Yesterday I was flying home and had a couple of hours stopping in Atlanta Airport and hit Phillip’s Seafood for lunch. They screwed up my order, lost the ticket and finally after almost 30 minutes brought it out. The waitress apologized and simply said, “We’re really sorry. Lunch is on us. They shouldn’t have lost [...]
Watching TV last night I found myself thinking about branding. It was just one of those days when I couldn’t get my brain to shut off, but here’s what I was thinking. You need to be working to build brand awareness, literally with just about everything you do. There’s so much noise in our lives [...]
August 1st is right around the corner. From a business stand point it’s a time everybody should be using to do at least one thing you’ve never done before to create a little buzz in your market, your community. Here are some ideas and thoughts on where you can get some help!
Postcard Mailing: How about [...]
I flew down to Sarasota yesterday, working hard to squeeze in a fast visit with my folks before Summer School. On the flight down I was repeatedly reminded why I hate flying in the summer – it’s tourist season! It’s that one time of year when everyone in the world becomes an expert in seat [...]
I’ve written a lot about things that make this industry so special – well, one of them is the way everybody watches each other’s backs. Incredible friendships develop and it all starts with every one’s mutual love for the craft!
At the end of last week I got a call from Vicki Taufer. After a lot [...]
It’s Monday morning, affectionately known as “First Tuesday” here and the start of new week. It’s also the last week of July and I feel like I’m trapped inside an old Jimmy Stewart movie and the hands of the clock are spinning. The summer is flying by and all the retailers seem to be wishing it [...]
I usually keep Sunday mornings short, not because it’s the one day of the week when traffic is light in Cyberspace, but because I don’t feel like writing very much (the truth comes out!). So, here’s what I’m thinking about this morning and I have to admit, the points are a little random.
It takes twice [...]
A short time ago I wrote a blog about the care and feeding of your network and it’s interesting, in talking to more photographers, how many do absolutely nothing to maintain it. It’s almost as if they view their network like wildflowers – great to look at but they just grow and require no care.
Yesterday I had [...]
As I sat and listened to Matthew Jordan Smith’s presentation the other night, it dawned on me that relationship building is relationship building, no matter what your business focus might be. Matthew had some great stories about how he’s built relationships over the years. All of us are pretty typical of being star-struck when it [...]
A few weeks ago I wrote a blog about turning Akron into a hub for photographic education. I’m ecstatic to have been given the thumbs up to make an exclusive announcement: Clay Blackmore, one of the finest wedding and portrait photographers in the country, is bringing his new program to the John S. Knight Center in Akron on October [...]
