How Finding Your Niche Will Increase Your Business x10

Ryan Moor

“Niche or be niched.” –Unknown Maybe you’ve heard that quote before, maybe not, but it’s truer in screen printing than in anything else. Screen printing is a very competitive business. If you think you just can go buy a bunch of equipment, hang a sign on your door that says “open for screen printing” (or […]

Our Favorite Screen Printing Moments In 2014

Jessica Marshall

We had a blast with our customers this year! Here’s the list of our top 5 favorite screen printing moments in 2014: Riley Hopkins Goes Black – Feb 12, 2014 We started this year strong, and we made some very drastic changes to our Riley Hopkins presses both aesthetically and functionally. Read our article about […]

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Long distance printing at it’s finest – A World Record Breaking Event

Jessica Marshall

It's been a whirlwind over here, with the Halloween buzz and all of our recent events having just ended. For those of you lucky enough to be in the Midwestern vicinity and even luckier to have made it over to our warehouse in Arkansas for our Open House Event - We absolutely LOVED having you with us! It was a blast and we were (once again) reminded that our favorite people in the world to party with are our customers. You guys are honestly the best.

For one more reason to pity the rest of us envy-stricken individuals, some of the lucky attendees of the event carried a little piece of history home with them that day, along with their full stomachs. Headlining the event was Ryonet's attempt at breaking the Guinness Book of World Record's longest screen print. Our 80 foot long wooden screen was graciously built by Nortech. A beast of a frame and covered in 156 mesh, the design was 18 feet longer than the previous World Record. Each attendee was able to join in the printing efforts and contribute with one of the provided 12" squeegees. The design, a string of "Long Distance Printers" marathon running across the fabric, was made by our own graphic designer Mark Daffron.

A World Record Breaking Event

Jessica Marshall

It's been a whirlwind over here, with the Halloween buzz and all of our recent events having just ended. For those of you lucky enough to be in the Midwestern vicinity and even luckier to have made it over to our warehouse in Arkansas for our Open House Event - We absolutely LOVED having you with us! It was a blast and we were (once again) reminded that our favorite people in the world to party with are our customers. You guys are honestly the best.

For one more reason to pity the rest of us envy-stricken individuals, some of the lucky attendees of the event carried a little piece of history home with them that day, along with their full stomachs. Headlining the event was Ryonet's attempt at breaking the Guinness Book of World Record's longest screen print. Our 80 foot long wooden screen was graciously built by Nortech. A beast of a frame and covered in 156 mesh, the design was 18 feet longer than the previous World Record. Each attendee was able to join in the printing efforts and contribute with one of the provided 12" squeegees. The design, a string of "Long Distance Printers" marathon running across the fabric, was made by our own graphic designer Mark Daffron.

Make A Profit Screen Printing: The DIYer

AR Department

Last week I wrote a post explaining how to Find your 'Profitability Sweet-Spot, and gave readers a chance to understand the profitability calculator we suggest using to calculate profits for a job with our Profit Calculator post. Let's go in-depth about how to make this equation work for your situation using five common scenarios based on our top-selling kits. Here's how you can earn 45% profit in the most common situation: The DIYer!

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Velo Cult: A New Kind of Shop

Jessica Marshall

Ryonet is lucky to have the opportunity to connect with and assist many types of printers and businesses who incorporate screen printing into their practice. We are constantly blown away by the diversity and unique passion that people put into their work, sometimes through design-based creativity and sometimes by finding a way to incorporate screen printing into creating a whole new culture. Velo Cult has done just that. Equal parts bike shop, venue, and bar, Velo Cult is all about creating a space that is more about the diversity of Portland biking culture than selling bikes.

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Velo Cult: A New Kind of Shop

Jessica Marshall

Ryonet is lucky to have the opportunity to connect with and assist many types of printers and businesses who incorporate screen printing into their practice. We are constantly blown away by the diversity and unique passion that people put into their work, sometimes through design-based creativity and sometimes by finding a way to incorporate screen printing into creating a whole new culture. Velo Cult has done just that. Equal parts bike shop, venue, and bar, Velo Cult is all about creating a space that is more about the diversity of Portland biking culture than selling bikes.

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Ryonet + Youth Music Project

Jessica Marshall

As many people know, Ryonet started from a love of music. The very first shirts made by Ryonet's CEO were made in an effort to promote his punk band over 10 years ago. This is a fitting backdrop, as Josh Wells (one of Ryonet's own) stepped up last week to help out the local Youth Music Project print some t-shirts of their own.

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Finally, A DIY kit for Serious Printers

AR Department

From the moment you receive the box in the mail, Ryonet’s DIY Print Shop Kit shouts innovation. With its unique graphics (courtesy of Print Liberation) printed proudly on the packaging, you are welcomed into the world that Ryonet and Print Liberation rules: Do It Yourself Screen Printing. Once containing only a one-color press, the new DIY 4-Color Screen Printing Kit now allows DIY-ers to print up to four colors per design, giving beginners the tools they need to print like a pro.

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Videos, Videos and More Videos

Ryonet Marketing

We've made several new how-to videos in last few weeks... it's a real how-to-screen-print-palooza. Indeed. Is there ever too many videos that teach, instruct, inspire and encourage? We think not.

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Rise Up International and Screen Printing

Ryonet Marketing

The Ryonet team wishes each and every one of you a lovely National Screen Printing Day today!!! It's one big hooray for our industry and all the amazing screen printers that work (and play!!!) so hard. Hooray :)

As we celebrate today, we'd like to shine a light on a group of people using screen printing for good... no, for greatness. This group of people, Rise Up International, inspire us to be sure. Maybe you've heard of them?!!!? If not, check their website out and learn about what they're up to.

Ryan Prints with sRoque

Ryonet Marketing

Just a quick fun video... a while back Ryan wanted to do a print with sRoque. Watch it all unfold here:

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