Photopreneur Speedlinks

It's often interesting and insightful to read what's happening over at Photopreneur. Here are links to a few articles worth checking out!

• You Could be a Professional Photographer When… -You’re not ready to become a professional until you also have these elements of professional knowledge figured out:
  
  

  1. You Know the Legal Stuff
  2. You Understand Licensing and Pricing
  3. You Have a Professional Attitude



• Photographers Start to Give Up on Copyright Restrictions - For photographers, the ownership of images seems obvious: they had the concept, set up the shots, used their creativity, drew on their technical skills, and produced beautiful photographs. The results belong to the artists who created them, and they’re the ones who should get to control how the photos are used.


• Photography Deals That are Worse Than They Look - A photographer finds that a bad deal included his being ridiculed by the end user of the photography.

Now go! Check 'em out, and come back soon!

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Livebooks - Speedlinks

Our colleagues (and, yes, advertiser) Livebooks does a great job over on their Resolve blog of posting timely and insightful articles on the realities of the business and marketing of photography. Here are a few:

• What is Branding - Want to build a strong brand that best represents your business? Sit down and define the following:
  
  

  What is your mission statement?
  Who are you? What is your business about?
  What are you values and your company’s values?
  What do you want to be known for?
  What is your specialty?



• Selling Relationships - The client wants to know that you are listening and want to meet his or her needs. The client wants a RELATIONSHIP.


• Pricing – How to Factor for YOU in Your Costs - I don’t care if you’ve been in business for 2 months or 20 years; this is something that is always of concern to small business owners. And, for those people who feel comfortable in their pricing, it is a short-lived comfort. Pricing must always be examined and re-examined.

Now go! Check 'em out, and come back soon!

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