new printers hard at work

Christie’s Photographic Studios, Orlando, Fla., a team of national and international event photographers providing services to 4,000 special events and trade shows a year, recently upgraded all of its older Mitsubishi Electric Visual Solutions America models with 14 new CP-D70DW printers.

What a difference this will make for onsite customer service for our customers!  We are so excited to have our new printers.  Christies is taking the art of event & trade show photography to the next step in professionalism

Photographs can speak more than a thousand words to the guests about a special event, and trade show experiences.  They offer more than a visual history of the event; the prints also bring the whole experience to all your guests.  

Let your photos grab your guests in and pull them into the picture. The pictures should say, “Hey look at us!”  “Look at these crowds” “Look at these smiling faces”. Don’t you want to be a part of this excitement?”   How does the average Joe accomplish this? Here are some suggestions that you might consider when hiring your photographer:

• Provide your show photographer with directions before and during your event. Remember that not all trade show photos are created equal and more importantly not all trade show photographers are created equally.
• Remember to make sure your photographer understands what you are looking for.  What are you trying to accomplish
• What is the balance between exhibits and conference sessions? Do you have an Awards Ceremony?  How about any community events sponsored by the trade show?
• Do you want shots of crowd interaction?  What about those architectural booth shots?  Don’t forget the all-important shots of VIPs. We look for interaction in the booth — is the exhibitor actually handling a product or
• A good photographer should be able to personalize the experience by showing how hands-on they are with the whole trade show experience..

Remember you never get a second chance to make a first impression. You must be honest and upfront with your photographer.  They are your partner and can really document the trade show experience.  So come on hire your favorite skilled photographer

What does this mean?  Other than, it’s time for friends, barbeques, swimming and vacations!  How about attending our industry national shows; that is exactly what Christie’s Photographic Studios will be doing.

 We will be attending NACE, ISES, HCEA, and The Kellon Summit, just to name a few.  Now is the time to take advantage of the slow season to renew our energy and learn more from our industry experts.

 During the summer months we all like to take advantage of attending all national shows including national tradeshows.  The knowledge is invaluable as well as the networking.  Christie’s enjoys many nationwide relationships and like to become actively involved. 

 We look forward to seeing our industry friends, learning new skills, and experiencing new experiences.

How important is it to connect with your clients?  Don’t you feel connected after you have presented to their sales and convention service managers?  Educating your client on your company and the benefits of the two of you working together is priceless.  Discuss with your clients what is different and unique about your company.  Inform them of the benefits of the two working together towards a common goal.

 There are so many different ways of presenting to your future clients.  Be yourself, show them how important they are to your success and how much you want to help them be a success.  You will create business partners for years to come and increase your bottom line.  This is all part of the sales process!  Have fun with it, donate some of your services and most of all be their friend. Relationship marketing is a key to long lasting professional friendships. Many professional photographers can easily come to your place of business and offer corporate headshots, to update old photos or to add on the new staff for publicity photos.

 To help your relationship marketing as well as your social media campaign make sure you have appropriate quality photos on yourself. Remember to keep them updated so people see the real you!!!

Did you know that Christie’s Photographic has participated in over 217 ISES events in the last 6 years via chapter participation in Las Vegas, Orlando, Miami as well as National Meetings?

Did you know that Christie’s Photographic has participated in over 375 MPI events over the past 21 years via chapter participation in Las Vegas, Orlando, Miami as well as National Meetings?

Did you know that Christie’s Photographic has participated in over 450 NACE events over the past 23 years via chapter participation?

 Christie’s believes that not only do we need to attend our industries association meetings but we also need to actively participate.  Some of our employees have help officer positions as well as Christie’s always donating their photographic services.  We as a company firmly believe that to be successful you must give back as the industry gives to us.

How important is it to connect with your clients?  Don’t you feel connected after speaking with your clients on the phone and then you actually meet them in person face to face.  Have you ever thought what the person on the other end of the phone looks like when you haven’t met?

 There are so many different ways of becoming connected to your client before meeting them meet face to face. People love to see themselves in print!  Why not show a good photograph of yourself!  This would help you to bond with your clients remotely. It creates a feeling of familiarity and trust valued by clients and comrades alike. Relationship marketing is a key to long lasting professional friendships. Many professional photographers can easily come to your place of business and offer corporate headshots, to update old photos or to add on the new staff for publicity photos.

 To help your relationship marketing as well as your social media campaign make sure you have appropriate quality photos on yourself. Remember to keep them updated so people see the real you!!!

Whether you’re a part of show management, an association or corporate meeting planner a photographer who knows and understands your needs is so very important. This often calls for a photographer or photographic company that is able to travel with clients to their next meeting site.

It will certainly relieve the meeting planner knowing your CEO or President enjoys working with the person responsible for putting them in a good light. Having a photographer who can travel with you and knows your needs can relieve that stress that comes with “babysitting”.

 Building a rapport with your photographer can make that part of your job less stressful and more productive. You might be surprised as some companies will accommodate travel costs to earn business they might not have otherwise received.

Corporate Photography Services have been offered by Christies Photographic Studios for over 28 years. Business‘s need corporate photos for press release’s of new staff, to show the world there latest accomplishment or just to document their business efforts.

 Corporate reports and or national brochures require professional corporate photography for annual reports, to show new facilities products or people. Corporate awards programs are a great to recognize those who support our success. Combine that with an award photo and you will create thank you with tremendous residual value.

 Corporate photos also can be used to add great value to your proposals by showing as well as telling which allows you to stand out from your competition.

 Remember corporate photography is worth a thousand words!

 Another fabulous BizBash event has come and gone in FT Lauderdale. Christies Photographic was the sponsor as well as an exhibitor and experienced great success on both levels. We introduced a one of a kind fabulous new software product called Event PhotoTracker which allows direct sending of photos to FaceBook, Twitter, Linked In as well as texts and downloads. Additionally it will share information and more. Kudos to BizBash and all the participants for another great show!

Las Vegas was buzzing with excitement this past week!  The Exhibitor Show was simply amazing.  I was on sensory overload walking the show and learning all about the new tools that we can use for trade shows.

 I loved stopping by the Freeman booth and designing my very own bracelet and voting for my favorite charity.  What a wonderful way to get your attendees to stop by your booth and chat for awhile.  Congrats to Freeman for winning Buyers Choice Award for their Concierge Elite product. This product alleviates the headaches associated with booth setup and tear down by allowing exhibitors to use their mobile device or smart phone to handle logistics from the comfort of their booth or hotel.   I can’t wait to try it out on the next Freeman show.

 Some other booths that I had fun at were the Derse booth.  Their booth was so much fun and I loved the look and feel of it.  The big white fluffy bean bags were awesome.  There were several booths that had unbelievable and unique signage opportunities.

 I can’t wait for next year to walk the floor and see what else is new and different.  Now to make use of what I learned for the upcoming Christies tradeshow booth.