Digital BW, The Print

Hi fellow photographers,
a couple of years ago, I tried to get a Yahoo! Group off the ground called "The Business of Art Photography". 

It didn't really get off the ground, but still shows over 200 subscribers.

The idea was to discuss issues related to generating sales for one's work and making it more economically viable - how to get it 'out there' and selling (which is very difficult, with a small market of photographic cognoscenti).

So I'm trying again.

Here is the post I sent yesterday - which no one has commented on, so far.

>Hi everyone,
>I started this list aeons ago, in the hope that people like me would like to share ideas about how to earn money from art photography - but the list fell silent.
>
>I checked this morning and there are still over 200 subscribers - so it would seem that it's worth trying to generate some interest and discussion.
>
>These are my current strategies aimed at generating more sales.
>
>Currently I'm preparing for four exhibitions. In an effort to make it financially feasible, I am checking framers' shops for second-hand frames - they are usually selling for almost nothing. Gradually, through hunting around for second-hand frames and seconds (usually they have no more than a scratch) and painting them all the same shade of cream, I'm collecting a number of frames, for a very low expenditure.
>
>In times of recession, we have to be clever; by finding ways of keeping our costs down, we can keep down the price of the framed print and so, hopefully, generate more sales.
>
>To that end, another thing I'm doing is buying small frames (as small as 8x10") and planning to exhibit some of my photos as 4x6 prints in them - then I can justify selling them very cheaply. And I plan to have full-sized unframed prints available as an option, in a print rack.
>
>The other thing I'm planning, is to write letters to local businesses who may be interested in the sorts of images I make, to try and generate some sales. I couldn't believe that my dentist, for example, has photos of the Greek Islands on his walls - and I live in New Zealand! 
>
>Earnest Rutherford said, 'We haven't got the money, so we have to think.'
>
>If anyone else has bright ideas, this is the forum to share them with. And at the moment, we really need bright ideas.
>
>Please let others know that this forum exists, because I still believe that there is a need for it.

The URL for the group is: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/business-of-art-photography/ .

thanks,
Richard

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