#Choose Carroll Business Of The Week STONE PRINTING OFFICE SUPPLY Brought to you by a partnership of DAILY TIMES HERALD CARROLL BROADCASTING Carroll Broadcasting's John Ryan and the Daily Times Herald's Douglas Burns recently interviewed Brian Bird, a morketing-and-sales representative with Stone Printing-Office Produds ond is Digital Sign Questions and Answers with BRIAN BIRD Sales Specialist Solutions brand John Ryon: First of all, Brion, you better educate us here. What is Digital Sign Solutions? Brian Bird: We are a supplier of digital signs. We supply the hardware. We create the content using our software and provide the customer a digital sign menu or sign board. Douglas Burns: Brian, I was recently at Bordenaro's Meat Market in downtown Carroll. You have a sign there. The sign can be dynamic, static, video. I's really an experience that ollows you to engage as a customer at a local business. Brian Bird: Thot's correct. They can be used as a virtual salesperson. They have many uses only limited by the imogination. John Ryan: Thisis airly new for you. Brian Bird: It is. We started pursuing it last year and we rolled it out in April. Douglas Burns: Not all of the requests from customers are coming from the Carroll area. You have reach into your home state of Nebraska, into Minnesoto and Missouri. How broad is the game plan here? Brian Bird: With our software the developers gave us an 800 mile radius of Carroll so that is what we plan to pursue. John Ryan: Let's talk obout the versatlity of these signs. You said the imagination is the only thing thot kind of limits people. We talked about menu boords, but this con be so much more. Brian Bird: It can. Right now, the need is for basiclly restaurants and convenience stores. But it can be used in educo- Douglas Burns: Brian, thanks for your service. Iknow you were involved with the Nebraska National Guard. Tell us a Brian Bird: I wos born and raised in Nebraska. I moved hayars ago and storted a career in print and tional areas. It can be used in government areas, banking areas. It really con be used anywhere, wherever there is a need for a sign, we con find a use for this, both indoors and outdoors itle bit more about yourself, because in a very real way, you ore the foce of Digital Sign Solutions. marketing sales, took a job with Stone Printing. That's whereI started. The need came about for digital signs and I started pursuing that even heavier. Really, my entire career has been in one way or another a soles-and-marketing based career. 108 W 7th St, Carroll, IA (712) 792-3901 1-800-522-1900 www.stoneofficesupplies.com PRINTING OFFICE SUPPLIY