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Your best advertising is past customers. Do the best job you can and give them more then they expect and they will sing your praises. Next letter your truck. My truck was my best bang for the buck. Road signs in front of the jobs your doing also help

Good question Donnie...Let's hope we get some honest and authentic advise/experiences. Our mainstay is word-of-mouth, however, in today's market, to expand to any signifigance requires some cyber-savy.....

:) Thats okay, I have more pics. :)

Got a price today to do my 14' Box truck. $1450. Not bad. I was expecting around $2K. I'm going to mock up how I want it to look and e-mail the files to their graphics guys.>>>

Well i hope your metal customers are fortuante enough to happen to be traveling on the right side of your vehicle. And vice-versa. lol I have a dark blue truck with simple white lettering from end to end down both sides. Stands out and looks really nice. I get loads of compliments about it. Cost me $200 bucks! One time charge for 8 year vinyl! lol P.S. Its not so much about getting calls off your lettered vehicle as it as about the instant credibility and trust that you gain in the eyes of the customer as soon as you pull up at their home. You start off one step ahead of the game! :)>>>

Back in the day I owned a Mr Build franchise . The emphasis on vehicle advertising the Mr Build logo . It was a very simple flash ad exercise, just there to reinforce peoples memory of Mr Build existence that only worked in conjunction with all other advertisements . Simple and the same through out the company. Keep it simple.>>>

Just go for something simple and to the point.

http://stefanella.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/plumber2.jpg

or:

http://media.photobucket.com/image/plumbers%20van%20man%20sitting%20on%20toilet/The_Wizard_of_OZ/root/February/Plumbing_Truck.jpg

or:

http://www.oakroofing.co.uk/truck1c.jpg>>>

Definitely keep it simple. 1 nice picture on each side would be fine, your name, website, phone should be easy to read- maybe a 1 line slogan but not much else.>>>

If you have a website, the URL address would help, especially if you rely on that for marketing. A simple - easy to remember web address. Some people (like myself) are often put off by big gaudy and ugly advertisements. They do get attention - but sometimes I DONT call those businesses that show they have awful taste and drive around with big ugly graphics on their cars. It depends, but I think choices made in advertising show alot about a company. Are they thoughtful and classy or just trying to make money and dont care if someone sees some big ugly ads everyday on their way to work..>>>

I was thinking the same thing as tinner. There was a local company that had at least 8 pickup trucks with full graphics. For several years I would see their trucks because they really stood out. They were really ahead of the curve. They also seemed to be designed by a talented graphics person because along with being impossible to miss they were pleasing to the eye.

The thing is though, I didn't know what they did for two or three years even though I was very interested. I finally saw one parked someplace and was able to figure out they were a window washing company.

They went belly up. I don't know how much it cost to paint their trucks, but I'm guessing it was very expensive. They would have been way better off with block letters.>>>

tinner666 Said: Little as possible. I see them around. Unless you park or are driving alongside, limiting your audience to one, theyre too busy to have a clue what they are about. I have yet to see one and catch a Co. name or phone #. Just a flash of color as they go past.

Agree, I've yet to see one on a small vehicle that made any sense. On a semi you can get the drift but smaller vehicles just don't have the space. When we got our construction trailer back (from the theft) they had removed my $3000 worth of graphics with a power washer. I took it back to the shop who does all my work and we went a different route, very car racing type look with red, white and blue vinyl accents and huge lettering. It really looks outstanding and we get calls all the time when it goes down the road. Best of all it was only $2000.......

JET>>>

Little as possible. I see them around. Unless you park or are driving alongside, limiting your audience to one, they're 'too busy' to have a clue what they are about. I have yet to see one and catch a Co. name or phone #. Just a flash of color as they go past.>>>

About $3,000. Less than 1% of sales.>>>