NEW BUSINESS SIGNS

New Business Signs Start with the Marquee Sign

Starting a new business, it exciting, it is also hard. You have no cash flow; a thousand things do and no time to study each issue. When it comes to signs, there is a lot of noise, little written down, experts are few and far between. You need to cut through all the confusion, find the experts and deal with the companies that make and install Marquee Letters. How can you make a major and critical purchase and do it well?  Here are some hints:

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Step One

Step one – What company do you need for building signs?

Electrical Sign Company: In the Sign World there are Printers, Trade Show providers, car wrappers and electrical sign makers. For your Marquee Sign, and Monument Sign you need an Electrical Sign Company.

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Step Two

Step Two – C-45 – Sign Contractor: How can you tell who is who?  Electrical Sign Companies have contractor licenses, Specifically A C-45 – Sign Contractor. That is a sign contractor fabricates, installs, and erects electrical signs, including the wiring of such electrical signs, and non-electrical signs, including but not limited to: post or pole supported signs, signs attached to structures, painted wall signs, and modifications to existing signs. If the company does not have a CL-45 they cannot directly provide your sign – they are salespeople for some other Sign Contractor. A middleman.

Step Three

If they do not have one of these You are not in the right place

Step Three – Underwriters Listed: Who makes signs? Electrical Signs like Marquee Letters require a UL stamp or sticker on the sign to be used outside in the US. If they have a UL certification, they are probably making signs

UL Certification

You have now eliminated the brokers, middlemen and the gray market and are down to the few companies that make the signs you are looking for. You have a thousand things do and no time. You have just eliminated >95% of the noise and can ID the experts. Give us a call and we will take you the rest of the way

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