Non-Decoration Skills that Matter to Decorators – Part 2

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We’re back for Part 2 of our discussion with Erich Campbell about one of his favorite topics, Non-Decoration Skills that Matter to Decorators. Erich will add the title “guest” to his show producer duties this Friday as we talk about a wide array of skills required to run your business beyond decorating garments. Join in with your own questions and comments on this important topic.

News

PRINTING United Alliance Announces New Apparel Decoration Summit – Following the success of the highly engaged Summit models produced by PRINTING United Alliance — including the Inkjet Summit, Wide-format Summit, and Digital Packaging Summit— the Apparel Decoration Summit is designed for senior managers and executives in, or entering, the decorated apparel space looking to understand how current and future printing technologies, substrate options, market trends, and data management solutions will impact their businesses and investment decisions. This Summit will provide strategic-level insights into what industry leaders must do to grow, improve, and optimize their businesses. The event will be June 12-14, 2023, at the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee.

Fruit of the Loom Achieves 40% Reduction in Greenhouse Gas Emissions – Fruit of the Loom Inc. announces a 40% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions at its operations, putting the company on track to achieve its goal of reducing scope one and two emissions by 50% by 2030. This goal was announced in 2021 as a part of its science-based target approved by the Science Based Targets initiative to keep a rise in temperature below 1.5 degrees Celsius (34.7 degrees F) by 2030. This achievement and more can be found in the 2021 sustainability report.

Non-Decoration Skills that Matter

Erich Campbell is an award-winning machine embroidery digitizer and designer, frequently contributing to embroidery industry resources, including hosting his weekly show ‘The Takeup.’ Erich has done many jobs in the industry, from creating and managing eCommerce properties to social media and marketing to establishing and managing relationships between vendors and industry businesses. Erich is an evangelist for the craft, a stitch-obsessed embroidery believer, and firmly holds to constant, lifelong learning and the free exchange of technique and experience through conversations with his fellow embroiderers. He’s also the producer and a frequent contributor to the popular 2 Regular Guys podcast, lending his unique embroidery experience to the mix.

Terry: Today, we want to carry on from our part 1 episode where we covered approximately 1 of our 9 stated topics; I think we may want to catch people up. What were the top takeaways from last time that you think we should keep in mind?

Aaron: Let’s start back where we left off, we managed to talk about pricing and started into customer interaction, but I think there’s more we can cover. Let’s start with the wider topic of customer interaction and Marketing; where do you think that some of the ‘soft’ and non-decoration skills come up in how we market what we do?

Some discussion areas:

1. Pricing (Part #1)
2. Interaction with customers /  some
3. Marketing
4. Finding your niche
5. Education… keeping up with the industry

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If you would like to present your 5 Things, five quick points on any subject, whether it be advice or five instructional steps, we would love to hear from you. You can come on the show and present them yourself, or we will share your list with our listeners or even play a recorded video of you sharing 5 things. Whatever is easiest.