Building your T-Shirt Empire

In this episode of the Building your T-Shirt Empire podcast, we explore the benefits of using chatbots, specifically ChatGPT, in your business. ChatGPT is a cutting-edge chatbot technology that uses artificial intelligence to understand and respond to customer inquiries in real-time. By integrating ChatGPT into your website or social media channels, you can provide quick and personalized customer...

Longtime industry buddies John Dubois and Cole chat about where the apparel and screenprinting industry stands today going into the fall of 2022. A wide range of topics include: * DTF emerging  * Big Corporate Mergers * Price increases in 2023 * Fall Sales Forecasts * Shipping and Production Lead Times *** Check out LAT Apparel's full line www.latapparel.com This Podcast brought to you by- ShirtAg...

In this episode of Building Your T-shirt Empire Cole talks with Nicole Chang. A Harvard and Stanford Business and Law School alum,  PY Nicole has had a dynamic global career that has taken her from the the trading floors of Wall Street to the corporate offices of some of the world’s leading corporations, including McKinsey and LVMH.  PY Nicole is also an active advisor and investor in socially-con...

Victor Pena started Omniprint International to empower small businesses to thrive with DTG on demand printing.  Learn his business insights into the apparel space and hear how he built his own massive company.   Topics: Social Media Marketing When to buy your first machine DTG Machine Pricing and how to make more money per print

Brett Bowden from Printed Threads takes Cole from Shirt Agency on a tour of his multimillion-dollar Texas print shop.  Learn the industry tricks to screen printing tens of thousands of t-shirts per week.  Detailed breakdowns of- Dark Room Art Department Automatic Roq Presses Quality Control Receiving Ink Department This video has great insights for print shop owners of all sizes.   https://youtu.b...

In this episode, Cole travels to the land of Long Beach, CA. to check out the ISS convention.  During his perilous journey he chats with representatives from Hanes, Lane Seven Apparel, OvalJet and Printavo.  Topics include- The supply shortages, High End DTG solutions, New Color Trends, Work from home tips, and Killer new software features.  So come along on a socially distanced and fully vaxxed j...

Gavin St. George chats with Cole about the screen-printing business and how he has stepped away from the print shop to offer an awesome new artwork service for screen-printers. Stop dealing with films and mockups in house and have Seps.io handle all the artwork for less than 3 days of an in house employee. To join the Beta head to https://my.seps.io/r/P4Q52X and enter coupon code "Cole" for 10% of...

General Standard's Mission is to create the most sustainable, equitable, and economical garments in the world. Their process starts with the seed. They use single source e3 cotton seeds. They require far less water, reduce CO2, are gentle for the soil, and support US farmers. They then convert the e3 cotton into our next generation Ring Optic yarn. Their Ring Optic yarn is then knit into high qual...

You read that right. Die Epic's rabid fan base powers Daniel Dimassa's business. Learn how he grew a brand that sells worldwide from his laptop. Topics Include: Print on Demand, Screenprinting, Amazon FBA, Trademark Fights, Almost punching the Rock's stunt double, and why so many brands never make their first 10k in sales. Brought to you by Printavo.com for $50 off your first month click https://w...

I knew that this episode with Griff the Founder of Combat Flip Flops was going to be great when he said- "It's really cool that your selling products but how much did you spend to sell that product." Knowing that he wanted to create an amazing life for himself after retirement, Griff launched Combat Flip Flops while still an active duty Army Ranger. His precise and clear vision for his company is...

Growing a small business has always hard but now it's even more difficult as our economy remains slow. Cole talks with Eli the owner of AB Graphics and Promotionals about ways he can make more than 10k a month in his screen-printing business. Topics include- Website Best Practices, Finding your ideal client, Cold Calls, Developing relationships that lead to sales and utilizing social media. Powere...

In this Episode, Cole talks with the incredible Andrea Lake about how so many start up t-shirt companies have no idea what they are doing. Her insights and experience into the industry are fantastic listening. Since starting her first web company in 1999 Andrea has started 14 companies, including: StickerJunkie, YogaJunkie, Delinquent Distribution (which owned the sales rights for merch on Minecra...

