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  1. Finished your 2010 Marketing Plan yet? Here's a good example to read and follow: http://tiny.cc/oNIlM . Happy T-giving all, more next week!
  2. Good NYTimes article http://tiny.cc/f430s on rise of internet-based, local news-gathering organizations. Does it work for photographers?
  3. CONTRACT - An agreement between two or more competent parties in which an offer is made and accepted, AND EACH BENEFITS http://tiny.cc/jhTKU
  4. Talking exclusivity? make sure both parties are on the same page - do you mean, industry, time period, geographic, media type, total?
  5. On writing subject lines in email marketing, this writer says to look to Scrabble for hints: http://tiny.cc/WQZQY
  6. Never cut a stated price w/out a reason, you'll sabotage your own prices. Lower price should always correspond to lower perceived value.
  7. Same AD panel: even (or especially) in the age of technology, taking the time to personalize a marketing piece will make an impression
  8. Same AD panel: good websites give the shooter's perspective & show consistency from just a quick sampling of images-make every image count
  9. Same panel of AD's on websites: mixed views on showing personal work; if so, keep it relevant to the commercial work- don't confuse viewers
  10. Heard a panel of AD's last week singing the praises of printed promos. They can be tangible, beautiful, and tactile - all lacking with email
  11. Need help writing a usage license? EP offers instructions and templates - just one benefit of a small membership fee http://tiny.cc/Yux3H
  12. We avoid marketing for many reasons- perhaps the least best, but most powerful, is simple fear.
  13. A guy walks into a store and says "I'd really like this couch, but it's against my policy to pay you. . . ." You think he gets the couch?
  14. You can't "talk" a portfolio - if you have to explain an image, get it out of your book! The best images speak for themselves.
  15. Your success or failure as a photographer relies as much on your success or failure as a business person as on your image-making ability.
  16. "If you truly want something, you will find a way. If not, you will find an excuse" --Errol Gerson http://tiny.cc/hQiqW
  17. Many non-profits have budgets to pay, but ask for pro bono work anyway. Do your homework and accept pro bono work for the right reasons.
  18. Exposure and name recognition are a means to the end of your own definition of success, not the end themselves -- you can't eat exposure.
  19. "Raise your prices and point to the truth: crowd-sourced imagery will never [offer] the same …results as professional…" http://tiny.cc/TBZJT
  20. trouble negotiating? try posing a question that invites a cooperative solution to keep the discussion going, i.e. "How can we solve this?"