At a glance: the 5 prints every tradie needs<\/p>\n
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- Car magnets<\/strong> – removable door signage for your ute or van; no wrap commitment needed<\/li>\n
- Corflute site signs<\/strong> – weatherproof job-site boards that brand every active job<\/li>\n
- Business cards<\/strong> – the close: something physical to hand to every potential client and referrer<\/li>\n
- A-frames<\/strong> – sandwich boards for street-facing jobs with passing foot or vehicle traffic<\/li>\n
- Flyers and door hangers<\/strong> – local area drops around every job to capture nearby demand<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
1. Car Magnets: Your Ute Is a Moving Billboard<\/h2>\n
Every kilometre you drive is an impression in your service area. Car magnets turn that into deliberate advertising without the permanence or cost of a full wrap.<\/p>\n
Where they get seen:<\/strong> school drop-off runs, hardware store carparks, traffic on the way to jobs, outside the job itself. In a tradie’s average week, that adds up to a lot of eyeballs in exactly the right suburbs.<\/p>\n
Why magnets instead of a wrap?<\/strong> A wrap is a serious commitment, typically in the thousands of dollars, and means your personal car doubles as a work billboard even when you’d prefer it didn’t. Magnets give you a professional setup you can put on and take off. They work on any steel door panel, transfer between vehicles, and store flat in the boot when you don’t need them.<\/p>\n
A quality pair of magnets at 600 x 300mm<\/a> covers both front doors cleanly. That’s the standard size that fills the door panel without looking undersized. For a ute or van, you may want to add a third panel for the rear tailgate.<\/p>\n
What to put on your magnets:<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- Business name and logo (large, clear, visible from 10 metres)<\/li>\n
- Your trade in plain language: “Licensed Electrician”, “Emergency Plumbing”, “Landscape and Turf”<\/li>\n
- Mobile number (the single most important element, readable from a moving car)<\/li>\n
- Website or booking link<\/li>\n
- Licence number if your state or trade regulations require it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Keep it to four or five elements maximum. A magnet read in two seconds from a passing car needs big type and strong contrast. Save the fine print for your business cards.<\/p>\n
Paperlust car magnets are printed on commercial-grade, weatherproof magnetic sheet designed to stay flat at highway speeds, and remove cleanly without adhesive residue or paint damage. See current sizing and pricing at the car magnets product page<\/a>.<\/p>\n
2. Corflute Site Signs: Brand Every Job You Do<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nA finished job with no sign is a missed opportunity. Every active worksite is a micro-billboard in a neighbourhood where other homeowners are watching and wondering who is doing the work next door.<\/p>\n
Corflute signs (corrugated plastic boards) are the standard for tradie site signage in Australia. They are lightweight, weatherproof, cheap enough to leave at multiple sites simultaneously, and built to handle months outdoors.<\/p>\n
Where they get seen:<\/strong> front fences at residential jobs, temporary fencing on commercial sites, council nature strips, display home entries, scaffolding clamps. Anywhere you are working, a corflute sign visible from the street is working for you.<\/p>\n
Standard sizes for tradies:<\/strong><\/p>\n
- Corflute site signs<\/strong> – weatherproof job-site boards that brand every active job<\/li>\n
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