Let’s face it: There are potential budget-conscious clients that your shop simply doesn’t need—the ones focused on price point alone and that don’t value the services you provide. These clients usually do nothing except suck up all your time and resources.
We have all heard the promises: “Hook me up on this one, and we’ll give you ten more projects!”...
Wisdom Natural Brand®, makers of SweetLeaf® and the country’s first stevia sweetener brand, has announced their continued partnership with BAM (Brand Activation Maximizer) event marketing and architects of the 2023 Kroger Health Racing program that SweetLeaf is participating in this season. BAM created a NASCAR-themed mobile marketing tour for Kroger Health and has connected SweetLeaf with the health-related program...
Orbus Exhibit & Display Group®, a North American producer and manufacturer of visual communications solutions for tradeshows and events, retail environments, and corporate interiors, sadly announces the sudden death of Simon Perutz, an extraordinarily revered, respected, and honored founder of Nimlok, Orbus, and thirteen other exhibit and display companies around the globe.
Simon died suddenly while in England with his...
The winning design in a Design-a-Bus-Wrap student art contest sponsored by Avery Dennison® Graphics Solutions was unveiled earlier this month. The contest was open to middle school and high school students living in or being schooled in Lake County, Ohio, during the 2022-23 school year.
Kaitlin Barninger, a senior at Mentor High School, won first prize for her design entry...
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Sign Builder Illustrated interviews Zac Bethel, Senior Sign Maker at House of Signs, about his Bronze medal in the 2023 Top Young Sign Makers competition and more. Bethel works with CNC machines and a special urethane material to make weather proof signage in Colorado. He was also an apprentice of famous Greek signage designer Periandros Damoulis.
In this interview that...
At Rivers Casino Portsmouth, Daktronics of Brookings, South Dakota, designed, manufactured and installed 10 LED displays ahead of the casino’s grand opening early in 2023. Located in Portsmouth, Virginia, the BetRivers sportsbook features a huge indoor video wall and ticker display around the bar as well as marquee displays welcoming guests to the venue both along the roadside and...
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Corey Shano from Associated Sign Company in Phoenix, Arizona discusses how he became a 2023 Top Young Sign Maker after initially considering straying away from the family signage business to become a lawyer. Now, Associated Sign Company is one of the premier signage providers in the Phoenix area.
As those in the signage industry know, many sign shops operate as...
FASTSIGNS®, a leading sign, graphics, and visual communications franchise, was named the Silver winner of the 2023 Canadian Franchise Association (CFA) Awards of Excellence in Franchising in the Category of 30-99 Franchisees, presented to FASTSIGNS on April 3, 2023, during the Awards Gala at the CFA National Convention in Niagara Falls, Ontario. FASTSIGNS was also a recipient of the...
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Brittany Gacsy from Sign Producers Inc. (SPI) in Orlando, Florida discusses how she went from getting a Masters of Architecture degree at the University of Michigan, to being an Imagineer for Disney, to eventually becoming an essential part of the team at SPI.
In this interview filmed from the show floor at ISA 2023 in Las Vegas, Gacsy gives advice...
PRINTING United Alliance, the most comprehensive member-based printing and graphic arts association in the U.S., has announced expanded free iLEARNING+ access for faculty and staff at Alliance member institutions. iLEARNING+ is a robust collection of the most complete educational offerings and resources for the printing industry featured on an easily navigated e-learning platform.
Now Free and Accessible for Student and...
