PMA Magazine - Connecting the Imaging Communities articles from June 2007

PMA Magazine - Connecting the Imaging Communities archives from June 2007

Get on the map.(Newsline)
June 1, 2007... Help customers find you. Register your business on Google Maps for free. Google Maps (http://maps.google.com) is a mapping/ Yellow Pages-like search function offered by Google Inc., Mountain View, Calif. Google Maps now offers a tab called...

PMA data watch: the future of prints.(Newsline)
June 1, 2007... Printing habits for documents, as well as photos, have been changing. The bottom line: We print less than we did. Children are adopting all-digital lifestyles based on the world we live in today. Is this a sign of things to come for photo...

Optimizing Web 2.0 sites.(Newsline)
June 1, 2007... Social networking is everywhere, but are people really contributing, and how effective is it for businesses? A recent Hitwise study says participation on Web 2.0 sites remains weak. "Web 2.0" is a catchphrase for the latest generation of...

Media authority: use the Internet to package yourself as a quotable expert.(Business & Marketing)
June 1, 2007... Given quotable experts are the lifeblood of every news organization, it's no wonder thousands of public relations professionals are working overtime trying to package their clients as the go-to source for a specific industry. Thanks to the Web,...

A force in education: high-quality training makes a big difference for U.K. companies and photographers.(Business & Marketing)
June 1, 2007... Someone once said: "God gave us two ends, one to sit on and one to think with. Success depends on which one you use--heads you win, tails you lose." Perhaps that anonymous observer was engaged in the start of photography's digital...

Partnering for profit: photo retailers team up with neighboring picture framers to their mutual benefit.(Business & Marketing)
June 1, 2007... A fair number of photo retailers these days are increasing their bottom lines by providing services other than traditional photo processing, camera sales, or portrait studio work. Many are turning to custom picture framing as a logical...

Charting a course: Thomas Winninger to assist business leaders in strategizing at AIE conference.(Connections)(Association of Imaging Executives)
June 1, 2007... While the Association of Imaging Executives (AIE) Leadership Conference offers attendees the chance to visit with colleagues, much of the time will be spent at work. At the conference, held June 27-29, in Minnetonka, Minn., attendees will hone...

PMA 2006 annual report.
June 1, 2007... Following is the 2006 PMA[R] Annual Report. Last year we took steps to begin a branding initiative. the result is that we now have a new corporate mark that was introduced in the September issue of Photo Marketing magazine (now called PMA...

Just the right face: undaunted by major challenges, companies pursue face recognition technology.(Trends & Technology)
June 1, 2007... Face recognition technology, which would allow users to search the thousands of photos on their hard drives for pictures of a specific person, could make life so much easier for consumers. But this development has proven incredibly difficult...

Courting customers: German chain Globetrotter adds Cologne destination with up to 15,000 Saturday visitors.(Business & Marketing)
June 1, 2007... Customers today are looking for a retail experience, not just a store. The German outdoor chain has several locations, all offering a unique shopping "adventure." Cologne landscape The Cologne, Germany, Globetrotter store is in a...

Expanding the digital scrapbook market: Cord Camera partners with Digital Scrapbook Place for added promotional, educational resources.(Business & Marketing)
June 1, 2007... Digital scrapbooking is just beginning to gain popularity with consumers, but Ohio-based Cord Camera Centers Inc. has already seen how popular it can be. The retailer, which already has an extensive traditional scrapbooking customer base,...

Their special day--here and now: wedding photographer Clint McLennan makes an impact with reception slide shows.(Trends & Technology)
June 1, 2007... Clint McLennan, owner of American Photographers, Shelby Twp., Mich. (www.ameriphoto.com), hadn't planned on following in his father's footsteps as a professional photographer until his dad took him to a Wedding & Portrait Photographers...

A new dawn in digital printing: manufacturers provide nonsilver-halide printing solutions for retailers--and budgets--of every size.(Trends & Technology)
June 1, 2007... Whether you need to produce prints and photo products by the thousands or one by one, and whether you want to spend $400,000 or not even a penny, there is a nonsilver-halide printing option out there for you. Take a peek at what some major...

What is a photograph? Roger Berg, owner of Creative Photo studio, discusses nonsilver-halide printing opportunities.(Parting Shot)
June 1, 2007... If it looks like a photograph, and evokes memories like a photograph, then it must be a photograph--right? What if it was plain paper and toner? The cost would be much lower than an RA-4 chemical process, plus it would be faster, more...