Comments on: Breaking Through The Clutter http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2008/04/24/breaking-through-the-clutter/ Former Photography Director Rob Haggart Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:55:25 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bruce DeBoer http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2008/04/24/breaking-through-the-clutter/comment-page-1/#comment-18148 Bruce DeBoer Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:58:22 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/04/24/breaking-through-the-clutter/#comment-18148 just testing you - #3 = internet just testing you – #3 = internet

]]> By: Bruce DeBoer http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2008/04/24/breaking-through-the-clutter/comment-page-1/#comment-18147 Bruce DeBoer Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:56:57 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/04/24/breaking-through-the-clutter/#comment-18147 If I think back over 25 years I can rank where jobs came from: 1) Referrals (probably 100:1 over all others) 2) Portfolio Reviews (face to face) 4) Internet (online portfolio and blogging) 3) Advertising (direct mail, Trade Mags., Etc) Referrals lead by a huge margin followed by face to face meetings. After that every other method falls WAY back. Internet is catching up though; mostly regional editorial/corporate. If I think back over 25 years I can rank where jobs came from:

1) Referrals (probably 100:1 over all others)
2) Portfolio Reviews (face to face)
4) Internet (online portfolio and blogging)
3) Advertising (direct mail, Trade Mags., Etc)

Referrals lead by a huge margin followed by face to face meetings. After that every other method falls WAY back. Internet is catching up though; mostly regional editorial/corporate.

]]> By: ProPhotographer http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2008/04/24/breaking-through-the-clutter/comment-page-1/#comment-18127 ProPhotographer Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:03:35 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/04/24/breaking-through-the-clutter/#comment-18127 Oh no, Are we all going to have to join our local chapter of BNI now??? :) But seriously Rob, Referral is a large part of my business and I have landed some great jobs because of it. Not because I had a snake-skin folio cover, or I drank at the right wine bar, but because I once did a great job for someone and they told somebody else. This also works in reverse if your an a...hole... :) PP Oh no,

Are we all going to have to join our local chapter of BNI now??? :)

But seriously Rob,

Referral is a large part of my business and I have landed some great jobs because of it. Not because I had a snake-skin folio cover, or I drank at the right wine bar, but because I once did a great job for someone and they told somebody else.

This also works in reverse if your an a…hole… :)

PP

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