(Lubbock, TX) Although Lubbock is only the 11th-largest city in the Lone Star State, with roughly 300,000 metro-area residents, it’s known as The Hub City because it’s the largest urban area in the Texas region known as the South Plains. Thus, its economic significance is greater than its sheer size would indicate. It’s the home of the Buddy Holly Center – which honors the Lubbock native and “Father of Rock Roll” – and Texas Tech Univ.; both make tourism an important cog in the local economy.
ArtCraft Sign Studio Gets Fired Up
(Pine Hill, NJ)– Since its opening in 1989 as one of the earliest Sign Biz Member locations, Artcraft Sign Studio has enjoyed tremendous growth – so much so that it purchased its city’s former firehouse because it required a large production and service area for vehicle wraps and other digital graphics. Shop owner Arthur Elkins says window graphics represent roughly 5% of its business.
SignWorks Talent Comes Through to Save the Day
Owned by Tom Carr since 2010, SignWorks is a full service sign company that opened under the Sign Biz program in 1993. The prior owners, Jerry and Esta Holden, had a plan when they brought Carr on board to manage the shop. They planned on selling the business to him. “We just hadn’t told him yet,” says Jerry with a chuckle. But Carr, being talented and astute, was very interested. And so in 2010, he purchased the business and took the reins.
West Mountain Sign Grand Opening is Picture Perfect
(San Jose, CA)– Kelly Yamanishi comes to the sign industry with over 20 years of high-tech marketing experience with a high-profile Silicon Valley corporation. With this experience, she brings an in depth understanding of complex project management, marketing communications, and many types of “corporate speak.” In short, she knows how to help her clients communicate effectively with both business and non-business audiences.
Sign Biz® Trained LobbyPOP® Pro Moves Avis into Dynamic Signage
(Hermosa Beach, CA)– When Robert Gutierrez of Avis Rent-A-Car Operations visited 3V Signs, he was looking for a scrolling LED sign system to use for employee communication at the LAX location. Having worked as a HR professional for over 10 years, Stefanie Dacy (co-owner of 3V Signs) is quite familiar with the challenge of keeping employees informed. She also had formal training by Sign Biz, Inc., a sign industry developer, in signage solutions of all types.
More Accolades for Wrap Hero Elite Signs
(Orlando, FL)– Last month, the Sign Biz organization culminated the country’s only nationwide competition celebrating the accomplishments of the Sign Biz Network’s most successful digital sign designers and installers. This year’s “Everything is Marketing” contest entry form said, “Recognizing the impact of marketing across platforms, from brick, to click. Looking for projects that “went the extra mile” and that provided exposure beyond the sign.”
Toby Stephens of Elite Sign & Design Goes Beyond the Sign
(Lubbock, TX)– Toby Stephens hit the ground running with his new business, Elite Sign & Design, opened in Lubbock, Texas in January of 2010. He quickly moved up the ranks in the Sign Biz Network, achieving proficiency in dimensional signage and vehicle wraps. He shared his insights and actively engaged in the lively message group that connects all members of the Sign Biz network. Late on a Friday, May 6th of 2011, he sent a special message to all 200+ Sign Biz Members around the world:
Adam Wolf is Sign Biz® Sales Consultant Of The Year
(Orlando, FL)– The Sales Consultant of the Year Awards (SCOYAs), the country’s only nationwide competition celebrating the accomplishments of the Sign Biz Network’s most successful digital sign consultants, has just announced this year’s award winner for sales achieved in the calendar year of 2011. As part of “Cue the Future”, this year’s International Convention for the Sign Biz Network, hosted in Orlando, Florida, the SCOYA was presented at a gala ceremony and party held at the Doubletree Resort by Hilton on International Drive, and attended by more than 140 business owners and industry dignitaries.
