Tests Confirm CS4 Users Can Save Thousands of Dollars Through Productivity Gains in Everyday Tasks Adobe today announced benchmarking results from an independent research study conducted by Pfeiffer Consulting and commissioned by Adobe. According to the report, features in Adobe Creative Suite 4 software can dramatically increase productivity, efficiency and return on investment. Research shows [...]
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RSS feed for this sectionWeb Strategy 101 for Creatives (Part 4) – Website Security
DIMi recently was hacked. It was an interesting experience, and, as always, we learned a lot from the experience. Hacking of sites is on the rise and there is reportedly a substantial increase in recent times, which is likely to continue. As NASA, various governments and large corporations have discovered, there is no such thing [...]
Fullerton Photographics wins grand prize in PMA Custom Photo Gift Promotion Competition
The Worldwide Community of Imaging Associations announces Fullerton Photographics, Inc, Fullerton, Calif., as the grand prize winner of the PMA Custom Photo Gift Promotion Competition. Gabrielle Mullinax, president of Fullerton, accepted the $20,000 grand prize March 4 at the Official Business Session Keynote at the PMA 09 International Convention and Trade Show, Las Vegas, Nev.
Creative Business Development Series: Start Local, Grow Global, or How to Grow Your Imaging Business
With the Internet already a core part of your business life as an image maker, why not treat the whole world as your local market and expand the opportunities to sell your photography, design or services.
Kubota Image Tools Announces Fall 2009 Digital Photography Bootcamp® Workshop
Digital Photography Bootcamp scheduled for November 8–13, 2009 Kubota Image Tools is pleased to announce its 18th Digital Photography Bootcamp workshop November 8-13, 2009. Bootcamp, taught by renowned photographer Kevin Kubota, is a 5-day workshop for professional photographers designed to supply all of the technical know-how to run a successful digital portrait/wedding studio; at the [...]
A Photographer’s Website – Foto Baja Mex
To show you just what can be done cheaply and easily I wanted to show you the latest site we have developed for a client that is just going through its last tweaking stage: Foto-Baja_Mex.com. Owned by Byrle Moore, the site is used to sell his photography of off-road racing that takes place in Baja, [...]
Xerox Delivers Low-Cost Color in the Office with New Printers for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) today introduced two new, affordable office printers to help small and medium-sized businesses more easily add color to office documents. “Businesses of all sizes are recognizing that professional-looking color documents leave a positive, lasting impression with customers leading to new business opportunities,” said Rick Dastin, president, Global Products Delivery Group, Xerox [...]
IMAGE3D LAUNCHES CELEBRATIONS3D PROGRAM FOR PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS AT WPPI 2009
Celebrations3D View-Master-style 3D Reels and Viewers Provide Professional Photographers with Unique Product for Their Clients Portland, Oregon and Las Vegas, Nevada – February 17, 2009 – At the 2009 WPPI International Convention & Trade Show this week, Image3D is launching a special program for professional photographers that enables them to become authorized dealers of Celebrations3D [...]
ExposureManager Announces Premium Subscription
New features help photographers improve their presence on the Internet and increase their profits from the sale of their photography; upgrade incentives now available ExposureManager (http://www.exposuremanager.com), a customizable full-service online sales resource for photographers, announces a new Premium Subscription service created to help increase print and merchandise sales for photographers. ExposureManager’s behind-the-scenes marketing support provides [...]
Parature Releases Free White Paper on Strategies for Dealing with Difficult Customers
White Paper Explores the Latest Techniques and Skills for Managing Challenging Customer Interactions Parature, the global leader in on-demand customer service software, announced today the release of a free white paper offering customer service and support professionals insight into appropriate skills and techniques for managing challenging customer interactions. The white paper entitled “What to Say [...]
New FileMaker Pro 10 Ships With Sleek New Interface and Breakthrough Reporting and Automating Features
Most dramatic interface improvements in over a decade put commonly used features at users’ fingertips FileMaker, Inc. today announced it is shipping the new FileMaker Pro 10, a breakthrough version of the award-winning database software, which features a sleek new interface and intuitive new design. With a fresh new interface, FileMaker Pro 10 delivers the most [...]
New Lexmark Printers
At ShowStoppers CES, Lexmark will be highlighting a range of devices that can help working professionals get “Back to Business” The Lexmark X7675 All-in-One: Part of Lexmark’s Professional Series of printers www.lexmark.com/lexmark/sequentialem/home/0,6959,204816596_1177904058_0_en,00.htmlthe Lexmark X7675 All-in-One features four-in-one capability (print,scan, copy, fax), wireless and Ethernet standard, two-sided printing, avibrant 2.4-inch color LCD, a 25-page ADF, and [...]
Don’t Miss Out on Government Business Grants
Image Making is a business and most governments offer business grants to help with various aspects of your activities. So whether you are a commercial photographer, graphic or web designer or other creative, if you are in business you should at least consider grants. Whatever country you live in, your federal, state and local governments [...]
