Remember the old Starkist Tuna commercial with Charlie the Tuna? Charlie was always showing off his “good taste,” only to be told, “Charlie, Starkist doesn’t want tuna with good taste. Starkist wants tuna that taste good!” Well, at Super Cheap Signs, the opposite is true: we DO want signage with good taste (and if you’re […]
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If the Beatles had released “She Loves You” as an infomercial, it would have been a hit in the business world. Why? Because, according to researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of technology, “yeah” is the most persuasive word in meetings. (As an aside, John Lennon once described how he met Yoko Ono: Her conceptual art […]
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Because we live in a visual world with nanosecond attention spans, the words on your sign are as important as the colors you choose and the type of signage (banner, yard sign, sandwich board, etc.) you select. The following are a handful of brainstorm-like questions to help you achieve marketing brilliance: The five types of […]
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An intriguing article in Forbes magazine points out that while companies spend an inordinate amount of time and resources attracting new business, the same cannot usually be said of existing accounts. For the most part, once a customer is “won” the sales team ignores them. Existing customers are relegated to customer support and rarely heard […]
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In Marketing Magic/Part 1, author Debbie Millman discussed how to become a brand genius. Now she deconstructs the creative process itself as she recounts the wisdom of iconic graphic designer Milton Glaser, famous for the I♥NY logo and the poster of Bob Dylan in profile, his hair a psychedelic swirl. Celebrated as the greatest living […]
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Texting is taking over the world. A popular ad campaign shows a phone and a highway, with the caption, “Park it while you drive.” And a yard sign in front of a police department proclaims in no uncertain language: Text it. Type it. Talk it. Ticket! It’s probably only a matter of time until street […]
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It probably isn’t news to you that meaning makes money: the more you mean to your customers, the more they’ll spend with your business. But how can a small business owner become like Google or Microsoft? Perhaps surprisingly, deep pockets aren’t as crucial as deep personal involvement. A survey of more than 100,000 consumers worldwide […]
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According to one online report, social media management is a full-time job, and then some. Creating and curating content, updating social sites, dreaming up campaigns to boost brand awareness…clearly, working online is at least as time and labor intensive as having a storefront business. Perhaps social media managers should take a leaf from signage specialists. […]
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While the constant proliferation of electronic devices has most people feeling like they’re always “on” these days, the third millennium’s omni-availability has also spilled over into the workplace, much to most employees’ chagrin. A survey of 600 North American workers by Right Management found that thanks to technology, weekends are no longer off limits to […]
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There used to be a cute television commercial for a product called Razzles, which starts out as a candy and transforms in the mouth into chewing gum. The commercial depicted two children in a friendly squabble: “Razzles is a gum! No, Razzles is a candy!” (Saturday Night Live once did a hilarious send-up of this […]
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