10th September 2018Hits: 277 What is your ratio of labour expense (employee and sub-contractor) to total revenue?
27th August 2018Hits: 265 What are the pros and cons of a Latex printer in an existing Eco Solvent and Pigment Ink environment?
20th August 2018Hits: 253 Are you using any or all of the social media to promote your business and do you think it is beneficial?
13th August 2018Hits: 279As an owner operator are you ultimately relying on the funds from the sale of your business as a major contribution to your retirement funds?
6th August 2018Hits: 216Do you look for machinery on alibaba, made-in-china.com etc to bypass importers and their huge markups?
16th July 2018Hits: 277Have you had any problems with your programs after installing windows 10, ie Photoshop, Coreldraw or various other programs?
9th July 2018Hits: 262How important is proofing and colour profiling to you as a business and has it helped you retain customers and lower wastage?
4th June 2018Hits: 370How do you rate CorelDraw as one of the favourite industry design tools? If not what is your favourite design tool?
28th May 2018Hits: 376Do you try to use environmentally friendly products in your business? If you do, do you find them generally more expensive?
21st May 2018Hits: 431As we are approaching the end of the financial year, do you generally put up your prices at this time?
16th April 2018Hits: 370Do you think it is a good idea to add new services to your printing business such as embroidery, product marking, T-Shirt printing for instance?
9th April 2018Hits: 423Are you using social media to promote your business? If so, is it working for you??
3rd April 2018Hits: 362Have you ever had to make a warranty claim on failed media or anything else? Did you claim for wasted labour as well?
26th March 2018Hits: 443Do you have a static electricity problem when printing? If so, how do you eliminate it?
19th March 2018Hits: 359What would you do if your media supplier went direct to your end customer and shared media prices?
12th March 2018Hits: 359Can you advise what actions you take, if any, to protect our environment from your waste plastic, vinyl and any other ink or media that is generally considered harmful to the environment?
26th February 2018Hits: 345Do you have a wish list for improvement to your wide format equipment, if so, what would that be?
12th February 2018Hits: 399Does your business still excite you the way it did when you first started?
5th February 2018Hits: 352Should there be a database available to us all of difficult customers / unpaying customers?
29th January 2018Hits: 349Would you welcome electric Utes for your business since the price of petrol is predicted to continue on an upward trend?
22nd January 2018Hits: 318Should each sign company be required to have as a minimum 1 trade qualified person? Like any other trade business, a qualification is required by State Government for the business to be accredited / ready for trade.
15th January 2018Hits: 420Would you switch suppliers if your supplier was providing product to a backyard operator who regular undercut you?
11th December 2017Hits: 510When working as a local installer/contractor for an "out of town" sign company, do you offer trade discounts on the labour and materials for them?
4th December 2017Hits: 542Does anybody use finance brokers or agents to finance big signage projects?
27th November 2017Hits: 517If there was a registered training organisation offering a certified vehicle wrap course, would you enrol yourself/staff?
20th November 2017Hits: 510Do you feel that everybody operating a business in our industry should be trade qualified and prevented from opening a business if they are not qualified?
13th November 2017Hits: 495Is there any one machine in your business that generates the most business for you? If so, which one?
30th October 2017Hits: 496Would you expect a supplier to continue to supply the relevant inks and parts after the supplier discontinues with that product line but has installed several machines into the market?
23rd October 2017Hits: 528Do you prefer reps coming in to see you or just ringing at the end of the month when they are trying to make budget?:
16th October 2017Hits: 459Do you have an associate printer that can bail you out when your machine is down and you have deadlines to meet?
3rd October 2017Hits: 461What forums, facebook groups/pages, web sites do you use to find digital printing and signage support?
25th September 2017Hits: 481What do you consider the most important aspect of sign design? Layout, colours, negative space. recall?
18th September 2017Hits: 458Who's responsibility is it for any malfunction of a pylon type sign? The Client? The Sign company? The Council? The Fabricator? The Engineer? The Installer?
4thSeptember 2017 .Hits: 448How do you work out your actual staff costs to get an appropriate hourly rate to fit your business?
28th August 2017Hits: 472How do most sign writers cost their cut letter jobs? By the letter or time and materials?
14th August 2017Hits: 493What is your hourly rate? Do you make sure all your cost are covered in this rate?
7th August 2017Hits: 493Do you do your own product durability testing, like sticking vinyl out in the sun for a year to see what happens to it?
31st July 2017Hits: 377How much above award are you paying your staff and are you using the joinery award as your guideline for your business or an alternative award?
