Small Business Mistakes and Failures to Avoid In the decorated apparel and product decorator industries, it’s easy to make mistakes. That’s true of any business or your personal life. In hindsight, it all seems so obvious, but the real key is to look ahead and find out how to avoid mistakes and do it right…
The role of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems has expanded over the last few years from specific areas such as manufacturing, procurement, or HR to software packages for the entire business. In part, this means executives to end users involve themselves with the process of implementing and operating ERP software, not just IT. With the added complexity, many companies…
Apparel Pricing Wars A common aspect of the decorated apparel industry are pricing wars. You know how it goes: That “other shop” across town slashed their prices, suddenly drying up your business. What do you do? The knee-jerk reaction, of course, is to drop your prices or offer the “Next Big Sale”. After all, we Americans like…
Small Business Marketing Tips & Solutions Expanding your business can seem like a daunting, insurmountable task, if you don’t have experience with doing so. Whether you are just starting out, or you have sustained your business at a smaller size for several years, here are some simple tips that can help you grow your business…
OnSite is a completely integrated business management tool designed specifically for screen printers, embroiderers, promotional product distributors, award manufacturers and digital printers. We designed OnSite after owning our own shop for 10 years. This knowledge and experience with the industry has gone into all of the ShopWorks products. OnSite software manages every aspect of your business …not…
ShopWorks reached out to over 25,000 screen printing, embroidery, promotional products, digital printing, and awards & trophies companies to hear from them who they believe are the best screen printing suppliers and why. In evaluating screen printing supplies best vendors, the survey examined ten factors and how well each vendor performed against those factors. Separating…
You’ve probably heard it all before, but it’s worth repeating: giving customers too many choices is bad for business. We’ve all been raised to think that the more choices we have – whether it be products, services, or whatever – the better. However, all these choices tend to leave potential customers feeling confused – there’s…
As a small business person, one question you should always ask yourself is, “What is my target market? Who are my ideal customers and how can I reach out to them?” Let’s look at the most popular markets within the promotional products industry. The decorated apparel market is one of the most popular promotional…
Hundreds of screen printing, embroidery, promotional products, digital printing, and awards & trophies companies shared their reasons for selecting and staying loyal to their favorite screen printer suppliers in the 2016 Screen Printing Supplies Vendor Survey. With over 30,000 embellished industry shops throughout the US and Canada, ShopWorks conducted a survey to understand what factors were…