Bruce Ackerman the Founder of Printavo goes in depth with Cole about the state of the industry. Topics include: The sales data Printavo is seeing at all shops, revenue being down, future opportunities and more. Don't miss out on this great episode with possibly the most plugged in businessman in the industry. Printavo.com ShirtAgency.com | Brought to you by Printavo.com for $50 off your first mont...

Milissa Clark the Sales Director for US Blanks discusses their companies quick switch to sewing masks in Los Angeles. She also discusses the longterm adjustment she is seeing the industry take to stay open.

Tim Gibson the Director of Sales for Hanes Brands talks with Cole about how the company has been pivotal in providing masks for front-line workers. After being contacted directly by the US government Hanes created millions of masks and are now able to provide them to the promotional products industry. Tim also discusses how he sees the state of the industry going forward. Additional topics include...

Chris Blakelee the President of Bella + Canvas talks with Cole about the dramatic pivot the company made to create 100s of Millions of masks during Covid-19. He also goes into detail about what Bella + Canvas is expecting for the apparel industry moving forward. Shirt Agency.com BellaCanvas.com

Nabeel Amin the Founder of Lane Seven discusses their businesses response to the shutdown. He gives insight into PPP, Staffing and creating inventory for fall. LaneSeven.com ShirtAgency.com

In this episode of Building your T-Shirt Empire Cole talks with the Founder of Ryonet and Allmade Ryan Moor. Topics include: Masks Managing Staff Creative ways to stay in Business The present state of Allmade, Ryonet and Roq Us PPP loans How to reach out to new clients during the shutdown Ryonet.com ShirtAgency.com

Nate Goff aka @printsnate is the owner of Fresh MFG. After working at another shop he quickly built his new screenprint shop by working for retail giants Forever 21 and Zumiez. We chat about printing late into the night, finding big clients and doing whatever it takes to make the customers happy. Powered by ShirtAgency.com | The best t-shirt printing and fulfillment company in the Pico Union distr...

Ruben from Grandline Graphics returns with more questions on how to grow his t-shirt print shop. In this hour long conversation we discuss a variety of topics including production efficiency, outside sales, lead generation and online marketing. POWERED by | ShirtAgency.com the best screenprinting and fulfillment company I have ever built.

Bruce Ackerman is the Founder and forward thinking leader of Printavo. Starting in 2011 as successful print shop owner Bruce began coding what is today one of the largest shop management solutions in the industry. He chats with Cole about what is next for his company and why he thinks some shops are growing so quickly while others plateau. Powered by Shirtagency.com | The most incredible place to...

Whenever I go to a conference I almost always get sucked into a conversation about how Shirt Agency does online advertising. So in this episode I go over the basics of online advertising by breaking it into 3 difficulty sections: EASY STUFF- Facebook Boosts, Google Search ads. REQUIRES SOME EFFORT- Instagram ads, Video Ads on FB Youtube, Basic Targeting. TRYING AS IF IT WAS YOUR JOB- Pixels, Re-ta...

Brett Bowden Founder of Printed Threads flew out to LA to work with Shirt Agency on improving our print shop. Obviously we can't tell you everything he taught us here. But in this episode we go over some of the major take-aways from his two day trip to help us up our screen printing shop's game. POWERED by SHIRTAGENCY.com also Check Out PRINTEDTHREADS.com

****NOTE: For the first time this episode was filmed live for Youtube. So please Head to youtube.com/shirtagency and subscribe.**** In this episode of Building your T-Shirt Empire, Ryan Moor from Ryonet talks with Cole about a variety of topics. Topics include: Marketing Fulfillment Services Future Screen Printing Tech Grandline Graphics Update Allmade Sales Strategies 80/20 Rule and more... Check...

We invite screen printer Mark back into the room for another episode of shop therapy. Grandline Graphics discusses what is making their shop run inefficiently and how we can fix it. Topics include: Job roles, Rush Orders, Receiving, Darkroom management, and how to actually get stuff done on time. Powered by ShirtAgency.com | The best t-shirt printing company of Spring 2018