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Thriving in Independent Photo Printing: Secrets to Success with IPI’s Brenda DiVincenzo Events News Podcasts 

Thriving in Independent Photo Printing: Secrets to Success with IPI’s Brenda DiVincenzo

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talked with Brenda DiVincenzo, vice president of member success, at the IPI Member Network. Listen in as we discuss the importance of IPI’s networking, education, and marketing programs, and how their forum has supported business owners by providing invaluable tips and ideas. Plus, get a sneak peek into the upcoming IPIC event, July 9-13, in Fort Worth, Texas,... Read More
Making the most of social media marketing, with Dan Peterson, FlipSwitch Marketing Marketing Podcasts 

Making the most of social media marketing, with Dan Peterson, FlipSwitch Marketing

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talked with Dan Peterson, founder of FlipSwitch Marketing. In this interview, Peterson talks about strategies for small businesses to use social media marketing, tactics to determine the most effective social media platform, and methods to improve search results using social media. Peterson grew up in central Illinois in an entrepreneurial family. He started his career in management... Read More
Overcoming fear in business leadership, with Joe Hart, Dale Carnegie News Podcasts 

Overcoming fear in business leadership, with Joe Hart, Dale Carnegie

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talked with Joe Hart, president and CEO, Dale Carnegie and Associates Inc. In this interview, Hart talks about the Dale Carnegie course program, leadership, overcoming fear in business, and resolving conflicts. Since 1912, Dale Carnegie Training has helped millions of people and businesses around the world improve their performance. In over eighty countries and in more than thirty languages,... Read More
Creating community with a camera store, with Mark Comon, Paul’s Photo Podcasts 

Creating community with a camera store, with Mark Comon, Paul’s Photo

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talked with Mark Comon, Paul’s Photo and Creative Photo Academy, Torrance, Calif. In this interview, Comon talks about being a second-generation camera store owner, building relationships in a community, and using creativity as Paul’s Photo in Torrance, Calif., which has been an area fixture since company founder Paul Comon started selling cameras in 1961. Today, the store offers top... Read More
Growth in the European photo products market with Jeremy Wills, Futuresource Marketing Podcasts 

Growth in the European photo products market with Jeremy Wills, Futuresource

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talked with Jeremy Wills, principal analyst, pro displays and imaging, for Futuresource Consulting. In this wide-ranging interview, Wills discusses the growth opportunities for the photo output markets in various European countries, how various regions differ from each other, the shift to mobile apps, and more. Futuresource Consulting, based in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, is a market research consulting company providing... Read More
Building a photography career as a young entrepreneur, Audrey Tappan Marketing Podcasts 

Building a photography career as a young entrepreneur, Audrey Tappan

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talked with Audrey Tappan, branding photographer. In this interview, Tappan talks about her journey to become a working photographer, using tried-and-true networking techniques. Tappan grew up in rural Florida with two entrepreneurial parents who taught her what hard work looked like and how networking is king. Based out of NYC, Tappan specializes in fashion and product photography... Read More
Creativity as a driver of photo business, with Wendi Flores and Steve Klinetobe Marketing Podcasts 

Creativity as a driver of photo business, with Wendi Flores and Steve Klinetobe

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talked with Wendi Flores, of Foto Crush, and Steve Klinetobe, of Odd Comma. In this interview, Flores and Klinetobe talk about how photo companies can use creativity to boost sales and be more effective than ever before. In this episode, you will learn the following: How creativity is now a currency, and the need for brands to be emotively authentic... Read More
Growing the digital printing community, with Peter van Teeseling, Dscoop Events Podcasts 

Growing the digital printing community, with Peter van Teeseling, Dscoop

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talked with Peter van Teeseling, executive director, Dscoop. In this interview, van Teeseling talks about the history of the Dscoop organization, the value of community and highlights from the upcoming Dscoop Edge World Expo St. Louis. The Dead Pixels Society is returning to the annual DScoop global conference. The society is once again hosting a Photo Imaging CONNECT mini-conference... Read More
Supporting the school photography and yearbook industry with David Crandall, SPOA Podcasts 

Supporting the school photography and yearbook industry with David Crandall, SPOA

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talked with David Crandall, executive director of the School Photographers of America (SPOA). Crandall talks about the association’s upcoming conference, developing the school photography boot camp, and ways members can be more involved. School Photographers of America is a non-profit association formed in 2020 on behalf of school portrait studios to advocate for and protect their copyrights, as... Read More
Expanding from digital printing to personalized photo, with Joe Montalbano, Advertek Printing Podcasts 

Expanding from digital printing to personalized photo, with Joe Montalbano, Advertek Printing

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talked with Joe Montalbano, co-CEO of Advertek Printing. In this interview, Montalbano talks about the start of the company’s digital printing business and its expansion into the personalized photo printing market. Founded in 1996, Advertek Inc. is one of Canada’s leading commercial printing/packaging and personalization companies. Co-CEOs Joe Montalbano and Simon Spina bought the business in 1999, three... Read More
Expanding AI technology in photo apps, with Timur Khabirov, Prequel News Podcasts 

Expanding AI technology in photo apps, with Timur Khabirov, Prequel

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talked with Timur Khabirov, co-founder and CEO of Prequel, the mobile photo and video editing platform. In this interview, Khabirov talked about the history of the popular app, the philosophy that is driving its growth, and the potential for AI-driven photo and video content. Founded in 2018 by Khabirov and Serge Aliseenko, Prequel has... Read More
Rejuvenating the WPPI show, with George Varanakis Events News Podcasts 

Rejuvenating the WPPI show, with George Varanakis

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talked with George Varanakis, strategic advisor of the WPPI Photo Group, part of the Emerald Exhibitions company. Varanakis started his industry career at WPPI/Rangefinder and was among the team that built WPPI into a must-attend photography event. Now, after a sojourn into video-streaming and education startup, he’s returned to WPPI. In this interview,... Read More
Learning to love email marketing, with Kendra Corman Marketing Podcasts 

Learning to love email marketing, with Kendra Corman

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with marketer Kendra Corman. In this interview, Corman talks about ways businesses can build their email lists and create content that engages customers and builds relationships. Corman has more than 15 years of marketing experience working with one of the top brands in the world all the way down to solopreneurs just starting out. Her passion is... Read More
Build strong business relationships with gifts, with Steve Buzogany, the Appreciation Advocate Marketing Podcasts 

Build strong business relationships with gifts, with Steve Buzogany, the Appreciation Advocate

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talked with Steve Buzogany, founder and CEO of the Appreciation Advocate. In this interview, Buzogany talks about ways businesses can show appreciation to customers throughout the year, not just at the holidays. He recommends personalized business gifts, not logo’d promotional merchandise. Buzogany is the founder and CEO of The Appreciation Advocate.  Since 2012, he has been... Read More
Reinventing a volume photography business, with Eric Miller, MillerFoto Marketing Podcasts 

Reinventing a volume photography business, with Eric Miller, MillerFoto

In this special 100th episode, Gary Pageau talks again with our very first guest, Eric Miller, of MillerFoto. Since the launch of the Dead Pixels Society podcast in March, 2020, the global pandemic reshaped how many businesses operate. Volume photography is no different, and Miller walks us through the decisions he made to reinvent his business operations and marketing practices.... Read More