[mark_roberts]

Following on from the debate on van sign writing, how much do you reckon your van signage has made in the last year?

I reckon about a dozen jobs or around £900 (dosent include referrals or repeat business).  Not great and thats why Im asking the question.

My van is just name number and list of services.

Mark

[boshravie]

Hi mark
Well if you have a right logo and clean van which stands out(eg:PEPSI sign) you will be surprise
how much income you can genrate out of your van.
I am sure that we have 20-30% of our income from our van and sign, beacuse we always ask our
Customers where they heard about us.

 

[Doug Holloway]

Hi Guys,

About £380 in 5 months , not great but then quite a few others have taken cards etc , so I'm expecting this may grow.

Then there's the imperceptibes , confidence when turning up , building a brand which will be saleable in the future etc

Cheers

Doug

[Geoff Jewkes]

£800 a week as it gets me to and from custys houses!!! 

[the red carpet]

£178 in about 3 months
and it has led to 3 quotes non of wich have came back to me
and i have been asked 2 times this week for a card from people who saw the van

[HQCS (John Kastrian)]

Not sure of the exact amount,but it is free advertising and will get you jobs,I have had calls saying I am following your van and would like a carpet/house cleans.
I was parked outside the local bingo hall waiting to pick up the wife and collected a nice 300 squid job just by sitting there doing nothing,it works.
John

[Geoff Jewkes]

Thank god its not just my wife that goes to bingo!!!!!
It`s not just about advertising........ If you had a gas man come to install a boiler and he turned up in a plain white van......... no name........ no numbers...... no badges....what would you think?    First impressions LAST. Also some referalls start off with your van parked on customers drive. Not all customers will brag about their CC but a neighbour may spot the van and say how are your carpets??? Couldn`t help but notice the van !!! Customer would sat "great, so and so did a really good job !!! " Then you get a referall without realising its the van that did its job. Make sense?? That few hundred quid on signwriting can pay dividends very quietly

[mark_roberts]

What about the fasttrack guys with lots of writing on them?

Mark

[Geoff Jewkes]

I have spoke to customers that have rang the 0800 number...... they get bored........ hang up and want to speak to someone who is human. Normally i`ll get the call and the job!!! So I guess all I can say is...........THANKS FASTRACK YOU REALLY WORK FOR ME 

[the red carpet]

another thing worth having is uniform, i have tops embroided with my company logo and have done 3 quotes of them and they dont cost no were near as much as the van about £6.50 each

[Geoff Jewkes]

Yes I totally agree. I have white T shirts with logo on ( see left ) full size on front. Many a time gone in butty shop and ladies behind the counter as about prices or asked for a card and sometimes they`ll ring to book a survey

[gmccleaning]

5 t shirts, 2 fleeces £45 plus sign writing £100 best £145 spent last week cleaning sitt and hall in flat, got 4extra flats good day had by all

[cleaning co]

i think for the cost af sign writing its a very good return, if u keep a van 5 years say  and sign cost £200  and as mark says he gets £900 in a year  thata nearly £5000  £4800 profit , whats our return on £200 of leaflets ? ive had people phone me in me van as they are driving behind me to make booking, took bookings filling up with fuel, etc etc in the summer time i recon i take 4 bookings a week  of me van no probs  ,i earn lot more than £900  a year of mine
gary

[Liahona]

each to their own I understand but I work exclusively for designers and they use me because I dont have sign writing, obviously other reasons too......i average over 800 pounds per job so feel i would never advertise on my van......

[BRSL]

My Van was supposed to go in last fri for signing before i moved then it was to be today, got up at 5am today drove 90 horible miles dropped the missis off so she could go riding started to wash the van for the signers when they phoned and told me there machine had packed up, im not impreeesed, so have the van all day and the job might still not be done