10 Free Photography Marketing Ideas That Work Like Crazy
You’ve started your business, now how do you find clients to hire you? Traditional advertising, such as an ad in a magazine or newspaper, is mostly worthless. Don’t waste your money. I’ve tried it. They don’t work. Instead, imagine having people love your business so much that they send all their friends your way. Think […]
Eco Packaging: Incredible Dissolving “Plastic” Bag
Creative Review put their magazine in a very clever, very eco packaging- a clear bag that dissolves in water. Way too cool! If you want to wrap your CD,DVD, Vinyl, merch, etc in this packaging, shoot us an e-mail. More details on how it works: “The hot water is just to show you the […]
Top 8 Merch Your Band Should Bring on Tour
Modern music fans will typically get their music online either legally or illegally. Some are even too lazy to download music- they just transfer music files from their friends’ USBs or phones or whatever. Some are simply okay with listening to music videos on YouTube. We can’t blame them. Why would they pay for music […]
How to Keep Your Creative Inertia Going
Creative Inertia: the tendency of a creator at work to stay at work unless allowing an outside force to act upon them. Do you notice that when you decide to do something and you really have the self-discipline to do it regularly, you gain esteem from it? Same goes with the things you decide NOT to […]
Promote Your Music Using QR Codes
If you’re not familiar with QR codes (quick response code), they are the little black & white checker-box images that are popping up on posters, kiosks, signs and just about everywhere else information is displayed. You’ve probably already seen them in use and just didn’t know what they were. When you spot a QR code, […]
Promoting Your Photography Business- a Checklist
Do you have a new photography business and you’re clueless where and how to start promoting it? You wish it’s just as easy as placing your good photos online (or in your studio) but you realize marketing your photography biz is a tedious task. Learning the ropes of marketing could be much tougher than learning […]
Indie Filmmaking: How to Shoot Your Movie On Time and On Budget
Recently, I discussed How To Make a Movie for $5000. That’s all well and good, but now I want to take a it a step further – ACTUALLY shooting it! Here are some suggestions based on my experiences working behind the scenes on big budget movies, shooting short films, and filming my indie feature film […]
Vinyl Resurgence – Why People Love Vinyl Records Again
From being a medium for music, vinyl records simply became a collector’s piece- a representation of a great decade of music. Many people still love it but it was just too bulky. In the 90s, vinyl was a thing of the past as it was overpowered by the trendy (now tacky) cassette tapes. Everyone was […]
Flash Drives: Smart Marketing Tool for Photographers
USB flash drives are now the favorite of many businessmen and self-employed individuals not only because they use them to contain their files but also because USB flash drives serve as excellent promotional items. They do look handsome, don’t they? Lots of photographers today put their projects and portfolios in USB flash drives. This is […]
USB Albums: The White Stripes Icky Thump
The White Stripes Icky Thump album is one of the handsomest USB music packaging I’ve seen. It was nominated for a Grammy in “Category 89: Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package”. Removing their respective hats reveals the USB dongle, plug it in, and you’ll get all of the Icky Thump tracks in Apple Lossless […]