writeing on vans

« **on:** June 25, 2008, 07:00:28 pm »

do you have any saying on your vans that work

im trying to get susans van done befoure she gets home ( she been away for over a month)

was thinking on putting along the side something like this

" working to a top standed not a cheap price "

will this put custy off

if you can re word it better feel free to help me out or is there something better to put on apart from the norm just trying to cut price shopers out befour they even ring

thanks

julian

« **Reply #1 on:** June 25, 2008, 07:03:20 pm »

"High standards, not prices"

« **Reply #2 on:** June 25, 2008, 07:04:03 pm »

One i have seen on a van somewhere ........ "We don't cut corners, we clean them"

« **Reply #3 on:** June 25, 2008, 07:19:37 pm »

'A clean home is a healthy home'

'Superb results, fantastic value'

'Not your usual budget company'

'Something different - that you will be telling your friends about!'

'Your satisfaction - our committment'

« **Reply #4 on:** June 25, 2008, 07:37:13 pm »

The Pursuit of Excellence

S

« **Reply #5 on:** June 25, 2008, 07:46:00 pm »

"Clean and Healthy Carpets"

"Excellance at a Sensible Price"

"Friendly Owner-Operator"

"Carpet Cleaning With the Environment in Mind"

"Established Since XXXX"

My van signage will be finished (hopefully) Sat afternoon. Will post photo or two then.

« **Reply #6 on:** June 25, 2008, 08:00:34 pm »

juian have you ever been test for dyslexia, I ask because you are showing all the classic signs, no offense interned and speaking as a dyslexic myself, there a load of help out there that can be really beneficial such as a real time spell check that i will have used ten times in his short paragraph. ( it was 12 times in the end) ////13 opps

« **Reply #7 on:** June 25, 2008, 08:37:05 pm »

Hi Chris,

That used to be my LOGO wording some years ago.

Richie.

« **Reply #8 on:** June 25, 2008, 08:39:49 pm »

'the only people disappointed are our rivals'
Saw this on a van the other day and it made me smile !!!
PS - It was a plumber by the way.

« **Reply #9 on:** June 25, 2008, 10:09:18 pm »

Local cleaner to us has

"Get your back passage cleaned by XXXX Cleaning!"

« **Reply #10 on:** June 25, 2008, 10:16:42 pm »

"Rug a mess.... let me suck it out" .
....... may not sound so clever when i run out of 1664 ......... sorry but became uncle to Jack at 6.20 this evening and the babies head is now VERY wet

« **Reply #11 on:** June 27, 2008, 03:11:43 am »

Let me run my magic wand across your rug.

« **Reply #12 on:** June 28, 2008, 07:25:18 pm »

Van signage finished this afternoon and I promised to post photos.

Some of you will recognise this as Steve Gunns van which I bought off him in April.

I liked his concept of having a photo of himself.
I stripped all his signs except for the blue on either side at the rear.
DP Printing recently done some leaflets for me and much of whats on the van is taken from the design of the leaflet - trying to keep a common theme.
I am very pleased with it.

Done by www.topsigns.co.uk and the price ............... was just £300 for both sides and the rear which I think is pretty good..

« **Reply #13 on:** June 28, 2008, 07:41:16 pm »

Joe

very nice

Len

« **Reply #14 on:** June 28, 2008, 07:46:02 pm »

You cant argue with that! I like it - nice job.

Just wondered Joe how long that sticker of you on the back will stay stuck against the rubber seal though?

Kev

« **Reply #15 on:** June 28, 2008, 07:53:42 pm »

Joe,

Why aren't you waiving?

« **Reply #16 on:** June 28, 2008, 08:05:39 pm »

Mike
I am waving to you now! Cant you see me?

Kev
Steves photo was the affixed the same and whilst it had lifted in some small area it was'nt too bad at all.
I think Topsigns was using some different application as well which I hope will help to make a difference.
If it lifts it could be I reach fro the bluetack or drawing pins

The van has a history in carpet cleaning. Owned by Solutions UK from new, bought by Steve and then to me.

« **Reply #17 on:** June 28, 2008, 08:34:15 pm »

Looks good Joe

« **Reply #18 on:** June 28, 2008, 08:53:36 pm »

Like it Joe

« **Reply #19 on:** June 28, 2008, 09:23:39 pm »

Looks Superb.

« **Reply #20 on:** June 28, 2008, 09:41:27 pm »

If anyone thinking of putting a photo on do make sure its taken at high megapixel.

This one was done at 5 megapixel (stupid me-my camera goes up to 8 mp).

Its Ok at a distance as in walking by or following in a car etc, but close up it pixelates a bit.

« **Reply #21 on:** June 29, 2008, 12:00:03 am »

So do you in person Joe

« **Reply #22 on:** June 29, 2008, 01:22:09 am »

Nice van Joe.

There are a couple of Indian guy's in my area who are carpet cleaners, On there van they have.
You have tried the cowboy's now try the Indians.
also on a little sticker on the back bumper they have, Indian driver smoke signals only

It always makes me smile when I see it.

