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Dimensional signage adds impact

Posted by Gary Baron on Mon, Apr 30, 2012 @ 10:15 AM

If you want your business to attract attention, the exterior sign you choose needs to stand out amongst the competition.  Dimensional signs are an effective choice that literally jumps off the wall to greet your customers. They add value to your business, attract clients and increase your traffic.  While flat, two dimensional painted signs try to create the illusion of light, depth and shadow, dimensional signs deliver the real thing. Customers'  first impressions will be one of professionalism and attention to detail when encountering a unique, dimensional exterior sign.

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Topics: dimensional sign, dimensional letters, LED channel letters

Lobby signs are wayfinding tool

Posted by Gary Baron on Tue, Apr 24, 2012 @ 09:15 AM

What’s the first thing a customer or visitor feels when they arrive at your facility? In many cases, it’s probably uncertainty. If they’ve never been there before and don’t know the layout of the premises, if they’re unfamiliar with your company and services and don’t know whom to see, they're strangers in a strange land. Unless, they’re met by concise signage. You want to leave customers and clientele with a lasting first impression—but it shouldn’t be confusion

Lobby signs, wayfinding, directional signage, branding—these are all tools to identify locations, direct the flow of people, and make a visual statement about your company. Lobby signs do more than merely establish a place name. Psychologically, they endow your brand with both prominence and positioning, creating the perception of a stable company with permanence and reliability.  Elements of an effective lobby sign are as varied as their application: Lobby signs can be simple or elaborate, inspired or purely functional, yet still enhance the aesthetics of the building’s interior.

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Topics: dimensional sign, architectural signage, property managment signs, directory signs

New vehicle keeps same vehicle graphics program with a twist

Posted by Gary Baron on Tue, Apr 24, 2012 @ 08:37 AM

You are firmly aware of the psychological impact that branding, vehicle graphics, vehicle wraps have on your potential and existing customers.  You have fitted striking images and symbols to your current business vehicles which have resulted in the effective branding of your business.  When your customers take a glance at the branding, vehicle graphics, vehicle wraps fitted to your current business vehicles, they are instantly reminded of the top-notch goods or services you provide. 

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Topics: vehicle graphics, vehicle wraps, police vehicle graphics

Vehicle graphics can build your brand…and your bottom line

Posted by Gary Baron on Wed, Apr 11, 2012 @ 11:15 AM

Build a solid cost effective marketing edge that generates thousands of views every time your car or vehicle is on the road by using vehicle graphics. It does not matter whether your business is public safety, a floral shop, electronics or even moves homes and families across town, vehicle graphics will increase your business image, visibility and financial bottom line. One of the best points for developing a low cost vehicle graphic advertising campaign is how easy the signage can be applied to the vehicle surface.  It is a win-win for your company or public or private organization.

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Topics: vehicle graphics, vehicle wraps

LED vs Neon - what's the right decision

Posted by Gary Baron on Mon, Apr 9, 2012 @ 04:47 PM

The signage that a business uses outside of their location is extremely important to success. Without a clear visible sign, your customers will have trouble identifying your business from the road. Though as you explore different sign options, you'll realize there are two different types of lighted signs, LED and neon. Which one should you choose? Definitely LED.

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Topics: illuminated signs, LED channel letters, LED lighted signs

Can vehicle wraps and graphics inspire a potential client?

Posted by Gary Baron on Tue, Apr 3, 2012 @ 02:43 PM

You have taken your business off the ground and you offer products or services that are the envy of your competitors.  You have sharp, smart office signs outside and inside your business location and you have a stylized website for your business.  You have thought of it all, right?  Well, not if your business vehicle is without vehicle graphics.  There is no doubt that vehicle graphics, vehicle wraps, branding, quality graphics, good messaging have the power to turbo-charge your business and the power to inspire your potential clients.  If you are serious about taking your business to the next level, you cannot overlook the impact of vehicle graphics, vehicle wraps, branding, quality graphics, good messaging on your next client.

Consider this...

You are one of the most respected and skilled D.J.'s in the region.  You have worked night and day to establish and grow your D.J. business.  You have a smart website and you pass out your stylish business cards at every opportunity.    Simply put, you are a rising star in the business.  Lately, you have provided your services for weddings and small business events but you are ambitious and want to take your skills to the next level by performing at large corporate events.  The corporate market is a tough market and it takes skill and a little luck to land large corporate clients. 

One day, you are traveling to a wedding for a D.J. performance in your plain white business van when you are stopped at a red light.  A high-end Mercedes pulls up along side your van with a driver dressed in the finest business attire.  You steal a glance of one another.  Then, another van pulls up on the other side of the Mercedes.  The other van is completely covered in a stunning vehicle wrap.  The vehicle wrap shows an exhilarating scene of a D.J. performing to a throng of people who appear to be in a state of euphoria.   The vehicle wrap also indicates that the D.J. specializes in large corporate events and includes contact information.  The driver of the Mercedes steals a glance of the van with the stunning vehicle wrap and puts her cell phone to ear.  The light turns green and all vehicles go along their way.  

