New member – Just starting new sign business

[Nigel Fraser]

Welcome to the site Glenn, you will find an incredible archive of information here – just got to find time to sit and read through it all 🙂

Did you work for someone else then befor deciding to go it alone ? What is your background in the industry ?

Sorry I can’t give you marketing ideas tonight – i’m tooo tired for my brain to function coherently (yawn) but keep posting/reading and i’m sure we’ll help you out loads.

Nigel

[Andy Gorman]

Hello Glenn and welcome.

I’ve only really been on my own for a few weeks now. Like you I have been in the sign business for about 17 years. I asked the very same question on this board a while ago, and the best piece of advice I got was that you MUST talk to people. Preferably face to face. I didn’t like it at first but my confidence is growing every day and I have got a good few decent sales leads from it. Leafleting didn’t really achieve anything. One thing that did though was a newspaper advert. My local paper gives FREE editorial features to new businesses. This not only got me a few enquiries but also created some familiarity when I ‘cold call’ on people.

Hope this is of some help. I’m sure others will have lots of encouraging advice also. They’re very helpful on here.

[Robert Lambie]

hi glenn big welcome from me mate.. glad you took the plunge to start posting…

go ahead pick our brains.. we dont care.. infact we probably wont feel a thing.. 😮 😆 well most of us wont anyway… 😉

im around here pretty often so if you need any quick help just ask. im easily spotted. im the guy that is the best speller on the board.. 😉 ahem.. ahem 😆

[Bill Dewison]

Hi and welcome Glenn, I thought along the same lines, careful if you pick my brains, I have 2 brain cells. One is lost, the other ones gone looking for the first 😉 😉

Look forward to your input on the boards, and good luck with the new business 😀

Cheers, Dewi

[AaSk4Stickers]

Hi Glenn

Nice to have you on the UK Sign Boards.

I see you operate in Hampshire, I worked in Soton for a few years back for BAT, loved the place – not the company 🙂

I started my one man band business three years ago operating from home; best move I ever made.

Theres a lot of really experienced people on here – some of them can even spell :-))

Ask away.

Alan

[Jill Marie Welsh]

Hi Glenn!
Welcome aboard (not an A-Board)!
I resemble those remarks about brain cells and the lack thereof.
But at least I can spell!
neener neener neener 😛
My best advice for getting clients is to dye your hair pink & get noticed!
Either that or letter your vehicle…folks will approach you at Tesco’s.
Another thing to try is making yourself some teeny-tiny stickers to sign your work.
Cold-calls and Yellow Pages ads never did a thing for me.
Good Luck! 😉
Off to start my Letterheads meet. We are expecting a low of 4f tonight!
Love
JILL

[John Singh]

Hi Glenn 😀

Do as Jill says
Dye your hair pink……..I would if I had any!!! 😀

Welcome to the board

John

[Nicola McIntosh]

hi glen welcome!

good luck in your new venture!

Nicola

[Catalin Dretcanu]

Wellcome and good luck with your business!

Catalin Dretcanu
ROMANIA 😀

[Paul Goodwin]

Welcome Glen, good luck