Richard Greeves, screen-printing industry consultant helps growing shops know what to look for when expanding into a new building. There are so many "gotchas" you may not think about when looking to expand. Richard lists a few of them out to make sure you can save...
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The Key to Using Instagram and Social Media
Thread Monster (www.instagram.com/threadmonster) has over 17k followers on Instagram. He says it helps with social proof and selling bigger jobs. This is because the company looks more legit and established. Listen to how Josh acquired these followers and how you can...
How To Grow Your Screen Printing Business From $250k to $1M
We previously discussed the starter phase of a screen-print shop (www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1IVa8Zczkw). Going from 0-250k in sales is a huge accomplishment. You're probably still printing or handling sales while your partner prints. This is where it's time to turn...
7 Ingredients to Converting Clicks to Customers – Shelby Craig – PrintHustlers Conf 2018
Shelby Craig, Founder of Rocket Shirts is a marketing guru. “Making Shirt Happen and Getting Shirt Done.” Shelby’s LinkedIn quote perfectly describes him. Shelby dives into 7 steps to successfully creating Facebook ads that convert. Take a listen....
Screen Printing New Hire Training Tips
Training is undervalued. We just don't spend enough time on it. How many times have you hired someone and thought "I don't have enough time to train them". Think about this, "what if you train them and they leave, but what if you don't and they stay?". This quote from...
Common Mistakes on Business Management and How to Resolve Them
Many of us are former graphic designers and printers who grew into owning a screen-printing business. It's important we learn how to be a true business owner and what that entails. Richard Greaves divulges tips that he's seen to avoid on business management practices....
How Screen Printing Pros Got Started
Facebook Groups have been a growing source of knowledge for many shop owners. We have ours (www.facebook.com/groups/198143447258744/) and Josh Keane started Screen Print Pros (www.facebook.com/groups/630656227066301/). Josh talks about how he started it and what the...
How to Use Zapier With Printavo
Zapier.com is an incredibly useful tool when automating your shop. You are able to use Zapier to connect Printavo to thousands of other apps out there. An example is exporting customer data to MailChimp when you create a new customer in Printavo. Or, set up a Zap to...
How Campus Ink Grew Their Screen Printing Shop 150%
Campus Ink grew 150% in a year. They were using paper invoices and an unknown workflow. Steven bought into the business ready to take things into overdrive. The shop didn't have an understanding of how long it took to complete a job. Quoting, approvals, collecting...
PrintHustlers Conf 2018 Summary
#PrinthustlersConf2018 was a success! Don't miss out on our early bird special for next year's conference! Buy tickets here! There were lots of amazing speakers that spoke on a variety of topics including branding, Facebook marketing, the culture of your shop, and...
Behind the Scenes PrintHustlers Conf 2018
Wrapping up final preparations for #PrinthustlersConf2018! We're so excited to see everyone at this years sold out event. 14 speakers, 2 days, lots of tees, sandwiches and drinks galore. Subscribe to our Podcast
Hiring Workers for Your Screen-Printing Shop
Hiring is difficult. Finding the right people, training them and having them stay for the long haul is not easy. Justin from @barrelmakerprinting talks about how he hires. Justin dives into hiring on the back-office and front-office to balance on the workload. He...