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The company I currently work for bought my home based sign company a little over a year ago. It was a easy way for them to acquire a Gerber Edge and someone who knew how to run it all at once, hence, no learning curve It was a HUGE step up in clientele from the other "Guy and a plotter" shops I was used to wholesaling to & trading info with. Not to mention a whole new world with regards to pricing jobs, not using low grade vinyl's for everything, getting things done the same afternoon the job came , etc. Anyway, after months of getting me used to using premium materials and charging a premium price for jobs, the running joke is that my old company's slogan was...
"Cheap Crap Fast"
-------------------- Rob McCauley
Production Manager Archway Graphic Designs a Division of Sign Express, Inc. www.signexpress.tv Little Rock, Ar 501.224.0227 --- The most beautiful thing about a tree is what you do with it after you cut it down. ;-) Posts: 53 | From: Little Rock, Ar | Registered: Feb 2002
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A few years ago I posted asking for suggestions for a slogan and Nettie came up with "Get Happy & Get Noticed". That one is a keeper and I'll be forever grateful to her.
-------------------- Happy Signing...... Marty
M.F. (Marty) Happy Signmaker Since 1974 Happy Ad Sign & Design Regina SK, Canada S4N 5K4 306-789-9567 happyad@sasktel.net www.happyad.ca
Get Happy & Get Noticed! Posts: 773 | From: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada | Registered: Jan 1999
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Others I have seen over the years... Our craftsmanship is your best advertisement. Greats signage don't cost... it pays! We will do signs before thier time. The bitterness of a lousy sign will outlast the sweetness of a low price. Lettering like the best... cheaper than the rest!
Mine currently is "bring it in... get it done"
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Years ago I saw a neat one that said: "Signs: your silent salesman"
I'm thinking of one that says: "Signs people WANT to read". Jim D.
-------------------- James Donahue Donahue Sign Arts 1851 E. Union Valley Rd. Seymour TN. (865) 577-3365 brushman@nxs.net
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what's for lunch, Benjamin Franklin Posts: 2057 | From: 1033 W. Union Valley Rd. | Registered: Feb 2003
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mine is the right choice for quality and service.
-------------------- Jimmy Chatham Chatham Signs 468 stark st Commerce, Ga 30529 Posts: 1766 | From: Commerce, GA, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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"When ORDINARY simply won't do...give us a call!"
-------------------- Ken Henry Henry & Henry Signs London, Ontario Canada (519) 439-1881 e-mail: kjmlhenry@rogers.com
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-------------------- Drane Signs Sunshine Coast Nambour, Qld. dranesigns@bigpond.com Downunder "To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer" Posts: 965 | From: Nambour, Qld. Australia | Registered: Nov 1998
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My current slogan is: Professional Signs for Professional People. My 'old' slogan is: "If your sign isn't becoming to you...You should be coming to us!" I still use that one every now and then. It's always good for a grin .
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The one I've been using since 98 i think it was, is "from Mild to WILD" and have a tiger as a part of my logo. This suits what I do as I do traditional hand writted signs from basic stuff right thru to full blown airbrushed murals and graphics and airbrushed signs.
Works for me anyway!
Cheers big ears!
Rod
-------------------- Rod from, EAST COAST AIRBRUSHING "Airbrush Art & Graphics" Nambour; Sunshine Coast, Queensland. Australia E.mail: rod@rodticklesigns.com Web: www.rodticklesigns.com Posts: 635 | From: Nambour, Sunshine Coast, Queensland | Registered: Dec 1998
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mine is: distinctive lettering and graphics
-------------------- Ken McTague, Concept Signs 57 Bridge St. (route 107) Salem MA 01970 1-978-745-5800 conceptsign@yahoo.com http://www.pinheadlounge.com/CaptainKen
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"A wise man once said that, or was it a wise guy?" Posts: 2425 | From: Salem, MA | Registered: Apr 1999
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I have used " The World Famous" since I started. The explination is on my web site where it says "why we are World Famous".
