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How creating meaningful content can
educate the market to your value.
By Mark A. Coudray, Contributing Writer

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ne thing has become apparent to me over the years: The vast
majority of people who buy decorated apparel have no real
idea of what's involved. Not only this, but they think every
decorator is the same and the only thing that separates you from the
others is your lower price.
This is the living deﬁnition of a commodity, where the market sets
the price and sees no discernible difference between suppliers. This
may be far from the truth, but it is the market's perception - which
is, unfortunately, our reality.
As decorators, we're faced with the challenge of letting prospective
and actual customers know why we're the most trusted and valuable
choice to create their garment graphics. This is no small task. According to the 2013 Nielsen Online Media Trust Survey, consumers today
believe an advertiser's message only 13% of the time. Essentially, 87%
of our potential customers won't trust the stories we're telling them.
What's the best way around this?
Fortunately, we aren't the only ones who have faced this dilemma.
Advertising copywriters as far back as 100 years ago dealt with the
same challenge. After much trial and error, they arrived at several
successful approaches. These tactics can be used individually or be
combined with others.

HERE'S HOW IT'S MADE
Everyone loves a story. One of the most famous examples of telling a story to sell a product goes back to the 1920s. At the time, Pabst
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Table of Contents
First Impressions
From the Show Director
FYI
Product Gallery
ISS Conferences
Printing Profits
Cool Kids
Back to School
Storytelling
Shop Spotlight
Embroidery Design & Digitizing
Embroidery Production
Screen Printing Production
Screen Printing Graphics & Design
Screen Printing Technique
Classifieds
Online Directory
Ad Index
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Impressions - June/July 2014 - Cover2
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Impressions - June/July 2014 - Table of Contents
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Impressions - June/July 2014 - First Impressions
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Impressions - June/July 2014 - From the Show Director
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Impressions - June/July 2014 - FYI
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Impressions - June/July 2014 - Product Gallery
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Impressions - June/July 2014 - ISS Conferences
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Impressions - June/July 2014 - Printing Profits
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Impressions - June/July 2014 - Cool Kids
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Impressions - June/July 2014 - Back to School
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Impressions - June/July 2014 - Storytelling
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Impressions - June/July 2014 - Shop Spotlight
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Impressions - June/July 2014 - Embroidery Design & Digitizing
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Impressions - June/July 2014 - Embroidery Production
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Impressions - June/July 2014 - Screen Printing Production
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Impressions - June/July 2014 - Screen Printing Graphics & Design
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Impressions - June/July 2014 - Screen Printing Technique
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Impressions - June/July 2014 - 70
Impressions - June/July 2014 - Classifieds
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Impressions - June/July 2014 - Ad Index
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