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Awards & Customization

Ideas and how-to for awards, recognition and personalization businesses: laser engraving, sandcarving, routing, UV printing and sublimation on gifts and promotional products. Learn new techniques, find equipment and grow your customization business.

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  • august products
    Apparel

    Product Picks: August 2026

    Products that caught our attention from Avery Dennison, Pukka, Roland DG, STAHLS’ & Watchfire.
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  • Left: Campus Ink and The NIL Store's mobile DTF trailer; Right: Purdue’s Lance Jones shows off an NIL Store bighead tee featuring Head Coach Matt Painter. (Image courtesy of Campus Ink & The NIL Team)
    Apparel

    Campus Ink & The NIL Store take DTF on the road

    How a mobile DTF trailer changed live printing for college sports.
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  • Gary Sheriff
    Awards

    5 questions with Gary Sheriff

    Gary Sheriff, senior director of sales & marketing at Radian Laser, talked about his engineering background, lasers, misconceptions & more.
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  • Man is holding hands on the car's steering wheel. Raindrops on the windscreen. Guy is traveling in the bad weather. Dangerous conditions. Lifestyle concept.
    Business and Marketing

    The art of success: You can’t steer a parked car

    A tool like the art of success multiplies your efficiency & problem-solving.
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  • custom puzzle business
    Custom Gifts / Promotional Products

    Piecing together a unique business

    Q&A with Allison Keeler of Curiosity Puzzle Company.
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  • attention
    Business and Marketing

    Your business grows where you plant your attention

    Direct it to the areas that build clarity, revenue, trust & momentum.
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  • color gaurd team wearing T-shirts
    Apparel

    Toxic threads: Printing color guard T-shirts with an ‘infected’ look

    Producing a short stack of shirts with a design that feels bigger than the run.
    Read More →: Toxic threads: Printing color guard T-shirts with an ‘infected’ look
  • Images courtesy of Promo Direct
    Custom Gifts / Promotional Products

    Hybrid print & promo: How print & branded merchandise are converging

    Creating a physical experience that feels cohesive from start to finish.
    Read More →: Hybrid print & promo: How print & branded merchandise are converging
  • Heather Kincaid (Images courtesy of Signarama) woman in business
    Architectural/Interior Signage

    Balancing it all: Leading in a male-dominated industry as a woman business owner

    Building a signage business, a community & a family.
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  • shapes graphic design software
    Graphic Design/Software

    The dynamics behind creating shapes in graphic design software

    Understand the tools & commands of creating & manipulating shapes, their potential & how they function.
    Read More →: The dynamics behind creating shapes in graphic design software
  • Interest finance or mortgage rates. Wooden blocks with currency symbols and arrow pointing up icons. Financial growth, Deposit interest increase, inflation, sale price and dollar exchange rate rise.
    Apparel

    Raising prices isn’t just about the numbers

    Your customers are not the problem.
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  • memorial products
    Awards

    Creating meaningful memorials

    How to add this niche to your business without any upfront cost.
    Read More →: Creating meaningful memorials

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