The Aussie Screen printing Club

Discussions include: Taking a break from business and letting the team make the decisions. Coping the Government Departments responsible for tracking spam. Marketing through golfing events. Outbound Sales. High-Lights and Low-Lights for Northprint and the Ministry of Shirts in 2025. Business Process Wikis and Business Bibles. Deconetwork Implementation. DTF Wastage!    Chat GPT - Give us ten insightful questions to consider how we might expand our business in 2025: 1. What is our unique value proposition, and how can we leverage it in new markets? Identifying what sets your business apart can help in tailoring your expansion strategies. 2. What are the potential risks involved with expansion, and how can we mitigate them? Assessing risks related to finances, competition, and operational challenges can lead to more informed decisions.

It's been a year and a half since we had Chook on the show and around 2 years since she started her business. Its expanded splendidly with the thought of taking on new members from the family and also possibly moving to shared factory premises. Chook has a lot to share from her experience and skillset. Best month ever for Northprint - Josh heads off to the UK on a well earned break and leaves his business in the hands of his awesome team. How will they cope? How will Josh cope!?! Sam has a new head - in his DTF printer with tales of woe around the complexity of running DTF. It's an honest look at what's been happening since last time.

Another free and easy chat with Josh and Sam as they share their stories of how their print shops have been going over the past month or so. Changes in sales patterns, large order challenges, questions about who is responsible for deliveries when things go wrong, staffing issues that create vulnerabilities in the business, job contracts and non disclosure agreements; and more.    

Josh and Sam catchup with Angel from Halo Print Co a very successful retail print shop with a difference in Sydney. Pop culture and Pink collide with a savvy New York mindset to produce and explosive and entirely customer focused shop with an amazing track record for speedy print turnaround. Spend a bit more and get the full VIP treatment including your own 'while you wait' room where you can enjoy lashings of Latte and time with a small dawg and connect 4. A must listen episode. 

Discussion topics. End of year financials. July Sales downturn and strategies to change that. Supacolour Developments. ROQ Impress. Business owner stress and coping strategies. GST payment Strategies. Free Washout Booth to anyone willing to come and get it (Ministry of Shirts).  Got a question or interested in being a guest on the show? Email josh@northprint.com.au or sam@ministryshirts.com.au  

Another update from Josh and Sam about the state of the screen print nation! New DTF Presses and Embroidery Machines as well as a great conversation with Chris about his fast paced, fast growing Printshop Cherry Studios. A man with a strategic vision for the future of his business and who has, in a short time, burst into the business world with an impressive set of skills, experiences and print shop to boot. www.cherrystudios.com.au https://www.instagram.com/cherrystudios.au/?hl=en  

Josh and Sam prattling away again. This time with Jacob from the Death Clique Printing Co (and brand!). Shop Talk includes candid conversations about moving premises, pricing your jobs, Direct to Film and more.

Aussie Screen printers Club - Christmas Drop-In 2024 Listen in to the last podcast of 2024 with a number of drop in guests including: Chook from Inked by Chook, Jason from Shed 76 & Tyler from Tee Shack.

Welcome back to a chat with Josh and Sam about their respective Screen printing businesses. Topics covered in this show include: What do you do when a customer supplies cruddy artwork? How do you arrange your Pantones? What business structure do you recommend? How and where do you get your sim process seps done? Do you prefer Diazo or no Diazo Emulsions and why? How long until you reclaim a screen? Charging for setups on repeat orders? When do you send your mockup pre or post order? Folding tees for order. Dip tanks? What are they good for? Entry level kit for new starts - what should you buy as a minimum? Where do you go to learn how to screen print? What is your favourite blank? what do you love about Screen Printing that keeps you coming back? Thanks to our listeners for your questions! Keep em coming! Email josh@northprint.com.au or sam@ministryshirts.com.au and let us know if you want to be on the show. We love it when guests get on and talk shop!

Josh and sam discuss the latest developments in their screen print shops. Discussion topics include Josh finally moving in to new premises! YAY! Coping with Staff taking leave. Websites and DECO Network shop management systems and more.

A where are we at chat between Josh and Sam on their screenprint journey. Has Josh finally moved to his new premises? Has Sam's new building commenced construction? Other topics include the semblance of a Market Downturn | Customers and their hexadecimal colour codes | and expanding your business overseas.   Want to send us your questions or come on the show? email us on aspc@ministryshirts.com.au

The boys have a bit of banter about running Screen Printing businesses. Topics covered include year end accounts, bookkeepers, outsourcing artwork proofing, bonusing staff, new washout chemicals ,laser engraving and promo products, standard operating procedures, Anatol presses, and more.

