Session #5, Custom Gifts: Tap into the Holiday Market

The possibilities are endless to develop new revenue streams and profit centers to set yourself apart from the competition in the custom gift market. Join us on Wednesday, October 14 for Session #5 of THE NBM SHOW Breakaway Sessions, an online educational event designed to build and expand your profit opportunities.

At this session, you’ll explore personalization and customization for individuals and corporations through engraving, sublimation, digital printing, apparel, transfers, sandcarving, the use of various substrates, and more.

You’ll find interactive exhibits with top manufacturers and suppliers, a full day of online class presentations with live chat, and more, all at your fingertips.

Registration is FREE, and your registration allows you to view online classes and visit exhibit booths for 14 days after the event. We’ll see you there on October 14!

Sessions

Profit Potential with Custom Gifts

Bob Hagel
Braden Todd
Jeremy Picker
Wren George
Billy Willis
Josh Bender
Gary Barker
Join in the conversation as these personalization professionals talk about the world of custom gifts. From sublimation to sandcarving, DTG printing, laser engraving, and more, these experts will show you how lucrative this market segment is when approached the right way.

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Sublimate Your Holidays!

Sprite Wood

The holidays have always been an incredibly profitable time for the digital decorating industry and this year will not be an exception! Join Sprite Wood, Marketing Director of Condé Systems, as she shows you which trending sublimatable products and production techniques you’ll need to be familiar with to profit from the upcoming holiday season.

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Attractive and Cost-Effective Custom Holiday Gifts

Ricardo Alferez

Come and learn from GCC on how to easily make Christmas decorations with our laser machine, which can help open more opportunities for your business during the holidays. In this session, we will show you the performance of GCC LaserPro laser engraver, and through our Print & Cut solution, trophy and award shop owners, screen printers, designers, and those who are interested in starting a business can easily make attractive custom products for their clients. If you are looking for a new channel to start a business, or you want to quickly increase your sales during this pandemic, you will find that GCC products will be a perfect way to grow in your market! Hello ladies and gentlemen, my name’s Ricardo from GCC America and today, I will show you some tips and tricks to help get the best results for the few examples we’ll show you here!

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Holiday Opportunities with Posters and Gift Wrap with HP DesignJet and HP PrintOS

Jeff Wells
Find out how you can extend your holiday offerings and add growth to your business using the HP DesignJet printers in combination with HP PrintOS.

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Make the 10 BEST Gifts this Holiday Season

Jenna Sackett

Closing out this year, gift giving will become more important than ever before. Make sure your gifts are packing a punch with personalization, on trend designs and a higher perceived value. Learn how to make the most coveted gifts this holiday season for family, friends, colleagues and customers using your heat press.

Learn how to print on non-apparel gift items using your heat press
Personalize any gift at any price point
Use emblems to increase the value of your items

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Personalization = Profit: Laser Projects for Gifts, the Home, and the Holidays

Jeremiah Jekich

Now, more than ever, personalized gifts and products are taking on a much deeper meaning. As large social gatherings are temporarily paused, personalized gifts let recipients know they are loved and thought about, even as they are spending time at home and apart from friends and family. Here we will look at some popular personalized gifts, home décor items, and holiday-themed products you can create with your laser!

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It’s the Holiday Season so…Let’s PRINT!

Gary Barker
Are you looking for some ideas to generate sales this holiday season? Join us as we share 12 creative print ideas and products you can add to your gift offering plus bonus material to help you market and sell your holiday gift ideas to your customers.

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Grow Your Sales: How ASI Helps You Sell Promo Products To The Education Market

Doug Charles

Education continues to be a top market for promotional products. With the help of ASI, trophy and award shop owners, screen printers, designers and printers can sell promotional products to break into the education market, grow their business and increase their profit potential. Come learn how ASI helps you outsource these orders with no equipment or inventory needed so you can become a one-stop-shop for your customers. Discover the top buyers in the education market, the hottest products available, what to expect in the new normal this Fall, as well as the tools you need to succeed. Your customers are already buying promotional products; shouldn’t it be from you?

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Photo Engraving

David Stevens

Watch as our Industrial Applications Manager, David Stevens, walks you through photo engraving on different substrates. He will share techniques for improving processing results, including how to choose the right image, different software you can use, selecting the right materials, and much more!

