YouTube is where screen printers learn, collaborate, and show off their work. It's also a valuable marketing channel for every type of business. But where should you go to find the best screen printing content on YouTube? We've compiled the best YouTube channels...
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Big Printing: Ruling Your Print Shop’s Niche (With 150K+ Instagram Followers)
With more than 150,000 Instagram followers, Big Printing in Oakland, California has made a huge impact on social media. Owned by Dawaud Muhammad, the shop has doubled in size during 2020. "It's the power of the purchase order," Dawaud explained. A major Fortune 500...
Buying a Screen Printing Business | Featuring Lantern Ink
Lantern Ink, founded by Heather Searcy, started when a teacher began to research business ideas. After diligent research, Heather realized screen printing was the right opportunity. So she took a leap of fath: "I found some equipment, called my husband, took $5,000...
Live Screen Printing: What’s Next? | Featuring Family Industries
Family Industries hosted hundreds of live printing events every year. But that's over – for now. The Family team isn't stopping, so what's next for live printing? Companies are still desperate to hold some kind of event! Family's Max Hellmann joins us to discuss...
Building Resilience With Bella & Canvas’ President Chris Blakeslee
Why is there a t-shirt shortage? What happened when COVID hit Bella + Canvas? What's next for the screen print industry? You've got questions, and Bella + Canvas President Chris Blakeslee has answers! In 2020, the screen print industry has been hard hit. From the lack...
How to Setup and Run Successful Printavo Merch Stores
E-commerce has rocketed to more than 20% of all retail sales in the United States. Did you know it took 10 years for e-commerce to gain 10% market share – and then just 8 weeks to add another 10%? Take a look: Using Merch stores to grow your...
The Ultimate Guide to Online Stores for Print Shops and Screen Printers
Contents Overview: The Blue Ocean Why offer online stores? Step 1: Choosing customers for online stores Scoring customers: who needs online stores? Step 2: Selling online stores to your customers Sample sales scripts Sample sell sheet Sample online store terms &...
Where to Buy Screen Printing Supplies
Where should you buy screen printing supplies? Every print shop – even the biggest ones in the world – struggle with this question. From inks to emulsion to screens to simple things like tape and ink cards, your supplies are how you turn a customer’s...
Screen Printing Job Descriptions | Samples, How to Write Them, and More
Job descriptions for your screen printing shop are how you attract better employees. We've seen on Facebook Groups for screen printers that print shops struggle to communicate about the amazing jobs they have. Most people don't know what screen printing is, how...
The Yetee Shop Tour: A Screen Print Shop That Helps Raise Millions For Charity
The Yetee in Aurora, IL has helped raise millions for charity with their powerful merchandise. Featuring bold artwork, a strong sense of identity, and a truly impressive website, The Yetee has created their own niche. UPDATE: Check out The Yetee at Summer Games...
NEW: Price Matrix Upload Tool, Edit Merch Shipping Details, and More!
NEW: Upload & Download Printavo Price Matrices Printavo shops may now upload and download their Pricing Matrices as CSV (spreadsheet) files. Shops may still manually create and edit Pricing Matrices within Printavo. Before: Printavo shops had to edit Price...
Improvements: Better Text Messaging, Status Change Notifications, and Approvals
Better notifications when a Customer declines a Quote or Art Approval Before: when a customer declined a Quote or Art Approval in Printavo, the Owner of the Invoice would be notified with an email message. After: when a customer declines a Quote or Art Approval in...