Maria Piscopo brings new three-day art/photography marketing program to Seattle Chapter of ASMP

Dec. 13, 2007 - PRLog -- Creative professionals including freelancers, illustrators, graphic designers, and photographers will learn how to find clients, market their work and make more money with Maria Piscopo’s three-day program for American Society of Media Photographers/Seattle Chapter. Piscopo will speak at the chapter meeting Thursday, January 17th, hold private portfolio reviews on Friday, January 18th and conduct an all day marketing workshop on Saturday, January 19th.

Pre-registration pricing expires on December 31, so sign up now to learn to earn and save money. Program costs, location and registration information is now available on their web site at http://www.asmpseattle.org/ASMP/events.asp.

Maria Piscopo will teach how to: establish a profitable relationship with prospective clients, gain a competitive edge when bidding, deal with the client that wants to pay less, research new clients, develop sales and follow-up techniques, help clients decide you are the one to hire and succeed with email, direct mail and web site marketing.

This program includes a portfolio review session on Friday, January 18, and the lecture and workshop applies to all levels of experience.  Whether you are making a transition to a new area or improving the level of assignments you want to get, this step-by-step program will get you there.

Piscopo is the author of 3rd edition Photographer’s Guide to Marketing and Self- Promotion and the Graphic Designer's and Illustrator's Guide to Marketing & Promotion published by http://www.allworth.com. For more information, visit Piscopo's web site at http://www.MPiscopo.com.

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About Maria Piscopo, Piscopo is an art/photo rep and currently teaches for Laguna College of Art and Design, Orange Coast College and writes for Communication Arts magazine, Shutterbug, Dynamic Graphics and Rangefinder magazines. She is the author of 3rd edition Photographer’s Guide to Marketing and Self- Promotion and the Graphic Designer's and Illustrator's Guide to Marketing & Promotion.

Website: www.mpiscopo.com