Our commercial vehicle wrap installers create mesmerizing wraps designed to grab attention and plant your brand and message into the hearts and minds of the thousands of people who’ll see them. These vehicle graphics are mobile billboards sharing your company with people in your sales territory, every day.
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Have you ever been stuck in traffic, bored to tears, and found yourself looking at the vehicles surrounding you? You may admire a new model, read the bumper stickers, admire pickup truck wraps, or check out the eye-snagging vehicle wrap beside you.
Think about how many times you’ve done that over the years. It makes you wonder just how many times others do the same thing.
When you create vehicle wraps for your business (a.k.a. transit advertising) you have local advertising planted right in the heart of your community. Your vehicle wraps continue advertising even after the job is done. It doesn't matter if you've clocked in or not.
Every one of your company's vehicles is a mobile billboard.
When you install custom auto wraps properly, they naturally attract people's attention to your brand and its message. And with little effort on your part.
Take a look at some of the other reasons commercial wraps can be beneficial to businesses:
Solidify Your Brand’s Image
When your vehicles have business car wraps, they're drumming up business 24/7. You're generating recognition and familiarity. Every time you drive around your community. Then, when potential customers need your services, they contact you. Because you're at the top of their mind.
Give your business an added boost with commercial vehicle wraps.
More Popular With The Public
Unlike email campaigns or junk mail stuffed in your mailbox, a consumer can read a vehicle wrap (or not) without feeling invaded. Any time a customer decides to read your ad on their own, uninterrupted, they’re more positive about the message and experience.
Because no one forced them - they chose to be a part of it.
Your Commercial Vehicle/Fleet Wrap Arms Your Vehicle With Advertisements
An astute business person is always looking for ways to protect their investments, including the trucks or cars in their vehicle fleet. Vehicle wraps can help protect a paint job, amongst other things. They can lessen the effects of door dings, freeway gravel, paint chips, and other forms of damage for your entire fleet.
If damage does occur, a simple spot repair can usually be taken care of by a professional installer, rather than an expensive trip to the body shop.
What Are The Options For My Commercial Vehicle Wrap?
Now that you're familiar with the value of getting your company vehicles wrapped, here are the choices available:
1. Total Wraps
A full vehicle wrap will put your message across the majority or entirety of your vehicle. Doors, hood, trunk, windows... you name it. Your whole vehicle can morph into a mobile advertising machine.
It doesn't matter if you have a van wrap, car wrap, truck wrap, bus wrap, boat wrap, or other vehicle wrap, your traveling billboard is sure to nab attention for your brand!
2. Partial Vehicle Wraps
You can wrap certain parts of your vehicle and leave others untouched. Partial wraps - no problem. 3M Certified UASG Installers will work with you to nail down your vision and establish your desired budget. That way they can deliver results that are sure to wow you!
3. Window Wraps
If you're not looking for a total vehicle or fleet wrap job, you may want to consider simply wrapping your windows. Our certified 3M installers often use special perforated vinyl film for their professional vehicle wrapping. That allows full vision from the inside but appears as a solid, vivid vehicle graphic from the outside.
Are Commercial Wraps Right For Your Business?
Let's talk about the benefits of commercial vehicle wrap best practices. Vinyl wraps usually last several years. So like many digital marketing campaigns, they’re a relatively affordable form of advertising. That makes them ideal for small and large companies alike.
With effective wraps, your budget stays on track while your visibility and ROI increase. The following industries are just a few examples of the many local businesses that have benefited. Many experience increased customer traffic after utilizing vehicle wraps:
Home Service Companies
Pretty much every home service company out there uses vehicle wrap advertising. Because a fleet with corporate wraps advertises the company's name, number, logo, and brand throughout its sales territory daily. Here are a few home service companies that use vehicle branding and fleet wraps:
- Roofing businesses
- Solar energy consultants
- Telecom technicians
- Residential cleaning companies
- Painters
- Pool & fountain care companies
- Commercial cleaning companies
- Plumbing companies
- Electricians
- General contractors
- Landscapers
- Handymen and women
- HVAC companies
- And more
Just put yourself in their shoes. Your vehicle graphics are on display in every neighborhood you perform a service call in. That gives neighbors and potential customers brand recognition. They're more likely to call you if they know their neighbor uses and trusts your services.
Mobile Restaurants
Box trucks and food truck wraps seem to be more popular than ever. There are ice cream trucks, taco trucks, gourmet burgers, sandwich trucks, and so much more. These days most mobile restaurants feature creative and visually appealing commercial wraps. It's part of the appeal! And it attracts more customers. By installing a unique design, customers can quickly spot your one-of-a-kind wrap and visit your location for a tasty meal.
Delivery Services
Your company will give off a more professional and safe feeling. When your business vehicles feature custom vehicle wraps with your company logos and business name, that's inevitable. Because customers feel more secure knowing who's at their door with packages.
