The Importance of In-Person Sales for Photographers

IMG class=”aligncenter size-full wp-image-18982″ alt=”in-person-sales-photographers” src=”http://www.photo-natural.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-in-person-sales-photographers.jpg” width=”244″ height=”244″Back before I started doing in-person sales, I threw confetti, blew a noisemaker and did a celebratory dance both times that I sold more than $100 in prints. Thats right. Both. As in two (2) times. Now that I do in-person sales, my average client order is around $1, 500.PPWhy the big difference? Let’s think about this. It’s time for you to buy a new car. What do you do? You go online and find the car you want, click ‘ add to cart ‘ and wala!/PPIMG class=”aligncenter size-full wp-image-18983″ alt=”in-person-sales-cart” src=”http://www.photo-natural.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-in-person-sales-cart.jpg” width=”414″ height=”76″/PPThats how everyone buys cars right? Of course not! If you were buying a new car you would go down to the dealership and test-drive that puppy. You would want to feel that new leather, crank up the stereo and see how it handles. Why do you think dealerships let you test-drive their cars? They know you are more likely to buy when you have driven the car./PPThe same is true for photography. In this digital society, people forget that there are amazing products available for photographic wall art. Do you think someone is going to buy a 20