Yesterday I got an email from Bob Bell at United Funding.  I’ve never met Bob, nor do I have any kind of relationship with his company. I got the letter because I’m on the attendee list from last year’s Imaging USA show.  What Bob didn’t know when he sent it out was how timely his [...]

The original post that follows was written by my good buddy Scott Bourne, but I want to expand on the concept, because there are only a few weeks left to 2011. Come tax time, most of you are going to be scrambling for receipts, tax records and racking your brains trying to remember what you [...]

There’s been a lot written about things you can do to build your business. I’ve written about it, we’ve written about it on GoingPro and recently I ran across this post on Photofocus by my good buddy, Scott Bourne.  We live in an instant fulfillment society with too many photographers wanting it all right now. Wanting [...]

Last year we had an idea and decided to launch our own association. No, let’s correct that, we wanted to start your association. We got the site up and running, started to tweet and within a day had the industry wondering what in the world we were doing. After all, the last thing anybody would think [...]

Everyone knows how to focus their cameras, but more of you need to focus on your business and just do a better job of setting your priorities.  It’s not an easy task.  Day to day it represents the biggest challenge even for a seasoned vet (sounds more professional than “old fart”) like me.  So I’m [...]

Last week I talked about working to convince my Dad to do a guest post now and then.  Well, I finally closed the deal, but only after we negotiated a life-changing compensation program that hopefully won’t disturb his Social Security and is comparable to what he underpaid me as a kid!   What I’m most happy [...]

Here’s the fun of your own blog – it doesn’t always have to make a huge point. Sometimes it’s okay to just keep it light, simple and have multiple points.  So, here are some completely random thoughts for a Saturday morning!
—This is for my 88 year old Dad’s benefit.  Yes Dad, I am proud of [...]

I don’t know about all of you, but even in business, I’d much rather be carrying the ball than chasing it.  So, with football season completely underway, it seems like a good idea to come up with some ideas to help photographers play offense the rest of this year and into 2011!
1) Plan at least [...]

Circle October 24 on your calendar when GoingPro hits the road for a full day to help you get your business started or fine-tune what you already have!  Scott Bourne, Tony Corbell and I will be at the Sheraton, Newark Airport.    We want to give everyone a chance to attend this boot camp so we’ve [...]

A little over a year ago, frustrated with the economy and spending a lot of time talking to photographers who were finding new ways to “fight the battle”, I started my own campaign: Just because the media says it’s going to be a bad year, doesn’t mean it has to be! 
Well, here we are a [...]