The moving industry in Milwaukee is booming yet increasingly saturated. As a moving company operating in the area, making your brand stand out has never been more critical or challenging. With dozens of competitors traversing the streets of Milwaukee every day, your fleet of moving trucks provides high-impact mobile branding real estate to capture attention. Transforming those trucks into rolling billboards with custom vehicle graphics is a strategic investment that pays dividends through increased visibility, trust, and customers.
Optimum Signs, conveniently located just outside Milwaukee in Menomonee Falls, understands the frustrations of trying to stand out in a crowded market. We offer full-service custom vehicle wrap design, printing, and installation to realize the potential of your fleet. Our locally-based team has years of experience helping moving companies maximize their branding and visibility on the roads across southeast Wisconsin. Whether you’re looking to launch a new brand or revive an existing one, vehicle graphics get you noticed so you can win more business in Milwaukee and surrounding cities like Waukesha, Brookfield, and New Berlin.
What are the Benefits of Custom Vehicle Wraps for Moving Companies?
Brand Recognition: Vibrant, consistent branding on your fleet is key for recognition. Memorable logos, colors, and messaging help locals associate your trucks with professional moving services. We design cohesive visual identities that cement your brand in customers’ minds.
Trust and Professionalism: Moving is an intimate, high-value service requiring trust. Vehicle wraps communicate professionalism and attention to detail that inspire confidence in potential customers. Portraying a commitment to quality through branding builds credibility.
Exposure: Wrapped trucks double as roving 24/7 billboards, displaying your brand to tens of thousands of views per day. The exposure outpaces stationary signage for a fraction of the cost, building invaluable brand familiarity.
Protection: Premium vinyl wraps shield your trucks from scratches, dings, fading and other wear from road debris and sun exposure. Preserving resale value while advertising your services makes wraps a wise investment.
Measurable Returns: Vehicle branding delivers tangible, trackable results. Call-tracking phone numbers on wraps provide metrics on call volume and location data on your most impactful routes. Optimizing your messaging and coverage area based on the stats directly converts to more customers.
Customization is Key
Effective branding requires customization tuned to your specific audience, offerings and identity. There is no one-size-fits-all approach to vehicle wraps. Our full-service process starts with strategic consulting and market research to inform creative design. Whether you specialize in local Milwaukee moves, long distance relocation across Wisconsin, or commercial moving services, the graphics should showcase your niche, competitive edge and unique value proposition.
The visual components come together to communicate a compelling brand story:
Logos establish name recognition tied to quality experiences over time. We enhance existing logos or develop new icons that encapsulate your essence.
Taglines concisely state your mission and approach in a memorable, appealing way. A well-crafted slogan sticks in customers’ minds.
Color palettes align with your brand personality. Vibrant, contrasting hues attract more attention than plain white trucks. We select complementary colors that aesthetically please while meeting visibility requirements.
Services List specifics like local/long distance, packing supplies, piano moving, etc highlight your offerings to connect with ideal customers.
Testimonials and reviews reinforce credibility by featuring positive experiences from real customers in Milwaukee and surrounding towns.
Contact info including phone, email and website drives calls-to-action so interested viewers become paying customers.
Reliable year-round service claims in cold climates build confidence you can handle harsh Wisconsin winters.
Our creative team combines these elements with striking backgrounds, quality photos, benefit-focused messaging and proper spacing into a cohesive visual story. The graphics flow across the expansive canvas of your truck surfaces like a vibrant mural on wheels.
Built to Last Wraps for Heavy-Use Fleets
Turning a work truck into a rolling billboard demands premium materials tested to withstand heavy commercial use and Midwest weather extremes. We help select long-lasting wrap films with warranties up to 5 years from industry leaders like 3M. The high-grade vinyl resists damage from debris, pressure washing, UV rays and temperature swings from frigid winters to hot summers. Unlike cheap alternatives prone to tearing or peeling, our wraps maintain their flawless appearance after years in demanding road service.
We also use the strongest adhesives and meticulous application techniques to permanently bond the vinyl to your trucks. The wraps essentially fuse to the surface to prevent bubbling, lifting or shrinking over time. The adhesives won’t damage factory paint when the graphics get removed. Our local installers have wrapped hundreds of commercial trucks and masterfully manage curved surfaces and rivets without wrinkles or errors that ruin visual impact.
The combination of premium films, adhesives and skilled installation enables the wraps to deliver stunning branding while enduring potholes, car washes and anything else your rigs endure.
Standing Out While Staying Compliant
As commercial moving vehicles, your trucks must comply with federal and Wisconsin DOT regulations on proper lighting, reflectivity, and visibility. We stay up to date on the specific guidelines for letter height/width, square footage per side, materials, and other rules for maintaining compliance. Every wrap incorporates reflectivity and design best practices to avoid visual clutter near lights. Clearly displaying your USDOT number, business info and other legally-required elements also prevents fines, impound risk and interrupted operations.
Rather than view regulations as limiting, our creative design process works within the technical constraints to maximize visual impact. The parameters guide wrap placement to optimize visibility. We craft cohesive messaging flows focused on your brand identity and value proposition. Compliance and compelling branding work hand in hand with proper execution.
Choose Partial Wraps or Full Coverage
Budget plays a deciding factor in your wrap coverage options:
Partial Wraps cover the cargo sides/rear, leaving hoods, roofs and cab areas untouched. Concentrating graphics on the largest, most visible sections controlled costs while still advertising services to pedestrians and other drivers.
Full Wraps add coverage on hoods, roofs and cab doors for complete cohesive branding. The 360-degree approach often returns higher visibility and recall rates that justify the higher cost.
Many moving companies start with partial wraps on new purchases then eventually upgrade to full wraps across their entire fleet for uniformity. Building your visual brand over time provides flexibility. We help you determine the right starting point and phase-in plan based on budgets, timelines and business goals.
Maintenance Keeps Your Brand New
Like any asset, wraps require basic maintenance and timely repairs to sustain maximum visual impact and return on investment. We offer affordable upkeep packages including:
- Scheduled Cleaning – Regular soap/water washing removes damaging grime buildup
- Annual Inspections – Spot potential damage early to avoid bigger issues
- Damage Repairs – Expert patch/replacement repairs restore flawless appearance
- Removal – Detach wraps without paint damage when refreshing designs or selling trucks
Consistent cleaning and repairs ensure your trucks continuously make excellent first impressions everywhere they traverse in Milwaukee. Keeping the graphics pristine maintains their ability to attract calls and convert prospects into lifelong customers.
Reflect Your Reputation in Milwaukee
What impressions do your current trucks make around town? Do the old plain white boxes blend into the background, failing to communicate your reputation for providing quality moving services? Are they long overdue for fresh, vibrant branding that sparks calls?
Now is the time to take control of your image on Milwaukee’s roadways. Transform those trucks from generic work vehicles into eye-catching mobile billboards for your brand. Make the small ongoing investment in custom vehicle wraps to realize huge returns in the form of new customers and revenue growth for years to come.
Optimum Signs’ locally-based team specializes in commercial fleet wraps. We combine strategic branding best practices with premium materials and reliable installation/maintenance to extend the life of your graphics. The wraps will protect your fleet’s value while driving new business to your bottom line.
Contact Optimum Signs today for a free consultation on designing your ideal custom graphics. Let’s put our expertise to work building your brand’s visibility and perception throughout metro Milwaukee!