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As a nature/wildlife photographer do you hand out business cards?


12 years 6 months ago #157385 by Camp 89
I like shooting landscapes, flowers and wildlife and recently I was thinking about ordering some business cards. However, I am trying to figure out how it would be a benefit for a wildlife/nature photographer to hand out cards. I can understand portrait/wedding photographer, as they need to gain clients. But what about us who do not shoot portraits? Are there any of you nature photographers who leave business cards somewhere, or hand them out to people? Do you think you get traffic to your site from your card?
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12 years 6 months ago #157388 by photobod
I am a wedding and family photographer so I hand out lots of cards, in your case maybe it will just bring people to your website if you have one.
www.dcimages.org.uk
"A good photograph is one that communicate a fact, touches the heart, leaves the viewer a changed person for having seen it. It is, in a word, effective." - Irving Penn
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12 years 6 months ago #157401 by Camp 89

photobod wrote: I am a wedding and family photographer so I hand out lots of cards, in your case maybe it will just bring people to your website if you have one.


Thanks, yea like I said, I can see how it help portraits photographers. But I'm wondering if spending the money on cards is really worth it for a nature photographer. I am sure not that many prints are sold.
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12 years 6 months ago #157407 by photobod

Camp 89 wrote:

photobod wrote: I am a wedding and family photographer so I hand out lots of cards, in your case maybe it will just bring people to your website if you have one.


Thanks, yea like I said, I can see how it help portraits photographers. But I'm wondering if spending the money on cards is really worth it for a nature photographer. I am sure not that many prints are sold.


now you are doubting your work, some sell lots some sell few it depends on quality of your work and how you market your work and business cards directing people to your website will do just that ,so think carefully about it.
Best of luck.
www.dcimages.org.uk
"A good photograph is one that communicate a fact, touches the heart, leaves the viewer a changed person for having seen it. It is, in a word, effective." - Irving Penn
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12 years 6 months ago #157484 by rmeyer7
I would suggest starting with just a small order, maybe one of the cheap options from Vistaprint or something. See if that makes a difference, and if it does then it will be worth spending the money to print more.
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12 years 6 months ago #157502 by Camp 89

rmeyer7 wrote: I would suggest starting with just a small order, maybe one of the cheap options from Vistaprint or something. See if that makes a difference, and if it does then it will be worth spending the money to print more.


Thanks. Yea, I was looking at vistaprint and see they offer free business cards. Is this really true? Are they really free? I know there is always a catch to something that is free.
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12 years 6 months ago #157526 by Arkangel7x3
I believe they are yopu just pay for shipping the first time if you buy addtional then there is a charges
"If it's to good to be true best to shoot it again"
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12 years 6 months ago #157529 by Baydream
Sometimes they are free and sometimes offer free shipping but be careful of that final "click" or you could get items you don't need.
I ordered custom cards with a bill around $10 but the "final click" included a misleading add on the ordered worthless return labels since I have substituted "email" for name and the labels + shipping added over $8 to the bill. Just what I needed, address labels with my email and address only with no way of cancelling.
Be careful on their site.
Shoot, learn and share. It will make you a better photographer.
fineartamerica.com/profiles/john-g-schickler.html?tab=artwork
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12 years 6 months ago #157550 by icepics
Good advice... the sort of website that's in-your-face and sounds too good to be true is probably better to avoid. Whether it would be worth getting business cards made up might depend on where you could potentially be handing them out. There's a small town in my area w/an artists 'colony', craft shops, a scenic park nearby etc. I know of a photographer there who sells thru their local artists co-op and at their annual outdoor art fair; he puts his info. on the back of the mat.
Sharon
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12 years 6 months ago #157566 by rmeyer7
The free business cards from Vistaprint come with their logo and/or website address on the back. But you can get the heavily discounted ones, they don't. That's what I did and it worked out fine for me. But as Baydream said, make sure nothing else is added on before you complete your order!
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