As the hustle and bustle of the busy season winds down, that seasonal lull at the start of the year at your shop can be an excellent time to take a breath. But that downtime is also a golden opportunity for refining, retooling, and preparing for the year ahead. If...
Creating Repeat Customers
It is easier to dig 2 – 50-foot holes than 50 – 2-foot holes. We foster young athletes to be really great at a few sports than mediocre at a lot of sports. We strive to surround ourselves with a few best friends or close mentors than a lot of …
Lease vs Buying Screen Printing Equipment
Many growing print shops are faced with the ongoing struggle of upgrading equipment necessary for taking the next step for their business. There is no single golden rule to running your print shop, and the same goes for buying or leasing equipment. Buying equipment can be very costly, and quite …
Getting Your Sh*t Together With Mark Coudray
Mark Coudray stops by to discuss why the last 20 years of screen printing won’t be like the next 5 years. We chat about what shop owners need to do to stay competitive and get ahead. Mark also talks Amazon, TeeSpring and VC funding and what you need to be …
Customer Address Auto-Complete
We’re making completing addresses for your customers easier. You can now start typing in an address and select the correct one. This will help reduce mistakes and increase speed. Happy printing!
Ryan Moor Talks “Made To Make It” – This Is a Game Changer
Ryan Moor, CEO and Founder of Ryonet talks about his new book “Made To Make It” and shared a few tips on how to operate and grow a successful screen printing business.
What Brand of Press Should I Buy?
Scouring through forums, Facebook groups, and other printing groups, you will often see the infamous question “I’m thinking about buying an auto, what brand should I go with.” Queue the pages of threads arguing back and forth about brand loyalty and when it is all said and done, you have …
Richard Greaves Gives Tips on Being A Great Boss & Expanding Your Business
Richard Greaves, a SGIA Honorarium and industry consultant stopped by to chat. An incredibly vibrant and intelligent man, Richard covered some great topics with us including: – How to be a great boss – Lessons learned from moving shop locations – Business organization tips
[Guest Post] – Setting Up Sales Driving Email Campaigns
Every morning, I open up my phone and start going through my email inbox – quickly seeing what is urgent, important, any fires I need to put out, and rush orders that are coming my way. Then, I start clicking through the remaining emails to delete any spam, and look …
Earn $100, Updates & More
It’s been another busy month at Printavo. Here are the latest product updates: Earn $100 – Refer a shop and earn $100 when they sign up. Get started here . Shipping Labels – You can select any address that’s on the order and use it to quickly create a label …
Rick Roth (TheInkKitchen) Chats About Organization, Future, Contractors
Rick Roth of Mirror Image & TheInkKitchen.com stopped by to chat with us! He’s been printing since 1977, has an incredible amount of printing experience (theinkkitchen.com/about) and consults for shops large & small.
1,004,736 Invoices Later
What an incredible milestone. We’ve helped shops all over the world create over 1 million invoices since we started in 2012. Printavo started as an idea that it should be easy for print shops to manage their business. After running a print shop for years, we needed a tool to …
1 Takeaway for All Shops From Elon Musk
Just the other day, the world renowned inventor and entrepreneur, Elon Musk, sent out a simple tweet: You might be thinking, “So what? The billionaire mogul pulls this off for PR purposes”. However, when you take a deeper look into what purpose it served, it really highlights a valuable lesson …