Comments on: 19 Promos: Honourable Mentions

By: Chris Cloete

Chris Cloete — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:42:32 +0000

Tim – It is so easy to play safe………and I am so guilty of it too

By: Robert Popkin

Robert Popkin — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:24:46 +0000

Myles and Heather, thanks for initiating this post, and for the honourable mention. Photography promos seem to be an elusive area, where everyone is trying to do something different. It’s often difficult to see what other photographers are doing for their promos, let alone hear what clients really think about them. I’m looking forward to seeing where this discussion goes and learning more about effective ways to avoid a promo going straight to the recycle bin.

As for the dogs, I haven’t decided exactly what to do with that series just yet. I would like to use it in a promo piece, but have been focussing more on promoting my people work lately. I’d like to figure out a good strategy to use this series – one that supports my other work, instead of diluting it. I’ll be sure to let you know what comes of it.

By: Christine McAvoy

Christine McAvoy — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:55:44 +0000

I read the Tim Gruber promo (not even enlarged), because the large amount of white and black text did catch my eye, but with no imagery and my lack of time the day they were posted I didn’t actually go look at the photos. And like the promo says, you remember 1/3 of what you read… so i don’t know if I’d remember it!

By: tim gruber

tim gruber — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:31:48 +0000

Myles and Heather thanks for throwing this together. This is working out to be an inspiring and informative set of posts.

I’ll be sure to keep you both posted on how it works out.

Seeing as we’re all in a visually driven field it was definitely a gamble to go with an image free promo. Prior to this I’ve been playing it safe in my marketing efforts so we’ll see where this goes.

For the new year I promised myself I’d stop playing it safe. This is one of those steps into not letting my fear of failure overwhelm me into not taking action. I might be setting myself up for one here, but it’s an idea I’ll keep playing with until I find something that hopefully resonates.

Thanks again,
Tim

By: Burns Auto Parts blog » Blog Archive » Promos

Burns Auto Parts blog » Blog Archive » Promos — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:33:37 +0000

[...] a series of recent posts about promos. You NEED to be following this. Here is the latest one, the Honourable Mentions (note the Canadian spelling), but look at the submissions and read the comments. Note quality of [...]

By: Sylvain Dumais

Sylvain Dumais — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:56:04 +0000

I’m glad to see Made Of Still making the honorable cut! They are 4 young shooters working hard on getting their work out there. They did this promo for their official (awesome) studio opening.

As for what’s in Quebec’s water, I think it’s a mix of do-it-yourself, fun and taste. Or maybe is it poutine?