Banners and Big Prints

Speedy Janitorial Equipment Repair fixes the equipment that helps make your favorite retail stores— in and around the Sacramento area— better places to shop.  And when SJ Repair wanted to make their business stand out, they chose a full color vehicle wrap from Banners and Big Prints.

It started with their business card…
When we met with SJ Repair, owners Jared and Ana expressed a strong liking for their existing business image, as it appeared on their business cards: the color red paired with a gray wrench.

Speedy Janitorial Repair's Business Card

So we took that image and transformed it into a design draft that displayed vibrant colors and dynamic placements of the key design elements— the name, logo, phone numbers and web address— on the vehicles.  After some minor adjustments made via email and telephone, the two owners gave the green light and scheduled time to bring the first van in.

Looking Better Than the Competition
Jared and Ana have clearly outpaced their competition on the road.  The red streaks that swoop around their company vans make them appear to be in motion even while they are parked.  And their business name and contact number are sure to be seen hundreds, of times each day as they conduct their business from San Francisco, to Reno and everywhere in between.

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Today we decided it was time to make a few phone calls and find out which premium banner supplier offers the lowest price.  Here’s a hint: we do.  The results of our telephone survey are graphed below:

Banners and Big Prints has high quality, full-color banners at the lowest prices!

We compared our current price for a 4′x8′ full color, digitally printed banner to four competitors known for offering high-quality banners and top-notch customer service. For the comparison we selected three nation-wide shops (Signs Now, Kinko’s, and Fast Signs) and one Northern California local-area competitor (Avalon Graphics).  Our approach was simple, we called each one and asked “How much will it cost…?”

And here are the detailed results.  Signs Now came in as the most expensive banner shop, charging $320 for a single 4′x8′ full color-banner.  And Kinko’s wasn’t very far behind at $288.  One surprise from our telephone price survey was that national sign shop Fast Signs was actually $24 cheaper than local supplier Avalon Graphics who charges $216.  And just in case you are wondering what you can expect to pay for that same full color banner from Banners and Big Prints… only $184 (at the time of this writing, of course).  So hurry up and give us a call!  Prices may not stay the same, but we will always stay lower than our major competitors.

To find out why full color vehicle wraps from Banners & BIG Prints are the best “bang-for-your-buck” advertising available, let’s take a quick look at the top 3 reasons other businesses have already chosen Banners & BIG Prints to help them utilize fleet advertising.

Full color vehicle wraps

1. Lots of attention: Your vehicle is constantly moving within your sales/service area.  A vehicle wrap will likely make more impressions in a single day while traveling around town than advertisements like billboards and magazine ads that are confined to one space.  Print and internet ads are easy to ignore.  Radio and television channels can be changed.  But it is far more difficult to ignore an advertisement that has been placed directly in front of you during your morning commute.  As cities like South Lake Tahoe, Sacramento, Davis, Fairfield, and the entire Napa Valley, continue to grow and expand, more cars will fill the roads and freeways.  Take advantage of this fact by using vibrant mobile advertising that tells thousands of potential customers who you are and what you can do for them!  Banners & BIG Prints can design, print, and install a lasting vehicle wrap that will send your company logo and message everywhere your fleet goes.

2. Cost Effective: Vehicle wraps are the best expense of a tight advertising budget because they expand your visibility to more potential customers for less cost.  Whether parked or in motion, a Banners & Big Prints vehicle wrap will generate between several hundred and thousands of impressions each day.  And since all Banners & BIG Prints vehicle wraps are treated with a protective UV clear coat prior to installation, each one is guaranteed to be vibrant for up to seven years!  No other form of advertising can come close to providing on-going visibility that will last almost a decade.
3. Highest Quality: An IndyCar accelerates from 0 to 60 miles per hour in three seconds and races at speeds well above 200 miles per hour— much faster than most people will ever drive.  Banners and BIG Prints uses the same vinyl base on all vehicle wraps that is used on Indy 500 race cars.  Why?  Because we feel strongly that vibrant, great-looking vehicle wraps should be durable and long-lasting.  A cheap vehicle wrap that can’t withstand the rigors of everyday driving ends up costing more “per month” than one that retains it’s lustre for many, many years.  The best part is that Banners and BIG Prints often has similar prices to competitors who “cut corners” to shave costs.

Vehicle Lettering

About
Vehicle lettering is a lower-cost alternative to full color vehicle wraps, but still very effective at advertising your business or product.  Many options exist to customize your car, boat or fleet.  Vinyls used for vehicle lettering:

• can be vibrant, fade-proof, solid colors
• look amazing when combined with custom-printed graphics
• can be reflective for applications onto emergency vehicles like police cars, ambulances, and fire trucks
• may be reflective gold, chrome, or bronze if you’d like to add some “bling” to your ride
• and can even be perforated to allow visibility through windows while driving

Pricing
We are hard at work on an online “instant price quote” module, for real time job-costing.  But for now, the fastest way to receive an accurate estimate is to contact us directly.

Quality Promise
Using the wrong materials is a no-no.  While it is generally cheaper, calendered vinyl has a tendency to “pop up” out of the curves and creases in your vehicle and is better suited for flat signage applications.  But we only use the highest quality cast vinyls for vehicle lettering jobs.  (Cast vinyls are made from a liquid, rather than a solid material, to permanently mold to fit the shape of your vehicle.)  For this reason, we may not be the “low price leader” in town, but we guarantee that our quality vinyls will result in longer life-spans for all of our vehicle lettering jobs.   We do it right the first time so you don’t have to worry about getting the most bang for your buck.

Artwork Options
Our professional studio can design your artwork from scratch.  Be ready to provide us with your logo, any relevant high-resolution images, and we will do the rest.  Or, if you currently work with a designer, we will assist you with preparing your files for our large-format machines.  Easy peezy lemon squeezy.

Fast Turnaround
If you need your vehicles lettered in a hurry then ask about our rapid turn-around times!  There probably isn’t a deadline that we can’t meet.  Our professional installers will travel to your location so you have the least amount of “down-time” in your busy schedule.

Ordering
You can place an order via email, telephone, or online chat.  We are available to discuss your requirements and advise on the most suitable products to suit your vehicle lettering job.  Contact options are available on the side of the page.  When sending work requests via email, please allow 24 hours for a response to finalize the work order.  We currently handle installations in the Greater Sacramento Area, north as far as Tahoe and Reno, and south to the entire Napa Valley.  Jobs outside of this primary service area are priced as “wholesale” and shipped along with instructions, ready to be installed.