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Meet the SmartSign customer service team: Michelle Marcial

Meet the SmartSign customer service team: Michelle Marcial

Michelle Marcial is a customer service specialist at SmartSign and mom to SmartSign’s youngest model, four-year-old Aiden. A 3D cake decorator and long-time resident of New York’s most populous borough, Michelle is also known as our Brooklyn cake boss. Charity: How long have you been at SmartSign? Michelle: A little over a year. I actually […]

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Sleep texting on the rise

Sleep texting on the rise

You’ve heard of sleep walking, but what, you may ask, is sleep texting? So called sleep texters send messages and emails on their phones at night, while they are sleeping. They don’t remember doing so when they wake up. “Because it’s so easy to get notifications from smartphones, it becomes more difficult for us to […]

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Meet the SmartSign team: Jaryd Coleman

Meet the SmartSign team: Jaryd Coleman

Jaryd Coleman was born and raised in Cumberland, Rhode Island. He majored in marketing at the University of Rhode Island, but decided to return to the profession he began as a kid: sales. From the impish adolescent selling auto glass at his family shop to a top salesperson and now product manager at SmartSign, Jaryd […]

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New smoking bans: fairs, beaches, and balconies

New smoking bans: fairs, beaches, and balconies

America is coming down hard on smoking in public.  Every year, more U.S. states ban smoking in public at a variety of venues and locations.  First it was planes, then it was restaurants, followed by bars.  And soon, smokers will lose some of their favorite and most scenic smoke spots to the U.S.’s onslaught of […]

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Phones in church: Digital distractions or a new way to worship?

Phones in church: Digital distractions or a new way to worship?

It’s happened to the best of us. You’re sitting at church, lecture, or a meeting and you find your mind begins to wander. No one will notice if you send one quick text to a friend or check your emails quickly, right? Welcome to the era of digital distractions. Technology, especially the smartphone, has changed […]

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Distracted driving: are unrestrained pets more dangerous than texting or talking?

Distracted driving: are unrestrained pets more dangerous than texting or talking?

Hate restraining your pet while you’re driving? You might be putting its life in danger, not to mention your own. Feeding, petting, and playing with your pets while driving can be as dangerous as talking on a cell phone behind the wheel. Not to mention the fact that pets may cry or move around unexpectedly. […]

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This car “safety feature” actually puts you in more danger

This car “safety feature” actually puts you in more danger

Car manufacturers are introducing voice-to-text systems enabling drivers to hear and to reply to texts and emails while keeping their eyes on the road. While these systems may seem safe, an American Automobile Association (AAA) study reveals that they are actually more distracting than hands-free phones, hand-held phones, or listening to the radio or audiobooks. Why […]

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