NNEP Embroidery Mart Trade Shows

What can you learn at Embroidery Mart - SOUTH or Embroidery Mart - EAST?

Now you really CAN have it all! Register now for Embroidery Mart and attend any of the product demonstration & training sessions presented by the exhibitors for FREE! Class details will be added as presenters turn in their information - check back often!

SESSIONS OFFERED in Nashville at Embroidery Mart - EAST

Hooping Made Easy
Friday, 9 - 10:30 AM & Saturday 10-11:30 AM
Presenter: Jesse Mack, HoopMaster by Midwest Products
Hooping is one of the most important steps in creating quality embroidery. This seminar will show you how hooping can be easy if you use the proper tools and techniques. We will demonstrate how to hoop above pockets, on sleeves, jackets, and on the backs of caps (just to name a few). We will also share many tips to make your hooping more consistent. Come and see how hooping even thick items like Carhartt jackets can be easy with a new product called the Mighty Hoop.

From Value Mart to Picasso
Presenter: Walter Floriani Jr., RNK Distributing
Friday, 9 - 10:30 AM & Saturday 10-11:30 AM
Learn the secrets to maximizing your machine efficiency and expanding your profitability with a simple to understand foolproof technique and methodology from fifth generation Embroidery Guru Walt Floriani. "Being a profitable embroidery creator has never been so easy once you understand the simplicity of the process and how to sell it correctly." Let Walt demonstrate how he has proven time and again "If you Stitch it, they will Buy it." In today's business environment more than ever, it is essential to maximize profits on every job and I can show you how. This class is a must for the novice to seasoned professional.See you soon, Walt

Decorating Solutions to Boost Your Bottom Line
Friday, 9 - 10:30 AM
Presenter: Stahls' ID Direct (presenter to be determined)
Let Stahls' ID Direct introduce you to a variety of decorating solutions to complement your embroidery business.
o Full Color Printing on Performance Wear: Replace stitch-heavy logos with full color digital designs that are perfect on performance wear.
o Select the Right Heat Press: Need a press that works part-time, full-time, or over-time? Find the make and model that fits your business and budget.
o Time Savers: Let us produce your graphics - huge selection of templates, fonts, and materials; ships same day; quick and easy to heat apply. No inventory required.
o Life Savers: Do it yourself graphics production - from materials, to equipment, to FREE online design programs, we will show you how to create graphics in-house for on demand orders with no minimums.
o Add-On $ales: Don't miss an opportunity to sell more! Complement orders with digitally printed banners, wall graphics, bumper stickers and window decals.

Rhinestoning with CorelDRAW
Presenter: David Ihm, Total Graphics Network
Friday, 9 - 10:30 AM
Do you want to get into the custom rhinestone clothing business? Have you been told that you need to spend thousands of dollars to get started? Did you know that many companies start rhinestoning fore less than $500*?

This seminar will show you that with just CorelDRAW Software and a Heat Press, you can start producing custom rhinestone clothing quickly and easily. Our Rhinestone template system is fast, efficient, simple and most importantly, affordable. With a little training and supplies, most people can get started for less than $500*. Don't miss this opportunity to get in on the growing demand for rhinestone clothing and huge profit potential.
* Minimum requirements to start rhinestoning for less than $500:
1) CorelDRAW Software and 2) a Heat Press

BONUS: The first 50 people to walk through the door for the class get a sample rhinestone template with rhinestones.

Pucker Proof Embroidery
Friday, 12:30 - 2 PM
Presenter: Melanie Coakley, RNK Distributing
Join Melanie Coakley as she demonstrates how to achieve pucker proof embroideries. From leather to silk, and everything in between can be created professionally and without puckers. Learn how densities, stitch directions, and choice of stabilizer all come together to make embroideries that command top dollar.

The Ins/Outs of the Team/League Business
Friday, 12:30 - 2 PM
Presenter: Doug Wilcoxson, Bomark Sportswear
This seminar will educate you on the team/league business and how it differs from other business. You will learn how to find the business, secure it and most of all... how to minimize the problems that come along with this business during production. Not only can you add sales dollars by supplying team/league uniforms, equipment etc., but you now have a completely new group to market your other product lines to as well!

