Double-Sided Floor Stand
An A-frame that stands by your host stand, register or front door. Specials and sponsors face the people coming in. The back is yours, ad-free, for whatever you want guests to see on the way out.
Free Chalkboard Sign for Restaurants, Salons and ShopsA Free Specials Boardfor Your Business
Printed with your logo on a slim aluminum frame. Six local sponsors along the bottom.
They pay for it, so it costs you nothing. Waterproof, light enough to move with one hand, built to last. Markers included, replaced when it wears out.
Restaurants, bars, cafes, salons, barbershops, tattoo studios, boutiques, gyms, waiting rooms. If people walk through your door and stick around, you qualify.
Boards are across Tampa Bay, and we bring one anywhere a host wants it.
Floor Stand or Wall Mount SignFloor Stand or Wall Mount. Your Call.
Same aluminum frame, same face, same size, same six sponsor spots. The only difference is where it lives in your space.
Single-Face Wall Mount
No floor space? The same board face mounts flat on the wall behind the counter or beside the register. Nothing to trip over, nothing to move at closing.
- Aluminum, not wood. A slim black aluminum frame that is waterproof, light enough to carry with one hand, and will not warp, rot or splinter.
- Your logo up top. Professionally printed and applied to the board, so it looks like it was made for your place, because it was.
- Magnetic dry-erase face. Specials, flyers and notes stick without tape. Wipes clean.
- Markers included. Works with regular chalk, but we set you up with liquid chalk markers for a cleaner look.
- Normal wear replaced free. When it fades, chips or gets knocked around, we swap it. Your cost stays at zero.
Support Local BusinessesYour Board Supports Local. Local Supports You Back.
The top of every board says Support Local Businesses, and that is what a host is doing. The six sponsors are from your own area: the plumber, the roofer, the dentist, the realtor down the road. You are giving them a place in front of your customers, and they know who gave it to them.
- They come through your door. Nine times out of ten, a business advertising on your board becomes a customer of yours. They bring the crew in for lunch, they book the chair, they send people your way.
- They talk about you. A sponsor who has their name on your board mentions your place to their own customers. It is their board too.
- Your regulars find the help they need. When a customer needs a plumber or a roofer, the answer is already on the board they read every visit, from a business you would recommend anyway.
- You pick who gets first shot. Point us to the businesses you already trust and they get first right to the spots on your board.
Help fill your board, get a spot on another one.Send us six businesses that buy a spot, on your board or any of ours, and your business goes up on another board somewhere else, free. A full year, designed and printed, at no cost.I want a free spot
Do Specials Boards Increase Sales?A Specials Board Is the Cheapest Sales Tool You Own
If even 2 out of every 100 customers order what is written on it, a place doing 200 covers a day just sold 4 extra specials. At $15 each, that is $60 a day, $360 a week, and over $18,000 a year, from a board that costs you nothing.
A day
$60
Extra sales if 2 in 100 customers order the special
A week
$360
Six days open
A year
$18,720
From a board that cost you $0
And people do read signs. In a national FedEx Office survey, 68% of consumers said they had bought something because a sign caught their eye, 76% had walked into a business for the first time because of its signs, and 52% said they were less likely to walk into a place with a sloppy, homemade sign. Professionally printed. Not a sandwich board with a Sharpie.
An example, not a promise. Based on 200 customers a day, a $15 special and a 2% take rate. Your numbers depend on your traffic and what you write on the board. Survey figures from the FedEx Office "What's Your Sign?" consumer survey, 2012.
How the Free Board WorksWhat You Get and What We Ask
A custom-printed board with your logo on it, and you pay nothing, now or later. Here is the whole arrangement.
We design, print, deliver and set it up
You send us your logo and tell us floor stand or wall mount. We handle the rest and bring it to you ready to use.
You use it however you like
Specials, hours, events, a joke. The writable area is yours. The more you write on it, the more your customers look at it.
Keep the sponsor panels visible
Six local businesses paid for your board. All we ask is that the board stays where customers can see it and the panels along the bottom do not get covered.
Point us to people you already trust
Your plumber, your accountant, the guy who does your AC. Local businesses you would recommend anyway get first shot at the spots on your board.
We replace it when it wears out
Fading, chips, a cracked frame from normal use. Tell us and we swap it. No charge, ever.
Free Specials Board QuestionsThings You Might Want to Know
Who are the sponsors?
Local businesses that serve your area: plumbers, roofers, real estate agents, dentists, that kind of thing. One per category, none that compete with you, and we start with the businesses you already trust and recommend.
Who picks the sponsors?
We do. None of them compete with you, no two are the same kind of business, and each one suits your customers and your place.
Do I have to write on it every day?
No, but it works best when you do. Fresh specials get read. A board that never changes gets ignored, and that is bad for you and the sponsors.
What if it gets damaged?
Normal wear and tear is replaced free. Fading, chips, a wobbly leg, a marker that dried out. Just let us know.
How long do I keep it?
Move it anywhere customers can still see it. The board stays up for at least a year, which is what the sponsors paid for. After that, keep it as long as you like.
What size is it?
About the size of a standard sidewalk A-frame, roughly two feet wide and three feet tall on the face, with short legs so it sits at counter height. The frame is slim black aluminum, waterproof and light, so one person can move it. The wall mount is the same face without the legs.
Do I have to have a restaurant to get a free board?
No. Any business where people walk in and stay a while qualifies: salons, barbershops, tattoo studios, boutiques, gyms, coffee shops, bars and waiting rooms as well as restaurants. If your customers have a minute to read, the board works.
What does the free specials board cost the host?
Nothing, now or later. The board, the printing with your logo, the markers, the delivery and the replacement when it wears out are all paid for by the six sponsors along the bottom. You never get a bill.
Get a Free Specials BoardGet Your Free Board
Tell us about your business and where the board would sit. If your location is a fit, we come by, take a look and get it in production.
Want your business advertised at another location?Get it free with referrals. Six businesses you send us buy a spot, and yours goes up on another board at no cost.I want a free spot