As part of our commitment to give back… The Little Wet Dog is starting a series of articles on business development. Topics will include things like how to start your own photography business, how to be successful in the photography industry, getting to know your clients, what type of equipment do I need to start my own at home photography studio etc. We hope to become your number resource for photography tips of the trade! Happy clicking!CLICK ON ANY OF THE HOTLINKED ITEMS BELOW FOR A DETAILED ARTICLE …
The Little Wet Dog on starting a photography business
- Know why you want to do this?
- Know the basics of photography
- Be true to yourself – are you committed to this?
- Make sure your family is prepare for this
- Get a really good and really honest IT consultant
- Get a really good and really honest web designer and hosting service
- Find a community to belong to
- Freely talk about your new trade
- Make time for yourself
- Write about your passion
- Donate your time and give back
- Find good models
- Learn the virtue of patience
- You ARE a photographer! Never forget that
- Work with an expert in the field.
- Don’t expect to make high end profits overnight – it takes work
- Learn business – you will only spend about 20% of your time as a photographer
- Learn about the different kinds of photographer niches
- Pick a focus and stick to it – become the best
- Make connections and keep connections and networks going
- Smile more
- Make sure your business is recession proof
- Learn to know what your clients need and give them suggestions
- Give back and donate to those less fortunate
- Learn customer service
This is great! Google has now created a time machine email system where people can send emails back in time all the way back to April 1 2004! Imagine being able to back date emails so that you were never late!
QUOTED DIRECTLY FROM From Google:
“How do I use it?
Just click “Set custom time” from the Compose view. Any email you send to the past appears in the proper chronological order in your recipient’s inbox. You can opt for it to show up read or unread by selecting the appropriate option.
Is there a limit to how far back I can send email?
Yes. You’ll only be able to send email back until April 1, 2004, the day we launched Gmail. If we were to let you send an email from Gmail before Gmail existed, well, that would be like hanging out with your parents before you were born — crazy talk.
How does it work?
Gmail utilizes an e-flux capacitor to resolve issues of causality (see Grandfather Paradox).
How come I only get ten?
Our researchers have concluded that allowing each person more than ten pre-dated emails per year would cause people to lose faith in the accuracy of time, thus rendering the feature useless.
Their findings:
N = Total emails sent
P = Probability that user believes the time stamp
? = The Golden Ratio
L = Average life expectancy”
BRILLIANT!
APQC studied best-practice organizations in the planning, budgeting, and forecasting process and found that through implementing innovative and successful financial plans, these organizations were able to create:
- sustainable growth,
- continued financial success, and
- ties of accountability and commitment at all levels of their organization.
Learn how Bank of America, Emerson Electric, Nestle Purina Pet Care, and Wachovia:
- design an efficient and rapid planning, budgeting, and forecasting process that balances competing influences;
- regularly refresh the plan to reflect shifting goals and variable external conditions;
- drive and measure performance through the organization while using the plan; and
- leverage technology to support an effective planning process.
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The Best-Practice Organizations
- Bank of America utilizes a Hoshin planning process to support its implementation of Six Sigma.
- Emerson Electric demonstrates effective use of a traditional approach to planning and budgeting.
- Nestle Purina Pet Care links its planning processes to its use of a balanced scorecard.
- Wachovia’s retail bank division has successfully eliminated traditional budgeting, showing how to achieve continuous planning and adaptive control.
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