When you started up your Photography Business little did you know that marketing and developing the “business” would take way more time than you ever dreamed. You started the business because you love photography right?  The problem is you have to do all the other stuff right too!

The following book not only covers all aspects of copyright and licensing your photographs. Whether you are a service and assignment photographer or a stock photographer, this book will give you much of the business information you need to start and build a successful photography business.

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It is always said “If you Fail to Plan, you Plan to Fail”

Success in business comes as a result of planning. You have to have a detailed, written plan that shows what the ultimate goal is, the reason for the goal, and each milestone that must be passed in order to reach your goal.

A business plan is written definition of, and operational plan for achieving your goal. You need a complete but success tool in order to define your basic product, income objectives and specific operating procedures.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE A BUSINESS PLAN to attract investors, obtain financing and hold onto the confidence of your creditors, particularly in times of cash flow shortages–in this instance, the amount of money you have on hand compared with the expenses that must be met.

Aside from an overall directional policy for the production, sales effort and profit goals of your product–your basic “travel guide” to business success–the most important purpose your business plan will serve, will be the basis or foundation of any financial proposals you submit. Many entrepreneurs are under the mistaken impression that a business plan is the same as a financial proposal, or that a financial proposal constitutes a business plan. This is just a misunderstanding of the uses of these two separate and different business success aids.

The business plan is a long range “map” to guide your business to the goal you’ve set for it. The plan details the what, why, where, how and when, of your business–the success planning of your company.

Your financial proposal is a request for money based upon your business plan–your business history and objectives.

Understand the differences. They are closely related, but they are not interchangeable.

Writing and putting together a “winning” business plan takes study, research and time, so don’t try to do it all in just one or two days.

The easiest way to start with a loose leaf notebook, plenty of paper, pencils, pencil sharpener, and several erasers. Once you get your mind “in gear” and begin thinking about your business plan, “10,000 thoughts and ideas per minute” will begin racing thru your mind…So, it’s a good idea when you aren’t actually working on your business plan, to carry a pocket notebook and jot down those business ideas as they come to you–ideas for sales promotion, recruiting distributors, and any other thoughts on how to operate and/or build your business.

Later, when you’re actually working on your business plan, you can take out this “idea notebook” evaluate your ideas, rework them, refine them, and integrate them into the overall “big picture” of your business plan.

The best business plans for even the smallest businesses run 25 to 30 pages or more, so you’ll need to “title” each page and arrange the different aspects of your business plan into “chapters.” The format should pretty much run as follows:

• Title Page
• Statement of Purpose
• Table of Contents
• Business Description
• Market Analysis
• Competition
• Business Location
• Management
• Current Financial Records
• Explanation of Plans For Growth
• Projected Profit & Loss/Operating Figures
• Explanation of Financing for Growth Documentation
• Summary of Business
• Outlook for The Future Listing of Business
• Personal References

This is a logical organization of the information every business plan should cover. I’ll explain each of these chapters titles in greater detail, but first, let me elaborate upon the reasons for proper organization of your business plan.

Having a set of “questions to answer” about your business forces you to take an objective and critical look at your ideas. Putting it all down on paper allows you to change, erase and refine everything to function in the manner of a smoothly oiled machine. You’ll be able to spot weakness and strengthen them before they develop into major problems. Overall, you’ll be developing an operating manual for your business–a valuable tool which will keep your business on track, and guide you in the profitable management of your business.

Because it’s your idea, and your business, it’s very important that YOU do the planning. This is YOUR business plan, so YOU develop it, and put it all down on paper just the way YOU want it to read. Seek out the advice of other people; talk with, listen to, and observe, other people running similar businesses; enlist the advice of your accountant and attorney–but at the bottom line, don’t ever forget it has to be YOUR BUSINESS PLAN!

Remember too, that statistics show the greatest causes of business failure to be poor management and lack of planning–without a plan by which to operate, no one can manage; and without a direction in which to aim its efforts, no business can attain any real success.

On the very first page, which is the title page, put down the name of your business-ABC ACTION–with your business address underneath. Now, skip a couple of lines, and write it all in capital letters: PRINCIPAL OWNER–followed by your name if you’re the principal owner. On your finished report, you would want to center this information on the page, with the words “principal owner” off-set to the left about five spaces.

Examples: ABC ACTION 1234 SW 5th Ave. Anywhere, USA 00000

PRINCIPAL OWNER: Your Name

That’s all you’ll have on this page except the page number -1-

Following your title page is the page for your statement purpose. This should be a simple statement of your primary business function, such as: We are a service business engaged in the business of selling business success manuals and other information by mail.

