The Book of the Month is Good to Great by Jim Collins. “JT” Jim Tatem, President of Sign-A-Rama gives us his thoughts on this book: It teaches us some very simple things and is full of research on big businesses, small business and the right steps to take to make your business great. Some take-aways [...]
We are proud members of the world’s largest sign franchise, Sign-A-Rama. With nearly 1000 independently owned and operated stores in over 40 countries, Sign-A-Rama is truly Where The World Goes For Signs. Sign-A-Rama has been a wonderful operation of which to be a part. Since joining Sign-A-Rama in 1997 we have consistently found that the [...]
Guest article by Mike Northcutt, Operations Advisor in the Baltimore, Maryland area, for United Franchise Group of which Sign-A-Rama is a member. We had the pleasure of hosting Mike for a few hours while he was in town visiting family here during the Thanksgiving Holiday. We always enjoy Sign-A-Rama visitors from other regions coming in [...]
Rick Laughlin owns and operates a Sign-A-Rama in Pearland, Texas just south of Houston. Here is what he had to say when we caught up with him: [Rick Laughlin]: After 27 years of working in the family business and operating retail variety stores a large retailer came into our small towns. When the franchisor we [...]
Continuing our interviews of successful small business owners, let me introduce to you Brian and Maggie Harlow. Together they own and operate Sign-A-Rama Downtown in Louisville, KY. Maggie and Brian, can you give our readers a brief current bio? [Maggie Harlow]: Brian and I have been married 15 years and before we opened our SAR [...]
Walter and Debbie Valiant are the owners of AmeriStamp Sign-A-Rama in Evansville, Indiana. What kind of background did each of you have before you got into the sign business? Debbie: Walter was a Systems Analyst at McDonnell Douglas in St. Louis, and Debbie was attending nursing school when Walter’s folks decided it was time for [...]
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I’ve finally got some pics from the World Expo posted. You can see them on my personal site here. Signs of Support Thanks to Maggie Harlow from Sign-A-Rama Louisville, we will shortly be launching a charitable grant program for local NPOs! We’re super excited about this because it allows us to give back to the [...]
Well, I am just now digging out from the voluminous info that was showered on us at the 2009 World Expo in Las Vegas last week. ‘But that was last week’, you say. Yes, but my wife and I had the opportunity to spend our third anniversary at the Wynn Resort immediately following Expo. Phenomenal [...]
