Comments on: Walking Billboard http://blog.bplans.com/2009/03/30/walking-billboard/ Business in General Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:00:10 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Chelle Parmele http://blog.bplans.com/2009/03/30/walking-billboard/comment-page-1/#comment-1211 Chelle Parmele Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:51:08 +0000 http://blog.bplans.com/?p=958#comment-1211 I think having your business on your vehicle is a very smart move, Stewart. You are most likely reaching out to people and gaining new clients that your competitors have no access to. Well done! I know when I'm driving, I'm also keeping in mind a list of "things that need to be done" and that includes finding a dependable landscaper for our yard since we're just getting into redoing the whole backyard. Had this gentleman been in a truck that was cleaned up and orderly and driven with care and consideration of the other people on the road, I most likely would have noted his company name and called him for a bid. Thanks for commenting, Stewart! Best of luck with your business! I think having your business on your vehicle is a very smart move, Stewart. You are most likely reaching out to people and gaining new clients that your competitors have no access to. Well done!

I know when I’m driving, I’m also keeping in mind a list of “things that need to be done” and that includes finding a dependable landscaper for our yard since we’re just getting into redoing the whole backyard.

Had this gentleman been in a truck that was cleaned up and orderly and driven with care and consideration of the other people on the road, I most likely would have noted his company name and called him for a bid.

Thanks for commenting, Stewart! Best of luck with your business!

]]> By: Chelle Parmele http://blog.bplans.com/2009/03/30/walking-billboard/comment-page-1/#comment-1210 Chelle Parmele Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:46:17 +0000 http://blog.bplans.com/?p=958#comment-1210 Indeed, he could have just been one gardener in a larger company. I would imagine if you had an employee whose behavior was costing your company good standing in the community and was presenting your business in that careless and potentially dangerous way, you might consider letting him/her go. But perhaps that's just me. :) If he is his own boss -the harm he's doing to his brand could be far reaching. His reckless maneuvering through the traffic tells me a little bit about what kind of service I could look forward to receiving from his company. My impression of him based on just watching him drive through traffic: he does not take care with what he does, disregards personal property and hurries through his work. That may be inaccurate but that's the impression his actions left with me. And that's just not a great impression to leave people with your company image. Right? Thank you for commenting, Scopy! Indeed, he could have just been one gardener in a larger company. I would imagine if you had an employee whose behavior was costing your company good standing in the community and was presenting your business in that careless and potentially dangerous way, you might consider letting him/her go. But perhaps that’s just me. :)

If he is his own boss -the harm he’s doing to his brand could be far reaching. His reckless maneuvering through the traffic tells me a little bit about what kind of service I could look forward to receiving from his company. My impression of him based on just watching him drive through traffic: he does not take care with what he does, disregards personal property and hurries through his work.

That may be inaccurate but that’s the impression his actions left with me. And that’s just not a great impression to leave people with your company image. Right?

Thank you for commenting, Scopy!

]]> By: Stewart Armour http://blog.bplans.com/2009/03/30/walking-billboard/comment-page-1/#comment-1206 Stewart Armour Thu, 09 Apr 2009 06:45:06 +0000 http://blog.bplans.com/?p=958#comment-1206 My vehicle is a moving bill board. I am also a landscaper and am very careful how I drive. The cost for impression is very low but the return on investment is very high. I track all my advertising dollars very carefully. Lots of new clients mention seeing my truck go down the road. The trucks on the website also. It still amazes me when competitors say. How can you waste all that money on graphics? Thanks for quickbooks and the seminars. Your happy client Stewart in Seattle. My vehicle is a moving bill board. I am also a landscaper and am very careful how I drive. The cost for impression is very low but the return on investment is very high. I track all my advertising dollars very carefully. Lots of new clients mention seeing my truck go down the road. The trucks on the website also. It still amazes me when competitors say. How can you waste all that money on graphics?
Thanks for quickbooks and the seminars. Your happy client
Stewart in Seattle.

]]> By: Scopy http://blog.bplans.com/2009/03/30/walking-billboard/comment-page-1/#comment-1202 Scopy Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:00:44 +0000 http://blog.bplans.com/?p=958#comment-1202 Your right they do represent the company. But I'm sure the company does not condone this behavior and what possible controls can they have? I presume that in this case it was a one-man band but I have notices on some lorries they have a number to complain which reads "do you like my driving" and a telephone number. Your right they do represent the company. But I’m sure the company does not condone this behavior and what possible controls can they have?

I presume that in this case it was a one-man band but I have notices on some lorries they have a number to complain which reads “do you like my driving” and a telephone number.

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