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Navigating Your Financing Options in Any Climate

Greg Bourdon

This educational and informational session, brought to you by CIT, is designed to provide you with critical information to not only weather any climate but strengthen the way you run your business. Now more than ever, cash reserves are important. Financing may be the answer to ensure you can keep the cash you need on hand. Learn what you need to know to apply, the best ways to navigate the process, what constitutes a “good deal” for your business and more.

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Sandcarving | Profit Potential This Gift Giving Season

Liz Haas
Increase your profit potential this Gift Giving Season by offering a wide range of products for your customers. This presentation will provide ideas for creating custom gifts by sandcarving. The presentation will include how to create a photoresist stencil and sandcarve a custom gift. Take advantage of what sandcarving has to offer, etching on various materials, various shapes and the option to add a paint fill.

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Sponsors

Running a print shop is about more than just being able to print out a few flyers for your clients. Investing in the latest technology will help you keep up with your clients’ needs, so you can print commercial, color, and large format items with high quality, low costs, and fast turnaround times. If you have discovered that your current printing equipment isn’t enough to meet the demands of your growing business, consider the benefits of financing or leasing printing equipment to expand your operations. Contact us at print@cit.com or 877-786-5327 to learn more.

Epilog Laser is the leading designer and manufacturer of CO2 and fiber laser engraving, cutting, and marking systems. Used extensively throughout the awards/engraving, signage, and apparel industries, Epilog's powerful, easy-to-use equipment allows you to create one of a kind products in minutes.

From compact systems to larger-format lasers, Epilog has the right machine to fit your laser applications.

Advertising Specialty Institute® (ASI) is the promotional product industry’s largest membership organization offering media, technology, marketing and education to help cultivate success and community.

Promotional products make up a $25.8 billion industry. Why is the industry thriving? Because logoed items like hats, T-shirts and bags are traveling advertisements that leave a lasting impression, making them crucial for building brand awareness.

The industry is made up of suppliers who create, source and imprint products, and distributors who then creatively market and sell the imprinted products to their clients who use them to promote their business. Clients include Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits, schools, hospitals, charities and small businesses.

We strive to provide a culture of support and care with the best service, products, education, research and content available to help our members succeed, every step of the way. As a graphics business, ASI can help you sell promotional products as an additional source of revenue.

Condé Systems offers everything needed to get into the personalized photo gift business including systems, blank imprintables, production software and supplies, and instructional videos. Whether you are a screen printer, sign maker, embroiderer, pad printer, photographer, engraver, artist, or home business entrepreneur, Condé can help your expand your current product offerings to include full-color, photographic quality gifts & awards.

Based in Tampa, Florida, Digital Technology Group, Inc (DTG) was founded in 1998. DTG prides itself on offering the best pre-consultation, products, training, and support in the industry and specializes in applying critical color management solutions for our customers' needs. We provide printers, printer supplies and support. When your competitors are settling into a "new normal", DTG wants to partner with you, help you raise the bar and set a new standard in your market. Large manufacturers including Vanguard Digital, Epson, HP, Canon, Graphtec, Gfp, Royal Sovereign and others have chosen to partner with DTG in providing our customers with the latest, cutting edge imaging and finishing solutions.

DTG provides complete imaging solutions, from capture to finish, to the photographic, fine art, signage, textile and graphics manufacturing markets. DTG prides itself on offering the best pre-consultation, products, training, and support in the industry and specializes in applying critical color management solutions for our customers' needs.

DTG's Tampa headquarters also showcases the only Epson Certified Solution Center in the Southeastern United States. The solution center showcases the entirety of Epson's latest professional printing portfolio alongside a variety of accessories allowing customers to directly experience and evaluate products in a complete workflow.

Founded in 1989, GCC is a global manufacturing company that offers a broad range of products including vinyl cutters, laser engravers/markers/cutters, UV flatbed inkjet printers, and digital finishing equipment for various applications such as signage and advertising, personalization and identification, gifts and promotions, post-press, apparel, and electronics industries.

Headquartered in Taiwan; through a worldwide network of authorized distributors and branch offices in the United States, Europe, and China, GCC commits to persistently pursue the goal of providing the best performance achievable in technologies, services, and solutions, to meet customers' needs.

Welcome to HP. We create technology that makes life better for everyone, everywhere. More information on HP can be found at www.hp.com.

Rayzist has been building businesses for over 35 years with quality manufactured direct equipment, photoresist films and a well-qualified customer service team with years of experience on sandcarving equipment, automatic washout systems & photoresist films. Rayzist offers technical support as well as an in-house art department providing our customers with support in artwork and a custom mask service.

