Job Site Yard Signs: Turn Every Project Into a Lead

Which Job Site Yard Sign Size Should You Choose?

The 18 x 24 inch standard sign fits most residential jobs. Go smaller for tight lots and big quantities, and larger for faster roads and commercial sites.

All four print the next business day after proof approval, on one side or both. A double-sided sign set perpendicular to the street reads to traffic from both directions, which suits most curbside job signs. The price per sign drops as the quantity rises, and the product page shows the total for each quantity before you pay.

What Should the Sign Say About the Project?

Say who did the work and how to hire you. Two short phrases work well on job signs because they connect the sign to the house behind it: Another Project By, and Now Working In Your Neighborhood.

A clear layout reads top to bottom: logo and business name at the top, one bold band with the offer, a short line of services, and a full width band with the phone number. Picture a roofer, Summit Ridge Roofing, with its name at the top, a bright band that says Free Roof Inspections, a line that reads Roofs, Gutters, Siding, and the phone number in large white numbers on a dark band across the bottom.

Leave out anything a driver cannot read at a glance: long service lists, license numbers in tiny type, social media icons. Pick two or three colors with strong contrast, such as white on navy, white on red or black on yellow, and use your brand colors for the bands so the sign matches your trucks and shirts. Avoid placing light text on a busy photo, which is hard to read from the street.

If your state requires a license number on advertising, give it its own clear line and confirm the requirement with your licensing board.

Where Should You Put a Job Site Yard Sign?

At the street edge of your customer's lawn, facing traffic, with the homeowner's permission. Put the permission in writing in your estimate or contract, so the sign is part of the job from day one.

Stand at the curb and look down the street both ways before you place it. The sign should face the direction most cars come from, sit back from the sidewalk, and stay out of the driveway sightline. On a corner lot, a double-sided sign facing both streets earns its second side.

Check two sets of rules. Some homeowners associations limit signs on a lot or set how long one may stay up, and some cities regulate signs near the street. Never place a job sign in the public right of way or on a neighbor's lawn without asking.

Take the sign down when the job is done and the homeowner is ready, or agree on how long it stays. A sign that stays a week after the final walkthrough, with the homeowner's blessing, keeps working while the neighbors admire the result.

How Do You Choose Stakes and Sign Quantities?

Order enough signs to cover every job running at once, plus a few spares, and buy stakes with them. Signs move from one finished job to the next, so a small stock covers a busy season.

Single yard signs do not include stakes; add standard wire H-stakes on the product page, or heavy-duty stakes for firm ground on orders of 10 signs or more. Sign and stake packs include one wire H-stake for every sign. The standard sign and stake packs run from 10 to 100 signs.

Load signs and stakes together on every truck. A sign left in the shop does nothing for the job across town.

How Do You Know Whether a Job Sign Produces Leads?

Give the signs their own way to reach you and count what comes in. Without that, a call from a neighbor looks like any other call.

• A separate phone number that only appears on your yard signs.
• A short web address or a QR code that opens a page only the sign uses.
• One question for every new caller: how did you hear about us? Write the answer down.

Count the leads by source every month, and note which streets and which jobs they came from. After a season, you will know which neighborhoods and which sign sizes earn their keep.

What Should You Check on the Yard Sign Proof?

Read the proof from the curb's point of view. Every order includes a free digital proof, and nothing prints until you approve it.

• The phone number, digit by digit, read aloud.
• Both faces of a double-sided sign, right side up.
• The bottom 2 inches, where the stake legs and the grass cover the sign. Keep the phone number above it.
• The logo, sharp at full size. A small logo saved from a website can print soft; send the original file.

How Do You Order Job Site Yard Signs?

Pick the size and quantity, choose stakes, upload your logo or ask us to design the sign, and approve the free digital proof. Signs print the next business day after approval and ship for a flat $10 per product to any US address. AI image to print makes your existing file print ready for $14.99 per item, and Design it for me builds the sign from scratch for $29.99 with two revisions.

Start with the 18 x 24 inch standard yard sign, or see how signs fit with truck graphics and door hangers in the home service marketing kit guide.