The Power of a Plan

with Tracy Budabin, Cr.Photog., ABI
Thursday, October 9, 2008
12:00pm – 1:00pm EST
Cost: $49 PPA Members
Register online through the PPA website

Business plans no longer have to be a dreaded mystery to you…

Join Tracy and learn what a business plan is, why it's so important to the success of your studio, and how you can make great business decisions. It’s the power of planning with Tracy Harris Budabin of SuccessWare! With her help, you can start creating a business plan to take your studio to the next level. Whether you are a brand-new studio or have been in business for many years, this introduction to business planning will focus on what you need to succeed.

About Tracy Budabin:
Tracy Harris Budabin, Cr.Photog., ABI, has worked for SuccessWare for 7 years, where she has had the opportunity to help studio owners learn about their businesses. She has helped them track their income, session counts, sales averages, and expenses. With Tracy’s guidance, the owners make decisions on what they need to do to make their studios more profitable. She has also spoken about business planning and its effects at state conventions and at Imaging USA for over 4 years. Tracy’s 10 years in the photography industry have allowed her to work with hundreds of studios through teaching, private consulting, and mentoring. Her goal is to help studios learn to track their numbers, understand what's needed to create and use a business plan, and most importantly, become as profitable as possible. In addition to working for SuccessWare, she has managed several photography studios for over 12 years.

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September 22

Essential Legal Forms for Photographers

with Sam Erkonen, an attorney with the law firm of Howe & Hutton
Monday, October 20, 2008
4:00 pm EST
Cost: Free for PPA Members
Register online through the PPA website

You can't successfully run your photography business if you don't have the right contracts, releases, and forms to protect you and your hard work.

Attend this online seminar, available FREE to PPA members, so that you can discover who your client really is, what you must have in your legal form collection, and how to deal with client requests and resolve disputes.

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Imaging USA Conference

Date: January 11-13 2009
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Cost: Before Nov 4th: PPA/SEP/CPI Members $219 / Non-Members $379
After Nov 4th: PPA/SEP/CPI Members $269 / Non-Members $429


Overview:
Featuring the largest photography expo in North America, diverse educational sessions, and the world’s largest International Print Exhibition, Imaging USA has established itself as the first major photographic event of the year that brings together the forward-thinking photographers and business leaders whose ideas spark innovation and change in the industry.

Every January, thousands of photographers attend Imaging USA to bolster their education on both the artistic and business levels. They leave the event equipped with new (and renewed) friendships, inspiration, and new money-making ideas and resources they can immediately use in their own business.

Imaging USA began as the annual convention and tradeshow for Professional Photographers of America and is the longest running national photographic convention, expo and image exhibition in the United States. In 2000, the name was changed to Imaging USA to reflect the evolution of the show and changes in the industry.

In 2006, Imaging USA became home to two new conferences: SEPCON (the Sport and Event Photographers Conference), the annual conference of the Society of Sport and Event Photographers, and the Commercial Photography Conference, the annual conference of Commercial Photographers International. In 2006, Imaging USA also welcomed Adobe as an official sponsor of the Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom for Photographers educational track. Finally, in 2008, EPIC School began to co-locate with this event.

For more information, visit the Imaging USA Conference website