ALL, I am holed up this weekend working pages.
Same spot:
the password is rl2
A few more variation on some I did have up before, a mess of totally new ones and more to come today.
PLEASE bear with me. I am in that zone where answering every single e-mail is difficult. Understand this and let me prioritize some things I think need to happen. Like I am right now in that spot where I am going over the page count and list and trying to get something of a framework online for everyone to be able to ponder and consider the pages / layouts etc.
If you know we've chatted and have decided on your pages and layout I will be removing the others. PLEASE USE THE COMMENT feature of the pages to let me know credit info, it is a huge help to me if I can hit the page, look at your spread and see your comments all in the same place... not fish through emails etc...
Include all pertinent info that should be included on the pages. I can't encourage enough crediting everyone and their brother (ok within reason) this could lead to sales, more work, and endear you beyond words to your clients. I know some of you are every bit as busy as I am but i can tell you... I was rather surprised by the number of models who contacted me, or who I bumped into online who did not even know they were in the issue. For some of them it was their first time in print. A very big deal, the sort of thing they tell everyone and with it probably mention your name over and over and over... that sort of advertising is powerful, take advantage of it, it is at the root of all this, why I started this. To better our photography businesses....
It is looking budget-wise like I will indeed be able to run an additional 1000 copies of issue #3. The bit of head start issue #1 has provided has been excellent. Continued sales are decent. Pre-orders for issue #2 are not like they were for #1 BUT it's still a bit early and we may find some wait until later to order than so early. What I might offer for those of you interested who know you will be able to move copies through your various outlets, events etc.... is come up with a wholesale amount that is better than it will be after printing and this is simply an incentive based on the fact that pre-sales help pay for it.. Be it retail customers or those of us in it who can move some.
Cheers,
Michael
