I am doing so well! This Press-A-Print business is the best!! I got very busy in November. My daughter started getting me jobs from her high school. So far, I have done shirts, hoodies, and sweat pants for the varsity cheerleaders, wrestling team, ski team, bowling, SDA (student dance association), Boys and Girls club, a Jewish youth organization (which is getting me into Bar and Batmitzvas), two fundraisers (one in Naples, FL for a cancer fundraiser, one for Home for the Heart, where local organizations fix up home interiors), my daughter's dance studio (just getting started over there, the studio is a goldmine, over 1,000 dancers and they all need stuff), and the jobs keep coming! So far, all we’ve done is word of mouth advertising, it is so incredible! I also spoke with the athletic director of the high school, and he wants me to do more there, and our school just won the New Jersey state high school football championship!! (They played at Rutgers stadium this year, Giants stadium last year.) There are so many directions we can go with this. My kids also help make the shirts, I pay them $10 an hour. And, all of that is just with apparel, we haven’t even had a chance to set up the pad printer yet, so there’s more business to be had there too!
Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, we grossed over $15,000. Not bad for just getting started. I want to start making a steady $1000 a day (that's net by the way), pretty crazy right? On top of it all, I’m still traveling back and forth to Reading, PA, throughout all of this. Everyone at PAP has been so helpful! In fact, I just spoke to Phil a few hours ago on a Corel question. My only regret is that I just wish we’d gotten started sooner with the business, but I think we will do just fine. I don't think my husband is getting it yet. I just keep showing him the checks!
Even with all the internet competition now with the shirts, I am finding that people want to deal with real people, not the computer, and feel special when you take the time to go over everything with them on a personal level. There is so much opportunity out there, people really have no idea. I think the most exciting thing about this business is how kids can be involved, (mine are 13, 17, and 18, two of which came to PAP training with me). My husband and I have been trying to teach our children to work for themselves, and this is truly a business where they have the chance to do that! Thanks again for your support, and see you all soon at a Press-A-Print Power Training session!
Susan Becker
Jersey Ink
Wayne, NJ
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