Starting a business....

[jacksonjohn]

I post and do not bet Ice....but I would not ask on here serious questions like this on a offshore betting forum

im curious as to why people do is all..

I'm just curious as to what you have had to contribute almost 58,000 times if you don't bet?????? Just curious, that's all.

 

[auggiedawg]

contact the editor of the HS sports section of the paper and just ask them questions. Find out if (i) they do indeed claim ownership; (ii) they even have any on staff photogs; (iii) who they use as free lancers; (iv) whether or not they would be interested (they could get the money, I know our local paper where I grew up sold the pictures themselves, and for a pretty penny too). if they are interested the deal would be the same as with a free lancer. if they aren't, you would just have to work with the free lancers. It is really the same procedure you would follow with a free lancer.

great advice. Im gonna be contacting them ASAP. If they claim ownership of the leftover photos, i could offer them a % cut of each photo sold. (I assume this would be the best bet)

Also, if they hire freelancers, just contact them personally, and work a deal with them. (That would probably be my best bet IMHO)

any more suggestions...i am definitely open for them

THANKS!

 

[JohnnyB]

Auggie, I did this part-time also. Easy to do if you have internet access. Very important to be able to access pre-sales at the very minute that they go online.
Not much overhead at all. Would buy the tix online with credit cards and usually sell them quickly.
The sites i mentioned were pretty much the best. Forums where very valuable. Competition and the difficulty getting good seats and the where the parts that made it tough for me. plus I did not always have access to the internet.

How do you know when concerts and pre-sales go onsale?

 

[fhmesq44]

yeah, contact the free lancers directly. it may be hard now, but you should look in the archives of the local newspapers to see who is credited with photographs for local HS games. Each photo should have a credit at the bottom, that will give you an idea who the photog is and you can contact them directly.

 

[auggiedawg]

How do you know when concerts and pre-sales go onsale?

I would like more info on this also. Looking into becoming a broker. Just would like to find someone who is experienced....someone who knows the in's and out's

:toast:

 

[WinningWand]

I send my friends to http://www.entrepreneursource.com

They figure out how you are wired and then put you in a Franchise that you will enjoy doing. A franchise is the best way to go but it takes start up money.

 

[Hal01]

I would like more info on this also. Looking into becoming a broker. Just would like to find someone who is experienced....someone who knows the in's and out's

:toast:

http://theultimatepresalepasswordsblog.blogspot.com/ :thumbsup:

 

[bigbill]

NO, i dont have any kids. So i would just basically go to the main sporting events of the nite. I would go to say 1 fball game....my brother to another....hire someone else to hit another, and so on. Come back...upload pics on website and be done.

Obviously, action shots would have to be good and may take lots of practice and experience to get it right, but i think in due time it could be good money-maker.

You could get to the point of customizing the pics, naming them, titles, borders, etc....u get the idea.

I would be sure to put a banner (such as COPY) of some sort thru the middle of each photo - anyone can download ANY picture off the web no matter what coding you use. And just about everyone that has a digital camera also has a printer that puts out pictures on photo paper.

 

[bigbill]

People like instant gratification now a days. It would be fairly inexpensive to set up a van with a t-shirt press and cap press. Take your action shots with digital cameras and upload them them instantly for display on monitors at the van where parents, kids, etc can have them printed on the spot on apparrel or as photos. You could also slip the chearleaders and quarterback etc a few bucks for posing for pictures with the customer.

 

[HAT]

Here is a site you might want to look at for ideas/inspiration Auggie.

It's basically what you are talking about for surf photographers.

http://www.wpsurf.com/register.aspx

 

[LargeMouthBass]

probably the same reason 95% of the people that post and read on this "gambling forum" and they don't even gamble. I have never understood that but alot of people on here don't even bet.

So most of the posters don't even bet? Hmmmmmm... That's pretty interesting. I ended up here because of sportsbetting, I wonder how others that do not found this site in the first place.