Guides from
the press room.
Straight answers to the questions Central Texas businesses ask before they order print, apparel, signs, event gear or a website. Written by the people who run the shop in Hutto, updated as the questions change. 23 guides and counting.
Golf tournaments
Golf tournaments
How to price golf tournament sponsorship levels.
How to set golf tournament sponsor levels from title to hole sponsor, what each sponsor gets printed, and the hard cost of every piece. Central Texas.
Golf tournaments
Golf tournament signage checklist.
Every sign a charity golf scramble needs: registration, hole sponsor, contest, cart and sponsor banners, games and awards, with prices. Central Texas.
Signs + banners
Signs + banners
Vinyl banner size guide.
Vinyl banner sizes by reading distance: 2x4, 3x6 and 4x8, letter height rules, grommets, wind slits and fence mounting. 15oz banners printed in Hutto, TX.
Signs + banners
Yard signs for contractors.
Jobsite yard signs for roofers, builders, remodelers and tree services: sizes, what to print, placement, and tracking calls with a QR code. Hutto, TX.
Apparel
Apparel
Embroidery vs screen printing for uniforms.
Embroidery or screen printing for work uniforms? When each wins for crews, offices, restaurants and schools, plus digitizing and thread matching. Hutto, TX.
Apparel
Local screen printer vs CustomInk.
Local screen printer vs CustomInk for team, crew and event shirts: minimums, turnaround, samples, size changes and reorders, from our Hutto, Texas shop.
Apparel
Screen printing vs DTG vs DTF.
Screen printing, DTG or DTF? Compare quantity, colors, fabric, feel and durability, then pick the right method for your shirts. Printed in Hutto, Texas.
Printing
Printing
Business cards in 2026.
Business card stocks and finishes (14pt, 16pt, uncoated, soft touch, painted edge), what goes front and back, and QR codes. Printed in Hutto, Texas.
Printing
How to brief a designer.
How to brief a designer for a logo or brand: what to send, what files to get back (vector, PNG, PDF, color codes) and how a brand board keeps it all matching.
Printing
Local print shop vs Vistaprint.
Local print shop vs Vistaprint, compared fairly: when an online printer is the right call and when a Hutto, Texas shop with real proofs saves the job.
Printing
What print ready means.
Print ready files explained: vector vs raster, 300 DPI at final size, bleed, outlined fonts and CMYK. How to send files to our Hutto, Texas print shop.
Printing
Real estate print checklist.
Every print piece a Central Texas agent needs: yard signs and riders, open house signs, listing flyers, postcards, feature sheets, badges and closing gifts.
Printing
School and booster club print guide.
Spirit wear stores, senior banners, Big Head prints, fence banners and tents for Central Texas schools, booster clubs and PTAs. Tax exempt and PO friendly.
Promotional products
Promotional products
Holiday client gifts and year end print.
Engraved client gifts, holiday cards, thank you mailers, staff apparel and holiday market banners for Central Texas businesses. Order before Thanksgiving.
Promotional products
Promo products: local shop vs 4imprint.
Promotional products from a local shop vs 4imprint: logo matching, in-house engraving, personalized closing gifts and Net terms, from our Hutto, Texas shop.
Events + tents
Events + tents
Custom event tent guide.
Custom event tents compared: 10x10, 10x15 and 10x20, what fits under each, walls, flags, weights and design. From $999, printed for Central Texas.
Events + tents
Football season print checklist.
What Central Texas booster clubs, schools and sponsors order for football season, from fence banners to Big Heads, and when to order each one.
Events + tents
Senior night and graduation print deadlines.
When to order senior banners, Big Heads, graduate yard signs, banquet programs and awards for spring senior nights and May graduation in Central Texas.
Events + tents
Trade show booth kit for a small business.
A small business trade show booth kit: tent or backdrop, table throw, feather flags, banner, cards, giveaway and QR lead capture. Printed in Hutto, TX.
FPI Growth
FPI Growth
AI visibility checklist for local businesses.
A 24 point AI visibility checklist for Central Texas businesses: website, Google Business Profile, reviews, listings, tracking and print.
FPI Growth
Every customer question is a page.
Turn every customer question into a page that answers it first. Where to find the questions, how to build each page, and why AI assistants quote them.
FPI Growth
How AI picks which local business to name.
How ChatGPT, Google AI and Siri pick which local business to name, what they read, and what a Central Texas business should fix first.
FPI Growth
Put your yard signs to work.
How QR codes on yard signs, truck wraps and uniforms feed tracked pages and your CRM, so Central Texas contractors see which signs bring in calls.
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