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Anyone in central Massachusetts looking for work?

Let me clarify: I'm OK with paying a ONE-TIME higher cost to get a system purpose-built rather than paying a monthly subscription forever for a solution that is half-baked. I'm OK with paying for subscriptions for things of value it's just that to me Zapier is way over-priced for what it is. I...

"Full" description and application form found here: https://shirtsandsigns.us/careers/, I will also accept DM's to this account as inquiries as well. I'm not great at writing job descriptions, but I'm basically looking for someone with experience and ability to do the following: - Follow shop...

Texas_Signmaker sometimes in these situations when the customer has picked on something unreasonable it can be helpful to ask them to go around and look at literally any other signs around. It gets them to unlock the autistic focus they've put onto your sign and put that focus on the larger...

As I'm still trying to figure a solution that works for me (still doing Trello+QBO for now) I am starting to think it might be worth it to try hiring a developer to create a couple of custom Trello power-ups to add some of the functionality that I feel like I'm missing and connect the two a...

Looks like I'll be rolling my own as my workflow process in Trello works well for me and I can't find an estimator tool that fits well but doesn't also want me to use their workflow process as well. I'll likely land on some form of Trello+Zapier+Google Sheets+QuickBooks Online for the time...

WildWestDesigns hosted elsewhere I suppose. I'd rather off-load the data backup etc to someone else. I'm not an expert there and like I said, I don't really want to be maintaining a server or software really. I just want something to help facilitate my business so I'm not doing double-entry...

ColorCrest which Filemaker subscription product would I need to sign up for in order to connect to the API and have my Filemaker hosted in the cloud? Also, can I build such a Filemaker app from my browser/in the cloud? Basically what I'm getting at is: can I use it 100% without having to...

Gino my current setup is similar to yours, but see Stacey K's post for one of the main issues I'm having. A full 50% of my sales is printed apparel, the other 50% is between various signage, vehicle lettering/wraps and small format printing. Those sign items are not a problem to quote. It's a...

Stacey K Thanks for the info! I'm looking forward to what you have to say next week. I'm going to try to make enough time this weekend as well to evaluate YoPrint. I think I've come across all of the others on your list there as well, but the one that intrigues me the most is The Print Life...

I wanted to add: I know I'm being picky here, but I want to find something I can set up and plan to maintain long-term with little headache and also won't be a nightmare in the future to train someone else to use it along side me (or eventually to replace me if I were to sell the shop or get a...

Hi Everyone, Thanks for the replies and all of the suggestions. I've been busy since my original post but I've been reading the responses. I feel like I wasn't as clear as I could have been in my original post but I am specifically NOT worried about every little nut and bolt due to the way...

Hi Everyone, So I'm looking for a bit of advice. I've already gone through and looked at similar threads on this topic and am not really coming up with a solution for me and my shop. We're a small three-person shop that does screen printed apparel, custom signs, small- & wide-format printing...

Thanks for the insight guys. I'm probably just a bit down due to being a bit burned out and everything going on right now. Hired a new designer a few weeks ago and now we're all but shut down here which is a bummer. I'm sure I just need to reset my perspective. I did get into this because I...

Title says it all, I'm sick of dealing with custom work, it's such a PITA. Every job is different and I've tried reigning in the options and putting them on the website but every communication starts with "can you do something like.." and I feel like I'm re-inventing the wheel every day. I...

I see thanks for the info guys. I'm wondering what would be a good product for clear coating an HDU sign? I've used minwax polyacrylic on a wooden sign before, but it's supposed to be indoor only. I've used the Spar Varnish but it has a yellow tint to it that I don't like. I've also done...

I didn't know about the chaulking issue in the sun. What polyester resin do you recommend? I don't have a spray setup so I have to be able to roll or brush it on unfortunately.

I'm thinking of getting some of the "Bar Epoxy" to experiment with; there are some cool projects using it that I keep seeing on the youtubes. I was wondering if anyone has ever thought to try "clearcoating" an HDU sign with the stuff? Do you think it would work? I know the 2-part epoxies...

Maybe part of my trouble is being in a small town of only 12,000...

I'm working on it overall. A big problem is bottlenecking on the front end of sales/estimates/design before things get sent up to production. I do everything except for screen printing, which is my employee's full-time job. It's not difficult to understand how it's hard to keep up with things...