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Industry Surveys

1st October 2018

24th September 2018

How much mark up on materials is normal and acceptable...?

24th September 2018

How much mark up on materials is normal and acceptable...?

17th September 2018

Are you using solar panels to save electricity costs?

10th September 2018

What is your ratio of labour expense (employee and sub-contractor) to total revenue?

3rd September 2018

What percentage of your costs does the electricity bill represent?

27th August 2018

What are the pros and cons of a Latex printer in an existing Eco Solvent and Pigment Ink environment?

20th August 2018

Are you using any or all of the social media to promote your business and do you think it is beneficial?

13th August 2018

As an owner operator are you ultimately relying on the funds from the sale of your business as a major contribution to your retirement funds?

6th August 2018

Do you look for machinery on alibaba, made-in-china.com etc to bypass importers and their huge markups?

30th July 2018

What accounting software do you find works best for your business and why?

23rd July 2018

Do you know the true value of your business should you want to sell?

16th July 2018

Have you had any problems with your programs after installing windows 10, ie Photoshop, Coreldraw or various other programs?

9th July 2018

How important is proofing and colour profiling to you as a business and has it helped you retain customers and lower wastage?

2nd July 2018

Are you achieving positive ROI on your web2print portal?

25th June 2018

Are you receiving files that are not prepared correctly?

18th June 2018

What estimating or MIS program would you recommend to others?

11th June 2018

Are you going to use the $20K tax write off before the end of June?

4th June 2018

How do you rate CorelDraw as one of the favourite industry design tools? If not what is your favourite design tool?

28th May 2018

Do you try to use environmentally friendly products in your business? If you do, do you find them generally more expensive?

21st May 2018

As we are approaching the end of the financial year, do you generally put up your prices at this time?

14th May 2018

Is the print industry slowing down? I feel it is.

8th May 2018

Did you go to VI Brisbane? If so, what did you think of the show?

30th April 2018

What is your favourite machine/equipment in your factory and why?

23rd April 2018

Any advice for switching to 3rd party inks?

16th April 2018

Do you think it is a good idea to add new services to your printing business such as embroidery, product marking, T-Shirt printing for instance?

9th April 2018

Are you using social media to promote your business? If so, is it working for you??

3rd April 2018

Have you ever had to make a warranty claim on failed media or anything else? Did you claim for wasted labour as well?

26th March 2018

Do you have a static electricity problem when printing? If so, how do you eliminate it?

19th March 2018

What would you do if your media supplier went direct to your end customer and shared media prices?

12th March 2018

Can you advise what actions you take, if any, to protect our environment from your waste plastic, vinyl and any other ink or media that is generally considered harmful to the environment?

5th March 2018

As the business owner, how many hours per week do you work?

26th February 2018

Do you have a wish list for improvement to your wide format equipment, if so, what would that be?

19th February 2018

Do you have solar power to help reduce your power costs?

12th February 2018

Does your business still excite you the way it did when you first started?

5th February 2018

Should there be a database available to us all of difficult customers / unpaying customers?

29th January 2018

Would you welcome electric Utes for your business since the price of petrol is predicted to continue on an upward trend?

22nd January 2018

Should each sign company be required to have as a minimum 1 trade qualified person? Like any other trade business, a qualification is required by State Government for the business to be accredited / ready for trade.

15th January 2018

Would you switch suppliers if your supplier was providing product to a backyard operator who regular undercut you?

11th December 2017

When working as a local installer/contractor for an "out of town" sign company, do you offer trade discounts on the labour and materials for them?

4th December 2017

Does anybody use finance brokers or agents to finance big signage projects?

27th November 2017

If there was a registered training organisation offering a certified vehicle wrap course, would you enrol yourself/staff?

20th November 2017

Do you feel that everybody operating a business in our industry should be trade qualified and prevented from opening a business if they are not qualified?

13th November 2017

Is there any one machine in your business that generates the most business for you? If so, which one?

6th November 2017

Can you relate your worst customer experience?

30th October 2017

Would you expect a supplier to continue to supply the relevant inks and parts after the supplier discontinues with that product line but has installed several machines into the market?

23rd October 2017

Do you prefer reps coming in to see you or just ringing at the end of the month when they are trying to make budget?:

16th October 2017

Do you have an associate printer that can bail you out when your machine is down and you have deadlines to meet?

9th October 2017

What do you do with your waste ACP?

3rd October 2017

What forums, facebook groups/pages, web sites do you use to find digital printing and signage support?

25th September 2017

What do you consider the most important aspect of sign design? Layout, colours, negative space. recall?

18th September 2017

Who's responsibility is it for any malfunction of a pylon type sign? The Client? The Sign company? The Council? The Fabricator? The Engineer? The Installer?

11thSeptember 2017

How do you go about promoting your business?

4thSeptember 2017 .

How do you work out your actual staff costs to get an appropriate hourly rate to fit your business?

28th August 2017

How do most sign writers cost their cut letter jobs? By the letter or time and materials?

21st August 2017

Do you charge a minimum price for a small job?

14th August 2017

What is your hourly rate? Do you make sure all your cost are covered in this rate?

