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<blockquote data-quote="Browncoat" data-source="post: 30275" data-attributes="member: 1061">A blog isn't going to help her much, if at all.&nbsp; This is a business-to-business service. Your business plan is this: You have a Hugh Jass(tm) printer and you're looking to offset some of the costs of owning it.&nbsp; Essentially, you're creating a time share.&nbsp; Your market is extremely niche, as not many photographers are looking to make gigantic prints.&nbsp; You don't have a DBA or professional printing experience, or even a storefront.&nbsp; Your biggest problem is going to be convincing potential buyers that you know what you're doing and why they should choose you over a traditional large format printing service.
Social media is the perfect solution for you.&nbsp; You need to find where photographers hang out online and go there and create a presence for yourself and start networking.&nbsp; Places like this forum (and others) where photogs can be found sharing their work and socializing.&nbsp; The latest numbers I've seen on the Google+ photographer network was around 20,000.&nbsp; Of those, less than 10% are going to be your target...but still, that's around 2,000 potential customers.&nbsp; Not too shabby.&nbsp;&nbsp; I honestly feel like G+ is your best bet right now.&nbsp; Facebook just isn't built for this kind of networking.&nbsp; It can be done, but it would take far longer than it would with G+.&nbsp; Set up a Google account and Gmail account and send me a PM...I'll invite you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Browncoat, post: 30275, member: 1061"] A blog isn't going to help her much, if at all. This is a business-to-business service. [INDENT] Your business plan is this: You have a Hugh Jass(tm) printer and you're looking to offset some of the costs of owning it. Essentially, you're creating a time share. Your market is extremely niche, as not many photographers are looking to make gigantic prints. You don't have a DBA or professional printing experience, or even a storefront. Your biggest problem is going to be convincing potential buyers that you know what you're doing and why they should choose you over a traditional large format printing service. [/INDENT]Social media is the perfect solution for you. You need to find where photographers hang out online and go there and create a presence for yourself and start networking. Places like this forum (and others) where photogs can be found sharing their work and socializing. The latest numbers I've seen on the Google+ photographer network was around 20,000. Of those, less than 10% are going to be your target...but still, that's around 2,000 potential customers. Not too shabby. I honestly feel like G+ is your best bet right now. Facebook just isn't built for this kind of networking. It can be done, but it would take far longer than it would with G+. Set up a Google account and Gmail account and send me a PM...I'll invite you. [/QUOTE]

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