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Insurance Companies
The companies that need custom wraps the most are the ones with a fleet, like home service companies. But many others use them as well. Many organizations provide their employees with a company car. And that’s the perfect opportunity.
Insurance companies do this. They give their employees a car to drive to and from meetings (often in or near the prospective client’s home). They’ll wrap the car to spread their brand throughout their area, and to advertise their services.
Health Care Organizations
The same idea applies to the health industry, but instead of company cars, it’s mobile medical vehicles. (Home health care vehicles are one example.) Medical professionals use these vehicles to drive to the houses of the elderly or sick people who have a hard time or can’t get out of the house.
Blood donation vans and buses (as well as mobile dental vehicles and eye clinics) are a few more examples of vehicles in the healthcare industry that use wraps. Most healthcare organizations are for-profit businesses that need to market their services like any other company. So wraps naturally come in very handy.
How Does The Wrap Get Designed?
Our 3M Certified UASG Installers use precise templates to create commercial vehicle wraps. That allows them to incorporate your desired theme and colors into your commercial car wrap.
Your budget is also a top priority. Our certified wrap installers design your wrap to meet your unique needs and specifications.
What’s The Commercial Installation Process Like?
While you can figure out many DIY projects online, car wraps shouldn’t be one of them. Unless you’re a professional, there’s too much room for error. You don’t want to risk devaluing your brand image (or your vehicle) with a shoddy vehicle wrap job.
Our professional installers will prepare your vehicle’s surface before applying any graphics. They will inspect and possibly fix dents and remove rust or other imperfections to ensure good adhesion.
Then the installers stretch, wrap, and heat the vinyl while smoothing out any bubbles. The same team will carefully inspect the vinyl wrap before you see it to ensure there are no flaws.
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What Maintenance Is Needed For A Vehicle Wrap?
Giving your wrap proper care will keep it looking its best for as long as possible.
The main way you can accomplish this is by keeping your commercial vehicle wrap as clean as possible. Be sure to use a mild detergent that contains no alcohol with a microfiber or other non-abrasive towel. Perform a water rinse, followed by an air dry, or use a clean microfiber towel to dry it off. Any tar or bird splats can be spot-cleaned after they occur.
We also recommend keeping the vehicle wrap out of direct sunlight as much as possible to keep those colors popping.
You’ve spent countless hours of hard work to bring your business's success to fruition. Now let our 3M Certified UASG Installers handle your vehicle wraps, bringing you the highest quality in the industry.
It'll take your local business advertising to a whole new level. And your vans, trucks, or other commercial vehicles will look good while doing it!
Get the conversation started today - find a 3M Certified UASG Installer to assist with your company’s unique, commercial vehicle wraps.
Commercial Vehicle Wraps FAQs
What is the best vehicle to wrap for advertising?
Any vehicle can be great for advertising, but trucks and vans with big, flat sides are the best because they have more space for your ad.
What cars are best for a business wrap?
Bigger cars like vans and SUVs are best for business wraps because they have more space to show your business's message.
How difficult is it to wrap a car?
Wrapping a car can be tricky. It's best done by professionals with the expertise to apply the wrap smoothly without bubbles or wrinkles.
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How does car advertising work?
Car advertising works by putting your business's ad, branding, and messaging on a car wrap. When you drive around, many people see your ad, and the people who need your services or products have the opportunity to call the number they see on the vehicle, or remember your company and visit in person.
How effective are car wraps for advertising?
Car wraps are very, very effective. They're mobile billboards in your sales territory. People invest a lot of money into billboard advertising for a reason. And car wraps are very similar. They catch the eye and many people see them daily, making them a great way to spread the word about your business.
Why are car wraps so expensive?
Car wraps can be very cost-effective compared to a paint job. But top-quality wraps cost a bit because they require special materials and skilled people to put them on correctly. They last a long time and get lots of attention, so the long-term investment is well worth it.
Find a 3M Certified UASG Installer to assist with your company’s vehicle wraps today.
What is The
United Application
Standards Groups
The UASG is a national network of graphic installation companies. Our members are committed to installing your jobs better, on-time, within budget, as expected, and representing your company professionally.
Our Mission
To establish the standards for the graphics installation trade by cultivating quality, integrity, professionalism, reliability, and comradery among members.
Our Promise
To organize and promote the professionalism of graphics installation companies.
& Certification
Our standards are the highest in the industry. We're the benchmark for graphic installation excellence in fleet wraps, full & partial wraps, interior & exterior environmental graphics (including floor & rough textured walls) and virtually every other branding application.
of Professionals
UASG member companies are industry professionals with ten, twenty, thirty years’ experience that can provide experienced application services for vehicle wraps, window decals, wall graphics, boat wraps and just about anything graphic film will adhere to.
In The Industry
The UASG has personally visited every member's business to view their operations and installation practices as part of the membership process. The UASG members have gone to 3M headquarters in St. Paul, MN and passed both a hands on and written test.
