Instant Custom Signs – Drew Brims' Blog

Your exterior sign is only a single point of contact. The hope is that your sign will help to create more points of contact. Keep in mind that a completely successful sign will only hold a person’s attention for 3 seconds!! That is not much time and you HAVE to make it count. Tell your viewing audience who you are and why they should care. ie: “ACME; Quality Furniture” The name is Acme and we can all get our quality furniture there.

Here at ICSigns, We Value It I read somewhere that integrity is defined as doing the right thing when no one is watching.  I think that sums it up nicely.  We make choices from the time we wake until the time we close our eyes and drift off for the night.  Some of the toughest [...]

In ancient times, the handshake was an expression of peace between two people. Always right hand to right hand (swords or knives typically held in that hand) which demonstrated that no weapon was being held. I was always taught to shake hands with a firm, not aggressive, grip and look the other party in the eye. Each party to this ritual can size up the other and see if the out-held hand is offered in peace and honesty or if there is some underlying malice that the eyes could disclose. I wanted the customer to know we were upstanding, honest people; ready and able to complete the tasks given.

Like it or not, winter is on its way!  Your sign will thank you for paying attention to it now, rather than waiting for problems to arise in a couple of months. Jim Clarke, Customer & Technical Services Manager at EM Plastic & Electric Products Ltd., a major supplier of electrical components to the sign [...]

My friends know I’m a distance runner (I do it for fun!). I’ve run three marathons (each time qualifying for Boston) as well as many shorter races. Qualifying for Boston is a difficult challenge for a recreational runner like me. When you have a busy job, family and community commitments and health and financial considerations, it’s hard to make the time for all the training required to achieve that level of fitness. To run a marathon, one must train for a minimum of 18 weeks and be in good physical condition to start with. The training includes running 5 or 6 days a week including long runs of 20 – 34 kms on the weekend.

In a well-known study of U.S. recessions, McGraw-Hill Research analyzed 600 companies from 1980-1985. The results showed that business-to-business firms that maintained or increased their advertising expenditures during the 1981-1982 recession averaged significantly higher sales growth, both during the recession and for the following three years, than those that eliminated or decreased advertising. By 1985, sales of companies that were aggressive recession advertisers had risen 256% over those that didn’t keep up their advertising (Integrated Resource Management).

So how large should the lettering be on your signs. “Go big or go home” is an appropriate saying here. If the lettering is too small to be easily read from the distance between your sign and the audience, you wasted money on the sign. I don’t like wasting money and I’m sure you don’t either.

Signs, Signs, everywhere is signs… Blocking out the scenery, breaking my mind…

And so the song goes. Sure, signs can block out the scenery but they can also carry a message beneficial to the audience and hopefully, profitable for the advertiser. Signs are a great way to advertise your product or service but, like anything else, if improperly executed, things can go horribly wrong. Have you ever wondered what goes into a really great sign and how to get the biggest bang for your buck?