Today we have a FAR OUT feature and product review with Stickee's owner - John Moore! He has a shop on Etsy & Amazon, with AMAZING vinyl decals available for purchase around the clock....oh and don't forget this guy does custom orders that will knock your socks off! We also have the privilege of owning and displaying several of his creations in our own home!!
A little about me, was born in
Maine and grew up in Connecticut, lived in Florida for a few years before
coming to Texas, as they say "I wasn't born here but got here as fast as I
could" not real sure who they are but am here none the less. I have 3 of
the most awesome children known to man, a son, and 2 daughters of which I am
very proud of and then there is my bestest grandson, he's 3, he's the best
grandson since the invention of grandsons! As for fun, I raced motorcycles for
many years and now just ride for fun, also enjoy road and mountain bicycling,
it's the only way I can wear Spandex in public and not get arrested! I also
enjoy cooking, cleaning, movies, live music, Formula 1, Motocross, MotoGp,
Supercross, camping, fishing, and reading.
What I sell: Banners, Magnetic signs, T-shirts, Screen Printing, Truck and Auto Signage and Graphics, Logo and Design Creation / Company Branding and Other neat Stuff.
My
entry into Signs and Decals: was in 1984, I started out making magnetic signs
then met a man that had been in the Sign Business since the 1940's, he took me
under his wing and taught me so much, from there I started painting billboards
and signs, trucks and screen printing at the time I was a Counselor with Teens
and Adults with addiction and mental health issues for many years, like most
social work it didn't pay much, not that money is everything just with starting
to raise a family needed a more stable income so God (as He always does) opened
some doors to Signage, at that point I didn't think I had a creative bone in my
body, but if God opens the door He will give you the means to do it, so I
became a sponge and with lots of passion and hard work I have now been in
business over 30 years, I love my work!
Custom
Orders: Yes! I am very creative and the sky is the limit to what I can do with
Signage, Banners, T-shirts, I have designed thousands of logos and Signs over
the years as well as done work for many major Corporations and outsourced my
talents to many Sign Companies and Ad Agencies.
My
Favorite Part of Business: I love my job, I love being creative, taking a
customer’s concept and expending on it, I am blessed beyond measure to be able
to do something I love and get paid to do it!
Products
I prefer to do: Pretty much everything I do I enjoy, if I was to pick just one
I would say creating Company Branding.
Advice for Start up Businesses: This
could take hours and volumes to truly cover it, business is a beast that can
never truly be fed and if you don't have a passion for what you are going into
business the ups and downs will be very disheartening, fact is it's like
a roller coaster, when it's good, it's good and when it's slow and can be
stressful, what I have learned with my business as well as having a front row
seat to many start up businesses over the last 30 years due to the fact most
people need signage or some form of advertizing is to not over spend in the
beginning, plan on a minimum of 1 year before you actually start to recoup a
bit of your investment, it's a fact that of 100 businesses that start on
January 1st less than 50 are still open by December 31st with most small
businesses. It is very important to delegate and not carry the whole load,
focus on your strengths and outsource or find someone that is smart in other
areas, Building Bridges Marketing has been a great example of people who are good
with Social Media at low prices customized just for you! One thing I have
learned is that you just cannot do it all yourself. Although I spend hours on
this the last things I will share are:
#1 Be good to your customers, the customer isn't always right but in the end do everything possible to make their experience in business with you a great one.
#2 Take time to smell the roses,
meaning, business can take a huge amount of time, the world won't end if it
doesn't get done, be good to yourself.
#3 Treat your employees good,
raises, bonuses, small tokens of appreciation for the work they do for you, it
pays huge to do so, it will come back to haunt you if you do not.
#4
This should be first, Give thanks, reach out in the community to help, get
involved and donate not only dos it be attention to your business and develop
relationships, word of mouth is your best advertizing.
Did
I always see myself as an Entrepreneur? (Laughing out loud) Nope, but found out
that although working for someone else is a good thing at times, working for
yourself is better, although I now have many bosses and am always looking for
work it is mine, well more so it's God's, but I have freedoms that few have
with working for someone else.
Do
I use my own products? Of course! T-Shirts, and my signage an business card
designs.
John Moore
4401 N. Frazier (Inside the most
grooviest kids place on earth, 7 acre Wood)
Thanks John for taking the time to chat with us!! We know you are super busy! We absolutely ADORE the custom decals you made for us! Note to customers - these vinyl decals are fabulously easy to apply to almost any surface! We even have some Spiderman decals on our cars, all thanks to Stickees! They come with easy to read instructions, and you basically just need to decide where you want then placed and apply! We will definately be back for more! So many birthday ideas come to mind!
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| We also had custom Gilmore Girl & Harley Quinn details designed! |
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| Custom "She Hulk" & "Batman" vinyl decal |
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