Scott Fresener interviews Terry Combs, salesman for U.S. Screen. Terry has been in the industry since 1979 and has written hundreds of articles for Screen Printing Magazine, Printwear, Impressions and others and is also a speaker at trade shows. He is the author of Estimating Production Time for Textile Printing and a former Plant Manager, shop owner and also nice guy. Scott and Terry talk about the industry today and how it use to be and they both give some thoughts on the future direction.

SHOW #1

Scott Fresener interviews Randy Meyer who is a new student of the Institute and just bought a screen printing business and a T-Jet inkjet-to-garment machine. Scott and Randy talk about what it is like getting into this business, what type of customers he sees as a new printers, and a little background about one of the industry's newer members.

SHOW #2

Scott Interviews his good friend Jeff Solomon of All American Marketing Group. Jeff is a popular guest speaker at the ISS, Printwear and Promotional Products trade shows. Jeff is considered a leading authority on promotional products and also owns a small screen print company in Valencia California. He also write on a regular basis and is an all-around funny guy with a great background. Scott and Jeff talk about everything from his personal background, to the state of the industry, the lack of marketing savvy by printers, and his take on how to improve business.

SHOW #3-1

This show is a continuation of a conversation Scott has with Jeff Solomon.

SHOW #3-2

Scott interviews good friend, Johnny Shell, V.P. of Technical Services for SGIA. Johnny is an industry veteran who helped establish The Journal magazine for SGIA. He also directs the hands-on workshops both at SGIA's headquarters in Fairfax, VA, but also the offsite workshops and hands-on workshops at the annual SGIA show (this year it's October 15-18 in Atlanta). Johnny also directs their new Equipment Evaluations where they actually make site inspections and do tests on various industry equipment and then post their report online for members to see. Johnny and Scott talk about everything from his current show duties, to how he got in the business and what direction he thinks things are going.

SHOW #4

Scott interviews a good friend and salesman for U.S. Screen, Wes Allison. Wes is currently relocating from Hot Springs, Arkansas to Fountain Hills Arizona and is the newest member of the U.S. Screen sales team. Previously he owned a chain of T-Shirt/Gift shops in and around Hot Springs and was a very happy T-Jet user. Wes and Scott talk about everything from life in the retail business to how inkjet-to-garment has changed the industry, to small details about playing in poker tournaments.

SHOW #5

SHOW # 6-1

This show is a continuation of a conversation Scott has with Greg Kitson

SHOW #6-2

SHOW #7