35% of Sign Pros Plan to Offer a New Product or Service in 2023

QUESTION:

Are you planning to offer a new product or service in 2023?

Yes: 35%

A few services as a value-add for our partners. Wayfinding and compliance audits, service and maintenance programs, etc. — Sarah Dixon, Unified Sign and Design, Louisville, KY
We are expanding our Etsy page as we have seen good return on investment through this income avenue. — Sheila Roberts, Sign Solutions, Phillipsburg, KS
We will aim to get a maintenance program offered for our larger clients. — Bobby Lynett, Sekula Signs and PA Signs, Scranton, PA
I think it’s important to continually add services. — Rita Siprak-Weill, Minuteman Press-Annapolis, Annapolis, MD

No: 65%

There’s not anything we don’t offer. — Josette Brinkman, Fastsigns of Findlay, Findlay, OH
We are slammed as is. — Rob Skelton, Fantastic Signs, New Smyrna Beach, FL
We offer a vast array of products now. — Tracey Kennedy, Attention Getters Design, El Cajon, CA
Sticking to our guns! Gotta get better at what we do now before adding anything else. — Frankie Markasovic, Graphic Image Corp., Orland Park, IL
We are actually planning to slightly reduce the number of products and services that we offer in the new year. — Clayton Letourneau, Custom Sign Lab, Beamsville, ON, Canada

QUESTION:

What are you currently planning for 2023 that you did not buy or do this year?

QUESTION:

How easy or hard do you expect hiring new employees in 2023 to be compared to this year?

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