And if I see that the design is kind of going in the wrong direction, a lot of times I'll stop them and ask them. “Say now I - I've been doing this since 2004. I know what our crowd likes and I know what they don't like. And I think the styles may be going in a different direction. I know you like it, but we need to make sure the masses like it because I don't think you alone are going to buy 300 or 400 t-shirts that weekend. So let's, uh, let's please the masses”. And I get a lot of that feedback via social media. That's the new way for us. Marshall Atkinson Oh, so you'll talk to your client and then you'll post something on Facebook and say, Hey, we're thinking about doing this. What do you guys think? And then everybody will comment, and then they'll either validate that or say, “Hey, that's wrong, that's the wrong choice”. Scott Dawson Yes. Yeah. And that kind of gives some positive reinforcement back to the client that might be wanting to go with artwork that maybe, won’t be our best seller. And if we've got enough heads up and the, my contact allows it, we've done two designs before and then let the masses pick which one actually lands on the t-shirt. That was a lot of fun. They love the fact that they can have some say so in it. And what better way to find out what they want to let them choose. And then when they show up at the events on Saturday and Sunday, there's the shirt that they chose. They're more apt to buy it. Marshall Atkinson Oh, that's good, that's interesting. As an artist, I hate double the work though. Scott Dawson Yeah. So, well, the beautiful thing about it is sometimes I'll keep the artwork somewhat generic enough that if they pick Design 1, Design 2 can be used later in the season. And I just change out texts on it. Almost like a name drop. Marshall Atkinson Right. Okay. Yeah, that makes sense. Scott Dawson So it's not, it doesn't always happen that way, but it's not always just wasted effort either. Marshall Atkinson And do you ever go, Hey, we're thinking about our red shirt or a blue shirt? Which one would you like better? Scott Dawson We have done that also. And we get a lot of feedback that way these guys are, they're not scared to voice their opinion. They'll tell you real quick what they want and what they don't want. Marshall Atkinson Right.
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