Archive for March 21st, 2008

Come to Chicago

Friday, March 21st, 2008

ASMP has a little video to encourage you to come to the LAST SB2 event.

We’re already at over 200 people for Chicago! Woo hoo! This is going to be great!

However, my mini-consultations on the Friday of SB2 have been booked up for a couple of weeks already. To help out those who didn’t book SB2 early enough to get one of the Friday meetings with me, I have converted my Monday after to offer more mini-consultations at the insanely low ASMP rate. You must attend to get the deal–this is part of the SB2 event.

I have only a few slots remaining for these mini-consultations. Contact me directly to book one.

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Attack me…please :-)

Friday, March 21st, 2008

APE posted about photographers possibly giving away personal usage of their images for free, as a method of building a fan base. Over on EP, there is a series of posts attacking him for this. While I have some concerns over the technical feasibility of APE’s idea, I think conceptually, his idea has merit.  So I’ve posted that on EP.

I expect to get my ass handed to me there, but someone had to, I guess. :-)

Here’s the thing about free–I’ve been doing that for years in my own business and it has definitely worked for me. The Creative Lube podcasts and free Manuals and the posts here have helped me build my business–no question. And guess what–I still get paid for most of my work, thank you very much.

It comes down to this, I think: when you foster a culture of respect and sharing, the other members of that cultural group will become your fans, and fans will not only buy stuff, they will encourage others to do the same. And even when they don’t, for me, I just feel good giving.

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