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think.
DIRECT-TO-GARMENT

make.

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do.

More Dollars
With DTG
Follow this advice to maximize profits
with this decorating discipline.
BY JOHN LEDREW, CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Most businesses follow the standard checklist for marketing and advertising their
direct-to-garment (DTG) printing services.
Set up a website, find ways to improve
their Google ranking and search engine
optimization (SEO), advertise online and
via traditional media, etc.
If you own a reliable DTG printer, you
can increase your product sales with little
to no advertising budget.Yes, you should
create a website, do SEO work and register

your business. But you also should do the
following four free things that are only
possible with DTG printing.
Use Your Competitors
Most off-the-street customers today will
not order in the 144- to 5,000-piece range;
rather, these new customers will order
between five and 30 pieces. Customers
are being trained to believe they can

order fully custom one-off apparel with the
click of a mouse. If your competitors do
not have a reliable DTG printer, they are
struggling to service the needs of lowervolume customers.
Reach out to local garment decorators and screen printers to introduce your
DTG capabilities. Create contract pricing
that would entice your competitors
to send you their expensive and hardearned prospects.
No technology on the market is better
suited for full-color, high-quality, lowvolume runs. Capitalize on this. When
your competitors have to turn their prospects away because they can't facilitate
low-volume runs, have them turn those
prospects over to you.
Use DTG's Portability

DTG's portability means
you can take your printer
to events - such as a car
show - take pictures of
customers, upload them
and print on site.

Take your printer to events and sell custom
shirts on the spot. Historically, reliability
and maintenance issues prevented DTG
printers from leaving a decorated apparel
shop's climate-controlled environment.
DTG is becoming more reliable, durable
and easy to maintain. Because of that, it
also can be portable.
Search your local area for basketball,
baseball, volleyball, golf, swimming and
other events. Take your printer to fairs,
festivals and car shows. You can simply
create a few templates unique to each
event, take pictures of customers as a team,
individuals or in front of their cars, upload
them and print.Think outside the shop.

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Impressions - May 2016
Contents
First Impressions
From the Show Director
Overheard
First Look
Scene at ISS
On Design
Innovation in the Trenches
The Knits Just Keep On Comin’
Innovation Sparks Screen-Printing Success
Stitching Staples Get Upgrades
Digital Shines in the Spotlight
Shop Talk
Embroidery Production
Screen Printing Production
Screen Printing Graphics & Design
Sublimation
Direct-To-Garment
Heat Printing
Classifieds
Ad Index/Online Directory
Impressions - May 2016 - CT1
Impressions - May 2016 - CT2
Impressions - May 2016 - Impressions - May 2016
Impressions - May 2016 - Cover2
Impressions - May 2016 - 1
Impressions - May 2016 - Contents
Impressions - May 2016 - 3
Impressions - May 2016 - 4
Impressions - May 2016 - 5
Impressions - May 2016 - First Impressions
Impressions - May 2016 - 7
Impressions - May 2016 - From the Show Director
Impressions - May 2016 - 9
Impressions - May 2016 - Overheard
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Impressions - May 2016 - 15a
Impressions - May 2016 - 15b
Impressions - May 2016 - First Look
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Impressions - May 2016 - Scene at ISS
Impressions - May 2016 - On Design
Impressions - May 2016 - 21
Impressions - May 2016 - Innovation in the Trenches
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Impressions - May 2016 - The Knits Just Keep On Comin’
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Impressions - May 2016 - Innovation Sparks Screen-Printing Success
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Impressions - May 2016 - Stitching Staples Get Upgrades
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Impressions - May 2016 - Digital Shines in the Spotlight
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Impressions - May 2016 - Shop Talk
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Impressions - May 2016 - Embroidery Production
Impressions - May 2016 - 57
Impressions - May 2016 - Screen Printing Production
Impressions - May 2016 - 59
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Impressions - May 2016 - Screen Printing Graphics & Design
Impressions - May 2016 - 62
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Impressions - May 2016 - Sublimation
Impressions - May 2016 - 65
Impressions - May 2016 - 66
Impressions - May 2016 - Direct-To-Garment
Impressions - May 2016 - 68
Impressions - May 2016 - 69
Impressions - May 2016 - Heat Printing
Impressions - May 2016 - 71
Impressions - May 2016 - Classifieds
Impressions - May 2016 - Ad Index/Online Directory
Impressions - May 2016 - 74
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https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/impressions/201803
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https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/impressions/201712
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https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/impressions/201701
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