SHIRT SHOW

Alright, we've been tiptoeing around AI for a long time now. A little implementation here, a little automation there, but the turns have officially tabled. Most of Dilly's AI implementations have trickled down from these two, so Matt from Marcotte.Ink and Jared from AKT Enterprises are here, and it's time to chat with our favorite cyborgs. Topics of discussion include: AI-powered ADHD, comparing and integrating different chatbots, updating internal processes with new technology, tackling CRM and outbound sales, adopting new development tools, how ScreenPrintGPT started and where it's going, AI tools for upscaling and separations, Mattcotte's seps demo, solving problems created by AI, gamifying your shop processes, and the shows we rewatch on loop.🔗 All Our Links: https://linktree.com/shirtshow

After fifty frickin years in business, Connor McDonnell joins us to share how his family business shifted from sporting goods to shirts, and how he's focused on keeping Shirt.Co on the cutting edge of today's print industry. Topics of discussion include: Shirt.Co's social media strategy, pivoting away from sporting goods, working with family, SEO, walk-in customers, union printing, sales automation, promo orders, rebranding, custom boxes, expanding decoration offerings, equipment fails, and a certain season of a certain show that you can go ahead and just not bother watching.🔗 All Our Links: https://linktree.com/shirtshow

After 10 years of printing and running e-commerce out of his garage, Jacob Bennett of Agenda Printworks is finally getting out of the house and into a retail location. We talk through the growing pains and evolution of Agenda, and how he aims to take things to the next level without losing his DIY spirit. Topics of discussion include: Surviving the service industry, going from printing for others to building his own brand, emotional attachments to merch, alternatives to outbound sales, CRM strategies, finding fun in constraints, prepping, the perks of not working from home, helpful tools, beater cars, and slow burns.🔗 All Our Links: https://linktree.com/shirtshow

Whether you’re printing analog or digitally, the difference between a great shirt and an okay shirt is probably hiding somewhere in your art seps. Mike Hoey is here to help. Topics of discussion include: joining the dark side of the industry, finessing DTF, living in a print shop, the harsh chemicals of yesteryear, artists vs. production artists, optimizing your prints at the RIP level, specialty inks, applying corporate processes to small business operations, client stakeouts, burying your feelings deep deep deep down inside, hot market disasters, and Nic Cage.🔗 All Our Links: https://linktree.com/shirtshow

While AI slop is bleeding into every facet of the industry, shops like Cast Iron Print Works are proof that screen printing with integrity isn’t going anywhere, and it’s on its way to coming at a premium. Josh & Wes join us to talk about what it takes to protect the craft without getting left behind. Topics of discussion include: Timbo’s art direction pivot, slop probs, where we draw our lines in the sand on AI, gig posters, the reality of transitioning into in-house merchandising, high standards and accountability, balancing creative and production, culture shifting toward premium art and printing, the value of identity, making peace with our wardrobes, finding the right clients, switching shop management platforms, shop layouts, and Aaron Sorkin.🔗 All Our Links: https://linktree.com/shirtshow