Monday, June 30, 2014

How to Sell Photos to Calendar Publishers

How to Sell Photos to Calendar Publishers

Calendar publishers are always looking for new and interesting pictures to fill their products with. If you are a photographer, professional or amateur, with a hard drive full of breathtaking images you may want to consider contacting one or more calendar publishers to see if they might be interested in purchasing some of your work.

Instructions

    1

    Prepare your images for viewing. First and foremost, your pictures need to be pretty good. There are literally millions of images available on the Internet through stock photography sites as well as personal sites. You will better your chances if your pictures are both very strong technically, and if you have images of a unique activity, sport, craft, hobby or perhaps a remote part of the world that is not heavily photographed. A calendar publisher may be interested if you have something special to offer. Complete all basic exposure, contrast and dust removal steps for your images.

    2

    Upload your images to an on-line gallery. Whether you have a gallery with Flickr or more elaborate personal website, create one gallery on your page where you can direct the calendar publisher to. You want to make it as easy as possible for the publisher to view your images. Re-directing them to multiple galleries on your site will be a waste of their time, and will likely cause them to leave before looking at all your images. If they like what they see, they will either look around your site, or contact you and ask you to send additional images.

    3

    Email or call the calendar publishers. Digital images and on-line galleries are two very significant advancements for photographers, and being able to get their work in-front of buyers. While ultimately the strength of your work will be the determining factor in whether they buy your pictures or not, be sure to include a little bit of information about yourself in your email. If a buyer can make a personal connection with you, or something in your background, it may cause them to remember you for future projects. To contact publishers, first complete an Internet search for calendar publishers. From the results prepare a contact list, make sure you email each one individually. It will take a little longer, however it is a better step to building a relationship than a bulk email, which may get re-routed by SPAM software.

    4

    Follow up on your initial email. A polite follow-up email, two to three weeks after your initial email is also a good idea. Keep it short, simple and professional. It will demonstrate to the publisher that you are committed to your work.


How to Sell Photos to Calendar Publishers

Calendar publishers are always looking for new and interesting pictures to fill their products with. If you are a photographer, professional or amateur, with a hard drive full of breathtaking images you may want to consider contacting one or more calendar publishers to see if they might be interested in purchasing some of your work.

Instructions

    1

    Prepare your images for viewing. First and foremost, your pictures need to be pretty good. There are literally millions of images available on the Internet through stock photography sites as well as personal sites. You will better your chances if your pictures are both very strong technically, and if you have images of a unique activity, sport, craft, hobby or perhaps a remote part of the world that is not heavily photographed. A calendar publisher may be interested if you have something special to offer. Complete all basic exposure, contrast and dust removal steps for your images.

    2

    Upload your images to an on-line gallery. Whether you have a gallery with Flickr or more elaborate personal website, create one gallery on your page where you can direct the calendar publisher to. You want to make it as easy as possible for the publisher to view your images. Re-directing them to multiple galleries on your site will be a waste of their time, and will likely cause them to leave before looking at all your images. If they like what they see, they will either look around your site, or contact you and ask you to send additional images.

    3

    Email or call the calendar publishers. Digital images and on-line galleries are two very significant advancements for photographers, and being able to get their work in-front of buyers. While ultimately the strength of your work will be the determining factor in whether they buy your pictures or not, be sure to include a little bit of information about yourself in your email. If a buyer can make a personal connection with you, or something in your background, it may cause them to remember you for future projects. To contact publishers, first complete an Internet search for calendar publishers. From the results prepare a contact list, make sure you email each one individually. It will take a little longer, however it is a better step to building a relationship than a bulk email, which may get re-routed by SPAM software.

    4

    Follow up on your initial email. A polite follow-up email, two to three weeks after your initial email is also a good idea. Keep it short, simple and professional. It will demonstrate to the publisher that you are committed to your work.



  • How To Contribute and Sell Stock Photos And Images - iStock

    www.istockphoto.com/sell-stock-photos.php

    iStockphoto is fun and easy to use. Apply to contribute your royalty-free stock photos, vector art, Flash or video footage on iStockphoto.com


  • eBay Buying Guides - Electronics, Cars, Fashion, Collectables ...

    www.ebay.co.uk/gds

    Popular Buying Guides; 10 TOP SELLING TIPS... SOME QUICK TIPS FOR EBAY SELLERS; Increased Website Traffic = eBook and Software Sales; CAR BOOT


  • Trafford Publishing

    www.trafford.com

    Traffords Unique and Complete Approach to Independent Publishing. Trafford has worked tirelessly at providing better service and producing superior book quality.


  • Content Marketing Strategy, Research and "How-To" Advice ...

    contentmarketinginstitute.com

    The Content Marketing Institute (CMI) is your daily source of how-to insight for content marketing education, events and consulting.


  • How to Do Desktop Publishing and Design

    desktoppub.about.com

    Explore free page layout and desktop publishing software tutorials, graphic design lessons, and articles for self-paced, self-directed training in all aspects of ...


  • Hip Girl Boutique Free Hair Bow Instructions--Learn how to make ...

    hipgirlclips.com/forums

    Free hair bow instructions--Learn how to make hairbows and hair clips, FREE!


  • Creativindie Productivity, promotion and marketing tips for ...

    www.creativindie.com

    book publishing How to use your book cover and subtitle to hook the right readers and sell more books. Published on July 2nd, 2013 by Derek Murphy

0 comments:

Post a Comment