Join Screen Printing’s Brain Squad: Help Shape the Future of the Industry in Just Minutes a Month

HERE AT SCREEN PRINTING magazine, we love to include your voice in our editorial content, whether through our Buzz Session column or within certain feature articles. So, I’d like to extend a special invitation to owners of screen-printing shops to join Screen Printing’s “Brain Squad.”

If you’ve heard of “the Squad” and haven’t joined already, here is a link you can click to immediately to begin your first online survey questionnaire. Once you complete the survey, you will automatically be entered as a member of our “Brain Squad” and receive a survey invitation by email monthly.

Go ahead! Click it … and let’s get started!

Hold on, hold on, you’re thinking. Exactly what sort of responsibility am I signing myself up for?

To start with, it’s not too big of a responsibility. On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being bringing a new child into the world and 1 being purchasing a Ficus tree, joining Screen Printing’s “Brain Squad” is only about a 3.

Surveys are sent out at the end of each month and usually consist of six to 10 questions. They usually require as little as one minute and no more than 10 minutes to complete, depending on the level of detail you provide in your answers. But we’re easy — if you really don’t have enough time, just answer a few mandatory multiple-choice questions at the beginning of the survey and you can be in and out in less than a minute. And of course, if you’re really, really, really, busy and that one minute a month could mean the difference between your business thriving or your creditors knocking at the door with repossession officers scowling behind them, then you’re free to skip a month. (And our thoughts will be with you!)

So what will you get out of being a member of the “Brain Squad”?

1. Questions That Make You Think. If you’re an ambitious screen printer, you’re always wondering how you can improve your business. But often it’s hard to figure out where to start. As a member of Screen Printing’s “Brain Squad”, you’ll be asked key business questions each month — the kind of questions that can’t help but get you thinking about the most important issues facing your business. Answering them, and putting that extra thought into your company, will pay dividends. Guaranteed.
2. Peers and Mentors. In addition to your own responses, you’ll also be able to see responses from all other “Brain Squad” members. (Responses are available after you complete each month’s survey and are available until the next month’s survey launches.) It’s like suddenly having a team of hundreds of advisors with unique experiences, unique perspectives, and truly out-of-the-box ideas. You’ll get a ton of fresh, actionable, business-boosting, real-world ideas.
3. A Little Face Time. Each month, we select responses from different “Brain Squadders” and include them in the magazine along with your name, your store’s name and store location. So, if you think other printers can benefit from your ideas, or if you simply like to see you name in print, here’s your chance! (“Brain Squad” members are often frequently recruited for other key Screen Printing magazine editorial projects, so be ready for our call!)

Of course, we didn’t even mention what is probably the biggest benefit of all — the fact that every new person who joins our “Brain Squad” helps make Screen Printing an even more valuable publication for all apparel and industrial screen printers.

Anyway, that’s the pitch, people! Ready to give it a try now? If you’re a screen printer, we want you … now. Here’s that link again.