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I HAVEN'T HAD ONE IN 2 MONTHS!~!~! we have been going strong from wake up till pass out. don't get me wrong I like the work BUT we havent even gone camping once this year! looks like we are going to have to camp in the snow lol well heres how we got behind!! we had the wrong supply order sent to us . all the wrong colors!! nothing in the box I could use so had to reorder wait for ups with new stuff (took a week) phone rings at 730 last night MORE work.lol what ever happens it all has to be done by NOV. 15th thats hunting season opener. well now that have vented I must get back to work .
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Good to know that you have lots of work...now it's time to raise your prices! You'll make more profit and get rid of the "low margin" stuff...them maybe you can take some time off!
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Apparently for me, a day off is every day of the week 'cept for Saturday and Sunday.
Got woke up at 8 this morning with someone bangin on my door wanting some graphics for a car show he's going to this afternoon..
When I get done with that I head out and use some of his cash for an early lunch..
Then I get home and there's a message on the recorder from Magic Powerboats/Sleek Craft, they need graphics for a new Cat' for a photoshoot by Tuesday morning (photoshoot is Tuesday afternoon). So I call in and naturally it's some poor new sales girl who was told (on a Saturday, no less) to line up a shop that can do the graphics with no notice.
I'da probably turned them down under noemal circumstances but:
1.) This boat is gonna be on the cover of HOTBOAT Magazine.. good chance for publicity there.
2.) I went in to the boat manufacturer to have the sales girl show me the boat and I was just all over the eyecandy.. the boat looked pretty good too!
------------------ Mike Pipes Digital Illusion Custom Graphics Lake Havasu City, AZ http://www.stickerpimp.com
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Sundays are always my day off.Weather I need it or not!!!! Turns out,I get MORE work accomplished the rest of the week.I don't let my customers run my business.Over the years I have been able to maximize my working hours to a fine tuned machine.Oh Yeah and I don't let my customers run my business.Like Si says,Raise your prices,lower your working hours and you can make the same if not more!DON"T BE AFFRAID OF SAYING NO to people,and don't let your customers run your business. Hope this helps
------------------ PKing is Pat King of King Sign Design in McCalla,Alabama The Professor of SIGNOLOGY
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Great ADvice guys thanks !! this is why I come to this site every day I always learn something new!! a newbie like me needs ALL the help I can get!
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I agree with Pat, as a Christian I believe that God created us to function according to His pattern laid down at creation, work for 6 days, the seventh day rest. I cease working every saturday, I take no calls, I do nothing sign related. My kids know that they can spend time with me on that day uninterrupted. I get time off for family, church, and just 'smelling the roses'. Customers who want me can come back Sunday or go elsewhere. There is for me a tremendous freedom in that. As Pat said, you will achieve more the rest of the week by having a day off. You don't have to be a Christian to enjoy God's Plan (but it helps) Anyway, after 20 years most of my customers know and don't bother me anymore.
------------------ Gray M. Hodge Cam River Signs Somerset, Tasmania.
I am not doing a D@#m thing today but work on my shop not in it last straw was when I went to bed last night a started dreaming about the plotter hearing it run in my sleep not a good thing..lol I have a roland camm 1 if you have ever heard one of them run. you know what Iam talking about.
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Over the last 4 or 5 years, I've gone from working 70+ hours and working nearly every day to just working 4 1/2 days a week. I take Friday afternoons off. At the same time, I've slowly raised our prices to weed out most of the "shoppers" and concentrated on corporate customers.
While my gross sales have remained stagnant, I've been able to work with two fewer employees, "net" profit has gone from roughly 10% up to 30%, work fewer hours (45 to 50 hours per week) and enjoy doing the things I want to do.
Thanks go to Jay Cook, Mike Jackson, Mark Smith (EstiMate), and Letterville.
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