-------------------- Tony Vickio The World Famous Vickio Signs 3364 Rt.329 Watkins Glen, NY 14891 t30v@vickiosigns.com 607-535-6241 http://www.vickiosigns.com Posts: 1063 | From: Watkins Glen, New York | Registered: Sep 2001
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My old shops name was Rush Signs So you can imagine how many times I heard I Need IT IN "RUSH" So Motto there was "You want it When" YEA RIGHT..... Then we had a softball team and it was.. Rush Signs "For the rest of us that cant print for Sh**".. Now Im a little more reserved Sign Art is Fine Art
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Alright! So this is not REALLY mine - I took a photo of this Restaurant window in the heart of Indianapolis last week, and guess where we had lunch!?
Personally I have never come up with a UPS (unique positioning statement) for my business. In my yellow page ad I use "serving the Triad since 1977" - (our three city area) and also :"Satisfaction and Accuracy guaranteed".
I always always make good on any mistake I make, and I have learned to ask enough questions and to not second guess a customer so that the Satisfaction part has not been a problem (at any rate... I can't remember a glaring one right this minute....)
-------------------- Myra A. Grozinger Signs Limited Winston-Salem, NC
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Since I'm doing t-shirts, Business cards, Flyers Websites , Vinyl signs, Vehicle graphics... Bla bla bla... i want to get into shooting commercials as well..someday..
So Mine is
"not just a sign shop"
-------------------- Chad harrington Chadvertising Halifax, Nova Scotia Posts: 52 | From: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | Registered: Nov 1998
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The "get in here now" reminded me of one I seem to remember somewhere: "If you don't buy from us, we'll BOTH be broke!
-------------------- James Donahue Donahue Sign Arts 1851 E. Union Valley Rd. Seymour TN. (865) 577-3365 brushman@nxs.net
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what's for lunch, Benjamin Franklin Posts: 2057 | From: 1033 W. Union Valley Rd. | Registered: Feb 2003
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I have had my sign education from the "school of hard knocks" always opens up doors for me!
By the way,, isn't Myra's photography on that neon awesome!! How did you ever get that so bright on photo; it jumps right out at the viewer. Nice JOB, way to go Myra!
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"It's kind of fun to do the impossible - Walt Disney (1901-1966) Posts: 5373 | From: Loves Park, Illinois | Registered: Aug 1999
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Deb! Flattery will get you ....one more. After Lunch at "Get in here Now" I rounded the corner and saw this one on the window of the Hardrock Cafe. I took the photo with my Canon Powershot S30 digital camera set to: Vivid on it's color palette, which also included b/w and sepia.
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"Award-winning signs since 1988" is one. "I.N.J.A.F.S.A" (borrowed years ago from David Butler) is another, but I don't necessarily tell everyone what it stands for.
-------------------- "A wise man concerns himself with the truth, not with what people believe." - Aristotle
Cam Bortz Finest Kind Signs Pondside Iron works 256 S. Broad St. Pawcatuck, Ct. 06379 "Award winning Signs since 1988" Posts: 3051 | From: Pawcatuck,Connecticut USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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I am surpirsed at the number of different ones. Ours use to be "color and imagination" Now with all the different things we do it's "We add color to everything!"
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At our BNI meetings we are encourage to use these "hook" slogons. We help each other to develop "hooks" because some in our group have trouble coming up with their own.
What you may not realize is that it is OK to have several "hooks" as the whole point is to get people to remember you when the proper time comes.
We use several: Draper the Signmaker was a "hook" that became the business name.
Then we added another: We make the Signs of the Times!
Others that I have heard over the years used by other sign shops: -------------------------------------- No Business Sign is a Sign of No Business --------------------------------------- If you wont advertise your own business, we also make "going out of business" signs. -------------------------------------
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Myra at it again!!!!! Ha! The lighting on that "nuclear" just blows me away! You've outdone yourself girl, cool slogan too, catches My attention!
-------------------- Deb Fowler
"It's kind of fun to do the impossible - Walt Disney (1901-1966) Posts: 5373 | From: Loves Park, Illinois | Registered: Aug 1999
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We used "Look Good-Go Fast- Close Doesn't Count" for about 15 years...we just started using "It's Not What You Say, It's How You Hit 'Em When You Say It" this year.
We get a few tilted-head-confused-Labridor-retreiver-puppy-kinda looks from time to time..hey hey, I like it!
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It was a HUGE step up in clientele from the other "Guy and a plotter" shops I was used to wholesaling to & trading info with. Not to mention a whole new world with regards to pricing jobs, not using low grade vinyl's for everything, getting things done the same afternoon the job came , etc. ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
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