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Tips For Event Photography

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

A great way to make money with photography is to focus on events. You will be surprised about how many people want events covered and photographed.

Here’s how you can do it

Cover only events where it is hard for people to take the pics themselves and where they will want to keep their memories frozen in film.

One idea is to go to kids sports events. Get permission from the coach to click pics for the parents watching and then start clicking away. If you turn up with a wopping big telephoto lens like the ones used for pro coverage of events, you will be taken seriously. Make sure you get all the kids doing great action shots and then hand out flyers to all the parents watching with your web address. If you can get hold of the parents email address so you can email them the URL of you site then upload the pics to your web site that day and email everyone. If you have a simple shopping cart set up you can make money in a few hours as people pop in to see the pics and buy them for $20 or more a pop.

You can do a similar thing with weddings. Take all the regular shots as part of the wedding coverage but then get your URL printed on the wedding invites and all the other wedding materials and also get an email list of all the wedding guests, offer the couple a nice 20% discount for doing this and then take lots of extra pics at the wedding of the guests doing all the things they do. Upload all the pics to your site and send the emails. You will then make a lot more money than the 20% discount it cost you because then 20 or 30 people will be also buying your pics at $20 or more a shot straight from your site. Charging a higher price for high res pics is also a great money spinner.

The key is to just find a corner of the market where you can take the pics and then sell them easily online.

Dog shows, fashion shows, horse shows, car shows, livestock competitions, rock shows, – the list goes on. Keep your eye out in the events section of your local paper to see what is happening. Always ask for permission to shoot pics and if you need to offer the people 10% of the income if feel you need to so you can get easy access.

Learn more about Singaporean Event Photographer and discover more about Wedding Photographers.

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B1G1 – Global Giving Partnering Businesses With Charities

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Buy One Give One (B1G1) is the home of transaction-based giving.

STOP. Take a breath. And imagine you were part of a world where every transaction made a key difference.

Imagine, for example, you bought a television, and automatically a cataract-blind child received the gift of sight. Automatically. Or imagine if today you purchased a cup of coffee and someone in Africa got access to clean, pure water as a direct result. Automatically again.

It’s all happening right now. Already Buy1GIVE1 (Buy1/Give1) has become a true global giving ‘village’, bringing together businesses, their customers and worthy causes in a way that’s never been done before.

It’s happening globally, every second, every day and in every way with a staggering 556 projects already underway and making a difference.

That’s because in the Buy1GIVE1 world, every single transaction, be it buying a beer in Jamaica or renting a car in Reno (and everything in between) gives back in a well-defined, resonant and measurable way.

Nowadays, when both corporations and charities have seen a decline in profits and contributions, cause-related marketing seems to really be catching on. Cause-related marketing is a business strategy involving a partnership between a company with a merchandise to trade and a charity with a cause to advance. As opposed to “corporate philanthropy,” which merely includes a company making a tax-deductible charitable donation, cause-related marketing benefits both the company (by helping to increase sales, and therefore, profits), and the charity (by bringing in contributions and calling attention to the cause.)

You buy a book, a tree gets planted. You dine out, a child gets fed. Buy One Give One – simple. The list goes on forever and the giving simply happens automatically, every second, every day and in every way.

And it is beautifully simple. Buy1GIVE1 is now becoming a global movement as more and more businesses jump on board and enjoy the incredible benefits of transaction based giving.

In Buy1GIVE1, they make the stronger point that in many, many cases, the consumer is not just engaged in CSR initiatives on a day-to-day basis. Buy1-Give1 gives solutions to that and it does it every second, every day and in every way.

Discover more about how Buy1GIVE1 (BOGO) can transform your business using Cause Marketing.

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Small Business Ideas

Monday, December 7th, 2009

When a lot of people heard about the world credit crunch they were in so many economic woes that they wished they had started a small business. When unemployment hits all sources of income are immediately cut-off and ultimately indebtedness ensues. The one good thing about starting a small business is that if you lose you job you will have something to fall back on. But for some brainstorming small business ideas is the real problem.

Selling doughnuts; pancakes; sandwiches and cakes is an excellent opportunity to make extra income if you work at a place with a lot of busy employees who don’t have enough time to go out for lunch. This is exactly what a former business colleague used to do and he used to earn a decent amount of money every day. All you must do is ensure that your prices are reasonable and affordable.

Christmas is the time where everyone is good natured, even the short tempered act like they never raised their voices in their entire lives. Capitalise on this if you are a good graphic designer and make your own Christmas cards. Buy a good colour printer; cartridges and paper and market yourself with fliers and posters. If you’re cheap and have nice cards you can actually end up getting orders from stationery stores.

Grab the rainy season by the throat and siphon it of all it can surrender. During summer grass grow a lot and many families would love it if there was someone who cuts grass for them once in a while at an affordable charge. The good thing about this is that you don’t need a huge workforce; you can even employ your children and provide them with income for their own expenses.

Professional skills are being wasted by people who possess them. Instead of starting a small business that accommodates your skills you spend all your time working on someone else’s business. Utilise your teaching skills after work by having extra lessons at least 2-3 days a week. Make your services cheaper than most if you want the most out of this. On the other had if you’re a lawyer you can open a small firm and represent a few clients every month. Eventually you can even start your own firm.

Installing Christmas lights is an opportunity to be pounced upon. When Christmas approaches families are busy trying to beautify the house in a splash of bright lights. Buy your stocks 4-6months before the festive season to get the cheapest prices and you’ll be able to make more money than established businesses. But to get an extra edge it would be wise to be consistent and good at what you do.

But if you are good at plaiting hair you can look for affordable office space and open your own salon. To be competitive you had better have good quality services at a fair price.

Want to find out more about small business ideas, then visit Al Delgado’s site on how to choose the best small business ideas for your needs.

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