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- 50% Polyester, 25% Cotton, 25% Rayon
Business Tips
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Business Tips
6 Tips to Streamline Your Ordering Process
Scott Valancy shares 6 expert tips to help make your shop’s ordering process more efficient and keep it running smoothly.
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A Guide to Large Order Personalization
Emmy Handen from Bravo Screen Printing shares some tips and tricks on how she gets large complex orders done and dusted
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Pitching New Uses for T-shirts
Unprecedented situations, such as COVID-19, can result in a business shift. Here are some thought-starters for pitching new t-shirt business ideas.
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DTG vs Screen Printing: Finding the Sweet Spot
Learn about the distinct advantages screen printing and DTG printing offer and how to determine which process is right for your shop.
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COVID-19 Silver Lining Stories
3 Printshop Owners on How their Response to the Pandemic Has Created a Silver Lining for Their Companies and Communities
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Handling T-Shirt Pricing in Our New Normal
Long-time apparel industry veteran Anthony Corsano, COO of Brookfield, CT-based Bolt Printing, weighs in on smart T-shirt pricing strategies.
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How to Handle Post-COVID-19 Employment Concerns
Here are 10 ways to manage COVID-19 employee communication and COVID-19 employee stress, with input from apparel-decorating shop owners.
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5 Ways Decorators Shake Up T-Shirt Marketing
Decorators are revamping their t-shirt and apparel marketing in light of a pandemic-stricken economy. Here are 4 areas they’re finding key ways to serve customers’ new and morphing needs.
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Scale Your Shop with the Right Equipment
Here are eight of Jenifer Badger’s suggestions - based on her own experience scaling a shop—for purchasing new or used equipment.
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Screen Printing Isn’t Dead
Veteran Printer, Dave Gardner, shares his thoughts on why he believes DTG printing will never replace screen printing.
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6 Ways COVID-19 Impacts Screen Printers
A look at what the future may hold for 8 industries challenged by COVID-19.
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8 Industries Negatively Affected by COVID-19
Here are 6 ways your business may look a little different in the second half of 2020.
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Upselling Tips for Print Shops
Useful tips and hacks for upselling different services to your existing customers.
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How to Match Customers to their Perfect T-shirts
Here are 7 tactics to match customers to their perfect t-shirts, starting with their very first order.
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Overseas Orders
Marian shares how she got started with overseas orders and how she overcame challenges that came her way.
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Working with PTAs
Here are Emmy Handen’s valuable insights on how she’s able to tackle these complex orders.
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Customer Loyalty in 5 Proven Steps
Here are five steps that Marian Hinebauch recommends you take to create a loyal customer base.
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7 Ways to Streamline Your Smaller Shop’s Operations
Whether you’re a startup decorating shop, a sole proprietor or a shop that’s had to downsize to a smaller staff, there are some key ways you can streamline your operations to stay competitive. Learn more.
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Marketing Your Shop Traditionally
Zachary Traxler has gotten lucrative results from combining digital with traditional marketing. Today, he shares his tips on how to run a great traditional marketing campaign.
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How to Handle Burnout
Jen Badger shares how she manages and adjusts her work patterns to alleviate stress, allowing her to rediscover the motivation for her craft.
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9 Tips to Find DTG-Friendly T-shirts
We’ve got the top nine qualities to look for (and avoid) to find the best DTG-friendly cotton T-shirts.
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How to Manage Your Inventory Like a Pro
Learn about the worth of having surplus stock, and how to go about it smartly.
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Use Instagram to Turn Followers Into Loyal Customers
Here are eight key ways Dawaud Muhammad uses Instagram to connect with his exact right prospects—and turn them into loyal customers, who buy and refer his shop, on repeat.
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The COVID-19 Business Game Plan Part II
In part II of this series, Mark Coudray shares tips and ideas on creating a plan that will strengthen your business and how to best prepare for the return to “normal.”
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Veteran Printer Evolves To Survive and Returns To Help Others
Mark Coudray shares his story and conveys a strong message to those who may be struggling or fearful of what the future might bring.