7th August 2017

Do you do your own product durability testing, like sticking vinyl out in the sun for a year to see what happens to it?

31st July 2017

How much above award are you paying your staff and are you using the joinery award as your guideline for your business or an alternative award?

24th July 2017

Did the sales rep that visited you almost daily when you expressed interest in buying a new machine visit you after the machine was installed and running?

17th July 2017

Will the govt intern scheme benefit the industry as a whole, or will it encourage unscrupulous owners to fire their intern at the end of the 12 weeks and get another free worker at taxpayers expense?

10th July 2017

How to you cope when you get a printer service quoted at $18,000 after warranty and service agreements is over? Do you just not service the printer and wait until something happens or do you fork out the money?

3rd July 2017

Are you utilising the Government's $20,000 tax write off before the end of the financial year?

26th June 2017

Do you have an associate printer that you trust and can help you out if you break down or have excess work that you can't handle?

19th June 2017

Do you think regularly trading-in print equipment for new is better than keeping older equipment that is carefully used and is maintained regularly?

12th June 2017a

When quoting work, do you ever put on a margin for the "cash price" or "can you do a little better" effect?:

5th June 2017

PacPrint 2017 - did you get there? If so, what were your impressions?

29th May 2017

Do you have an IT back up system in place?

22nd May 2017

Are you using a budget print management system? Are still happy with its performance and see no need to "upgrade" to the big flash systems?

15th May 2017

What would you change if you could start your business all over again?

8th May 2017

How many sign companies would support private training relevant to daily operations in a modern sign shop?

1st May 2017

What is your biggest gripe about our industry or your job?

24th April 2017

Do you believe there is corruption in our industry? Ie., do you know of any jobs being lost due to bribery, etc.?

18th April 2017

What are your council's requirements for an A-Frame sign on a footpath?

10th April 2017

When you have a client looking for something you can do but would rather not do, do you recommend them to another specific sign shop or just say no?

3rd April 2017

For those 3rd party ink users, which ink has proven the best for you?

27th March 2017

Have you found that UV cured ink is being used in many applications where it is not suited. Such as long term outdoor signage where it has not been UV laminated or UV clearcoated?

20th March 2017

How many signies abide by council regulations relating to sign installations by road or footpaths?

13th March 2017

How does a sign shop charge for graphics?

6th March 2017

How often do you receive files for printing that you either reject or require a huge amount of work before they can be printed?

27th February 2017

Has signwriting lost its "fun factor" with the advances of technology in the industry?

20th February 2017

What do you do if what they want isn't what they need?

13th February 2017

Do you ever say no thanks to someone wanting to give you a very small order?

6th February 2017

As a small business operator have you ever dealt with a small supplier for many years only to find that when they become a big business they usually brush the small business operator aside only to be interested in the big orders and make you wait?

30th January 2017

Do you think that static printed signage is under threat from 3D and Digital signage?

23rd January 2017

Do you know and track the minimum total sales you need in order to achieve a profit each month and do you know your minimum invoice value that will show a real profit?

16th January 2017

Wide format printing has been booming for several years now. Is this boom cooling off or, if not, do you see an end coming with a plateau or even contraction?

12th December 2016

As traditional offset printing businesses expand into digital, wide format printing & signage, have you as a traditional signage business expanded into providing print such as brochures, leaflets, business cards etc? If so, how is that going?:

5th December 2016

Are you being affected by printers who are charging ridiculously low prices which sometimes are way below stock cost? How do they do it and why? It hurts everyone and kills the whole industry.

28th November 2016

Anybody using Shop Vox? Any tips for a first time user?

21st November 2016

Do you travel to any international trade expo's and if so, which one(s) would you recommend?

14th November 2016

Training potential apprentices across all states is becoming more difficult. May I have some feedback on what are the obstacles in employing apprentices?

7th November 2016

Have you had any problems with not being able to use ladders on jobs due to Health and Safety regulations?

31st October 2016

What are your thoughts about other sign companies from other suburbs advertising their business on your turf with corflute signs on road ways/fences etc. How do you react or respond?

24th October 2016

How do you safely dispose of knives and blades?

17th October 2016

How long, on average do you normally wait for an answer to a quote?:

10th October 2016

Do you have problems with photos after a job is completed? ie. the person on-site doesn't take a photo at all or they produce a low quality image with no hope of seeing any problems or no record at all. How do you combat this problem?

4th October 2016

What are the most unusual local council requirements/knock-backs you have had for CBD signage?:

26th September 2016

How do you get around the problem of paint coming off a vehicle that has been poorly repaired when a wrap is removed? Do you take responsibility or do you have a warranty stipulating all care but no responsibility?

19th September 2016

Do you have examples of designers not knowing enough about print ready artwork?

12th September 2016

Have you found any other cool ways to use aluminium composite apart from signs?

5th September 2017

A big designer uses us for all of his work. They have now asked for a 5% commission on the jobs they send to us. Is this normal? Do you think this is right?

29th August 2017

Have you ever had people remove your laminate because they thought it was as transport protection and therefore ruined the signs?

22nd August 2016

For extra income, what products and services do you offer clients that you outsource to a third party?

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