Political season is rapidly approaching. With less than a year until elections, your programming, advertisements, and general conversation will gradually lean closer and closer towards the political realm. For the next 12 months the left wing and right wing will clash, seeking to highlight their differences. But they are all united in at least one way—marketing. Every single candidate has a workhorse marketing backbone behind it.

Take the slogan “Yes, we can” for example. It carried what was a slightly above average campaign past Hillary Clinton, John McCain and into the Whitehouse by converting millions of undecided votes into passionate Obama voters. The three words “Yes, we can” are partly responsible for turning a dark horse candidate into the most voted for president in the history of the United States of America.

The Two Round Signs Flanking The President Were Made by Atlas Signs and Plaques

That slogan has particular application for Atlas Signs and Plaques. Every week I answer dozens of calls from customers asking things like “Can I use this custom image on a sign?” or “Can I use a different font for this sign?” or “I like this sign, but can I get it in a larger size?” Do you know what I say to them every time? “Yes, we can.”

The Product of a Custom Order

Atlas Signs and Plaques can customize any and every signage need that you have. This includes custom graphics (which you can also send us via email), custom letters and numbers (each tapping into our vast library of fonts) and sign shapes (which varies from business style to extravagant).

The ability to freely customize gives Atlas Signs and Plaques a leg up on cast-metal signs. You see, forgeries rely on stick-in-the-mud designs, templates, fonts and sizing. This usually translates into a good-looking, if uninspired, sign. But by choosing Atlas Signs and Plaques you are choosing to express your own unique tastes instead of reflecting what a forgery thinks you like.

Dare to express yourself. Dare to stand out. Dare to build a sign that is as uniquely you as, well, you. With Atlas Signs and Plaques: Yes, you can!

Follow this link to send us you custom sign idea.

Follow this link to view our font library.

 Follow this link for our shapes.

And remember, everything is customizable.

A Foundry Would Have a Very Difficult Time Making a Sign Like This

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When I was a kid my parents took me to church every Sunday; and every Sunday I fidgeted impatiently in the pews, waiting for the service to end so I could go home and watch football. But since church is also a social gathering the end of service wasn’t the end of my waiting. My parents socialized…and then socialized more. In the meantime I longed for football, and would emphatically tug my father’s coat sleeve saying, “Can we go now? PLEASE?” I knew what I wanted and I wanted it immediately.

13 years later, nothing has changed.

We live in an impatient society that flocks toward instant gratification. Services like iTunes, Netflix, and e-books all eliminate waiting from their service model. They give people what they want when they want it, creating harmony amongst consumers.

But when people have to wait that harmony becomes discordant faster than the murkiest Black Sabbath riff. Look at holiday shopping for example.

For ten months out of the year shoppers can go to a store, shop, and buy without waiting in lines. But once November rolls around retail spaces become congested and people start losing their minds. Why? Because they’re forced to wait for something they’ve grown accustomed to getting immediately. This creates stress and frustration.

Atlas Signs and Plaques knows that waiting two and a half weeks for your sign to arrive is frustrating. We work hard to ship your purchase as quickly as possible and it shows: our signs arrive up to 60% sooner than any other sign-maker and we offer up to the minute tracking options.

 But that’s not enough.

To help ease your wait, we will include a free ornament in every shipment on purchases of $125 or more from now until the end of the year. You can find the gallery of ornaments and details here.

No one likes waiting…especially for something they already bought. But if you have to wait, isn’t it nice getting something free out of it? Visit our website, www.customasap.com, buy a sign, and feel the warm, free glow of being rewarded for your patience.

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This Sign Costs $300 Less Than Cast Metal

Culture tells us that superficiality is a negative trait. (Insert reckless Kardashian quip here). In the world of signage however, superficiality is law. This is because signs are superficial in nature—every sign on earth is judged only on looks. Many people consider the look of cast metal foundry signs to be highly desirable. The price for such a sign, on the other hand, they find undesirable. Wouldn’t it be great if you could get a real metal sign at a much cheaper price? With Atlas Signs and Plaques, you can.

Atlas Signs and Plaques offers metal coated signs for up to 60% less than foundry cast. We accomplish this low price by using HDU, instead of foundry, as our primary substrate. HDU (high density urethane) is a sturdy compound that survives temperatures in excess of 300* without rusting, warping, fading, rotting and peeling. We coat our HDU with real metal patina that gives the sign the look of foundry, without exceptional cost.

Looks Exactly Like Foundry

That word keeps coming up: look. Why pay for a sign (remember, ONLY looks matter) that is completely metal, when you can buy one that looks like foundry for much less?

Here is a comparison of a standard 16 x 10 sign from Atlas Signs and Plaques and a leading competitor.

Gemini Sign Letters charges $493 for a fully custom foundry 16 x 10 sign.

Atlas Signs and Plaques offers the same metal-coated 16 x 10 fully customizable sign for $195. That’s a  $298 difference. For a sign that looks exactly the same, why spend the extra $300?

Besides Lighning-Fast Shipping, We Pack our Boxes With Care

The benefits of choosing Atlas Signs and Plaques doesn’t end with cost, mind you. Along with lower production costs comes higher production speed, and our shipping times are among the best in industry. Atlas Signs and Plaques guarantees that EVERY sign ships within 2 weeks of the order.

Finally, Atlas Signs and Plaques grades highly on custom orders. Where competitors charge a fee ($75+) for custom designs, our design team works for free on every custom order, (provided the order is $100 or greater). We offer a speedy response time to your custom orders, which means that your design will be made into a proof quickly. Once the proof is designed we send it to your email inbox for judgment.

You can design your own custom sign by following this link, or by sending us an email stating your exact signage need.

To recap, lets look at the 5 key benefits of choosing Atlas Signs and Plaques.

Custom: Full customization. No grey area. No deception.

Aesthetics: Atlas Signs and Plaques’ metal-coated signs look identical to pricy foundry signs.

Shipping: Our Signs ship up to 3 times faster than competitors.

affordability: Our signs look the same as competitors and cost hundreds less.

Progress: We offer a full custom online database of templates and fonts. We design any idea you may have, and only fill out an order once you are completely satisfied.

Looking at all these key points begs the question …why choose anyone other than Custom ASaP?

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The Renaissance Man

Have you ever heard the term “Renaissance man”? To those who haven’t, it refers to somebody who is highly skilled in a wide range of fields. Many consider the epitome of the term to be the life and work of Leonardo Da Vinci. And for good reason: Da Vinci’s artistic expertise is remarkable, his inventions incredible. He pioneered the parachute, helicopter, scuba gear, as well as breathtaking painting techniques all while being a talented musician and scribe (little is known of his athletic ability, however). Nevertheless, many of Da Vinci’s creations influence modern devices; like the airplane. Today, I’m going to show you 5 of Da Vinci’s most influential theories and inventions.

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