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The COVID-19 Business Game Plan -Part I
In part one of this two-part series, Mark Coudray shares how COVID-19 is changing the printwear landscape and encourages you to stay positive, proactive and plan.
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What’s Now? What’s Next? 6 Immediate Steps for Mapping an Uncertain Future.
Mitch Heiman, of Perrin Sportswear in Michigan, shares long-term thinking and short-term practical strategies for surviving the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Online Fundraising Stores: Creating a Positive Impact
Adam Smith, of Lucky Prints, shares his thoughts on how retrofitting his company’s digital tools might help other businesses in Chicago—stay in business.
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Asking Hard Questions Without Easy Answers
An interview with the Chair of the Board of Decorators on how print businesses doing the right thing now can also be doing the right thing for the future.
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5 Core Team Members Every Print Shop Needs
Decorated-apparel industry veteran Anthony Corsano, president and COO at Brookfield, CT-based Bolt Printing, knows what kind of team a successful shop needs to uplevel its operations.
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Understanding Facebook’s Changing Algorithms to Reach Your Target Audience
Traxler offers six tips for mastering interaction on Facebook in 2020 with the newest algorithms
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Creating an Employee- Focused Culture
Don’t lose sight of what really makes you successful— your employees. Tap into these nine tips for creating an employee-focused culture.
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Helping Customers Come Up with Ideas
Before hitting the press, you may need to guide your customer in coming up with ideas - as some might not have the faintest clue of what the end product should look like. Today, Marian shares some of her best practices for guiding customers through their brainstorming journey.
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Moving Leftover Product
Learn how you can limit surplus inventory and strategies you should consider when looking to convert slow-moving products.
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6 Reasons to Expand into DTG Printing Today
Here are six reasons Dan Strickland knows DTG is a no-brainer for any print shop.
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Selling to Clients who Don’t want T-shirts
Are you looking to reach new audiences or diversify your portfolio with new businesses? Zach shares some examples of inventive ways to win over new clients and strike new business deals.
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Making the Most of Your Trade Show Experience
Dan shares his thoughts on how to get the very best out of tradeshows, as both an attendee and an exhibitor.
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How to Manage Your Shop Remotely
Read Adam’s top tips on how to manage a business remotely and learn the importance of technology and staff training in this process.
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Printing for High Schools
Printing t-shirts for high schools can be a treasure trove for decorators. Read more here.
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Business Software for Print Shops
Dawaud shares insights on the software he likes using, how it helps him, and how you can benefit from implementing business management programs yourself.
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Understanding Blended Margins
One way to better manage your finances is through blended margins: Looking at your profits and sales channels as one, interconnected system - rather than independently.
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Helping Customers Generate Ideas
Marian Hinebauch of Logo Droppers walks us through some of her instinctively developed best practices in guiding customers through their brainstorming journey.
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Running a Screen Printing Shop with Family
Dan Strickland started Garment Gear 20 years ago together with his brother, Dallas. Today he happily shares some of his insights on how they manage their successful shop.
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Collaborating with Local Art Communities
Through actively seeking collaborations with others, Jenifer Badger has pushed her own creative limits and opened new revenue streams along the way.
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Creating Engaging Online Content For Your Shop
DJ Kinslow talks about the benefits online content can bring to your shop, and how you can get better at making your own.
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Planning and tracking your production process
Adam Smith provides valuable tips on how to streamline and boost production speed and deliver consistent quality — print after print.
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How To: Set Up Shop for the First Time
Jen Badger from Shine On Designs set up her apparel business in the basement of her own house in Iowa, starting completely from scratch. This meant she had to figure out how she was going to fit all this new equipment into her limited workspace. Not long after setting up, she outgrew her basement and had to relocate again, making her no stranger to thinking up a good shop layout. This has given Jen some helpful knowledge and valuable hindsight on what she wishes she knew when she was setting up for the first time. We chat to her today to hear some of these fail-safe guidelines for people setting up their print shop for the first (or second!) time.