What you don't know is that the driver in the high end Mercedes is an executive for a major pharmaceutical corporation.  It so happens that she is in the market for a D.J. to perform at the corporation's annual summer event.  The corporation will pay top dollar for the D.J. services and is looking for a long-term relationship.  The executive has a hectic schedule and does not have the time to shop around for a D.J.  When the executive picked up her cell phone to make a call at the red light, she called a D.J. service.  Unfortunately, she did not call your service.  What D.J. service do you suspect she called?  

I tell you this story to illustrate how vehicle graphics, vehicle wraps, branding, quality graphics, good messaging can inspire your next client and throttle your business into high gear.  You started your business because you are a risk taker and you thrive in unpredictable work environments.  Indeed, you never know where the next client will appear.  Your next client may visit your business or your website.  Or, your next client may be, literally, waiting for you at the the stop light ahead.  Make sure you are in a lucky position to get the call from the next client by taking full advantage of vehicle graphics, vehicle wraps, branding, quality graphics, good messaging. 

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Topics: vehicle graphics, vehicle wraps

Can your business signs influence a potential or existing client?

Posted by Gary Baron on Thu, Mar 29, 2012 @ 04:53 PM

We all know that your business will rise and fall on the strength of the product or service you offer.  But what about the way in which your hold your business out to potential or existing clients?  Does that really matter?  Simply put, yes! 

Your business signs, outdoor signs, lobby signs, office signs are a visual representation of the personality and vitality of your business.  Indeed, your business signs, outdoor signs, lobby signs, office signs "brand" your business and often become the centerpiece of visual communication to potential or existing clients.  For any skeptics, consider this...

The Physical Location of Your Business

Your business signs, outdoor signs, lobby signs, office signs act as the first line of communication to potential or existing clients when they visit the physical location of your business.  Imagine you find yourself in a seaside town for a weekend getaway with your loved one.  The town is filled with mom and pop taffy shops.  You pass a taffy shop with a sign in basic white letters that states, "TAFFY". You pass another shop with adorable caricatures of Mom and Pop and with words creatively styled "MOM AND POP'S TAFFY EST. 1956".  You have fifteen minutes to pick up some taffy for some friends back home.  Which shop will you pick? 

The Virtual Location of Your Business

Your business signs, outdoor signs, lobby signs, office signs act as the first line of communication to potential or existing clients when they visit the virtual location of your business online.  Skilled web developers will use your business signs as the visual centerpiece of the website for your business. Times are changing and you know that potential and existing customers will visit your website as much or more than they will visit your physical location. So, the rewards of your striking business signs are greater than ever because your signs are published for the world to view online.  Of course, the flip side is the risks to your business are greater than ever if your outdated business signs are published for the world to view online.  

The bottom line - do not take for granted the affect of your business signs, outdoor signs, lobby signs, office signs on the perception of your potential and existing clients.  They may have fifteen minutes or less to visit your business either in person or online.  Pull them in!
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Topics: branding, outdoor signage, outdoor signs, indoor signs

Custom Vehicle Graphics - what can affect the price you pay

Posted by Gary Baron on Tue, Mar 27, 2012 @ 10:06 AM

Custom vehicle graphics are a great form of advertising for business owners who wish to set their fleet vehicles apart from the competition. The graphics serve as mobile marketing which spreads their company's name around the town. Custom vehicle graphics can also set a consumer's vehicle apart from the stock on the dealer’s lot using a design which complements your interests and lifestyle. The price of custom vehicle graphics is dependent on a number of factors.

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Topics: vehicle graphics, vehicle wraps, police vehicle graphics

Carved Signs - why wood is not recommended

Posted by Gary Baron on Tue, Mar 27, 2012 @ 09:45 AM

It used to be that wood was the ideal material from which to carve business signs. Versatile and easy to work with for those who know how, it dominated for hundreds of years. There is, however, one major drawback to using wood to make carved signs, and that is durability. Wooden signs are susceptible to the damaging effects of the weather, and those hung outside a building just don't last as long as you might like.

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Topics: carved signs, carved signs with gilding and digital graphics

Lobby Signs, Architectural Signs create a first impression

Posted by Gary Baron on Sat, Mar 24, 2012 @ 07:59 PM

Some are quick to overlook the psychological impact of lobby signs on the perception of a business. It is easy to do particularly for the established business. However, there is no question that lobby signs play a critical role in a client's "first impression" of a business. Imagine this...

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Topics: dimensional sign, architectural signage, branding, lobby sign

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