer!
I'll save some time for mowing the lawn and playing with Phoebe too.
-grampa dan
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Being a grampa is one of the the most wonderful things in the world!!! Posts: 8738 | From: Yarrow, B.C. Canada | Registered: Nov 1998
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I'd say it has picked up. We're making a welded aluminum frame 'architectural sign' for a church, Two sandblasted HDU signs for a medical center, A restoration project on 12 sandblasted redwood signs and 9 small aluminum directional signs for a landfill, Two 72" x18" PolyMetal signs for a diesel mechanic, Some DOT numbers for a well driller and another woodframe alumium-faced sign for the county health dept. All of these are repeat customers.
Also a 7x4 wood frame aluminum-faced sign for an attorney.(new customer)
-------------------- Wayne Webb Webb Signworks Chipley, FL 850.638.9329 wayne@webbsignworks.com Posts: 7403 | From: Chipley,Florida,United States | Registered: Oct 1999
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My car dealers have been very hot about spring. Everyone wants to now make something happen and it has been good for me, obviously. March was a very strong month in the new car biz. A smattering of other smaller jobs, but all in all, I see things as pretty much back to par.
Does anyone see any fast food stores painting their wondows, again? I hear bits and pieces of new campaigns and I suspect the pendulem is swinging back to window splashes from the nefarious and dull stickers, from what I am hearing. Please look around in your market and see if they are painting fastfooders again in your market and who?
-------------------- Preston McCall 112 Rim Road Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 text: 5056607370 Posts: 1552 | From: Santa Fe, New Mexico | Registered: Nov 1998
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It's really good to see people busy, and the ones who are not busy yet, keep the faith it might take just a little more time to reach you... we are busy as Bees, would like to see more Profit, but there are a couple of sign shops here who have'nt a clue, and they cause more damage than good... but we are sticking to our guns.
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SIGNS1st. Neil Butler Paradise, NF Posts: 6277 | From: St. John's NF Canada | Registered: Mar 1999
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For the First time in 2 years I can say I am Slammed.. 90% repeat customers and redos and refresh.. A few new Businesses opening.. I have more work now since I canceled my Yellow pages. Don't know why but it worked.
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Sales are up 34% over last year. And last year was a record year for Sawdust and Noise. The work is out there, just work on getting the word out and deliver with the best quality you can muster.
-------------------- Guy Hilliard Sawdust and Noise CNC Routing / Laser Cutting and Engraving Brampton, Ont. Canada Posts: 164 | From: Brampton. Ont. Canada | Registered: Dec 2001
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we are drinking from the fire hose!!! things were very scary this winter and thought we would starve and lost a couple of good employees but now we are the busiest we have every been in the history...some new great accounts that are buying every month allot of return business...kind of waiting for the shoe to drop but hope it doesn't...exploring new markets in web design and silkscreen printing for the trade!
Lovelady
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NOW WITH 2 LOCATIONS! Tallahassee, Florida Thomasville, Ga.
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I call this normal business. When the economy was really busy, I was too busy. I didn't like it. Besides to me, that wasn't normal because it was fueled by banks loaning money to anything with a heartbeat combined with a materialistic society.
-------------------- Signs by Alicia Jennings (Mudflap Girl) Tacoma, WA Since 1987 Have Lipstick, will travel. Posts: 3812 | From: Tacoma, WA. U.S.A. | Registered: Dec 1999
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My business is great as I've entered on the ground floor and as I say to myself it couldn't be any better, bingo it gets better with help from those who many no longer trust, the government What really amazes me is how long it took for this to come about in this country and its getting better every day.
As far as when I was pinstriping full time, I never in all the years felt any economy change until I moved to Oregon
-------------------- HotLines Joey Madden - pinstriping since 1952 'Perfection, its what I look for and what I live for'
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Well can tell it is getting more positive out yes businesses are starting to spend .. But for me last job cost me good size job to clear things ..no pay ..lost phone lost driver lic. lost electric more losses coming just plain hit hard..not sure how long it will take for me to get back to the struggle again... But at least I can still get free Wi-Fi at places got health and my dog life is great.
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What really amazes me is how long it took for this to come about in this country and its getting better every day.
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