24th July 2017Hits: 356Did the sales rep that visited you almost daily when you expressed interest in buying a new machine visit you after the machine was installed and running?
17th July 2017Hits: 385Will the govt intern scheme benefit the industry as a whole, or will it encourage unscrupulous owners to fire their intern at the end of the 12 weeks and get another free worker at taxpayers expense?
10th July 2017Hits: 399How to you cope when you get a printer service quoted at $18,000 after warranty and service agreements is over? Do you just not service the printer and wait until something happens or do you fork out the money?
3rd July 2017Hits: 371Are you utilising the Government's $20,000 tax write off before the end of the financial year?
26th June 2017Hits: 443Do you have an associate printer that you trust and can help you out if you break down or have excess work that you can't handle?
19th June 2017Hits: 416Do you think regularly trading-in print equipment for new is better than keeping older equipment that is carefully used and is maintained regularly?
12th June 2017aHits: 471When quoting work, do you ever put on a margin for the "cash price" or "can you do a little better" effect?:
22nd May 2017Hits: 428Are you using a budget print management system? Are still happy with its performance and see no need to "upgrade" to the big flash systems?
8th May 2017Hits: 394How many sign companies would support private training relevant to daily operations in a modern sign shop?
24th April 2017Hits: 368Do you believe there is corruption in our industry? Ie., do you know of any jobs being lost due to bribery, etc.?
10th April 2017Hits: 381When you have a client looking for something you can do but would rather not do, do you recommend them to another specific sign shop or just say no?
27th March 2017Hits: 451Have you found that UV cured ink is being used in many applications where it is not suited. Such as long term outdoor signage where it has not been UV laminated or UV clearcoated?
20th March 2017Hits: 399How many signies abide by council regulations relating to sign installations by road or footpaths?
6th March 2017Hits: 443How often do you receive files for printing that you either reject or require a huge amount of work before they can be printed?
27th February 2017Hits: 432Has signwriting lost its "fun factor" with the advances of technology in the industry?
13th February 2017Hits: 428Do you ever say no thanks to someone wanting to give you a very small order?
6th February 2017Hits: 420As a small business operator have you ever dealt with a small supplier for many years only to find that when they become a big business they usually brush the small business operator aside only to be interested in the big orders and make you wait?
30th January 2017Hits: 395Do you think that static printed signage is under threat from 3D and Digital signage?
23rd January 2017Hits: 421Do you know and track the minimum total sales you need in order to achieve a profit each month and do you know your minimum invoice value that will show a real profit?
16th January 2017Hits: 410Wide format printing has been booming for several years now. Is this boom cooling off or, if not, do you see an end coming with a plateau or even contraction?
12th December 2016Hits: 431As traditional offset printing businesses expand into digital, wide format printing & signage, have you as a traditional signage business expanded into providing print such as brochures, leaflets, business cards etc? If so, how is that going?:
5th December 2016Hits: 371Are you being affected by printers who are charging ridiculously low prices which sometimes are way below stock cost? How do they do it and why? It hurts everyone and kills the whole industry.
21st November 2016Hits: 384Do you travel to any international trade expo's and if so, which one(s) would you recommend?
14th November 2016Hits: 379Training potential apprentices across all states is becoming more difficult. May I have some feedback on what are the obstacles in employing apprentices?
7th November 2016Hits: 383Have you had any problems with not being able to use ladders on jobs due to Health and Safety regulations?
31st October 2016Hits: 408What are your thoughts about other sign companies from other suburbs advertising their business on your turf with corflute signs on road ways/fences etc. How do you react or respond?
10th October 2016Hits: 374Do you have problems with photos after a job is completed? ie. the person on-site doesn't take a photo at all or they produce a low quality image with no hope of seeing any problems or no record at all. How do you combat this problem?
4th October 2016Hits: 419What are the most unusual local council requirements/knock-backs you have had for CBD signage?:
26th September 2016Hits: 397How do you get around the problem of paint coming off a vehicle that has been poorly repaired when a wrap is removed? Do you take responsibility or do you have a warranty stipulating all care but no responsibility?
19th September 2016Hits: 398Do you have examples of designers not knowing enough about print ready artwork?
12th September 2016Hits: 389Have you found any other cool ways to use aluminium composite apart from signs?
5th September 2017Hits: 421A big designer uses us for all of his work. They have now asked for a 5% commission on the jobs they send to us. Is this normal? Do you think this is right?
29th August 2017Hits: 417Have you ever had people remove your laminate because they thought it was as transport protection and therefore ruined the signs?
22nd August 2016Hits: 409For extra income, what products and services do you offer clients that you outsource to a third party?
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