Month: September 2018

1. Set up shop

The first step you’ll need to take is setting up your online store. There are plenty of platforms to choose from, with the most popular being Shopify, which offers a plug-and-play solution, no coding and not too big of a learning curve. There are of course more advanced options offering more customisation, but if you’re new to this, I’d recommend Shopify or a similar platform.

You’ll also need a domain name, unless you opt for a free Shopify domain, but they’re not very professional. Hosting is also included with any of the Shopify accounts.

2. Find a printer

There are a lot of t shirt printers out there. From UK-based manufacturers like Shirtworks, to t shirt printers in China. If you’re looking to source products from abroad, it’s worth keeping in mind shipping rates and timings, which can eat away at your ROI, particularly in the early stages when you’re buying in smaller quantities and more often.

There are also print on demand and dropshipping options, but these are much more expensive in terms of what you pay for the product and shipping. If you’re serious about your t shirt start up, it’s recommended to buy in bulk from a trusted supplier in your own country.

3. Chose a t shirt

This step is often given little thought – after all, a t shirt is a t shirt, right? Wrong. Any good t shirt printer will have a fairly wide range to choose from, in terms of quality, material, weight, and of course, cost.

When starting out, there’s no harm in opting for a t shirt on the lower end of the cost (and therefore quality) scale. If you’re ordering in bulk, your printer will often offer you a discount. And it’s always worth ordering several samples of each design, so you can see what the custom will when they make a purchase.

4. Design your t shirt

This is a very important step and shouldn’t be rushed or carried out with little thought. Your designs should resonate, inspire or wow your audience. Your designs are your product. The t shirt is simply the canvas.

If you’re no good at art or struggle to use software like Photoshop or Illustrator, there’s always the option of paying a third party designer to produce a few designs. Sites like PeoplePerHour are a good place to start, it offers freelancers filtered by skills, cost and feedback. Don’t just go for the cheapest designer. Try to find someone who really understands your brand and will provide honest feedback and bounce ideas around with you.

Once you have your design, it’s worth applying it to a t shirt template image (or asking your designer to) so that it shows clearly how it’ll look on the final product.

5. Get selling!

Once you’ve chosen your shop, printer, t shirt and design, that’s it – you’re all set up, it’s time to start marketing and selling.

Social media should be your first port of call. It’s completely free and simple to set up. Try following and engaging with influencers within your niche. These can be people with followings of five million to just five hundred. Tactics like this will help you to build up your following.

Try to produce regular, quality content. It doesn’t have to be a 10,000 word in-depth blog post, it can be something as simple as a 100 character post per day – just make it consistent and valuable.…

 

Looking for the best catering services for the grandest event of your life, el matrimonio? Search no more. Often humongous decisions such as this – what kind of food to serve at weddings – might turn out to become life-changing. Hence, deciding on the menu, what to keep and what not to (for example, what cuisine to choose, what salads/desserts etc. to serve. Or what the cake should look like, how big it should be etc.). Or which food item to serve in which course (starters, main course, desserts etc.). Or what should accompany what (for example, whether cocktails should accompany the main course or not, should starters be served exclusively before the main course or not etc.)? Or even what should come next, become pretty important decisions.

Other Aspects to Take into Consideration

Now the banqueteria you are looking for is obviously determined by the scale of the wedding, the venue (whether you are planning an indoor or an outdoor event, etc.). Also important is the budget that you have set aside for the banqueteria. The perfect catering service would be the one that provides the best food for the wedding at the best price. There are other concerns as well. Like, how far in advance you need to book the catering service, and when the pre-wedding tasting should take place. Should there be a single menu for all guests, or should there be several different cuisines or options given to all guests? Does the cuisine and dining style suit your venue and the time of the year the wedding is going to be in? Would the caterers require any special equipment to be put in place, apart from the regular ones? Are there dishes that should definitely be avoided? Are there dishes that might contain ingredients that could go bad because of the weather and the venue? For instance, certain food items might go bad if kept outside for a long time on a swelteringly hot and humid day.

Cutlery in a Banqueteria

How much space would the entire catering service need? This includes a designated area for cooking, chopping vegetables, and fruits, storage, etc. aside from the actual space where food is served for final consumption by the guests. Also, the cutlery needs to be decided beforehand – quantity, type, placement in the eating area are the main concerns. Also, how the food and the cutlery are arranged are important to the aesthetics of the event. You don’t want a messy setting. Often, a lot of care and planning goes into the artistic arrangement of these things.

Catering Service

Finally, one also needs to get into the details of the catering service chosen. Like, the prior experience they have, how many events they have catered in before, how good their services are, how much they charge, what the cancellation charges are (if any) and how much in advance do they need to be notified. Do they have special provisions, say for children or for the elderly, or people with special requirements of food? The success of the event is thus heavily dependent on carefully planning everything while keeping all of this in mind.…