How Many Sign Companies Make Business Resolutions?

DO YOU OR DON’T YOU: Also, the problem areas our Brain Squad would most like resolved in 2024.

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3 months ago

January 18, 2024

Signs of the Times Staff Signs of the Times January 2024 Issue

QUESTION:

Do you make New Year’s resolutions for your business?

Yes: 30%

Definitely. Having a New Year’s business resolution is a must because we take the opportunity to evaluate our marketing strategy, update our business plan and build our leadership skills to lead to more resilient, profitable growth. — David de Los Santos, D-Signs & Awnings Inc., Allentown, PA
Focus on growing the business through marketing. — Mary Gasca, Redrum Graphics, Simi Valley, CA
Continuous improvement on process and procedure. — Matt Robinson, Eastern Sign Tech, Burlington, NJ

No: 70%

I reflect on the year and look at what I did that made the business better and what I can do to improve production for the upcoming year. No need to look back at the things that went wrong. — James Cota, JC Signs & Graphics, Clear Lake, MN
Tend to have meetings ahead with goals instead. — Louise Fischer, Trimline Signs & Graphics, Rocky Mountain House, AB, Canada
I make plans but resolutions are too black and white, lol. — Andrew Akers, Image360 DC-Silver Spring, Kensington, MD
We have sessions where we discuss what we want to do for 2024. We set our goals. Everybody gets included. — Ted Dewitt, Signarama-Covina, Covina, CA
Resolutions were meant to be broken. When implementing change, do it immediately. Waiting for a holiday seems like you haven’t made a real decision. — Bobby Jordan, Fastsigns of White Marsh-Joppa, Joppa, MD
Resolutions are useless. — Brett Jeltema, Fresh Coast Signs and Graphics, Spring Lake, MI

One Quick Question:

Which problem area of your business would you most like to resolve in 2024?

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Signs of the Times Staff

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