1: Shop Talk #1: Hiring Your First Sales Rep

02/20/19 • 27 min

When do you hire a sales rep for your screen printing and custom merchandise shop? How do you pay them? What should they actually do?
These questions come up again and again. Luckily, Steven Farag from Campus Ink shared his first-hand experience with hiring a dedicated outside sales representative.
Steven discusses recruiting, training, incentives, salary, commissions, lead generation, and measuring value with Bruce Ackerman from Printavo. This question and answer session will resolve your questions and give you the best practices for moving forward with hiring your first sales rep.
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Screen Printing Business Tips for Crushing 2019

It's time to CRUSH your goals in 2019! It's a great time to have a bit of a mental refresh from last year and separate it from the goals and accomplishments you want to achieve this year.
You can get yourself pumped up, get your team pumped up.
What I've got for you are 10 different tips. These are 10 really great tips to take your shop to the next level and get ready for the new year. Here we go!
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1. Evaluate poorly performing employees.
2. Upgrade your efficiency.
3. Clean up your branding.
4. Get your online reviews right.
5. Go to trade shows.
6. Use social proof.
7. Do social advertising.
8. Invest in direct to screen.
9. Get that automatic press.
10. Stay extremely optimistic.
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2: Shop Talk: How To Do $1M In Online Store Sales

Bruce Ackerman from Printavo sits down with Steven Farag from Campus Ink to talk about how he got to $1M in online store sales for screen printing and custom merchandise.
Steve's shop was the first on Printavo Merch [Beta] – our solution for simple online stores – and his insight is valuable.
Bruce and Steve discuss:
- Building a customer profile for great Merch customers
- Developing store-specific minimums
- Calculating an upcharge and treating the store as a premium service
- Why Printavo Merch [Beta] makes so much sense when paired with Printavo
- How Amazon shapes thinking about customer service
- Why trade shows are so crucial to growth and development
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This in-depth discussion has too much great info to summarize here.
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