The Aussie Screen printing Club

2 Years in and Ben and Taren spill the beans on their amazing journey into screen printing their own brand and building a screen print business on the back of it.

Topics Covered include:

- Sales updates

Lisa Diebold and Emma Pullin from SOFT POWER from South of Wollongong talk about their journey in creating their unique brand and the challenges of pushing that brand into a market that is traditionally dominated by men. Subjects covered include buying a screen printing business and changing the name and brand, entering new markets, sales and marketing techniques, screen print colour limitations and introducing DTF.

Discussions include: Taking a break from business and letting the team make the decisions. Coping the Government Departments responsible for tracking spam. Marketing through golfing events. Outbound Sales. High-Lights and Low-Lights for Northprint and the Ministry of Shirts in 2025. Business Process Wikis and Business Bibles. Deconetwork Implementation. DTF Wastage! 

Chat GPT - Give us ten insightful questions to consider how we might expand our business in 2025:

1. What is our unique value proposition, and how can we leverage it in new markets?

2. What are the potential risks involved with expansion, and how can we mitigate them?

It's been a year and a half since we had Chook on the show and around 2 years since she started her business. Its expanded splendidly with the thought of taking on new members from the family and also possibly moving to shared factory premises. Chook has a lot to share from her experience and skillset.

Best month ever for Northprint - Josh heads off to the UK on a well earned break and leaves his business in the hands of his awesome team. How will they cope? How will Josh cope!?! Sam has a new head - in his DTF printer with tales of woe around the complexity of running DTF. It's an honest look at what's been happening since last time.

Another free and easy chat with Josh and Sam as they share their stories of how their print shops have been going over the past month or so. Changes in sales patterns, large order challenges, questions about who is responsible for deliveries when things go wrong, staffing issues that create vulnerabilities in the business, job contracts and non disclosure agreements; and more.

Josh and Sam catchup with Angel from Halo Print Co a very successful retail print shop with a difference in Sydney. Pop culture and Pink collide with a savvy New York mindset to produce and explosive and entirely customer focused shop with an amazing track record for speedy print turnaround. Spend a bit more and get the full VIP treatment including your own 'while you wait' room where you can enjoy lashings of Latte and time with a small dawg and connect 4. A must listen episode. 

Discussion topics. End of year financials. July Sales downturn and strategies to change that. Supacolour Developments. ROQ Impress. Business owner stress and coping strategies. GST payment Strategies. Free Washout Booth to anyone willing to come and get it (Ministry of Shirts). 

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Another update from Josh and Sam about the state of the screen print nation! New DTF Presses and Embroidery Machines as well as a great conversation with Chris about his fast paced, fast growing Printshop Cherry Studios. A man with a strategic vision for the future of his business and who has, in a short time, burst into the business world with an impressive set of skills, experiences and print shop to boot.

www.cherrystudios.com.au

https://www.instagram.com/cherrystudios.au/?hl=en

Josh and Sam prattling away again. This time with Jacob from the Death Clique Printing Co (and brand!).

Shop Talk includes candid conversations about moving premises, pricing your jobs, Direct to Film and more.