Yep, it just happened, AGAIN - we sent a new customer to NNEP members! John Q Public called, actually her name is Pam this time, and she was in desperate need of an embroidery professional for an order of 60 items. "Could we help her find a good embroidery business that she could work with,"…
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Running a successful business in the embroidery, apparel decoration and promotional products industries is hard. Who has time to work ON the business, when you are always working IN it? At NNEP (National Network of Embroidery Professionals), we spend a huge amount of time trying stuff, researching best practices, testing ideas and finding new products…
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If you are mystified by CorelDRAW, help is available! There are a number of folks offering training on this software, using books, CDs, DVDs, and now weekly sessions online. Check out this one NNEP just heard about, by Dave Demoret of Prolink Graphic Services: Beginning 7 January 2013 Prolink Graphic Services will be giving On-Line…
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Bling - in the form of rhinestones and glitter - appears to be here to stay. Many said it was a fad. It was a trend. It would not be the THE look for long. And that was a few years ago at this point! I just chatted with a NNEP member and she raved…
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NNEP just received this press release from TV TecStyle Visions, a wonderful apparel decoration industry trade show in Europe about their upcoming contest, the Golden Shirt Awards, to be held in 2014. 2014, you says? YES - many of the participants spend the next 18-+ months creating their entries! The competition is that intense, and…
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Oh, the life I could be leading, draped in a gorgeous embroidered pashina. Dashing off to a fancy restaurant for dinner with sophisticate friends. Out for a night at the theater during the holidays. Dashing off to spend a few days shopping on the Miracle Mile in dowtown Chicago. Well, yes, I suppose the reality…
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I have often wondered just how many golf shirts are embroidered or decorated with logos each year. The collective number HAS to be staggering, don't you think? So that got me to thinking about the history of golf, and wondering when sponsor logos started appearing in the golf industry - on products and on apparel.…
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I heard the pundits say on the news this morning (about the 2012 elections) that "$6 Billlion dollars later and things are exactly the same." I disagree! Things are NOT the same - A great deal of that $6 Billion+ was spent with independent business owners in OUR industry, for shirts, headwear, buttons, lapel pins,…
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Finally, Election Day 2012 is HERE! I voted first thing this morning, before my dentist appointment. Busy morning already here at NNEP, I know! I wear my "I voted" sticker all day with pride every year - nerdy perhaps, but it means something important to me. Are You Going to Vote Today? I truly hope…
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I am excited to announce that Printwear Magazine has launched a new section in their magazine, beginning this month (November, 2012) called Embroidery Business, and NNEP's Jennifer Cox is a regular contributor to this section of the Magazine! Well, I am not sure how "regular" Jennifer is, but the articles will appear each month! ;)…
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