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Shout out to The Shop Magazine and Sticker Mule

Barry Alt • March 14, 2020

Thanks for your awesome magazine and stickers

December saw our owner Barry Alt attending the PRI Trade show in Indianapolis, Indiana. 

Hanging out with our friends at The Shop magazine, Barry met plenty of car enthusiasts and business owners while helping sign up new subscribers and handing out free issues of the always-awesome Shop magazine.

The show’s featured issue just happened to have our article “How to Gain Local Customers” featured in it. 
Our owner Barry Alt with the full size image of the December 2019 Shop Magazine
Stickers hot off the press and ready for the PRI show
In preparation for the show we stocked up on some awesome Sticker Mule stickers to hand out with the magazines. As expected, they were a huge hit and didn’t last long! Note to team, purchase 10X the stickers for next year!
Booth and magazine, sticker handouts and the December issue with our sticker
When we can, we try to purchase from companies in the States - and since Sticker Mule is located in our home State of New York, it was a no brainer. We’re a big fan of their Custom stickers and we love their Vinyl stickers too. Sticker Mule is our go-to for any stickers we purchase for Motorhead Digital.

Get a sticker for your ride, tool box, laptop or anything else!

Our team all love stickers and stick them on everything (seriously, you should see our laptops). If you love our Motorhead Digital sticker that Barry’s wife Kandi named “Stinger” (because it’s based on their 69 427 Corvette Stingray but with MORE POWER) send us your info below and we’ll send you a Stinger sticker that you can stick on your ride, laptop or your tool box or whatever fun place you can think of!

Stinger© from Motorhead Digital
*NOTE: All information must be filled in and valid. Only one sticker per business.
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