The deadline to win a free hotel night at Embroidery Mart-COLUMBUS is THIS week! Embroidery Mart-COLUMBUS March 21-22, 2014 Greater Columbus Convention Center Columbus, OH Register to attend by 5 PM EST Friday, 2/28/14, to be entered in the drawing for one of three free nights at the hotel. Make your hotel reservation now, too,…
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Congratulations to NNEP members Michael & Nancy Krupar of Wellington Thread Works for their excellent work on a quilt for Quilting for a Cause! Read about the project and the work done by the Krupars in this article in Stitches Magazine: http://www.asipublications.com/stitches/quilt.aspx
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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Which one are you - an entrepreneur or a wantrepreneur? An entrepreneur does specific things to make their business succeed. A wantrepreneur thinks about doing things to make it big. Answer YES or NO to the following questions - I know the fixed costs to operate my business. I price my work based on my…
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We just heard from some folks in Nashville that are looking for an embroidery shop and a DTG shop to do some work for them. Here is what they sent: I was wondering if you could tell me of anyone in the Nashville area that can help us create some designs for hats, shirts and…
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The success of your business is influenced, some even say determined, by the effectiveness of your marketing. While many business owners have a hard time getting a clear understanding of their marketing, I find that effective marketing boils down to knowing the answer to ONE question - what is the point? When you know exactly…
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We are pleased to welcome 5B's Embroidery to the NNEP as a Preferred Vendor! This family owned business founded in 1980 is currently one of the largest contract embroidery operations in the United States. 5B’s and The Biles Family combines state-of-the art systems with old-fashioned values centered on you, their customer. From its humble beginnings…
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Customers bring in all sorts of designs with the expectation that we, as embroidery business owners and apparel decorators, can put whatever they want on whatever they want. But that is just not the case, especially when it comes to images and designs that belong to someone else. Examples of designs we cannot reproduce include:…
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