I had a cool experience yesterday. I had to drop off a batch of t-shirts to be printed with my new “triathlete” design. Since I’ll be selling these t-shirts at a triathlon that I’ll be competing in, it was time for me to get a folding table to use. I thought it would also be nice to have a sign for the table.
There is a sign store (a Signs by Tomorrow franchise) right near one of my retailers, and I’ve driven by it for about 15 years without giving it much thought. So now that I’m in the market for a sign, I stopped by to see what they have available.
Boy, did I hit the jackpot there. I talked to the owner (Julian) himself, and it turns out that he’s a triathlete himself! As such, he’s very aware of what kinds of signs would work well for my business. And since he also has a working relationship with the owner of the running store that sells my shirts, he’s going to work with him to figure out what kind of signage I could use in the store.
And one more cool thing is that the sign store owner helps out new businesses by giving them some freebies, so I’ll probably get a couple small signs for free.
I love working with locally-owned businesses!
Brian