Tony.T Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 Following on from an earlier thread. We are having a bad time in the UK with all retail. We especially need some fresh ideas to kickstart our businesses. So, who's got some ideas? Anything goes. What you may think is a silly idea may resonate with another member and vice versa- let's try to think out of the box !! Overseas members may have tried ideas that work that may not have occurred to us, so please join in ! BUT- we don't want to spend money on equipment, so only ideas that we can all do with what I'm sure most of us have I'll kick it off- Prints don't seem so popular now, but videos are. I'm going to offer a DVD Video of customers stills complete with a soundtrack so they can watch their holiday photos on a TV. This is easy to do and I can offer this at a set price per GB of stills. The music can be bought copyright free/ with commercial permission, off e-bay very cheaply. I've done a few and they've been well received. Cost to you? Zilch, apart from a disc and a disc box. If you haven't got it on your PC, download windows movie-maker and you're in business (vista onwards) Next month I'm going to market this. So, what's your idea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dave Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 Tony, Start marketing it NOW. Like you said, very easy, very cheap to do. Use a nice dvd slim-line case with a pretty cover using "shape collage 2.5" and a pretty title, using a photoshop template. Very nice. NO ADDITIONAL COSTS: What about the custom photo invitation market ? Any of you doing these ? It's fairly easy to do, make some photoshop templates, put a book of samples together, charge a "design" fee and a per print charge with or without envelopes. We do 3x4, 4x6, 4x8, 5x7, 6x8 invitations on our Noritsu, glossy or matte. Our customers love them a lot. Once they try it, they keep coming back. Neil, a forum supported template exchange would be very handy !! A LITTLE EXTRA COST: We're looking into a higher end color laser printer to REALLY get into this market. Just recently did a bunch of folded wedding invitations (on 80# linen cover) on our old color laser printer and made more on that one sale than I do on a regular day, customer was VERY happy with the results and the price. A couple of those a month, and I'll be very happy. A couple a week, and I'll be ecstatic ! We're needing more storage space for all the different paper types, colors, sizes and matching envelopes but well worth the additional hassle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kioskguy Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 Prints still popular in our shop. All kiosks were busy today (probably customers getting work done before Friday's close) Anyhow, we are seeing lots of orders from iphone and now the new ipad. It's those customers with money we need to be targetting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilT Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 Neil, a forum supported template exchange would be very handy !! Do you mean as in a new section? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony.T Posted April 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 Keep it coming guys and Gals- plenty of ideas out there, just share them please ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manager Posted May 13, 2011 Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 video editing client's videos? adding intro, music and slideshows to them, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noritsuvet Posted May 14, 2011 Report Share Posted May 14, 2011 Small run corporate gifts using our shop designer to create graphics, the lab to make inserts and instant photo gifting product blanks to make up keyrings, fridge frames, coasters, mugs, mousemats or placemats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nash Posted May 28, 2011 Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 Following on from an earlier thread. We are having a bad time in the UK with all retail. We especially need some fresh ideas to kickstart our businesses. So, who's got some ideas? Anything goes. What you may think is a silly idea may resonate with another member and vice versa- let's try to think out of the box !! Overseas members may have tried ideas that work that may not have occurred to us, so please join in ! BUT- we don't want to spend money on equipment, so only ideas that we can all do with what I'm sure most of us have I'll kick it off- Prints don't seem so popular now, but videos are. I'm going to offer a DVD Video of customers stills complete with a soundtrack so they can watch their holiday photos on a TV. This is easy to do and I can offer this at a set price per GB of stills. The music can be bought copyright free/ with commercial permission, off e-bay very cheaply. I've done a few and they've been well received. Cost to you? Zilch, apart from a disc and a disc box. If you haven't got it on your PC, download windows movie-maker and you're in business (vista onwards) Next month I'm going to market this. So, what's your idea? So Tony what would we charge for this service Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underberg Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 Prints still popular in our shop. All kiosks were busy today (probably customers getting work done before Friday's close) Anyhow, we are seeing lots of orders from iphone and now the new ipad. It's those customers with money we need to be targetting. ipad 2 case ipad 2 leather case ipad2 covers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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