Tuesday Feb 9, 2010 Subscribe to our email newsletter Read the SBI Digital Edition!   Read the 3rd Annual Vehicle Graphics Special: Its a Wrap! for November 2009   Check out our digital Buyer’s Guide!     A Matter of Quality: Don't Let Your LED Sign Customers Get Burned   USSC Announces Sign Design Contest Winners   Energy-efficient LED Luminaires Aid Air Force Base   Artie's Party a Big Success   A Historic High-rise Changeover   "The Franchise Story"   States and the ADA (Aug 09)   "The Window Graphics Program" by Jim Hingst   Digital Signage Comes to Pennsyllvania   National Portrait Gallery Uses Digital Signage   "Crossing Railroad Signage"e   Why Weldable Webbing?   Archives   Subscribe to SBI Update, Sign Builder Illustrated's monthly e-newsletter. Current Pick: Taking Fiscal Responsibility of Your Sign Business   By Mark Roberts   Noted investor Warren Buffett said there are two rules regarding money. Rule number one is to never lose money. Rule number two is to never forget rule number one.     There are no cash flow problems here at the start of this new year—or are there? How are you handling your payment arrangements in your own sign business? My company accepts Visa®, MasterCard®, and Discover® card for all sign purchases, as well as good old American cash. Almost everyone interested in purchasing a custom-made sign product can furnish a credit card or write a check upon order, right?     So why are some clients still asking for thirty-day payment terms?     FULL STORY>     Are Inflatables Debatable? Major_DebatableInflatable2.pdf 2-8-09 ShopBot Increases Performance of PRSstandard CNC Systems   2-8-09 Mark Bric Introduces Cabrio™ Into Its BannerUp® Line   2-8-09 FLEXcon to Feature Extended Line of HP Indigo-compatible Products at Dscoop5   2-5-09 Mutoh Expands: East Coast Branch and Regional Sales Manager   2-5-09 Learn Superior Printing Techniques at SGIA's Workshop   2-5-09 Signs Now's Atwood Wins Regional Operations Director of the Year Award   2-5-09 Pregis Corp.'s Hexacomb® Business Unit Announces Price Increase   2-3-09 ArtCAM 2010: Free Online Demos in February   2-3-09 TFT Transfotec Unveils Its New Corporate Image: HEICO Lighting™   2-3-09 New LED Light Site Opens Interactive Information Channel for LEDs in General Illumination Applications   2-2-09 SGIA Presents Vital CPSIA and Phthalates Seminar Next Week   2-2-09 LightBoxes.us.com Launches Ultra Thin Poster Frame Light Boxes   2-2-09 Advertising Industry Association Assumes Leadership role in Image Rights Standards Body   2-2-09 Panasonic Installs Large Screen LEDs to Display It All at Planet Hollywood   2-1-09 JKL Components Presents LD-700A LED Driver   1-29-09 Laminators' Sign Panels are a Fit for All Types of Projects and Budgets   1-29-09 Signs Now Announces Corporate Staff Promotions   1-29-09 Five Industry Leaders Join ISA Board of Directors   Around the Industry ARCHIVES         Terms of Service Front Page     Contact Us     Sign Builder Illustrated Copyright © Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation. All rights reserved.