How to Make Money with Your Photography - two workshops by photo rep and author, Maria Piscopo

Dec. 9, 2008 - PRLog -- Calumet in Los Angeles, California presents photo rep and author Maria Piscopo’s two workshops on marketing and self promotion. The first is Getting Your Business Started on Saturday, January 17, 2009 and the second is Marketing in Today’s Economy on Saturday, January 24, 2009. Each workshop is from 9 am to noon at the 1135 N. Highland Avenue, Los Angeles store and registration is $ 45.00 per person.

Learn how to start and successfully run a photography business with the first workshop, Getting Your Business Started, on January 17 with topics that include: starting a business, taxes and business records, find the best clients for your creativity, get appointments to show your portfolio, make presentations and better deal with pricing and negotiating. Learn how to start and successfully run a photography business with the first workshop of this two “self promotion today” series.

The second workshop, Marketing in Today’s Economy, is on Saturday, January 24 and covers techniques to keep your clients coming back, to become more aware of the courtship and bonding in the photographer and client relationship and the latest in direct mail and internet marketing. You will learn marketing skills and self-promotion techniques to better communicate as a creative professional on a higher and more competitive business level.

For information, call Jerry Schneider at 323-466-1238 x 109 or visit their web site at http://www.calumetphoto.com/ctl?ac.ui.pn=common.CalumetEv...

Maria Piscopo developed her workshops from her years of art/photo rep's experience and her  two most current books, Photographer’s Guide to Marketing & Self-Promotion, 3rd edition and Graphic Designer's and Illustrator's Guide to Marketing & Promotion, both published by Allworth Press, http://www.allworth.com

She is also a contributing writer for industry magazines such as Communication Arts, Dynamic Graphics Magazine and she writes the Business Trends column for Shutterbug magazine. For more information, visit her web site at http://www.mpiscopo.com

# # #

Maria Piscopo is an art/photo rep and author/consultant based in Southern California. She teaches business and marketing at Orange Coast College and Laguna College of Art & Design. Maria is the author of 3rd edition Photographer’s Guide to Marketing and the new Graphic Designer's & Illustrator's Guide to Marketing and Promotion-both published by Allworth Press. She is a frequent contributor to Communication Arts Magazine and Shutterbug Magazine.