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T-shirts and bands go together like bread and butter. Emerging bands need income from T-shirts to fund their tours, recording, and ensure they eat. With the trend away from signing with a label and instead self publishing on outlets such as Facebook, iTunes, YouTube, Soundcloud, and Band Camp, there are more bands than ever before […]

To me, some things are more important than making the absolute most amount of money I can make every day. Issues like producing high quality and protecting my employees from contaminants that cause health issues are higher priorities for me than squeezing out every penny. When you walk into a lot of print shops, they’re […]

Who Are You Selling To? The days of “spray and pray” marketing are over. Recent research shows that buyers are becoming increasingly sensitive to the relevance of the content they’re receiving. If you think having a friend “unfollow” you on Facebook is a bummer, imagine the pain of having a customer or prospect decide to […]

Do your employees frustrate you because they lack the initiative to achieve stated goals, miss deadlines or just can’t seem to keep to an accurate production schedule? Do they sometimes just not follow up with some basic tasks and things get missed? Maybe they have been making mistakes and their only answer is a lame […]

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“Educate first, sell second,” has always been and always will be one of our guiding principals. Since the very first days back in 2004, when we were selling screen printing kits on eBay, we knew that the only way we could be successful was by helping aspiring screen printers learn how to […]

Thanksgiving is a wonderful time of the year to appreciate what we have, cherish our loved ones, and… whip out your screen printing gear? Exactly 😎 First we started by heating our all-veggie Thanksgiving feast with our Hot Roq Quartz Flash. This got the internal temperature up and primed the meal for a good crisping. […]

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“What did he just say?” Your baby is ugly?! Here comes the hate. And by baby, I don’t mean your offspring. I mean your t-shirt design, embroidery idea or product plan for your new apparel line. Look out. Are you sure you are going with that? Be careful. Confirmation Bias What we want to talk […]

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As a custom shop, on occasion you may have a client who brings in shirts he wants you to print. Or perhaps you are considering picking up contract work to fill open time on your press. Before you accept that order, here are a few considerations to make. 1. Misprint Replacement If the client brings […]

Get your business off to a smart start by determining goals and what it takes to achieve them upfront. One of the most common mistakes screen printing newcomers make is not taking the time to plan for the future of their business. Time is money; but, a brief investment early on may keep you from […]

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“Just remember: products make money, but a system will make a fortune.” When I began my screen printing journey roughly 10 years ago, one of the most obvious set backs was the lack of standardized systems utilized in this industry. Every shop does essentially the same tasks but usually in drastically different ways. After spending […]

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You’re already late (not really) Preparing for the holidays in a screen printing shop can be a little stressful since it’s typically a slower time of year. Depending on what type of printing you do, spring and fall are generally the busy times of the year you should be taking advantage of. “Putting some hay […]

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Flash Sales: A Risk with a Reward On one hand, you could gain a ton of new customers. On the other hand, you could end up working with a deficit and damaging customer relationships. Welcome to the world of flash sales. Flash sales are promotions that run for no more than a few hours, often […]