Getting Organized with Bruce Ackerman

April 5, 2019| Aaron Montgomery| 0 Comment| 10:00 am

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Please find some links and notes from the 2 Regular Guys Podcast. Bruce Ackerman is the Founder of Printavo, a business he started in 2012 after growing a screen-printing shop in Champaign, IL. We are going to talk to Bruce today about how to get your shop organized so you are more efficient and profitable. We will discuss workflow, what has changed in the business software world since 2012 and where it is heading. Put your business ahead of the competition with the tips and trick Bruce is going to share with us this week.

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Getting Organized

Aaron: We heard a little bit in the intro, but can you take us back to 2012, give us the origin story and what you felt was missing from the software available at the time.

Aaron: Let’s start with branding. You recently had a sit down with Tom Davenport of Motion Textile. Can you give a recap of that and your take on branding?

Aaron: Back at ISS Long Beach in January you and Stevan from Campus Ink taught a class about how to simplify your workflow. For those of us that missed it, can you give us the highlights and what you hoped people took away from it?

Aaron: When it comes to organization in print shops, what is the most common failure point? Your tribe is called the Print Hustlers, what are they working on to be one more organized?

Aaron: Since the inception of Printavo in 2012 what changed about your philosophy when it comes to organization?

Aaron: Merch has become a real buzz word in our industry lately, and you guys have a tool called Printavo Merch. Tell us about that and just the Merch space in general.

Aaron: I mentioned the tribe of Print Hustlers, tell us about the conference in July.

Aaron: What is one piece of advice you can leave our listeners with that they can take and implement today to be more organized?

Aaron: Where can people find you and learn more about Printavo?

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November 11, 2016| Aaron Montgomery| 0 Comment| 1:24 pm

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Please find some links and notes from the 2 Regular Guys Podcast. On this very special show, we are honored to be broadcasting on Veteran’s Day. Thanks to the brave men and women who have served our country to give us the right to have our podcast and all the other rights we have. We are excited to have a tribute to the Veterans by welcoming some of them to our podcast. We will talk with them about their entrance into the industry, what their service meant to them and give them an opportunity to tell us about them. We will ask them all what we can do to best honor our military veterans. This was a true honor for Terry and Aaron to be able to recognize these folks who have sacrificed for our country.

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February 12, 2016| Aaron Montgomery| 0 Comment| 3:03 pm

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Please find some links and notes from the 2 Regular Guys Podcast. Terry and Aaron welcome in a long time friend and industry expert, Don Copeland. Don has been part of ColDesi for years and is a leading authority on all things DTG, Embroidery and beyond. Terry and Aaron are going to explore with Don how our industry has evolved from niches like embroiderer, screen printer, etc. to apparel decorators. More diversification – folks are adding vinyl graphics, rhinestone and other techniques to make money.