Comments on: How long will your recession last?

By: The shortest day | Queensberry Connects

The shortest day | Queensberry Connects — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 23:23:57 +0000

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By: The story so far… | Queensberry Connects

The story so far… | Queensberry Connects — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:59:21 +0000

[...] will be tough for a while but you shouldn’t assume the sky is falling. It makes no sense to sacrifice your business and market reputation to survive the short term [...]

By: Become a marketer instead « Queensberry Connects

Become a marketer instead « Queensberry Connects — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:22:22 +0000

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By: Become a marketer instead | Queensberry Connects

Become a marketer instead | Queensberry Connects — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:34:27 +0000

By: Positive feedback |

Positive feedback | — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:23:18 +0000

[...] don’t need to write anything today Read these thoughtful and encouraging comments to my previous posts. Much appreciated, everyone, and more strength to your businesses in what we [...]

By: Gary Hewlett

Gary Hewlett — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:32:08 +0000

Excellent initiative Ian. Nice to hear someone doing something positive to help the industry through the next few months. I agree – it’s going to be tough but we all need to increase activity and think of new ways of increasing sales. High end differentiation is a good strategy – Ferrari still can’t make enough cars….
Cheers
Gary Hewlett

By: Gary Hewlett

Gary Hewlett — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:32:00 +0000

By: Ian Bowles

Ian Bowles — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:54:15 +0000

Thanks for the encouragement guys – we opened a new high street studio on 1st Sept and thought we had made a monumental mistake when the whole banking ‘house of cards’ tumbled down – but we have had a fantastic response to our work (and to our Queensberry albums). The new cash is a bit slow at the moment but we have had fantastic wedding re-orders, with most weddings returning about £300 extra in reprints – this has helped us through so far…
Making a ‘big deal’ of the contact sheets and putting time-limited offers for the reprints is something everyone should consider… We will never give or sell high res images – ever!

Ian

Aura Studio
Northern Ireland

By: Ian Bowles

Ian Bowles — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:54:00 +0000

Ian

Aura Studio
Northern Ireland

By: Glen

Glen — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:30:21 +0000

These are helpful and timely comments. It is easy to screw up the long term with knee-jerk reactions and thanks for sharing your own hard won experience.