Decorating Diversity
Friday, 12:30 - 2 PM
Presenter: Ed Levy, Hirsch International
Expand your business opportunities through offering multiple decoration techniques.Ê Learn how to talk fluently to your clients about popular decoration techniques such as embroidery, screen printing, digital printing and laser applique or etching.

Vinyl Cutter & Rhine Stones = Big Profit
Friday, 12:30 - 2 PM
Presenter: Cameron Gilmore, Digital Art Solutions
Embroiderers, are you ready to take your shop and give it the bling makeover? Are you tired of having your competition out produce you with multi-decoration? This class is intended for those looking to add a new element to the shop while adding lasting client relationships, by using Rhine stones as a add-on to your already successful business.

Digital Decoration 101
Presenter: Jimmy Lamb, Sawgrass Technologies
Saturday, 10 - 11:30 AM
Looking for a way to expand your profits without blowing your bank account? Digital Decoration using dye sublimation and/or digital transfers is a very cost effective process that opens the doors to a whole variety of product offerings. Photo gifts, performance apparel, plaques, personalized gifts, ad specialty products, signage, etc Ð the list is long. Learn how the process works, how to produce digitally decorated products, what it costs, and how to make money in this fast paced, information packed session. Your head will be swimming with new ideas generating profits when you leave this exciting idea-packed session!

Everything You Need to Know About Selling and Decorating Hi-Vis ANSI Garments
Presenter: Les Tandler, Game Sportswear
Saturday, 10 - 11:30 AM
Ever wonder what ANSI/ISEA means on garments? Come to this seminar to find out just what ANSI Class 1, 2 or 3 garments are and who buys them. Afraid to decorate Hi Vis garments? We will help settle your mind so you can get into the lucrative work wear market. Find out what's new in fabric in the work wear field. Plenty of time to field you questions so you can start to grow in the hi-vis work wear market.

Profit with Custom Heat Transfers
Presenter: Transfer Express
Saturday, 12:30 - 2 PM
Learn how you can add profit to your embroidery business by bringing screen printing in house without being a screen printer. All you need is a heat press to outfit your customers with high quality screen printed garments by using transfers.
-- No Artwork Needed! You don't need to be a designer or pay for one with Easy Prints design layouts that can be customized to your customers needs.
-- Fast Turnaround: Learn how you can get your orders to ship out Same Day and fulfill your customer's orders faster than other printing methods.
-- Screen Printed or Digital Transfers: Find out the differences between the two types of printing and how each can be heat applied to more than just t shirts.
-- Take on Sports Teams: Produce fully decorated team uniforms with player numbers, names, sponsors, caps and much more using transfers. When the team adds another player at the last minute, it's no problem when using screen printed transfers.

Embroidery For Profit
Saturday, 12:30 - 2 PM
Presenter: Melanie Coakley, RNK Distributing
With over twenty years embroidery experience, Melanie will share her secrets on how to create embroideries that command top dollar. From creation, to pricing, it is important to know what you are worth. Your customers will love your work, and you will love going to the bank. The value of what you do is more than the time it takes you to do it. Learn how to please your customers to keep them coming back.

Diversify and Make Money
Presenter: Larry Lucas, Larry Lucas Inc.
Saturday, 12:30 - 2 PM
Showcasing the newest linen to monogram. Featuring the best in baby shower, tween, Happy Birthday and grandmothers bait. Stephen Joseph, Elegant Baby, Room It Up. Growing yet best priced baby blanks. How to promote, display, advertise and get new customers.

Digital Garment Printing and the facts that must be understood to ensure fuure success
Presenter: Brad Belk, Axiom America, LLC and Matt Rhome, Brother, Inc.
Saturday, 12:30 - 2 PM
We will address the various aspects to consider when starting digital garment decoration business. When, what, and how should I consider buying a Digital Garment Printing System. We will discuss the basics behind choosing ancillary support systems for digital printing and what benefits they offer. How to price Digital Direct to Garment, and who should I look to as prospective customers? How to expand your capabilities with digital garment printing without disappointing existing customers? Looking at the Price versus Cost analysis when digital garment printing and how to determine the correct path to success.