Starting a business is hard. Starting a business in a poverty-stricken country is harder. At Signs.com, we are blessed to be located in a country that fosters startup ambitions, but for some entrepreneurs in the African country of Kenya, just selling enough product to put food on their family’s tables is a daily struggle.

Today, we are happy to announce the start of the Signs.com Gives Back program (read the full press release here). The Gives Back program was created to help the budding business owners in Kenya market and grow their small businesses with a custom designed sign.

Our COO, Nelson James says, “Giving back is one of the core values of our company. We would love to give away thousands of signs through the Gives Back program and, hopefully, those signs will play a big role in helping business owners succeed and improve their lives.”

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At Signs.com, 2012 was a huge year. We launched this blog, we created an incredible new website for designing and purchasing custom signage, and we managed to have a lot of fun doing it! In 2012, we posted 255 articles on the Signs.com blog, tweeted 1,340 times on Twitter, gave away 16 mini-billboards during our Facebook Sign Quest Contest, and created 1 sweet video on how to install perforated vehicle window decals. But today, we wanted to recap some of our most popular stories and articles from last year. So, we hope you enjoy our best of Signs.com 2012.

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Give thanks in style this year

At Signs.com, we are pretty thankful. Thankful to work for a great company, thankful to be in a fun industry and thankful that we have crazy good designers on staff that can create beautiful sign templates for our customers. continue reading…

Think all online sign companies are the same? Well before this week, maybe the answer to that question was yes. But now that Signs.com has launched our all new website. There is no comparison! Here are the Top 10 Signs you ordered your signs from Signs.com. continue reading…

Since Signs.com announced the release of the new website this week, they asked me to look it over and review it from a consumer’s perspective. This worried my husband, who had heard stories about my first few jobs in clothing stores where I spent more than my paycheck on the merchandise. But I figured, “Hey, it’s signs. Surely I won’t have a shopping addiction on Signs.com’s website.” continue reading…

Yesterday we posted an overview of our new design tool. Today we wanted to show you a few more of our new features, including our personalized account management and checkout process.

With the launch of the new website, Signs.com is now able to bring our customers an easy to use e-commerce platform complete with personalized account management tools. Through an account, customers will be able to create, permanently save and view their sign designs, see all of their order history, and edit their account information. continue reading…

Update: We just added a new video tutorial of our new design tool. Check it out:

Hopefully by now, you know that Signs.com announced the full release of our brand new website this morning. Maybe you even had a chance to take a look at some of our professionally designed templates or you took some time to play with our online design tool. If not, shame on you . . . just kidding. You can read all about the new site here.

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It’s a huge day for us here at Signs.com! This morning, we announced the full release of our brand new website, which includes features like a full-service e-commerce platform, online design tool and personalized design services and support (read the press release here). The new website is designed to offer our customers a best-in-class experience when shopping for signage online. continue reading…

This week we celebrated Small Business Week and all the great things that Small Businesses add to our lives and economy. For our U.S. based audience, we want to wish everyone a happy and safe Memorial Day weekend. Here is the weekly recap for this week. Enjoy!

In the News

• The New Environments of Wayfinding Signage
• Seriously great collection of vintage signage
• Navigating the ADA sign regulations
• 4 reasons your retail business should be using signs
• And one very funny sign from the Seattle Airport parking garage to make you smile!

On Signs.com

• Start-Up Checklist: 25 Steps to a Small Business
• 3 Ways to Grow Your Business Through Relationships
• Small Business Success Stories: Monet Medical
• Harper Grey: 3 Reasons I Love Small Businesses
• Small Business Success Stories: Mobile Medical

Here is the weekly recap for the week of April 16 – 20. This week was National Volunteer week and Sunday is Earth Day. Hopefully you all get out, help your community, plant a tree and enjoy Spring!

News Stories

• The Development of Signage Typeface
• Oral-B gets creative with airport conveyor belts
• Well know paper producer Mohawk gets new look
• Political candidate compares signage to Hitler

On Signs.com

• Earth Day 2012: 5 Ideas to Help the Environment
• Harper Grey: Room to Roam
• 7 Money Saving Tips for Small Businesses
• National Volunteer Week
• Book Review: The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg