Full Version: Recognition Plaques/advise
From: cindy (ROBERTM) [#1]
22 May 2006
To: ALL
I'm looking into adding Recongnition plaques into my business and need to know what inventory I would need to have on hand.
Also is there a book showing different layouts and sayings that I could get.
Thanks Cindy
EDITED: 22 May 2006 by DGL
From: basehorawards [#2]
22 May 2006
To: cindy (ROBERTM) [#1] 22 May 2006
As for inventory whatever you have the customer will want something else for at least the first 20 orders so you will build up an inventory if you buy a case of each type you sell. Of course you have to buy plates too so buy at least the minimum of those and try to limit the type you show the customer.
For a book of sayings:
Plaque-Talk
published by
Rockaway
P.O. Box 171
Rockaway Beach, NY 11693
718-634-1089
I don't remember how much but do know it is worth it.
Edited to fix the state
EDITED: 23 May 2006 by BASEHORAWARDS
From: cindy (ROBERTM) [#3]
22 May 2006
To: basehorawards [#2] 22 May 2006
From: Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY) [#4]
22 May 2006
To: cindy (ROBERTM) [#1] 22 May 2006
From: cindy (ROBERTM) [#5]
22 May 2006
To: Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY) [#4] 22 May 2006
From: Dee (DEENA-ONLY) [#6]
23 May 2006
To: basehorawards [#2] 23 May 2006
Hi Jim,
Please edit the address for Plaque-Talk to show it is in NY.
Have you ever done anything from the comic section? Some of them are really gross!
Dee
EDITED: 23 May 2006 by DEENA-ONLY
From: Dee (DEENA-ONLY) [#7]
23 May 2006
To: cindy (ROBERTM) [#1] 23 May 2006
Hi Cindy,
Our customers love the book Jim mentioned. We have made a copy (we keep the original in the office) that we put in page protectors and keep on the counter. It isn't cheap but worth every penny and more. It gives our customers a sense of security that what they are saying sounds good when they see it in a book.
There isn't any family oriented "stuff" in there so I buy greeting cards and the customers browse through them for ideas.
I copy lots of displays from the Tropar catalog. Their layouts are good and if you are just getting started in plaques it will be a help to see how someone else does it.
Dee
From: basehorawards [#8]
23 May 2006
To: Dee (DEENA-ONLY) [#6] 23 May 2006
I fixed the address. A case of the fingers moving faster than the brain.
I too use layouts from catalogs. I have never used a comic but I used to cut out the ones that made me laugh and put them in a scrapbook. Sad that so few made me actually laugh out loud.
From: Dee (DEENA-ONLY) [#9]
23 May 2006
To: basehorawards [#8] 23 May 2006
Jim,
I was talking about the humor section in the back of Plaque Talk. Some of them are really ugly. They sound like something Steve and or Chuck might say when they are on a roll (devil) .
From: Semi-Accurate Engraver (LONEHAWK) [#10]
23 May 2006
To: cindy (ROBERTM) [#1] 23 May 2006
I'd suggest the New King James version for more "poetic" version and the New Living Translation for more "easy to read" version.
If you need to find something quick, go here , you can do a keyword search or if you know a particular passage you can look it up directly. A dozen or so versions to pick from.
I've got a great response so far from the things I've done in this manner. The right passage for the right occasion from the bible can touch someone's heart like you can't even imagine.
When something meaningful is put on an item, it also seems to have an immediate and substantial added value to the one receiving it. (That's just my personal observation based on my limited experience though).
EDITED: 23 May 2006 by LONEHAWK
From: cindy (ROBERTM) [#11]
23 May 2006
To: Semi-Accurate Engraver (LONEHAWK) [#10] 23 May 2006
Thanks, that's a great idea.
Being a home based business doing mostly industrial engraving, how is the best way to grow my business into doing plaques also. Any good ideas?
Thanks Cindy
From: basehorawards [#12]
23 May 2006
To: Dee (DEENA-ONLY) [#9] 23 May 2006
From: Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY) [#13]
23 May 2006
To: basehorawards [#12] 23 May 2006
They are more likely to be found at a roast than humorous. If you want to insult someone, that is the section to use. The rest of the book is good.
They also give you the right to copy the book as many times as you want. That makes it lawful to make copies to use at the counter while the original stays in perfect shape. It is the broadest rights I have ever seen granted. Kudos to them.
P.S. Some of the letter counts are off.
EDITED: 23 May 2006 by HARVEY-ONLY
From: UncleSteve [#14]
23 May 2006
To: Dee (DEENA-ONLY) [#9] 23 May 2006
HEY! Wait just one darn minute! I'M Steve! :-(
From: JHayes55 [#15]
24 May 2006
To: Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY) [#13] 24 May 2006
Harvey - I did a search on the net for this book or it's publisher to find out a little more about it - came up blank. I saw the phone number but is there any other way to find out the price and a little more about what is included in it. Even Amazon did not have any info? Who wrote it?
Thank you
From: Bob (BOBBELT) [#16]
24 May 2006
To: JHayes55 [#15] 24 May 2006
I called them up yesterday and ordered a book for myself. Speaking to them they said that they (Rockaway Graphics) commissioned a person (who?) to write the book because they got tired of trying to explain to people what would be on a plaque and to have some good layout and sayings. The book is 39.95 + 7.00 shipping, something over 100 pages. It is not available from any other source.
Bob
From: Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY) [#17]
24 May 2006
To: JHayes55 [#15] 24 May 2006
My version is the first edition 1990.
Written by Myrna S. Hilton.
Published by "ROCKAWAY" [their quotes]
P.O. Box 171
Rockaway Beach, NY 11693
Phone 718-634-1089
FAX 718-318-0173
From: JHayes55 [#18]
24 May 2006
To: Bob (BOBBELT) [#16] 25 May 2006
From: JHayes55 [#19]
24 May 2006
To: Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY) [#17] 25 May 2006
From: Cody (BOBTNAILER) [#20]
1 Jun 2006
To: cindy (ROBERTM) [#1] 1 Jun 2006
Cindy,
Another resource for plaque sayings is the ARA website in the "Member" section. We've used some of them to show customers. There's not a huge selection, but it's been enough to get the wheels turning in the customer's mind.
HTH,
Cody
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