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We’re sharing helpful tips from Kevin Baumgart at Set Sales, which we call “Sales Hacks.” For this series, Kevin shares tips and strategies that he’s seen work in print shops. In this installment, Kevin talks about secret shopping. Stay tuned for more helpful tips! ...
We’re sharing helpful tips from Kevin Baumgart at Set Sales, which we call “Sales Hacks.” For this series, Kevin shares tips and strategies that he’s seen work in print shops. In this installment of Sales Hacks, Kevin discusses how to choose a Customer Relationship...
After a year of writing, our first book is now available to download for free. Who: Printavo founder Bruce Ackerman, Campus Ink co-owner Steven Farag, Adam Cook What: A 113-page guide to creating, growing, and sustaining a successful screen printing and apparel...
Want to kill your screen printing business? There's one sure-fire way to do it: do a bad job moving your shop. A lot of us started printing in our bedrooms, garages, and basements. As time goes on, a squeaky-clean warehouse with tons of space starts to seem like a...
Made Brands has built a vertically-integrated apparel manufacturing facility on the cusp of downtown Los Angeles. We dropped by to visit Kolby Harwood, the enterprising and insightful co-founder behind the brand. From understanding how to leverage personalities...
Most print shops don’t make it past the 5 year mark. Why? Because staying in business requires two things. One is simple, and the other is harder: Paying customers. Obvious, right? You need cash coming in. A system for managing your sales. Less obvious. You can't just...
Editor's notes: We wanted to share this interesting and informative post from Jupmode's John Amato about our recent article, The Best Screen Printing Websites. Jupmode is a clothing brand and print shop from Toledo, Ohio. They've used search engine optimization,...
"How do I hire sales reps? When should I hire them? How much should I pay them?" Print shop owners have these questions all the time. We talk to Kevin Baumgart, a sales and strategy expert. He jokes that he wishes he could run a print shop: "You get to work with so...
The number one question that screen printing shops have is a big one: How do I set my screen printing prices? The most basic calculation is this: (Garment Price * Garment Markup) + (Printing Fee - Quantity Discount) = Price Per Garment You can get extremely detailed...
Hey Print Hustlers! This week, we have a special guest post from Jupmode founder John Amato. You may have read his previous article about SEO for screen printing shops. If you don't know John and Jupmode, here's the scoop: they've mastered online advertising and...
Does Lee Stuart have the best YouTube channel for screen printers? With nearly 100,000 subscribers, Lee has mastered video. His viral video about building his shop propelled his channel (which originally started to share motorcycling) to the next level. The videos...
Small business owners confuse markup and margin all the time. We want to clear things up for everyone. So let's dig in and show you the difference between your markup and your margin. Contents Markup & Margin Terminology What are "margins" / profit...
