Marketing your sign rental business is a must! If people can't find you when they need you then your rentals will slow down. One of my favorite tips is having a facebook page. It's free to set up and a great way to continuously spread the word about your business. It's an easy way to share photos of your rentals, advertise sales/specials and will help keep your business on the top of everyone's mind. Here are a few of our customers facebook pages. Please feel free to let me know if you would like yours listed:
My second tip is about blogging. Having a blog is an even more indepth way to keep your customers coming back for more! Blogs and facebook can go hand-in-hand. Whenever you make a blog post, share it on your facebook page. Having your business all over the web is so important these days with technology being one of the main means of information... and did I mention that it's FREE! Websites can be time consuming to update, but blogs and facebook only take minutes to update with fresh information. Don't miss out on these great marketing ideas!
KEEPSAKE PLAQUES
It's long since overdue.... our website, www.Sweet-Greetings.com, is being redesigned! Although I feel that our current site is super cute, it seems as if over the years as things have been added and moved around, the functionality of it could use a makeover.
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Click the above link to view our wide variety of colorful, whimsical lawn signs. Start your new yard sign rental business with our high-quality, beautifully designed signs to announce new births, children's birthdays, adults birthdays, weddings, graduations, baby showers, welcome home troops and more!
Thank you so much for all of your help and guidance. I know that I could not have done this without you. The signs are beautiful and our rentals are increasing every month.
Thanks again for guiding us through the start up of our business!
Jaymee Wagner
Sign Surprise
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Hi Carrie,
I just wanted to thank you so much for the opportunity. I have already had 2 rentals and just started, one person we knew and the other completely unknown!!!! So excited for the road ahead for us....and appreciated everything.
Sincerely,
Tara Botts
Storked About It
Dear Carrie,
I just wanted to thank you for the opportunity you have given me to start my own small business. All of your support has been wonderful ! You have enabled me to keep my number one job as a stay at home mom and help earn extra income for my family. The feedback on the storks has been wonderful and all of my customers have been very satisfied with your product. Thanks again for everything!
Jenny Hausch
Adorable Storks
Crystal Lake, IL
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This is a wonderful business because you can make it a part-time or full-time job. I have been doing this since January and have seen my rentals increase each month. So far I have only advertised with fliers at local restaurants and shops as well as my business cards. I also started by putting my stork in friends' yards to be seen in the area. Carrie was great with getting me started!
Kelly Revels
Yard Occasions
Winston Salem, NC
"I wish I would of done this sooner"! That's what I've said since choosing "Sweet Greetings" to start my home-based business renting storks.
I live near (and offer my storks) in the town where the "Yard Storks" began. I've never been worried about competing with one of the most recognized stork companies w/ franchises nationwide. I knew right away my storks were going to do well since they're an "updated" looking stork, brightly colored & I have found no others out there close to them! AT ALL! I searched (and I still look out of curiousity) to see if I could find any others that I would want to claim as mine! One. Only one other company did I find and it's in Canada (Sweet Greetings has still been my best choice)! I know I might sound biased, maybe I'm too picky, but I wanted something that looks classy, but yet cute for the purpose it's for! I didn't like the ones that look airbrushed, or like they were cut in the high school wood shop.
When I opened up my storks after they arrived I was so pleased & excited about offering these guys! I am just glad that I was first in my area to get hold of these storks & claim my territory! I hope to be going strong in 5 years & re-up for the same areas again!
Carrie has been there for me from problems I ran into w/ the posts (nothing major!) to helping me with ideas to get some free advertising (and it worked!). I've never had a problem getting an answer to my questions when I asked & it's always in a timely manner at that!
I hope I don't sound like an infomercial. I'm here on my own freewill posting because I'm happy with my choices that I've made for my home business.
Carrie, forgive me for taking up so much space on the blog page. Thank you for all the help you've given me so far! I'm very pleased (as you can tell) and think if everybody knew about your storks you'd be a millionaire!
Thanks for everything,
Lynn Krebs
"Stork Greetings & More"
Dunn, NC
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Hi Carrie,
We wanted to let you know that we received our first call for a stork rental. It is such a great feeling when you put so much work into something and it finally works out. The customer was very impressed with the lawn stork's vibrant colors and design.
We would like to say thank you so much for everything that you've done for us. It really was a pleasure dealing with you and Sweet Greetings. Your knowledge,experience and patience made creating our business stress and error free. All of our phone calls,e-mails and questions were answered with 110% of your attention every time. Sweet Greetings is by far, in my opinion, the best way to start a lawn sign business. It is nice knowing that the same people handle your advertising, web site and marketing. Along with great advice, the logo you created for us is already on jackets for our family and on most of our web advertising.
Well, I guess you can tell that we're excited about our new business, so thank you again for everything!!! We are looking forward to dealing with you and Sweet Greetings for many more years.
Sincerely,
Anthony and Diane
Signs of Love
Nassau County, NY
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"First, let me tell you I LOVE the signs!!! We unpacked them last Friday and I was very happy with the quality. They look even better than I imagined."
Kristen
Action Attraction
Tallahassee, Fl
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Thank you Sweet Greetings and Thank you Carrie for the opportunity to acquire our own business. I am so glad that I found you.
It was March 2008 when I had an idea. My daughter had given birth to twins in October after already having had two other girls. We searched high and low for a stork and settled for one that we were just happy with but not ecstatic. I then thought about providing this service myself. I wanted someone that rented our storks to say "wow". That is when I researched on the internet and came across your business -Sweet Greetings. What can I say --YOU WERE RIGHT!!!! You set us on the right track and gave us all the right info. Your storks are a breath of fresh air. Everybody loves them. They bring a smile to all that see them. The business is a happy one. We are growing little by little and enjoying every minute of it. I am hoping to be a stay at home Grandma some day with a thriving business and now that might not be just a dream. I'll let you know.
Once again --THANK YOU CARRIE of Sweet Greetings""
Janet Lewin & Ferdinando Musico
J& N Storkworld Inc.
Staten Island, NY
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I am a single mother with 3 children. I have 2 jobs, but like many others I still needed extra income. The hard part was finding time to fit another job into my already busy schedule. After brainstorming for ideas, I realized that stork rentals was a business that my area was in need of. Browsing through the Internet one day , I came across the Sweet Greetings web site. I was so excited, because they had the type of storks that I was looking for...unique,whimsical, and well made. Recently my business has really taken off. My customers say that they have found me due to the web site that Carrie created for me. Each one has also been very satisfied and impressed with with the style and size of the storks!
Rose Krzyzanowski
For Your Occasion
Pittsburgh
Our 'How To' manual includes information on marketing, how to run your business, creating a business name, setting up and taking down your stork, staying organized, scheduling, what materials and tools to use, credit card processing, how to handle taxes, lettering and even how to deal with competition.You'll receive examples of our business cards, brochures, post cards and advertisements. You'll learn how to handle customers, how to use your stork for indoor events and much more!
If you later choose to purchase a stork business package,
WE WILL DEDUCT $25 from the price of your business package!
