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   Tina
   January 4th, 2011 - 18:56

   Great information here, thank you!
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   Helen
   March 19th, 2011 - 07:04

   Always right on! Thanks you for the great ideas! Thank you for sharing!
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   Joe
   April 19th, 2011 - 08:43

   Thanks for sharing. It’s very inspiring!
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   Chris
   May 6th, 2011 - 16:46

   cool! I checked out the frames website and they are 12 for $24, but they charge $15 to ship apparently…
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   Johan
   May 29th, 2011 - 20:13

   Greeat advice !!! your the shit !!!
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   Justin
   July 13th, 2011 - 23:19

   I love your stuff. Always amazing.
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   Paul
   September 8th, 2011 - 17:37

   Good info, but the link for Fine Art America is not working.
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   oz
   September 10th, 2011 - 00:26

   cheers evan , vid was very informative and contained some brilliant ideas
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   Nick
   September 19th, 2011 - 05:07

   Hi Evan, you are just so full of great ideas, a real inspiration. About seven years ago myself and my wife had a very premature baby called Finn, we were far away from home and I did a lot of my work from an internet cafe. I had taken some pictures of Finn and I was editing them in the cafe and people were looking and I felt embarrassed because Finn was so small and fragile – pictures of very premature babies don’t normally get into the mass media. And then I thought, you know what, I shouldn’t be embarrassed about these pictures because Finn is amazing and the nurses and doctors who are looking after Finn are doing such a fantastic job. So I spoke to the owner of the cafe and we ended up putting an exhibition on right there and that got into the local paper – raising awareness of the Special Care Baby Unit – and then after that I went on to write a five page feature in Reader’s Digest which also used the pictures. I’m happy to say Finn is thriving and has just started junior school. My pics and some film work are on my website at http://www.mediafox.co.uk/ – like you I love a shameless plug! Cheers Nick
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    frank g
    October 20th, 2011 - 09:50

    another suggestion; we have monthly art walks in our town and anyone can set up a table or display.
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    raj shah
    December 8th, 2011 - 03:19

    Hey Evan,
    I read your book about selling photography, and its awsm dude….
    I also saw some of your work..just great.. especially the bokhea effect.
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    Rosanne Cleveland-King
    December 23rd, 2011 - 14:16

    Great advice Evan, as usual !!
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    Chris Brown
    January 8th, 2012 - 11:18

    One thing that I tried for a while was sports group photography. I photographed several “Five-A-Side” youth football groups. And of course, all of those teens had parents / relations who wanted a picture of junior in the sports team. I sold individual 3.5″ x 5″ prints for about £2:50 each … and sold about 20 in total. (Hey, this was the Seventies when Kodak film prints cost about 14p each!!) This principle could work where ever there are groups – ideally younger people where parents might want copies. That said, you may find – especially in UK – that you’ll need to undergo a CRB Police check before even being allowed in the vicinity of young people!!
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    xp1
    February 8th, 2012 - 00:31

    I set up a stall at local craft fairs which are usually held in the summer and just before Christmas. One idea I had after one poor day of sales was to offer tickets to guess the weight of the cake. So the next fair I booked I took a A5 landscape framed & ready to go, this was the prize along with the cake. I bought a cake from my local local stores Asda in the UK (Walmart) where I live and had the same landscape image iced or what ever they do onto the cake. I sell tickets at £1 each and enter the number of each ticket purchased along with the weight the purchaser has made in a note book . I leave the book on the table for all to have a look at. All I am going to say now is that my best day without any other sales of photo’s was £2,364 and my worst day was £254 just from ticket sales. I buy my frames from Ikea and get my prints from a local shop. Hope this inspires some of you.

    PS
    I am still working on my site.
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    Richar E Lee
    March 11th, 2012 - 18:20

    thank you for the ebook
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    christy
    March 18th, 2012 - 12:24

    couldn’t find the free download, maybe I’m still dealing with a hangover, blaming SXSW hoopla in austin, texas. by the way I wish it was captioned because I’m hearing impaired. Is there any way to make some subtitles on the video? I love your ideas and work.
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    christy
    March 18th, 2012 - 12:51

    never mind. just downloaded it. Ha.
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    santosa laksana
    April 10th, 2012 - 01:34

    Thanks Evan, you show photography is useful for beginners.
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    chelsea reid
    April 14th, 2012 - 12:21

    Hey Evan, brilliant as always! Did you send out a 3rd e-book as I didn’t get it
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    Richard B Fredericksen
    April 15th, 2012 - 07:00

    Great stuff, as usual. May I say?
    “extremely” grateful.
    “extremely” helpful.
    “extremely” talented – for a young genious guy
    And, sorry, after my first couple of sales, I’ll buy you a nice shirt.
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    James Viator
    May 12th, 2012 - 08:08

    Evan – Insightful and educational (as always); thank you!

    Everyone – I might sound like Mr. Obvious but, like Nick’s inspirational experience (from above), it helps to have a story (purpose/goal/cause) in mind when you approach store owners and buyers. Make sure it’s legit and honest but, instead of just “buying a picture”, they are helping … (for example) pay for your college tuition, raise awareness for Fair Trade products (in a coffee shop) or animal welfare (in pet stores and animal shelters). If you give (or share) profits with a charity it can “nudge” people into action for the social good, warm fuzzies and tax deduction … and don’t forget to get their email address for updates/new products!

    James

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