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AJ Priniting and graphics is a
locally owned family business it's my brother
and we have a number of other employees
We've been in business for seventeen years now technology is constantly changing
we take a lot of pride in staying up to date on that software those types of
applications and we really excel in those types of things
with software and and the newest latest and greatest
we have invested a lot of money into the equipment
to give our customers fantastic service the quality and the turn around they deserve
we really uh... takes pride in just the whole business package
and providing that for our customers with those
printing needs solutions
my favorite part is the challenge and
in this economy & market
it's a challenge it's always a challenge to uh... to again stay up on technology
software
new equipment always coming out there's always bigger and better
and so it's finding the right mix for your needsand your customers' needs
and so it's finding the right mix for your needsand your customers' needs
the challenge of running a business growing it
that's uh...
we really enjoy that
you just need to make sure all your ducks are in a row as far as your business plan's numbers
making sure that there's a demand for whatever you're doing
whether it's selling printing or widgets I mean if there's a demand and
marketing is a big thing
uh... market is really important
and we do take a lot of pride in our marketing also
and staying up with a search engine optimization and website
and social media I mean those types of things are a lot of people and and
printers are
as ridiculous as it sounds arew netoriously bad marketers uh... and yet that's what we do
and yet that's what we do
so we really do take a lot of pride in that and those are some of the
hurdels that people have to learn from and there's always going to be growing pains
hurdels that people learn have to learn from and there's always going to be growing pains
but if you learn from your mistakes you should be alright when we first got started it was my brother and i
when we first got started it was my brother and i
i was twenty four he was twenty one and uh... nobody really took a seriously
uh... the business that uh... we're looking to purchase
My brother worked there for many years and it was for sale
i was in another industry totally unrelated
he had all the knology he managed it and he ran it
we were just talking one day
and he said hey what do you think
um... and we had some ideas and that just continued to grow
we went to a few banks and they didn't take us seriously
I mean at 24 and 21 everybody's just kinda blew us off
I mean at 24 and 21 everybody's just kinda blew us off
yet when we hookedup with the folks at SAFE-BIDCO
yet when we hookedup with the folks at SAFE-BIDCO
uh... there was some hurdles and they had questions
and they were legitimate questions
and we did our homework and
all that stuff and
we put together a great business plan and they saw it and made it work
my name's Greg Johnston from AJ printing and graphics in Santa Rosa California
We're open monday through friday 8:30-5pm our website is www.ajprinting.com
We're open monday through friday 8:30-5pm our website is www.ajprinting.com
we're a local business located just south of Coddingtown just off of Cleveland Avenue in Santa Rosa
we're a local business located just south of Coddingtown just off of Cleveland Avenue in Santa Rosa
we look forward to seeing you and please feel free to drop us an email or give us a call
we look forward to seeing you and please feel free to drop us an email or give us a call
we look forward to seeing you and please feel free to drop us an email or give us a call
we're looking forward to helping you with your printing needs