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Pricing Your Shirts
Everyone is familiar with that less-than-desirable moment of having to sit down and work out your costs and pricing strategy. For beginners and seasoned decorators alike, pricing can still be a tricky challenge. And if done in a rush, it could lead to a big loss of profit over time. Done right however, pricing can be the gateway to a business that runs smoother and causes you fewer headaches. Today, Anthony Corsano gives his best tips and advice on how to approach the process of pricing.
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Working with Different Types of Artists
Every t-shirt design begins with an artist. Perhaps you have an internal art team, or you decide to bring on a freelancer. Maybe you have the opportunity to partner with a professional artist in the field. No matter, there are some good practices to make the process go smoother, and your designs better. Today we speak with Mitch Heiman, who has worked with a variety of artists throughout his career and shares some tips when it comes to working with artists.
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A Guide to Tackling Challenging Orders
Emmy Handen from Bravo Screen Printing has built a loyal relationship with the same client for over 15 years: a local summer camp who request a new design every summer for their kids to wear. This means Emmy has to manage a relatively large order, for kids of multiple ages, who will be doing multiple physical activities — all while having to think of an original design every year. To say the least, it’s a challenge. But after doing it for many years, Emmy’s become quite the expert on managing large and repeat orders. We talk to her today about how to make intimidating orders a lot more manageable.
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Simple Ways to Organize Small Print Shops
Jen Badger was completely taken by surprise when her one-person print shop took off. Now, ShineOn Designs has moved to a commercial space and gained another full-time employee which makes communication and organization a little more challenging compared to the days when Jen was working by herself. We catch up with her today to hear all about her top methods for keeping a small-scale business organized that are affordable, simple to use, and easy for any decorator to adopt.
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Finding a Niche Market: Street Style
When he was just nineteen, Dawaud Muhammad started selling t-shirts on the streets of Oakland. From there, he quickly realized that garment wear was what he wanted to do. Now, Dawaud runs Big Printing. And although he sells more through Instagram than on the streets, he’s been determined to keep street style at the heart of his business. We catch up with him to find out why he’s chosen to keep a niche market and why street style is so much more than a fashion trend for him.
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Understanding Your Customers
As a decorator, the wealth of potential customers can make it difficult to really know your market and understand your customer. For Marian Hinebauch however, this came naturally. Through intuitive decisions and incredible dedication, she was able to land a massive client order that radically changed her business. Today, Marian shares some of her best advice on how you can approach customer orders.
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How to Scale Your Business
Scott Valancy is a long-time player in the printing industry and is currently taking his company, Tee Shirt Central, into its sixteenth year. Coming from a business background, Scott has both the know-how and the experience of running a well-oiled ship. We speak to him about his best advice for growing a decorating business, and how to keep up with the fast-paced industry.
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Comparing Contract vs. Retail Printing
Most decorators will be familiar with this dilemma: do I go for contract printing or retail printing? Is it beneficial to do both or just specialize in one? Marian Hinebauch spent many years doing just contract printing but is now on a journey towards more and more retail projects. Today, she gives us a rundown of what she believes is the best, worst and most enjoyable aspects of each one.
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Building a Relationship with Your Employees
The screen printing business is not always the most glamorous. As Anthony Corsano has found, sometimes this can make it challenging to attract and engage new and existing employees. However, there are many ways we can strengthen the relationship with shop staff from a more empathetic approach.
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Culture and Trends
Adjusting to the Age of Amazon
Building and maintaining a business in the age of Amazon can be intimidating. We turned to printwear pioneer Mark Coudray to get his top tips for navigating the rapidly evolving eCommerce landscape.
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How To Build Your Brand
Following a successful few years of expansion across the country, Steve gives us some tips on how to build your brand.
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How To Grow Your Business
As someone who's started a screen-printing business, you’ve probably taken the sort of risks that make you an extreme optimist.
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Justin Lawrence: On Building a Subscription Based Company
“Treat people with kindness and integrity. Try to stay humble, and when you mess up - own it.
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