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Launching an award-winning debut novel is no small feat and promoting it is a story of its own. In this feature, multi-hyphenate artist J.R. Rice opens up about his writing journey, balancing creative roles, cultivating community, and using print to communicate and connect. Turning Struggles into Stories What’s the use of a broken pencil? It may seem […]

Celebrate creativity and community with The Smiling Goat Soap Company’s farm life and soap-making journey. Find out how custom signs and social media helped them grow.

Authors often face fierce competition, limited budgets, and difficulty reaching their target audience. But the right print products can help them break through the noise, build a loyal readership, and boost book sales. Find out how these authors from the UPrinting community use custom prints to their advantage. Functional Freebies Commonly given away as events […]

Business cards are a staple in professional networking, and today’s savvy entrepreneurs know that to stand out, they need something more… standout. Inspired by Forbes’ recent ranking of UPrinting as the best for custom-shaped business cards, we took a closer look at what our customers create through our customization tools. We found these four brands […]

What do you do when you can’t find the perfect gift? Keep looking? Not Knitted Friends. They saw the need and decided to fill the gap in the market.   It started with a gift hunt In early 2022, Nicolle De Sousa, the owner of Knitted Friends, told us they were looking for a special […]

The holidays can be a challenging time for new business owners. Many seasoned entrepreneurs will simply tell you the plan is to prepare. Others, like our friends from the UPrinting community, will teach you how to foolproof your holiday preparations. Read on as small business owners spill the Ts – their tried and tested tips […]

March is Women’s History Month! And we’re celebrating it by highlighting the women in business, whose roles and contributions to their communities and the SMB industry make for inspiring, share-worthy stories.   Celebrating Storytellers Every Women’s History Month has a theme. This year, it’s “Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories”. According to the National Women’s […]

Branding. Don’t we sometimes catch ourselves throwing the term around willy-nilly? We do, right? But for the professionals who create them and businesses who need them, branding is their identity. In April 2020, The Succulent Shop, a boutique plant shop in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, sought the help of Kelly Grantham, the owner and creator of […]

What’s next after military service? For Chris Stroup, US Army combat veteran turned small business owner from Fayetteville, North Carolina, it’s building a self-sustaining company that can support his family, help out friends, and give back to the veteran community. His brand, Stroup Knives, is doing just that. Together with his family and friends, Chris […]