Strictly Business is Here
The Strictly Business 3 conferences launch this week in LA.
SB3 includes General Sessions, Workshops and Networking Opportunities.
General Sessions Include:
“The Future of Licensing” with Susan Carr and Richard Kelly
“Making People Love You Madly: Selling Yourself in a Postmodern Marketplace” with Marketing and Branding expert Colleen Wainwright
“Adaptation: Learning New Skills for the Changing Media Landscape” with Tom Kennedy
“Reality: The New Negotiating is Sales” with Blake Discher
Look at this amazing list of workshops to choose from:
The Agile Photographer: A Multimedia Partner for Business with Jay Kinghorn
Learn how to be a partner in distributing visual content across a variety of mediums to meet and exceed your clients’ goals.
The Artist Lost and Found Part with Sean Kernan
Photographers—all of us, of any age—begin like wide-eyed children. Then we make it our business, but also pulls us away from the reason we started. If you think this loss doesn’t effect your business…think again.
The Basics of Copyright, Licensing and Pricing with Susan Carr
This overview of the industry is critical for anyone starting out in the business of photography.
Breaking Into the Biz with Judy Herrmann
This workshop provides pragmatic steps and strategies for students and emerging photographers starting a photography career.
Choose and Use Your Catalog Software with Peter Krogh
Learn how to make the most of your image collection – track jobs, usage, copyright submissions and more – with popular catalog software such as Lightroom and Expression Media.
Copyright Registration Workshop with Kate Baldwin and Jim Cavanaugh
The workshop will outline ASMP’s best practices for registering your photographs and each participant will set up a template to make future image registration easy.
Essential Business Basics with Susan Carr, Judy Herrmann and Richard Kelly
Join these industry experts for a fast paced dynamic workshop on the critical tools for running a small business. A must stop for students and those starting out!
Essential Pre-production for Video: How to Budget, Quote and Crew Video Projects with Richard Harrington
In this workshop you’ll learn essential pre-production techniques so you can accurately charge for video projects and ensure you have enough dollars allotted to cover your costs and still turn a profit.
Finding The Right Gallery For You with Thomas Werner
In this program we will review galleries in different cities and discuss the how to choose the right gallery and right relationship in terms of location, pricing, style and career goals, for you and your business.
Microstock: End of the world or a new world of opportunity? with Ellen Boughn
Learn about it before you place judgment. Make an informed decision on whether or not this business model is for you.
Multimedia & Digital Video Primer with Jay Kinghorn
Do you want to get into video without getting in over your head? This workshop teaches you the key concepts necessary to make your first steps into the world of digital video or multimedia smooth ones.
Secrets to Driving Traffic to Your Blog with Rosh Sillars
Photography buyers use blogs to help select photographers; help them find yours.
Shooting Video with the HDSLR Cameras with Gail Mooney
This workshop will discuss the pros and cons of this new video tool.
Stock Recipes with Shannon Fagan
Stock has changed in this Internet Age, but there are recipes for success.
Strategic Estimating with Jeff Sedlik
This workshop will help you to deliver estimates that win jobs and generate profit in a competitive and evolving marketplace.
Strategic Reinvention with Judy Herrmann
This session provides real-world tools and strategies for building a creatively and financially rewarding career while adapting to changing realities.
Thinking and Shooting in Motion with Gail Mooney
An introduction to working in video for the still photographer.
What Makes a Successful Portfolio? with Ellen Boughn
Whether on the Internet, an iPad, your Facebook page or prints, your portfolio is your most powerful message about who you are as a creative producer.
Work for Hire and Other Video Practices — Understanding Your Rights as a Video Creator with Richard Harrington
The world of video has very different business practices from the world of photography; clients often expect work-for-hire arrangements and all rights to transfer to them. This session offers practical advice from a business owner’s view.
Your Website — Your Essential Marketing Tool with Blake Discher
Websites are the number-one resource the majority of photo buyers use to select photographers — be sure yours is up to the task.
And, a special late night rountable on new business models moderated by Shannon Fagan.
Join us in LA, Philadelphia or Chicago!
