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5 Tips To Reduce Setup Time
When you dial down time spent in your business, you may find you are more of a screen maker than a screen printer. Does your team spend more time setting up and tearing down jobs, or actually printing? Now we’ve got you thinking about it. Set up time adds up. …
Expanding Your Print Shop – How Ryan Moor Grew Ryonet
Ryan Moor, Founder & CEO of Ryonet (Screenprinting.com) started in 2004 and has grown it into multi-million dollar enterprise of screen printing supplies and education.
Ryonet’s growth didn’t happen overnight and Ryan touches on what helped make them successful.
People, systems, investments in yourself and your team are the major themes Ryan will touch on.
How to Stand out with Your Customer Service
Customer satisfaction is so important. It’s the core of your business and creates longevity for you and your company. Treat it wisely as every interaction with your shop creates your brand and image.
Josh Keane from Thread Monster talks about how he goes above and beyond with customers. Handwritten notes, writing down birthdays, special events and more.
Take a listen to how Josh excels in customer service.
Tips for Live Screen Printing
Live screen printing has been around for a while. It’s a great new source of revenue for businesses. But optimization and efficiency are crucial to making it a scalable source of income. Max Hellman, Owner of Family Industry knows how to make live printing work. Listen to his tips on handling live events with excellence
Q&A: Contract Printing & Beyond – Jeff Meilander – PrintHustlers Conf 2018
Jeff Meilander started Redwall Prints in 2004 out of playing in a touring band. Similar story for many of us. Now at 13 automatic presses and a 97,000 sq foot facility, Redwall Prints is growing like a weed. Jeff dives into how his screen-printing business grew and lessons he’s learned …
Looking to Expand? 5 Things To Note In Your New Shop Location
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 money on the move!
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 too!
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 into a true business owner, not a screen-printer. It’s a shift in mentality for many but a necessary one to create a growing, scalable business.
Think about it this way, if you’re pulling a squeegee and you value your time at $50/hr, you could hire someone for $10/hr to do the same work. This means you’re harming the business by undervaluing your time. Of course, it takes time to hire for these roles. But realize the goals to shoot for.
Your role is going to shift to systemizing your business. Focus on:
– Sales and operational efficiency
– Making your people the most efficient as possible
– Increasing sales by “being the host of the party”. Host the marathon, community parties, small business parties, etc
Team size coming to $1M should be you, a graphic designer, a production manager, a sales rep/front-desk person, three screen printers, one folder/shipping/receiving team member. This will set up your business to be approximately $125k revenue/employee. Over time, you will want to shoot for closer to $200k revenue/employee and begin to have replication for each role.
Take a listen to these tips and let us know others you may have.
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.
PrintHustlers Conf 2018 is the second annual conference for the decorated apparel industry organized by Printavo. This conference will provide a unique opportunity to grow, develop, learn new ways to expand your business and increase profitability! Become exposed to industry leaders, thought-provoking tips and tricks and an abundance of resources to assist shops with running a viable business.
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Printavo Merch Demo Video [Beta]
We couldn’t be more excited to launch #PrintavoMerch beta We’re making the simplest way to run online stores, fundraisers, and group orders all from inside your existing Printavo workflow.
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 Justin Moore at Barrel Maker Printing which is an eye-opening look into how important training it.
Each team member is a reflection of your brand, customer experience, and business longevity.
In this episode, we’re going to dive into how to improve your training program and make it easier to handle training of each new team member.
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.
