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Look at what gives you the greatest profit go for quality not quantity! Agree with al other's don't waste your time and money making your truck look like a fair ground attraction, you need somthing that will create a lasting memory. Folks dont remember pages full of script from the sides of trucks.

I'd narrow it down to this:

Custom Homes
Backup Generators
Troubleshoot, repair, upgrade, (retrofit?)
Remodel & additions

If you really want to do more than what people are suggesting, maybe put your essential info bigger, and centralized for the driveby, and list the other stuff off in the corner for people to read at a stop light. If I'm at light with a truck in front of me, I'll read as long as I'm sitting still out of boredom. Although retention in another thing.

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After reading your last post, I can see that is what you are doing, the important info front & center.

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I am also of the less is more school on this.

Here is someone that went overboard in my opinion.



The white box behind the door is where I removed the phone number.

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1. Company Name
2. Phone Number
3. Something Eyecatching and memorable.

3 could be "First half hour is Free" or "Mention that you saw our truck and get a free ceiling fan" or whatever will make people stop daydreaming, dazing off at that traffic light and actually read your van.

And no list of services. If you leave something off I'll assume you don't do it.

Not sure how to post pics on here, but here is a pic of our older trucks...
http://santinoelectric.homestead.com/santinovan.html

The newer trucks have a much more striking livery. We have had numerous compliments on them. I will take pics and post them here in the future. We also changed from burgundy trucks to appliance white.

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Maybe put your list on your tailgate / back door of your truck?

(mini logo & phone # top and bottom)

love the electrical/plumbing photo.....

reminds me of a local company about 10yrs back that did,,,,,plumbing,electrical and AC/Heating,,,in that order.....

On the subject of eye catching items.... I've seen them, but have NO IDEA of where to get one....

Rocket nose cone, and fins for 6" PVC conduit carrier!

Anyone know? E-mail me a link.... e57@comcast.net

Check out your local hobby store.

Totally removed from this topic, but there was a trend here a few years back.
You know how an ambulance has the word spelt backwards on the front of the cab,
"ECNALUBMA", Tradesmen started using this as advertising.
So you ended up with "NAICIRTCELE" plastered all over the fronts of cabs.
Glad that that idea died a death!.
Also, having a van or other such vehicle is one thing, and having pretty writing on the outside of it.
At the end of the day, if the guy driving the mobile bill-board can't cut the mustard, what's the point?.
What I mean to say, is what's inside the vehicle that matters.

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