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Publishing Your Own Calendars
In a recent article I mentioned publishing your photographs
as postcards as a good way to earn some cash. I also mentioned
that this can be a seasonal activity as it will obviously be more
profitable during the summer tourist season than in winter.
I also hinted that there was a way around this that
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Provided your images will withstand enlarging to
at least A5 size, that is approx. 8"x6", or preferably A4, approx.
8"x10", try compiling them into a calendar. The same outlets that
purchased your postcards should be interested in taking your calendars,
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Other Outlets for Calendars |
Calendars give you scope to approach a wider range
of possible customers.
There are a great many hobby and pass-time clubs
and groups to whom calendars would be acceptable when postcards
may not be appropriate. For example, I mentioned producing postcards
from local classic car shows and similar summer shows. Lots of
the clubs and associations that organise these shows produce a
calendar every year to sell to their members. If you could produce
a suitable one, especially if it was priced low enough for the
club to make a usefull profit, they may well be interested.
Lots of these clubs also produce a quaterly or even
monthly news sheet that goes out to all of their members. If the
club does not want to purchase your wares, they may well be interested
in allowing you to advertise in this. It will cost you a small
amount but it will be seen by all of the members. Keep the advert
running all year; people will often buy at birthdays or Father
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Additional Products
Once you have a selection of photographs that are selling
reasonably well, why not squeeze as much profit from them as possible
by introducing a few new products?
Many of your photographs will look equally at home
on coffee mugs, T-shirts, mouse mats, clocks etc. Items like this
are surprisingly easy to obtain even in very small quatities and
even 1-off these digital days. Simply open yourself a free acount
at http://www.cafepress.com and amaze yourself at the range of stuff
available to you. I can personaly recommend this site as I have
bought items from them and am currently experimenting with a Cafe
Press Shop. I'll let you know how I get on. If you enter your name
and e-mail address in the form below I'll send you an occasional
e-mail with the details, along with details of new articles posted
here.
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Now, I said earlier that there were lots of ways to make some money from your
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