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A booming business with high-value potential February 2012. Download Now --- to see full --- Speaker Notes. Photo Products: So much more than prints. Here are a few specific photo applications. Books , Greeting Cards & Calendars Stationery Notepads Gift Tags Magnets Wall Decals
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A booming business with high-value potentialFebruary 2012 Download Now--- to see full ---Speaker Notes
Photo Products: So much more than prints.
Here are a few specific photo applications • Books, Greeting Cards & Calendars • Stationery • Notepads • Gift Tags • Magnets • Wall Decals • Photo Stickers • Playing Cards • Gift Certificates • Home Décor – Wall Art
Facebook captures 6 Billion images a month = 250 million pictures a day. 20% of all photos this year will be posted. Keep in mind this fun fact… According to Marketingland.com…
What’s next? A photo like this may grace your customer’s desk in the office.
Use your eyes and expertise Photos on a customers’ desk = opportunity. The picture of the little girl and the kitten. You have seen it on a customer’s desk for fifteen years. Ask to borrow the print to demonstrate a new application for them. Scan it and make the customer a photo notepad.
Present the concept One photo, multiple projects. • That one photo can be developed to demonstrate a campaign for your customer. Wouldn’t it be fun to manufacture playing cards with that image? What about gift tags for the holidays? How about a full size magnet for the fridge? The applications are as endless as your imagination.
Greeting cards and calendars are seasonal photo products – increase your photo applications to be year round. Keep in mind..…
Personalization will lead to greater margins Customers will pay more for personal photos in print. • The small investment that you made in the first notepad for your customer will turn into greater margin per product when compared to non-photo based products. People love seeing themselves on photo products (unless they hate pictures).
Photo market by the numbers The amount of photos printed in 3 months by… 37 The “average” person.58.6 Mother’s with children under 7. Source: InfoTrends survey 9
Digital Printing Enables high quality production of a widerange of different products.
Get to know your local wedding photographer Think how many weddings occur in your community every year – would you say thousands? Imagine for a moment that you put together a wine label thank you campaign for each photographer.
Practice what you preach! When a customer comes to your shop, are they greeted by a notepad with a picture on it? Is your message carried through the support the photo products you want to sell?
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