Archive for June, 2008

Parking Lot Striping: Appreciating Your Employees

Monday, June 9th, 2008

Do you own a business that is run through the mechanizations of your employees? It can be easy to forget about vital your employees are to your business, especially if you have a medium to large sized business. When you’re going about your daily routine, it is very easy to take your employees for granted. The happier and more content your employees are, the more they will be willing to give their all to your business. You can prove to them how much you appreciate them, while instilling a healthy sense of competition, if you have your parking lot striping redone.

One way to prove to your employees how much you appreciate them is to have your parking lot striping redone in order to create an “employee of the month” space. This space should be created in the most coveted place on your lot, which, generally, is right near the entrance to the business. With new parking lot striping, a sign, and the promise that the employee of the month and only that employee gets to inhabit the space, you will discover that your employees will be excited to try to work hard in order to gain access to that spot.

Parking Lot Striping: Avoiding Double Parking

Friday, June 6th, 2008

Have you ever had to deal with a double parking situation? Double parking can not only be dangerous, but if you are caught you will most certainly have to deal with paying an unwanted parking fine. Unfortunately double parking can be solved quickly and usually very easily through parking lot striping. The problem, however, is that most people refuse to have their striping re-done, or choose to re-do it themselves, resulting in a very disorganized mess.

If your parking lot is set up in an unorganized manner, you may be missing out on a number of parking space possibilities. Many people find, when they hire a professional parking lot striping company, that they were under-using the space that they had available. They discover, on average, that they can fit at least four to five more vehicles easily into their lot, helping to prevent any double parking issues that could occur as a result of poor parking lot planning. If your customers, clients, or business partners are discovering a problem with double parking, it is definitely time to have your parking lot evaluated in order to see if you can squeeze a few more spaces out of your lot.

Parking Lot Striping and Your Employees

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

Did you know that parking lot striping is important not only to you, but to your employees as well? Consider this: if you have your parking lot set up in a very haphazard manner, your employees will feel that they can park wherever they would like to. If they park in such a way as to block the store, you will find that your customers are going to be less likely to want to inhabit your store.

When you own a company that you will have customers visit, it is vital that you have your parking lot striping set up in a very organized and professional manner. There should be a space set aside specifically for your employees, preferably in a place that is as out-of-the-way as possible, so that your customers are able to park as close to the store as possible. By not only labeling your parking lot but having professional striping done, you can save yourself, your employees, and your customers from a lot of confusion and frustration. Professional parking lot striping is very important in every company that needs to allow customers, clients, or employees to enter the store.

Parking Lot Striping Important, No Matter How Large or Small

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

If there is one major mistake that small business owners make it is in their parking. Most small business owners do not believe that their parking lot setup is as important as it truly is. They rely on public parking access to give their customers entry into their store. This can cause a large problem, especially if the public parking access is not very reliable or if there is not much of it. Setting up your own parking lot, completely with a professional parking lot striping job, can go a long way in helping your clients to feel welcome into your store.

It doesn’t matter if you have a large store or a small one, parking lot striping and the entire set-up of the parking lot is important to everyone. If you have your parking lot set up in an inviting way, your customers and clients will be more likely to want to travel back to your store. If you rely on the public parking, you will find, fairly quickly, that your clients, and possibly even your employees, will be disgruntled. A professional parking lot striping job is important no matter what the size of your business is.