Dell For Business Advice
There are lots of places you can get sound business advice, but have you thought of Dell? When it comes to getting good information about your business you tend not to think of your computer company. But Dell has taken the initiative and setup Small Business Centres on at least some of its national websites. [...]
Three Secrets to Successfully Marketing Photos and Paintings
With the popularity of digital cameras and the internet, amateur and professional photographers alike are exploring brave old and new worlds for selling their images, from offering portraits to local clients to promoting their work to the world through web sites. Press Release Contact InformationKaren Sperlinghttp://www.artistrymag.com(818) 981 [email protected] What are the three secrets to successfully [...]
Web Strategy 101 for Creatives (Part 3) – Website Design Options
We look at ways to develop your website, whether for photography, digital art, your business or whatever. Website One of the hardest things for people to realize, and especially photographers, artists and designers, is that their website should not be designed to suit them. Yes, that is what I said. Your website needs to be [...]
Web Strategy 101 for Creatives (Part 2) – Site Hosting
As a creative, whether a hobbyist or a professional, artist, photographer or designer, a key thing is presenting our work. The Internet is one of the ways of doing this. But it is important to get it right. This series of articles covers the issues. Setup Site Hosting Once you have a domain name you [...]
Web Strategy 101 for Creatives (Part 1) – First Steps
As a creative, whether a hobbyist or a professional, artist, photographer or designer, a key thing is presenting our work. The Internet is one of the ways of doing this. But it is important to get it right. This series of articles covers the issues. The Internet is, today, a core part of doing business. [...]
WinScribe Follows Record Momentum with a New Market-Leading BlackBerry Release
WinScribe, the market innovator in digital dictation, transcription, and workflow management solutions, has announced new enhancements now available for its application for BlackBerry Smartphones. Pres Release Users now have the ability to insert and over-write audio dictation captured on their BlackBerry Smartphones as well as flag jobs as priority directly from their device. WinScribe is [...]
Managing Your Activities, Part 1, To Do Lists
Keeping track of things is a major task but considerably easier with the right support. Photographers and artists have a lot of things to do. When this activity is also a business the issue is bigger. All of these activities can be well tracked on paper. Paper works and can certainly be carried anywhere with [...]
FileMaker Previews Bento, The Stylish Personal Database for Leopard
Incredibly easy software unleashes your Address Book contacts and iCal events,rnand organises your Mac-based info in one place Press Release Today FileMaker, Inc. began a public preview of Bento (download it now at www.filemaker.com.au), a new personal database designed specifically for Mac OS X v.10.5 Leopard. Bento is designed to help Mac users organise their lives [...]
FileMaker Delivers FileMaker Training Series
Self-paced learning materials help users get the most from FileMaker 9 Press Release FileMaker, Inc. today announced the FileMaker Training Series, a self-paced learning program that provides the building blocks necessary to get the most from FileMaker 9. Designed for intermediate to advanced FileMaker developers, the FileMaker Training Series can benefit anyone who is creating [...]
The Teamworking Pocketbook
A pocket sized guide to teambuilding and making teams work right. The Teamworking PocketbookBy Ian FlemingManagement Pocket Books, 1999ISBN: 190377621X This little 94-page book manages to pack a huge amount of sensible advice into a tiny package. It is organized as single pages on a single topic, with related topics gathered together into chapters. The [...]
The E Myth Revisited – Why Most Small Businesses Donâ
The E Myth Revisited is a classic and must read book for people in business or considering getting started in business. The E Myth RevisitedWhy Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About ItBy Michael E. GerberHarperCollins, 1995ISBN: 0-88730-728-0 This is a classic book, even as a revised edition of the original The [...]
The Power of Nice
rnA book that argues that there is a better way than the ruthless, cut throat and self-absorbed approach to work and relationships that is often pushed as the best way to get ahead. The Power of NiceHow to conquer the world with kindnessBy Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin KovalInspired Living, 2007ISBN: 9781741750959 This seems to [...]
Internet Marketing Articles Resource
We have found a great site with useful articles on Internet marketing Internet marking can be complex. Most of us need as much help as we can get. I found a useful resource with a good collection of articles that can help. I hope you find them useful.
Getting Referrals
Referrals are one of the best and also cheapest ways to obtain serious leads for your business. One of the principles in business is to examine how much it costs youto obtain a new customer. This can get complex but one of the aspectswhich is often ignored is the time you spend with a potential [...]
Time for a Shake-up in Patent Law
With the European rejection of changes to their patent law to cover software patents, perhaps it is time for a re-think worldwide The massive vote against a proposedchange to patent law in Europe to create a single approach to patentingsoftware means that perhaps all countries should reconsider theirpatent law on software, at the very least. [...]
