Advertising signs placed on trees? Good or Bad

zebhaney

zebhaney

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Federal Way WA
A local hack, nice enough guy but a hack nonetheless, has yellow signs, political sign size, that read "Tree Removal" with his phone number. These are nailed onto trees all over the area, must be several hundred of them - its pretty obvious that he spurred up the trees to place them. Always seemed unprofessional to me, but...

Since the economy stinks and my phone is not ringing, are any legitimate Tree Services using yard signs as part of an advertising campaign?

If so, what kind of ROI do you get?
What kind of client?

Or is this just a step towards the dark side?
 
We do it, but only on properties we work at. Around here there are signs every where. Trees, telephone poles, corners, road medians. Everyone seems to call themselves an expert and I see cheap tree removal also.
 
P.S. I do think they look tacky and think all form of signage should be banned from yards, poles, trees..etc. But since I can't beat them, figure might as well join them.
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Poles fine I guess... whatever, those signs are tacky as hell. On trees though? Hell no... bad. Double bad if he spiked up to keep them from being removed.

We have a hack here who, like your guy is nice enough but still a hack, who uses his bucket to place his sign out of reach of the public works guys tasked with removing the signs... which are blight. I just hate'em.

I think a nice Realtor style sign in a yard where you did work is cool... but it should be nice and reusable, not expendable garbage.
 
Hmmmm, let's see your phone's not ringing and you're wondering about advertising? Sorta like wondering if you should prime the pump to get the water flowing again.

Advertising is a legitimate means of communicating with your target demographic. The co. I contract will place signs, with permission, on client's properties after we have completed the job. These are locations with a reasonable amount of traffic. It may not be the sign in itself that generates the call but it reinforces his brand with new clients that may have been given his name.

You may want to set up a presentation series for local environmental commissions, gardening groups, etc..., as another means of getting your name and rep out there.
 
Yeah, we use sign too, but I would say that the "unprofessional" part that Zeb is referring to is nailing them to trees. Not to mention, using spurs to place the signs.

We've gotten quite a few jobs from our signs. After working in a neighborhood, all the nosy neighbors want to know who was doing the work, so we leave a small sign in the front yard for a week or so.

The key thing is leaving your job site in excellent condition. Does no good to have a sign in a yard if there are ruts in the lawn and sawdust everywhere.
 
Yeah, def unprofessional doing it that way. Too focused on signs being removed by competitors I'd imagine. In the same way a poor clean up or obvious damage where you park your signs.
 
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I work for people that do not get their Arborist from the telephone pole.

p.s - I hope Zeb has found some work since June 2011... old post!

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Was it the spam post that got this thread going again?
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I've never done signs, but only because other marketing strategies are working well. So, I can't say if it's good for me or not.

However, my landscaper buddy says his all metal sign does well for him.
 
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