Collages.net and Professional Photographer Magazine Offer $15,000 Studio Makeover

Langhorne, PA, March 15, 2009 – Collages.net has partnered with Professional Photographer magazine to offer a $15,000 studio makeover to one lucky professional photography studio. Collages.net is offering $3,500 worth of products and services to the winning studio. In addition to this grand prize, Collages.net is also giving $25 print coupons to 100 professional photography studios.

“This contest will dramatically change one lucky studio’s business,” said Director of Marketing and Product Development, Deirdre Gillin Ruttle. “The grand prize provides a package that will overhaul the winning studio’s finances, workflow, marketing strategies, website, online posting presence, and product offerings. This contest’s grand prize will provide all the tools that a professional photographer needs to be successful as well as update his or her studio’s look.”

Professional Photographer magazine provides the essential tools professional photographers need to succeed. Each issue contains practical, yet cutting-edge lessons in through artistic, business, and marketing articles. Product and technology reviews keep professional photographers informed about the most recent equipment available while image-based profiles and features provide artistic inspiration.

To enter the contest or for more information, visit www.ppmag.com/makeover and sign up for a discounted subscription to Professional Photographer magazine.

About Collages.net

Collages.net is the industry leader in providing workflow, printing, product, custom design, and marketing solutions for professional photographers. Collages.net offers professional printing through collagesColor™, Collages.net’s full service, professional printing solution. Fully integrated with ROES, this ordering interface provides a wide variety of products, finishes, textures, sizes, and other lab options. In addition to earning many industry accolades and awards as the industry’s leading online posting, professional printing, and full e-commerce platform, Collages.net also offers products including albums, books, cards, gallery wraps, and custom design services.

Professional photographers shooting all types of events including weddings, senior portraits, family portraits, children’s portraits, sports, special events, Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, and corporate events utilize Collages.net to create customized, password-protected, e-commerce websites for their clients. Collages.net’s web-based platform allows photographers to sell photographs and market their studios to guests, associates, friends, and family members who previously were without access to the professional photographs. With over 1.5 million unique visits to Collages.net event websites each month, Collages.net’s photographers enjoy a unique online presence.

Collages.net’s integration with social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, blogs, and websites, gives professional photographers the opportunity to showcase their work 24 hours a day to a large audience. The powerful combination of high event traffic, social networking site connections, and Collages.net’s innovative marketing tools result in Collages.net photographers increasing their studios’ revenue through online sales and new client referrals.

Collages.net works with over 10,000 professional photographers across the United States and enjoys strong partnerships with Professional Photographers of America (PPA), Disney Weddings, and Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep (NILMDTS).

Contact:
Deirdre Gillin Ruttle
Director of Marketing and Product Development
(267) 572-5019

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