CCS is hosting a series of FREE webinars. Click the link below for dates and registration.

Webinar topic #1: view dates and register

Simulated Sports Action Photography - Simulated sports action photography can achieve the same or even better results, with:

  • Less time on the playing fields
  • Better action shots
  • Fewer images
  • More choices for more players
  • and YOU control the action

Webinar topic #2: view dates and register

Making Sales Calls & Booking Sports - Making sales calls can be a challenging task for many photographers, so let's strip away the fear and improve your ability to seal the deal. This webinar will cover every step of the sales process along with tips and talking points. Topics being covered include:

  • Generating leads.
  • Calculating the potential of a school or league.
  • Identifying your market.
  • Organizing leads and tracking the success of you or your sales team.
  • Sales calls - getting the appointment, selling your self, and getting the contract signed.

Webinar topic #3: view dates and register

Increasing Sales with Email Marketing - Email marketing is a cost effective way to increase your sales at the shoot and even months later. Learn how Candid can assist with our powerful email campaign and best practices.

  • Collecting email addresses prior to the event.
  • Premarketing to parents.
  • Improving deliverability.
  • How to communicate with the school's IT department.
  • Learn about CCS' Email Campaigns, and their success rate.
  • .The importance of reporting and tracking your email campaign.

Webinar topic #4: view dates and register

"Quicpost™. A complete online, event-management system for sports"
Learn how Quicpost™ allows you to:

  • Quickly post your images online
  • Drag and drop images into categories
  • Configure your own product offerings
  • Customize tax and shipping rates
  • Offer vouchers or discount codes
  • Enter orders in your office
  • Find your customers' order status and history
  • Use and customize our simple email templates

Webinar topic #5: view dates and register

LabPrints - A Powerful Tool for Portrait Photographers
Attention Portrait Photographers! Candid Color Systems offers the Digital Studio Program by LabPrints!

Learn how LabPrints will enable you to:

  • Organize, edit & order images
  • Compare images
  • Create a slide show
  • Project your images
  • Create collages

Webinar topic #6: view dates and register

Digital Photography Basics

If you are new to digital photography or want some tips from a current photographer, this webinar will cover:

  • Basic camera settings
  • Finding your exposure
  • Cropping
  • Resolution and compression settings
  • Get past the technical jargon
  • Learn how Digital Photography can be simple and easy to understand
  • Capture a quality image in the camera that doesn’t require any post-production work in Photoshop!

Webinar topic #7: view dates and register

Shooting Indoor Sports

  • Create an event, and not just a photo opportunity
  • Organize and set up an indoor sports shoot
  • Select the best location for photos
  • Light your subjects
  • Establish a workflow for the shoot
  • Deal with parents with cameras
  • and other important information that will make your event run smoothly and keep your event on time!

Webinar topic #8: view dates and register

Outdoor Sports

  • Appropriately staffing your event
  • Creating an experience for your customers
  • Building a Sales Table and selling effectively
  • Choosing a location
  • Camera Setup
  • Various lighting situations
  • Posing
  • Creating an order form
  • Tips and secrets to run an efficient and effective shoot!

Webinar topic #9: view dates and register

Marketing Sports Photography

Here is some of what you will discover in this webinar:

  • Compete on marketing methods, not price!
  • Learn the value of collecting email addresses from your customers and creating additional sales long after photo day is over.
  • Discover how our Pay First and View First systems can give you an advantage over your competition.
  • In the hunt for something completely different? Try our Hybrid Marketing system that combines the best of both Pay First and View First.
  • Realize the advantage of using online sales to create a web presence for your sports business.
  • Find out how you can create barriers for your competitors just by implementing our View First marketing methods.
  • Having trouble convincing coaches to work with you? Use View First marketing to take ANY responsibilities away from coaches!
  • Decrease the amount of time you?re spending on post-production.

Webinar topic #10: view dates and register

Camera and Lighting Setups for Sports Individuals and Teams

  • Camera choices
  • Strobe (flash) choices
  • Lighting scenarios
  • Choosing a background for outdoor photos
  • Using a "Flag" to get consistent exposures and controlling your lighting
  • Simple Posing

Webinar topic #11: view dates and register

Recruiting and Paying Photographers:Special Events and Sports

  • The Ups and Downs of hiring photographers
  • The best places to recruit good photographer candidates
  • What's a good photographer worth?
  • Should you pay hourly or by the job?
  • Should you supply photographic equipment; or should photographers supply their own equipment?
  • Setting standards and enforcing them
  • And much, much more!
 
     
 
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