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But smaller orders are the most profitable!

I was trained to do wraps among all the other techniques taught at the 3M Professional Installer course I took several years ago. However, I found that designing, printing and installing them was just too time consuming and I could make much more money sticking with signs and banners.

I stopped drinking that a few years ago!

I'm always afraid that, if I turn down a job that needs design, the customer will go to a designer who will then scoop the print job from me and send it to one of their outsource contacts. I'll admit that I do make great money with graphic design work.

For some reason, we sell a lot of flags and recently, even flag poles! I always buy my flags and supplied from Quinn Flags. Great service and quality.

We experienced Cat 5 Hurricane Maria on our Caribbean island about 5 years ago. Although we were without utility power for ~3 months, my 100 KW diesel generator at the workplace saved us. We were open the day after the storm. What we experienced in the months after the storm was an avalanche of...

I've used aftermarket inks in my Mimaki almost since the day I got it. I've stuck with mostly STS or Bordeaux and have never had a issue or had to replace the head. I find STS to be fast and responsive, but, I'm using everyday solvent inks.

Brrr...too cold there.

I buy all my blanks from Hall Signs.

Generally, I'll take anyone's money and don't really care about where it came from or why. If it were my company, the $1500 would stay on the customer's account for a year then go into the Christmas party fund.

Apart from using RapidTac and water, I have these felt squeegee covers that work very well. Additionally, we often give a finished sign surface a good wipe down with 90% ipa as others have suggested.

If it were me, I'd start selling first and farm out my orders to wholesalers before I started to worry about equipment. You might make a bit less profit but you can grow at your own pace and acquire equipment as you go. As for me, I'm going the other route. I'm closing my 10,000 sq ft plant and...

That's were I got my reflective banner material too. Weirdly, it never took off and only one customer has ever ordered a reflective banner since I bought it.

I'm already using ChatGPT to write blog posts for my commercial printing website. I also used it extensively to write the descriptions for each product and category. It writes great stuff and in a fraction of the time it takes me to compoise the same thing. I've used Dall-e a few times and have...

I stopped using Facebook and Instagram about a year ago. I deleted both apps from my phone and blocked them from my desktop computer at the "hosts" level. Now, I rarely ever get targeted ads. Also, I'm so happy to not have to see everyone's posts about politics and whatever else is irritating...

One of my kids lives in Melbourne and is a Permanent Resident. Its doubtful that he'll ever own a home there unless I chip in a significant amount for the down payment. Hopefully the exchange rate will stay around the $0.73 AUS range for a few more years. Meanwhile, my daughter lives in Toronto...

We've been ASI members for well over a decade. I never wanted to get into promotional products but now I'm really glad we did. After about 10 years in the promo business, it generates more growth, revenue and profit than our commercial printing business (which declines a bit every year). The...

I switched from Desktop to Online a while back. I find it much better for many reasons. The days of actually "owning" software are over, which I understand from a business prospective completely.

Fellow Canuck here (dual citizen). I never criticize other businesses for doing stuff that I do at my own business. I'm in business to legally make as much money as possible and I don't care where it comes from. In Canada, you have to suck every penny you can out of a transaction just to afford...

I add a hidden 3% to every invoice to cover credit card transaction fees. As a business owner, I try to pay for everything I can with my Citi AA Mastercard because I love the air miles. I'm a AA Executive Platinum level and use my points to travel extensively and often get seat upgrades and...