I love industry events – it is so interesting, exciting, fun to see what everyone is doing, to see what they are wearing and to hear how they and their businesses are doing! And we get to do that again…
Fend off Fraud & Identity Theft
It is nearly impossible to imagine running a business without the Internet, yet somehow, we all did that less than 25 years ago. The world certainly has changed. Unfortunately, in many ways, some of these changes are NOT for the…
Recommendery – Give Back Box
If you are like me, you have clothes, shoes and accessories, even jewerly that you no longer need, wear, use or even want – but you cannot bring yourself to throw it away because it is useful, in good shape, this…
Conferences are Dead, Long Live Conferences
So many things have endured major disruptions in the past 10 years, TV, radio, print, social media, education, conferences and even Twinkies! But like Twinkies, all of these things continue on, just in new ways. Attending NNEP’s Embroidery & Digitizing…
8 Tips to Mingle Successfully
Mingling well for your business, also known as Networking, can be hard. Yet for many embroidery and apparel decoration business owners, networking is one of the most effective ways to bring in business. Mingling successfully helps you to develop relationships…
NNEP offers Done FOR You Marketing Solution
Have you ever wished that there was more than one of you? Felt like there is just not enough of you to go around, to get everything done? And let’s face it – the fact is that if you have…
NNEP’s First Embroidery Mart
We are doing some spring cleaning here at the NNEP office this week and I came across some of these show directories, from the very first Embroidery Mart, held in Nashville in 2002. I have such vivid memories of this…
A Different Resource for your Business
We received a mailer from a company that was new to me, Indigo Fair. They are taking a different approach to connecting wholesale made in the USA artisan suppliers with retail and online business owners. They have created an online…
Embroidery Mart-ATLANTA is next week!
I love hanging out with other apparel decoration professionals. In general, they are fun, cool funky people that own their own businesses and are making it happen in those businesses. What is not to love, right? Well, I get to…
Calm the Digital Chaos
Well, um, okay… but how do you make a fresh start when you are completely buried by digital chaos, and the onslaught only seems to be increasing, certainly not slowing down!?! Here are some tips to help calm the digital…