A familiar mantra Ken. What Tina is saying her group is discussing.
So now there are two factors:
1. People will pay a fair price for excellent services
2. Move on from the part of the business that has been taken over by the
Big Box syndrome. Complaining/bemoaning won't bring it back. Fahgetaboutit!
Thanks Ken/Nathan! Good stuff. Hopefully others will chime in.
Best,
Bob
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Nathan's bike store example has a direct parallel with wedding and portrait
> photography. Higher end bike stores that sell higher end bicycles establish
> and maintain careful relationships with their customers. Once a customer
> buys the first item, usually a water bottle or something like that, the
> chances of a future bicycle sale are very high.
>
> But, what many of us have been involved with through the years is
> photography as a commodity. We did fine as long as there was just enough
> supply to meet demand, but now we have far too much supply and we've
> exhausted the demand. My most successful stock image over the past two
> years has sold a half dozen times. 67 cents each time. Five years ago this
> image would have earned $25-50 each time.
>
> I can't even afford the time to keyword an image and upload it anymore.
>
> Ken
>
>
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