PMA Magazine - Connecting the Imaging Communities articles from December 2004

PMA Magazine - Connecting the Imaging Communities archives from December 2004

Calendar of events.(Brief Article)(Calendar)
December 1, 2004... February 2005 17-19 APCI 2005 Annual Convention Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Fla. 17-19 PSPA 2005 Annual Convention Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Fla. 17-19 DIMA 2005 Annual Conference Orange County...

Silicon Valley, Swiss style.
December 1, 2004... Talk about a mid-life crisis. At the age of 47, instead of selling his house and buying a boat, Bill Harshbarger packed the contents of his house into one shipping container and headed for Switzerland with his wife, three children, dog, and...

Photokina merges old and new.
December 1, 2004... Photokina, the biennial trade fair held in Cologne, Germany, Sept. 28 to Oct. 3, shows the progress of an industry in transition. The classic names of photography remain, joined by new ones from the electronics world. And, in some ways, they...

Letter to the editor.(Letter to the Editor)
December 1, 2004... Dear Editor: I am writing because I am concerned about your recent article on preserving memories in the October 2004 issue of Photo Marketing. This article fails to mention Creative Memories, even though we are PMA members and are the...

Meetings make money when proper procedures prevail: to keep attendees focused (at staff meetings), only one "rock" is covered at each meeting. The "rock" is a major issue facing the organization. During that meeting, the "rock" will be discussed and a course of action chosen.(Lakeside Camera & Imaging)
December 1, 2004... Editor's Note: This is the third in a four-part series previewing the upcoming PMA book, "It's Your People... Really!--Change Your Focus and Grow Your Sales," available at PMA 2005 in Orlando, Fla. "Staff meeting Monday at 9:00 am....

Just what is Bluetooth? involves Harald Bluetooth, King of Denmark, but dental work not required.
December 1, 2004... Bluetooth may sound like a tooth infection requiring immediate dental attention. No way. There are no ailments to be cured unless you want to classify wires as a malady. Bluetooth is a relatively new technology designed to do away with...

Girls nite out: Fullerton Photographics thanks women customers through fun annual event.(Cover Story)
December 1, 2004... Cyndi Lauper knew it and so does Fullerton Photographics: Girls just want to have fun. And they do at least once a year at Fullerton Photo in Fullerton, Calif. The full-service lab and studio offers women customers from the community a special...

Q&A with Ray Kurzweil: meet the opening keynote speaker for 2005 PMA Imaging Conferences.(Interview)
December 1, 2004... Ray Kurzweil is an inventor, entrepreneur, author and futurist. He was the principal developer of the first omni-font optical character recognition (OCR), the first print to speech reading machine for the blind, the first CCD flatbed...

Bargains can backfire: experts advise against coupons and discounts.
December 1, 2004... PMA 2005 speaker Bob Phibbs, a.k.a. "The Retail Doctor," who runs a business of the same name in Long Beach, Calif. (www.retaildoc.com), is the author of the book, "You Can Compete: Double Sales Without Discounting." He has also built a career...

Digital lab ideas: Family Photo helps parents take do-it-yourself school pictures.(retailing)
December 1, 2004... Family Photo (www.candophoto.com) Brookfield, Wis., is a three-location, full-service retail photo lab headquartered in Brookfield, Wis. The company offers a range of traditional and digital services, as well as online fulfillment available for...

A new world: digital transition has altered landscape for the industry's biggest companies.
December 1, 2004... As the photo industry has increasingly moved to digital capture and digital printing, companies whose core business has been traditional photo products have found their business model changing. The world in which every film exposure led to a...

Adding framing to your business? Opportunities for synergy between PMA and PPFA members apparent.(Viewpoint)(Professional Picture Framers Association)(Photo Marketing Association)
December 1, 2004... A little more than three years ago, the Professional Picture Framers Association (PPFA) joined forces with the Photo Marketing Association (PMA). This synergy has created obvious advantageous opportunities for both groups. Is there...

Weathering the storm: planning is key to staying in business should disaster strike.(Processing)
December 1, 2004... Business owners in Florida learned all too well this year how important it is to have a disaster plan in place. In August and September, Florida bad the dubious distinction of becoming the first state to be hit by four major hurricanes in...

Profitable promos: two companies use marketing campaigns to promote photo restoration, digital prints.
December 1, 2004... Creative marketing campaigns snagged two businesses--Hollywood FotoFix and Camera Action Camera House--$1,000 Merit Awards in the 2002-2003 PMA/PPFA Promotion Competition. Both campaigns promoted digital prints. Season's greetings ...

Invitation to attend: PMA 2005 annual convention and trade show.(Imaging at its most innovative)
December 1, 2004... Capsule Schedule All events take place at the Orange County Convention Center, West Building unless otherwise indicated Thursday, February 17 8:00 a.m. APCI/DIMA/PSPA Golf Tournament--Orange ...