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How-To Columns
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Full Fleet Makeover
DECEMBER 2013 December 5-7: USSC Sign World International is taking place at the Atlantic City Convention Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (www.ussc. org/main_signworld.html)
FEBRUARY 2014
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February 11-14: Digital Signage Expo will be held at the Sands Expo & Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. (www.digitalsignageexpo.net)
Success at Selling Monuments
14 Success at Selling Monuments BY KATIE SCHWARTZ
Develop an effective marketing strategy for monument signs.
SPECIAL SECTION
TSC1 SBI’s Trendsetters ’14
An advertorial section featuring roundups of the latest innovations in the sign industry.
Departments 4
UpFront
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Dispatches
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Sign Show
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SBI Marketplace
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Shop Talk
Jeff Wooten checks out some stats and statistics related to effective signs for business clients.
The latest news from around the industry.
The newest products and services from sign manufacturers.
Advertisements and announcements from the sign trade. MONUMENT SIGNS Selling to Your Customers
CREATIVE CARVING
A Scenic View of Sign-Making
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HOW-TO
Emergency! Jeff Wooten shows how Larry Chan at Signs and Prints is making hot decals for fire engines.
Stately SIGN BU I LDER I L LUSTR ATED
Wayfind On the Cover > Trendsetters Special
NO VEMB ER 2013
> Laser Engraving > Neon Arrow
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A sterling example of signage can be found at the Massachusetts State House in Boston. Photo: Carpman Grant Associates.
Sign Builder Illustrated // November 2013
February 27-march 1: Graphics of the Americas Expo & Conference is taking place at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami, Florida. (goaexpo.com)
MARCH 2014 march 6-8: Dscoop9, an independent global community of graphic arts professionals who use HP equipment and related solutions, will be held at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Conference Center in Orlando, Florida. (www.dscoop.com)
APRIL 2014 aPrIL 24-26: The 2014 ISA International Sign Expo returns to the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. (www.signexpo.org)
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