TriCoast's New Senior Mailer Album

[jesswhs1323]

Amazing!

I HATE to have to say anything negative ... my 2 cents.

Page 18-19 the picture of the girl on the far right might be a little much for seniors...even I know the senior LOVES it... her legs and low neck line might bother some mothers and fathers. Its such AMAZING work I would hate poeple to get turned off by that photo

[MyKey]

Originally Posted by J Eddington

Wow. I want to be a senior again....NOT it sucked the first time. But I sure would want to have my story told if I were 17 again. What type of "book" will this be?
Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the words, the book will be in many sizes but overall it will be printed by Miller's Print Press in an 8x8" format with Pearl Paper on the cover.

Originally Posted by phorn45

I have immediately implemented every one of your techniques and...ya, right. I am glad you are not up against me up here! I've been thru them three times, and I can't find anything to say to make me look smart! You Rock!

Thanks for the feedback and nice words

Originally Posted by DeannaD

First, artistically, WOW. You guys do gorgeous work. I especially like the photo broken up into mini-photos.

BUT, as a mom with a son who will be taking his senior pictures NEXT summer I object to the lack of guys! There were only 3 small shots of males and two of those had similar poses.

Just my .02. I'm guessing the parents of daughters spend more money.. is that it? I'm really just kidding. Just wanted to vent a little!!

Again, beautiful work!

Yep you got it, girls spend more money, more fun to shoot and overall just have a better time. Not that we don't shoot guys we do but girls rule compared to guys in this business!

Originally Posted by mangosli

Wow! I wish I were a Senior. LOL Seriously, it makes me want to call you guys immediately. Fantastic work. I really need to sign up for one of your seminars.

The only thing that bugs me is the collage on page 14-15. I don't know if it is on purpose or not, but the little windows are not exactly lined up/spaced apart and it is somewhat distracting.

Thanks for the nice words and yes the windows are by design, some love it and some don't but all look and that is the key :)

Originally Posted by phorn45

I saw that too, but I know enough about Mike and Coty. Their boxes aren't all that arranged so well either...

BWHAHAHAHAAHAAH - LOVE IT!

Originally Posted by terryturner

Great work MyKey! I have always admired you guys work. This stuff is absolutely Top Notch.

Terry

Thank you Terry for the nice words!

Originally Posted by HotHolly

Very cool Mike. What are you gonna print these on? What size?

As for marketing - friggin fantastic. It has info in it that they'll hold onto. We've been doing info marketing pieces with the bridal shop. Holy cow - those things get passed around!

I think I answered it a couple times, but mostly will be Miller's 8x8" printpress softcover albums with Pearl Paper on the cover. But also the mailer will be 8.5x8.5" with glossy paper and there will be 1000 of them mailed out.

Originally Posted by PhotosbyHollyWood

wow these are CRAZY good (as my daughter would say)

it... nothing negative to say here... fantastic work!

Thank you girl for the nice words!

Originally Posted by markperez

the only one I didn't like was the Page 08-09 where there girl in the circle frame was all pushed to the right. I kept trying to scroll to the right of my screen because I want to see more of it.

Its an interesting design I enjoy the unique aspects of it, thank you for the nice words.

Originally Posted by Wes

Mike - those look fantastic. Looks kind of expensive from a per unit cost standpoint, which tells me that you're not sending them to everyone in the phone book. How are you targeting your audience?

We have several mailing lists which have been in the past have been great. So 4 oversized postcards will be mailed out first then an 8 page version of the album above will be sent off as the last of the first 5 mailers.

The full album (as you see above) has been printed out through Miller's Lab Print Press as an 8x8" softcover album with Pearl paper cover and given out to certain clients which we know will assist us in getting more seniors.

Originally Posted by jesswhs1323

Amazing!

I HATE to have to say anything negative ... my 2 cents.

Page 18-19 the picture of the girl on the far right might be a little much for seniors...even I know the senior LOVES it... her legs and low neck line might bother some mothers and fathers. Its such AMAZING work I would hate people to get turned off by that photo

I see your point and I agree it can be sexy but that is by design, if parents do not want that they can go to another photographer. TriCoast as with anything we do, tries to display our style blended in with our clients style. While some wont like that image thinking it is too sexy, we enjoy giving our clients something different than the other photographers in the area. Marketing first sets yourself apart then your art. There are a ton of amazing photographers one can go too and if we are not right for them, I will gladly help them find another photographer for them, its not personal its just business! I hope that did not sound too "Stuck Up" we just enjoy pushing the edge a little and not be one of the photographers which falls in the cracks by following all the rules.

[LoungeLizard]

Good stuff...

[tamsour]

This looks great Mike.

I was looking at getting this template too, but if you guys are using it I guess I better save my money! Are you using the cards and other bits too or just this?

[MyKey]

Originally Posted by tamsour

This looks great Mike.

I was looking at getting this template too, but if you guys are using it I guess I better save my money! Are you using the cards and other bits too or just this?

Jen-a-fi-fi is my friend of course I have everything I always support her work!!!

:)


Between her designs and the ones which we blended in (hers was only a 12 page, we designed another 12 pages) and then our postcards and other things which we designed and other templates we bought well I found I enjoy spending time away from the computer more than in front of it as our business grew and my two girls got older.

I wont be mailing to any Galveston or Harris county seniors though if that helps you out any.

I will be going over to Fort Bend in some areas as well as Spring area since Jordan shoots up there, but Brazoria County is our main target area.

[tamsour]

I know Jen is your friend - she rocks.

I just wondered if you were using the whole package - card, flyers, rep cards - or just the album?

Either way, I won't be in this deep on this sr. year - but I hope to build the sr. side of the studio over the year and hit hard next year.

Feel free to come on over. And I can totally relate to not recreating the wheel and getting some time away from this computer.

speaking of that - got to head out - going to get the girls from camp today.

mwah to suzy for me.
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