« **Reply #23 on:** June 29, 2008, 01:58:37 am »

OK, Nice van Joe but I will criticise the 7 bullet point small print.
Who will get to read this unless you are parked somewhere & a pedestrian stops to read the whole signage in full (highly unlikely)
Although we all like to travel in a nice sign written van, ask yourself how much business it brings in.
Sure, you pull up to a new client for a job, it is reassuring for them to see your business name displayed on the truck. But that's it.
I always ask my new customers where they have got my name from. In all the years that I have been in the business, only once have I come across someone who mentioned my van signage.
Get lots of people accosting me because they are deafened by the noise of the machine or tripping over my hoses. This brings a good deal of business, but van signage - no.
But then I ask myself how many times have I phoned a tradesman because I saw his number on the side of a van - Never

« **Reply #24 on:** June 29, 2008, 08:41:23 am »

Maybe you need a new sign

« **Reply #25 on:** June 29, 2008, 09:26:59 am »

Quote from: davep on June 29, 2008, 12:00:03 am

So do you in person Joe

Thanks for the reminder Dave, love you too

Francis - you say who will read the small print bullet points? Yes those who WALK past, the larger print NAME OF BUSINESS and TEL NUMBERS are for those who see it driving past - bigger letters so they can take note.

When I got van off Steve Gunn it was still fuly lettered in his livery. I would drive along a busy shopping street Ifo example) and using my driving mirrors I could see peoples heads tuning and I was thinking Shucks! not even my number on this. So it was catching attention.

Its a mobile and stationary advert. Even when I go to a large shopping carpark I will be trying to park in as much a prominent position as I can - put it on show. Would cost thousands to get a billboard advert in a prominent place.

How much to advertise on the back of a bus? I dont know but I reckon its lots more the the cost of whats on the back of my vehicle and I can drive on the same roads as a bus at the same peak times.

As for parking outside clients homes. Whilst its not been signed I just wonder if any one twitched the curtains to see what the noise was (I do have a TM now). What do they see - a plain white van. What they doing? I could be doing a few things - cavity insulation spings to mind. Point is - they cant see I am a carpet cleaner, and mst people are likely to want a carpet cleanerthen a cavity wall insulator.

Costs more then the £300 I paid to advertise in YP or the likes, and they are annual things. The van can be 4,5 years or more.

and when I ask customers where they get my name/number from, a good majority cant remember anyway.

and YES I have phoned a tradesman because I saw the number on the side of his van. Just shows how different we all are.

« **Reply #26 on:** June 29, 2008, 09:34:28 am »

Joe, Van looks great ..... you have stopped just short of TOO much information to be read while moving. Details needed for customers (Name & Number) easily visible .......... additional info to hand if time to absorb!!
Some vans i have seen, are very nicely done but you would only be able to read it all if it broke down!!
Name/number/website on sides of mine now ........along with picture which is about to be a wrap of rear section (below) .......... courtesy of Spencer

Most added info is on rear of van ........ where it can be read in traffic!!

« **Reply #27 on:** June 29, 2008, 09:39:20 am »

I am pretty sure that will look good Chris.

Post it on here, please, when you have done.

« **Reply #28 on:** June 29, 2008, 10:33:29 am »

My 13 year old son created that !

Regards

S

« **Reply #29 on:** June 29, 2008, 10:52:31 am »

It's all about getting noticed the amount of calls I received because they saw the van was unbelievable.You need to stand out from the one who turns up in his estate car or a banger of a van.

« **Reply #30 on:** June 29, 2008, 11:29:15 am »

I saw cracker of a van recently ............. plumber with cartoon picture of body sat on loo with trousers round ankles ....... positioned on driver & passenger doors ......... obviously the picture was complete if someone sat in van

« **Reply #31 on:** June 29, 2008, 11:49:19 am »

I've seen 1 of those in my neck of the woods, I wonder if it's a national company or a franchise?

Shaun

« **Reply #32 on:** June 29, 2008, 12:28:50 pm »

Long drive for blocked loo

« **Reply #33 on:** June 29, 2008, 05:38:51 pm »

I reckon some shots of the girl getting out of the pool would generate some interest, maybe on the back doors.

S

« **Reply #34 on:** June 30, 2008, 07:55:42 am »

Joe

Very nice Man obviously inspired by Mr Haliday But it does work. Makes a change from the prochem twins everyone had a few years back.

How much did it cost

« **Reply #35 on:** June 30, 2008, 12:55:37 pm »

look great joe

regards

Dave

« **Reply #36 on:** June 30, 2008, 04:25:07 pm »

Dave - Thanks

Ian - hope it works for me as well as it does for Mike H, but there again Mike does a lot more to get his success.

Cost was £300 which I think is a steal, and that is supplied and fitted.

« **Reply #37 on:** June 30, 2008, 08:43:17 pm »

Why point out that Julian has made a couple of minor spelling mistakes and insinuate that he must be dyslexic?
That would make most of us here dyslexic if we make any sort of spelling error.
For the record your spell checker is also dyslexic,13 times and still 5 errors?

John

« **Reply #38 on:** June 30, 2008, 08:45:14 pm »

Like it Joe, well done.

Often vans are noticed more by existing clients. Once they've experienced your services the van seems to register in their conscious.

Many is the time I have had customers say to me "Oh, we see your vans all over the place".

I have thought about putting a number "5" on one door and "7" on the other then I could ask the customers which one of my (at least 7 vehicles) they had seen

« **Reply #39 on:** June 30, 2008, 08:50:14 pm »

Hows it go Roger?
Progressing ok hopefully?
You back into work yet?

« **Reply #40 on:** June 30, 2008, 08:58:07 pm »

Yes thanks Joe.

Went back to work last Wednesday after 6 weeks off and 5 general anaesthetics.

I think I've forgotten which end of my metal tube thingy to hold

Time waits for no man.....