Vehicle signs WORK!

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

I'm an independent computer repair geek, and I do maintenance for a sign shop not far from where I live. When I first began my business they were one of my first steady clients, and on my first visit I traded my work for some magnetic vehicle signs. They would have cost me all of sixty bucks cash, but we both came out ahead-- I got a great advertising tool, and the sign shop got their design capacity tripled in a single repair session.

I get a slow but steady stream of phone calls, usually while fighting rush hour traffic-- it's someone stuck behind me, looking at my signs and realizing they need their computer fixed. This afternoon a man wanted me to pull off the road so we could talk-- five minutes later I had a firm appointment to go to his house and fix two computers.

If you're wondering how to get the word out about what you do, I've found those signs to be a major factor in pulling in jobs.

Bartering work for goods or other services also helps-- I repaired a computer today for a promotional products seller, and in lieu of two hours pay he's going to give me a box of magnetic business cards, based on my professionally printed design. Retail price is about $110-$120, or so he quoted to me.

Small things like that really go a long way. Trust me.

[Longhorn]

1. I finally talked my husband into getting some magnetic signs

for his truck and Explorer. He's a remodeling contractor. He also got yard signs. I don't think he has had many calls from people who just see him in traffic but he has received more calls from those in the neighborhoods where he works.

He also trades labor with his subcontractors. His plumber will come fix our pipes and after a few visits, my husband owes him a cabinet, since that's his original trade. It works out well.

[superconnected]

2. I got burned badly by buying Magnetic signs at kinkos

I bought two large signs and they only stuck to the car doors on the day I bought them at kinkos. The first day of business they would not stick.

I had seperated them and it seems the magnets still wouldn't work right.

I would love to use signs for my business. Is there somewhere I can get dependable magnetic signs?