Great news from the American Screen Printing Association. We have reached an important milestone this week.
The American Screen Printing Association Certified Screen Printer (CSP) online exam has had over 3,000 participants since its launch last year. Many have successfully passed the exam and have obtained the ASPA Certified Screen Printer Certificate of Achievement to display in their shop or office
Setting prices is one of the most sought after pieces of information in the screen printing business. Setting accurate, fair pricing could make or break a business. You do not want to price your goods too high and not get business, but on the other hand you want to make a profit to stay in business and grow
If you currently offer in-house screen printing training, you’ll find our certification program to be an excellent addition to your training efforts. Our screen printer certification program is useful for training new and existing employees in your screen printing shop, high school vocational programs, disadvantaged youth, inmate training and rehabilitation programs, adult worker retraining and more.
One thing most businesses would like to obtain are lucrative orders from the government. When most people think of “government orders” they typically think of the federal government. Getting orders from the federal government can be very difficult due to the mountain of paperwork and other bureaucratic obstacles that are in place. An often overlooked type of government work, is obtaining contracts from your local or state governments. For the purpose of this article, we have limited our discussion to securing local government work.
As you may know, digital printing a.k.a. DTG (Direct to Garment Printing) seems to be all the rage these days. But if you are planning to start a new t-shirt printing business, you may be asking if digital printing is the best way to start rather than a traditional screen printing shop.
Always remember this important rule: Never take on a job that exceeds your skill level. In good times or bad, most of us in the screen printing business are eager to take on new work.
One of the most important resources you have in your t-shirt printing business are your employees. Whether you have only one employees or a hundred, your employees are very important to the success of your business. Once you have invested in an employees training it is always in your best interest to retain an employee rather than have to replace them.
Since the days of the great recession, many people are asking if a college education is still worth the expense. For the purpose of this article, we’d like to compare the traditional college education to investing in yourself by starting your own T-shirt printing business.
Sooner or later in your career as a t-shirt printer, you are going to have a customer come along and make you an offer that appears to be one you can’t refuse.
Someday the time will come when you are ready to sell your business. Maybe you want to retire, have become ill, or maybe you’re just ready to move onto other things. Whatever your reason, selling a business is an involved process. It can be made much easier if you follow some simple to follow steps.
