Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Take advantage of today’s technology using online sales with your photography business.

Is technology missing in your photography sales? Do you have a way to create photographic print sales 24/7? Time to take a look at ways that increase your print sales from each portrait or wedding your studio photographs.

Online sales are not new, they have been around for many years, but the ease of using photography print systems have changed. With a quick upload of your prints files, you could have your clients, family members and friends purchasing prints and enlargements today.

Several systems are in place today for great photographic print and enlargement sales experiences. Pictage and Collages.net are easy to understand and simple for your clients to navigate. Some systems even send out reminder emails about prints and specials. Some labs like Millers and Burrell offer systems that enhance your current photography studio business. Take a few moments and see if adding online photography print sales could increase profit to your bottom line quickly.

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Growing Your Photography Business

October 15, 2007 by Virtual Photography  
Filed under Blog, Photography Marketing

Growing Your Photography Business

What is the easiest way to increase your sales/profits? Increasing your business boils down to three fundamentals.

Most traditional photography studios have known for years that there are three essential ways of growing your business:

1. Create fresh ways of bringing new clients into your business.

2. Increase the average dollar amount each customer spends.

3. Increase the frequency with which you do business with each customer.

If you are building a strong photography business, this translates into:

1. Create new marketing techniques to bring in more people for photography sessions.

2. Increase the amount of product your client is purchasing from you at each photo session. This may include packaging products together to create larger sales.

3. Increase the number of times each of your customers have a portrait session. Creativity is king here. You must focus on creating sessions that your clients want to be included.

Serving small niche markets is easier to grow your business. Create seasonal photo sessions that are limited items. Go beyond the traditional Santa Clause and Easter bunny scenes. Instead think of things that are unique and individual to you and your business. Offer quality products and services that people can’t find anywhere else, and they will create a bond that will last throughout the years.

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Cater to your Photography Sources to Keep Clients Streaming In

The holidays are just around the corner. Are you ready? What are your plans to take care of your best clients and referral sources?

One of the best ways to keep referral sources sending you weddings and portrait clients to your photography studio are with gifts, cards or a certificate to a elegant restaurant show that you respect them. Wedding coordinators, wedding reception locations and caterers have always been on of the best supplier of quality potential clients for our studio. Keep them happy and show your appreciation for them this coming holiday.

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Photographing Wedding receptions taking a toll on your hearing?

Wedding photography is a wonderful service that we offer our clients. Providing this once in a lifetime memory of a blissful event. I know many photographers face the same issue when photographing weddings, loud receptions. Seems that the party needs to be loud and ground thumping to be enjoyable. Sounds like a great time if you only attend one event every few years. What if you capture events every weekend or multiple events during a weekend? The extreme sound can take its toll on your hearing. Do you know how well your hearing is? Found a very cool site that has exact frequency to show your hearing ability.

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