Marketing report...

Well I am sorry to report that I have not received one inquiry from my magnetic
sign on my car. I did get some grief from my kids and grand kids. :-)

I will leave it on for the rest of the summer and see how it goes.

Cheers and Peace! Phil
The Old dude on blades



--- In inline-instruction@yahoogroups.com, "Philip Lenihan" <phil@...> wrote:
>
> Well I assume some of you have experimented with those magnetic signs
> promoting your lessons that you stick on your car, any results?
>
> With the slump in lessons I thought I would give it a try. First
> decision was do I want it on the two sides or on the back? I concluded
> that the places that I go skating I park nose into the space and the
> back would give the best exposure to people and novice skaters
> passing. Also I figured it would be better when stopped at a light.
>
> I drafted a sign 2 1/2" high and 36" wide for the back of my SUV. Then
> I had FastSigns quote it. The quote was $88.79. I considered that a
> little steep so I went to Kinko's or what ever they call it these
> days. The gentleman at Kinko's quoted $25, now that's a little better.
> I inquired at Fast Sighns as to why they were so much more expensive.
> They said because of better materials but they would match the
> Kinko's price.
>
> So, you can get a magnetic sign for your car for $25 at Kinko's.
> Here's mine:
> http://www.lenihan.org/images/magnetic_strip.jpg
>
> I'll let you know around September if it worked.
>
> You are all welcome to use the art work adapted for you phone number
> by me. Just email me at phil@...
>
> I hope business gets better.
>
> Cheers! Phil
>