your box and talk amongst your peers. I used to be very -- you know, this is my information,I don't want to share it. You know, it was all competitor, competitor, and with maturity I've discovered that I can only do so much, I can only have so many clients. My life philosophy is I want to help people make the best merch possible... and if I help my peers/competitors whatever they are, make a better shirt for their customer, then have this fulfillment because we're saving bad shirts from the graveyard of the trash can. Marshall Atkinson I love it. And I know personally that the more that you share online, the more opportunities open up. And the more you give away, the more it comes back. And so if you're the “close to the vest and I'm white-knuckling-got-a-death-grip on stuff, and I'm not going to give you that information", you don't have any opportunities coming your way. Jeremy Picker Yup. Yup. You have to open up to receive, right? So yeah, I mean, you do that. Greater than anyone in our industry, you are everywhere. You know, you can tell you're a craftsman like that. You put tons of tons of time just to help people again, a lot of the time, yes, you'll get business from it. And I asked Kirby Hasseman, you know, why do you do this? And it's like, You have other better things to do with your time than just giving out free content. But that's who you are. And I think that's why you're here today. People want you because you are there helping, not only just in the apparel world, but for the promo world. And so thank you for setting the bar high. 'Cause like sometimes I'll be like I haven't posted for two days and here's Marshall posting twice a day, you know, and it keeps me on my toes. So thank you for that. Marshall Atkinson Well, hey, you're welcome. And, I use apps... that's not me posting, Jeremy Picker Well, but you're creating the content. Right? Marshall Atkinson Yes, well... I have a rule... it's about 80-20, so I create 20% of the content and the other 80% is the stuff that I like. And, because if you're always me, me, me, me, me... you're that guy at the party, that's always talking about themselves and nobody wants to hear that, man. Jeremy Picker Unless you're on a podcast where you are coming on to talk about yourself, right? Marshall Atkinson Yeah, exactly. Oh, you know, this is my platform here, right? But guess what? I'm highlighting you.
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