Sales Documents for Pro Photographers What Do you Really Need
By Clwyd Probert
When any new wedding photography business owner starts out there is generally a massive amount of enthusiasm and this can end up in some nonessential purchases early on. One of those is letterheads and marketing literature. It used to be the situation that you needed glossy brochures, flyers, printed stationary, costly business cards, portfolio carriers and large number of other leaflets such as price lists, booking forms, contracts for example.
If you were to stroll into your local printer they might gladly sell you all this. They might also charge you for planning trademarks, letterheads and leaflets. It is straightforward to spend thousands of pounds on this as you feel you have got to compete with the other big players in the market.
Fortunately , in the world of the global web, online marketing and with global access to cheap worldwide designers, a lot of this can be done from your own computer.
So there isn't any necessity to go to the local print shop for anything. Buy high quality paper online and check all your printed material is produced on the same top quality paper. Confirm envelopes match the quality and style of the paper.
Cash saving tip: If you have got a home printer (you are a snapper, right?). Then invest in an alternative, continual ink system. As an alternative to using the inks offered by the manufacturer you can use a big ink reservoir of nearly identical ink. Do not buy the replacement cartridges "they really are cheap and unpleasant "go for a top of the range replacement system. It may cost you a couple of hundred pounds, nevertheless it will save you thousands.
Designing emblems, brochures flyers etc is simple. There and now a number of websites where independent designers hang out "they make their living making high quality designs and they're really inexpensive "you see their other work and how they've been arranged by their clients. Three great sites are: elance.com, fiver.com and oDesk.com
When you've your designs, you can do all of your printing from home, just when you need it "not have to purchase thousands of pages of letter-headed paper 'just in case'.
Now business cards: In England there is a great online business card company called moo.com (yes truly) "they produce surprising cards which are idea for photographers as you can have a different image on each card "highly recommended".
If you were to stroll into your local printer they might gladly sell you all this. They might also charge you for planning trademarks, letterheads and leaflets. It is straightforward to spend thousands of pounds on this as you feel you have got to compete with the other big players in the market.
Fortunately , in the world of the global web, online marketing and with global access to cheap worldwide designers, a lot of this can be done from your own computer.
So there isn't any necessity to go to the local print shop for anything. Buy high quality paper online and check all your printed material is produced on the same top quality paper. Confirm envelopes match the quality and style of the paper.
Cash saving tip: If you have got a home printer (you are a snapper, right?). Then invest in an alternative, continual ink system. As an alternative to using the inks offered by the manufacturer you can use a big ink reservoir of nearly identical ink. Do not buy the replacement cartridges "they really are cheap and unpleasant "go for a top of the range replacement system. It may cost you a couple of hundred pounds, nevertheless it will save you thousands.
Designing emblems, brochures flyers etc is simple. There and now a number of websites where independent designers hang out "they make their living making high quality designs and they're really inexpensive "you see their other work and how they've been arranged by their clients. Three great sites are: elance.com, fiver.com and oDesk.com
When you've your designs, you can do all of your printing from home, just when you need it "not have to purchase thousands of pages of letter-headed paper 'just in case'.
Now business cards: In England there is a great online business card company called moo.com (yes truly) "they produce surprising cards which are idea for photographers as you can have a different image on each card "highly recommended".
About the Author:
Pixcellence are UK wedding photographers. They are experts in wedding photography London but also cover all the UK.
HARI DEEP
Tuesday, 6 September 2011
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