Chantal (aka Chook) learned the trade back in the 1990's by serving her apprenticeship and after a motherhood hiatus returned with a new screen printing enterprise called 'Inked by Chook'. A class act with a rubi-film background using waterbased at the coast at Yamba. She's passionate about the trade with and has an extensive experience in having the intel and starting from the ground up in her garage - we love garage screen printers. Inked by Chook is a great fun brand, full of vibrant colours and character which revolves (terrible pun) around a great entrepreneur equally vibrant and fun.   https://www.instagram.com/inked_by_chook/ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555784713880 inkedbychook@gmail.com  

In Just 2 years full time Nathan has grown his business in Screen Printing and Embroidery to a six colour M&R Manual and 18 heads for embroidery. He learnt the craft a few years back and moved from the side hustle to the whole-hustle in 2022 and have never looked back. Discussion topics include the pathway he took on getting to the level of equipment he now uses. Managing matrimonial harmony in a busy print shop with getting time away! Marketing and sales practices. Social Media and more.   https://www.instagram.com/screenprintaus/ https://screenprintingaustralia.com.au/   Got a question for the show or want to be a guest sometime? Just email us on: aspc@ministryshirts.com.au Guests can be from any size print shop - whether in the garage or in a gargantuan factory - but you do need to be in the screen printing industry commercially to come on the show. Find out more by emailing us.

Starting in 2021 as a result of the economic downturn from Covid Matt Dixon from Heaps Good Merch on the Gold Coast talk us through how he went from a blue press to a factory shop floor. A story of breaking back pain to breaking the screen printing learning curve and expansion plans for the next year. https://www.heapsgoodmerch.com.au/ https://www.instagram.com/heapsgood_merch/ Got a question for the show or want to be a guest sometime just email us on: aspc@ministryshirts.com.au Guests can be from any size print shop - whether in the garage or in a gargantuan factory - but you do need to be in the screen printing industry commercially to come on the show. Find out more by emailing us.

One of the most inspiring stories about journeying into Screen Printing ever! Have a listen to the highs and lows of Jason's amazing story and how he established Shed 76 in Northern Queensland against all the odds! Jason was committed to Screen Printing for the long haul, quite literally! Shop talk covers presses, ink types, coping with expansion and the stresses of running a business when you are constantly interrupted by customers! Track him down online here: https://shed76.wordpress.com/ https://www.instagram.com/_atshed76/  

Have a listen to Jodi Taylor the Founder and CEO of DRK LBL (formerly PSI) together with Mary Leishman on the Gold Coast in Queensland tell about their start and growth model including a complete re-branding exercise to place them as one of the leaders in Apparel Decoration for the Clothing Brand market place. Their unique approach to sales though Apparel Consultants and excellence in customer service, printing and embroidery packs-the-proverbial-punch running what they call a 'Full service apparel agency'.   For more info check em out here:   Our Instgram - https://www.instagram.com/drklbl/ Our Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/drklblpsiscreenprinting/ Our LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/86770122/admin/feed/posts/ Our DRK LBL website - https://www.drklbl.com.au/ PSI Website - https://www.psiscreenprinting.com.au  Our YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq0mxymcpKrZiyu7xEG6ZUw Our dream darkroom - https://screenprintingmag.com/7-steps-to-creating-the-ultimate-screen-room/?highlight=PSI%20darkroom%20

Some good news for our listeners - we are officially back! After a long hiatus with plenty of good reasons we are back in the booth with a new format for the show. Josh Paterson from North Print in Toowoomba has joined to the team as a co-host! This is a kick start session but one that puts us back in the frame!  If you would like to know more about the show, ask a question or even becoming a guest just email us on: aspc@ministryshirts.com.au   Thanks to all our listeners who stuck by us in the hiatus! We love you!

Listen to one of the Screen print world's all time Masters of Simulated Process. Chris talks us through the learning curve of simulated process, managing a print shop to take time out but controlling his market and working with a wife who manages sales and marketing. Bonus information on stepping up to an auto without stepping into a millstone of a bank loan!

Shannon from Aisle6ix Industries - the Aussie Screen Printing Club Shannon shares about his journey through being a customs official, a builder, a barrista, screen printing and a screen print shop owner.