Rayzist Photomask is family owned and operated. Proudly manufacturing in the USA.

Contact Us
sales@rayzist.com
800-729-9478
Rayzist.com

STAHLS' provides you with solutions to eliminate your heat printing frustrations, clear up material confusions, and give your business unique and trendy uniform and apparel decorating ideas. There are a million ways to decorate for your customers, let us show you how.

Trotec Laser is a leading international provider of advanced, high-speed laser equipment for cutting, engraving and industrial marking. With the broadest product line on the market, Trotec systems are used to cut, engrave or mark a wide range of materials. The company's extensive line of quality laser systems, coupled with its unmatched service and support offerings, have made Trotec one of the industry's leading resources for computer controlled engraving equipment and marking systems.

Since 1986, Colorado Heirloom has been a 100% USA-based manufacturer of custom wood products.

Located in Loveland, Colorado Heirloom manufacturers high-quality wooden boxes, picture frames, wooden plaques, presentation boxes, beer tap handles, as well as myriad products for the awards and recognition, personalization, and laser engraving industries.

Feel free to browse our catalog of products on our website, or contact us for a quote on your next custom product.

Epson is a global technology leader dedicated to becoming indispensable to society by connecting people, things and information with its original efficient, compact and precision technologies. The company is focused on driving innovations and exceeding customer expectations in inkjet, visual communications, wearables and robotics. Epson is proud of its contributions to realizing a sustainable society and its ongoing efforts to realizing the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals.

Led by the Japan-based Seiko Epson Corporation, the worldwide Epson Group generates annual sales ofmore than JPY 1 trillion. www.epson.com

Graphic Elephants
Apparel Decorating Solutions with an emphasis on Screen Printing
GraphicElephants.com
@GraphicElephants

With an offering of over 25,000 products, JDS is proud to offer the best brands in the recognition, personalization and sign industries. As a leader in new product development, JDS averages over 1,000 new products each year by being innovative and progressive. JDS Industries is a company whose principles and practices are as strong as the foundation it was built on, where each customer is valued and every effort is focused on helping you succeed.

NNEP Members get answers when they need it, save money with dozens of industry suppliers, have access to 100s of other apparel decoration business owners, get listed in the national directory and so much more. We help NNEP members find customers, keep customers and make money!

PPAI is the trusted leader in the promotional products industry delivering essential knowledge, resources and community to ensure the success of its members, those who manufacture, import and resell promotional products, and the promotional products industry itself.

A concert t-shirt that rocks. That sharp polo shirt stamped with company pride. The local softball team's cap. A business traveler's bag sporting a slick logo. It's what SanMar is all about - activewear and accessories that unite people and build up teams, groups and communities.

Screenprinters, embroiderers, athletic dealers and promotional companies count on us for stylish, top-quality apparel that becomes canvases for decoration. Our t-shirts, polo shirts and outerwear showcase a unifying spirit that lingers long after they're worn. You may not know it but SanMar's products show up everywhere - at sports arenas, schools, coffee shops and restaurants, fun runs and walks, and local businesses.

The t-shirt is an iconic sympol of American style, and so it was the product our founder, Marty lott chose when starting out. He launched SanMar in 1971 distributing t-shirts from his parents' basement in Seattle. Marty continues to run the company in partnership with sons Jeremy and Jordan, who learned the business beginning at very young ages. Today SanMar employs more than 4,000 people nationwide and offers 21 retail, mill and private label brands, and counting!

Unisub and ChromaLuxe are the leading brands of hard-surface sublimatable products within the United States and abroad. By offering customers the ability to customize a variety of photo gifts and personalized products using vibrant, full color graphics on a myriad of surfaces that range from plaques, to key chains, to coasters, we’ve built a portfolio of success. We’re extremely appreciative of the relationships we have developed in the sublimation business that have helped us get this far. These brands are manufactured by Universal Woods in the United States.

THE NBM SHOW, produced by National Business Media, combines three markets of graphics professionals, entrepreneurs, suppliers, and distributors and is a business-to-business trade show for the following disciplines: sign making, digital printing, screen printing, embroidery, apparel decorating, sublimation, awards, engraving, specialty graphics, custom gifts and everything personalized.

Media sponsor for the event is the industry trade publication GRAPHICS PRO, the unification of three industry-leading publications – Awards & Engraving, Printwear, and Sign & Digital Graphics into an all-in-one powerhouse industry source.

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