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Are you equipping your employees to be the best at their jobs that they can be? Do they understand how their role fits into the overall operation of your screen printing business? If you’re not routinely implementing and refining a training program, the answer to those questions is likely no. It’s impossible to overstate how […]

Advertising and marketing are expensive and time consuming. Of course, they’re necessary for helping your business to grow and flourish. But what if there was a way for you to advertise your screen printing business for little to no cost, and with more success? In fact, there is! When searching for new vendors or service […]

For decades, wholesale garments were mostly a one-size-fits all proposition, with garments cut to fit men, and women left wearing baggy, oversized and ill-fitting garments. That changed, and for years, women’s garments were smaller (and often extremely fitted) versions of men’s garments. Now, garment decorators have a host of women’s styles to choose from — […]

What determines the success of your screen printing business? You might say it’s the ability to turn out the best prints on time to meet your customers’ needs and their deadlines. And while those are important parts of a successful screen printing business, there’s another factor that’s just as important: Connections. Your ability to connect with the […]

Heat presses are great tools to use to quickly and easily apply designs to apparel, accessories, mugs and other promotional items. As easy as the process is, there’s still a learning curve involved in applying heat transfers. Here are some of the most common heat transfer mistakes and how to avoid them. 1. Misplaced, crooked or backward […]

When you take up screen printing, you realize just how many factors go into creating great prints press run after press run. If you feel like you’re doing everything right but still end up with frequent misprints, smudges and other problems, it might help to take a look at some of the most common mistakes […]

When it comes to gig posters, what started as a simple way of advertising concerts has become an art form all its own. Modern gig posters are just as likely to be found hanging in a gallery or exhibition as they are to be found posted on the walls of a concert hall or theater. There […]

Screen printing makes an attractive option for people who would like to own and operate their own businesses. Screen printing is fun and creative, it offers many marketing opportunities, it can be run as a one-man operation and the equipment is small enough to set up in a garage, basement or spare room. For that […]

When you think of custom decorated apparel, band shirts are probably some of the first items that come to mind. Musicians and record labels use t-shirts — in addition to a huge variety of other custom products — to promote their albums and tours, making the music industry a huge market for screen printed goods. […]

Pinholes: They’re a plague for screen printers everywhere. While you can deal with correcting pinholes in post-production, that’s far from ideal. Fixing pinholes takes time and money, and if a print is riddled with pinholes, it might end up in the scrap pile, costing you money. That’s why the best way to deal with pinholes […]

The pet industry brings in billions of bones, year after year, and the pet market has been growing at a dramatic rate for more than a decade. In 2016, the pet product market brought in $62.8 billion, up from $60.3 billion in 2015 and from $38.5 billion a decade before. Sixty-three percent of Americans own […]

A business card is an essential tool for networking and marketing not only your customers’ businesses, but also your own screen printing business. Design possibilities are limited only by your imagination, but there are some guidelines to follow to make sure your card produces the desired effect — generating interest in the business it represents […]