The title of the page should be in all capital letters across the top of the page, centered on your final draft–skip a few lines and write the statement of purpose. This should be direct, clear and short–never more than (2) sentences in length.

Then you should skip a few lines, and from the left hand margin of the paper, write out a sub-heading in all capital letters, such as: EXPLANATION OF PURPOSE.

From, and within this sub-heading you can briefly explain your statement of purpose, such as: Our surveys have found most entrepreneurs to be “sadly” lacking in basic information that will enable them to achieve success. This market is estimated at more than a 100 million persons, with at least half of these people actively “searching” for sources that provide the kind of information they want, and need.

With our business, advertising and publishing experience, it is our goal to capture at least half of this market of information seekers, with our publication. MONEY MAKING MAGIC! Our market research indicates we can achieve this goal and realize a profit of $1,000,000 per year within the next 5 years…

The above example is generally the way you should write your “explanation of purpose,” and in subtle definition, why you need an explanation. Point to remember: Keep it short. Very few business purpose explanations justify more than a half page long.

Next comes your table of contents page. Don’t really worry about this until you’ve got the entire plan completed and ready for final typing. It’s a good idea though, to list the subject (chapter titles) as I have, and then check off each one as you complete that part of your plan.

By having a list of the points you want to cover, you’ll also be able to skip around and work on each phase of your business plan as an idea or the interest in organizing that particular phase, stimulates you. In other words, you won’t have to make your thinking or your planning conform to the chronological order of the “chapters” of your business plan–another reason for the loose leaf notebook.

In describing your business, it’s best to begin where your statement purpose leaves off. Describe your product, the production process, who has responsibility for what, and most importantly, what makes your product or service unique–what gives it an edge in your market. You can briefly summarize your business beginnings, present position and potential for future success, as well.

Next, describe the buyers you’re trying to reach–why they need and want or will buy your product–and the results of any tests or surveys you may have conducted. Once you’ve defined your market, go on to explain how you intend to reach that market–how you’ll these prospects to your product or service and induce them to buy. You might want to break this chapter down into sections such as..publicity and promotions, advertising plans, direct sales force, and dealer/distributor programs. Each section would then be an outline of your plans and policies.

Moving into the next chapter on competition, identify who your competitors are–their weakness and strong points–explain how you intend to capitalize on those weaknesses and match or better the strong points. Talk to as many of your “indirect” competitors as possible–those operating in different cities and states.

One of the easiest ways of gathering a lot of useful information about your competitors is by developing a series of survey questions and sending these questionnaires out to each of them. Later on, you might want to compile the answers to these questionnaires into some form of directory or report on this type of business.

It’s also advisable to contact the trade associations and publications serving your proposed type of business. For information on trade associations and specific trade publications, visit your public library, and after explaining what you want ask for the librarian’s help.

The chapter on management should be an elaboration on the people operating the business. Those people that actually run the business, their job, titles, duties, responsibilities and background resume’s. It’s important that you “paint” a strong picture of your top management people because the people coming to work for you or investing in your business, will be “investing in these people” as much as your product ideas. Individual tenacity, mature judgement under fire, and innovative problem-solving have “won over” more people than all the AAA Credit Ratings and astronomical sales figures put together.

People becoming involved with any new venture want to know that the person in charge–the guy running the business knows what he’s doing, will not lose his cool when problems arise, and has what it takes to make money for all of them> After showing the “muscle” of this person, go on to outline the other key positions within your business; who the persons are you’ve selected to handle those jobs and the sources as well as availability of any help you might need.

If you’ve been in business of any kind scale, the next chapter is a picture of your financial status–a review of your operating costs and income from the business to date. Generally, this is a listing of your profit & loss statements for the six months, plus copies of your business income tax records for each of the previous three years the business has been an entity.

The chapter on the explanation of your plans for the future growth of your business is just that–an explanation of how you plan to keep your business growing–a detailed guide of what you’re going to do, and how you’re going to increase your profits. These plans should show your goals for the coming year, two years, and three years. By breaking your objectives down into annual milestones, your plan will be accepted as more realistic and be more understandable as a part of your ultimate success.

Following this explanation, you’ll need to itemize the projected cost and income figures of your three year plan. I’ll take a lot of research, an undoubtedly a good deal of erasing, but it’s very important that you list these figures based upon thorough investigation. You may have to adjust some of your plans downward, but once you’ve got these two chapters on paper, your whole business plan will fall into line and begin to make sense. You’ll have a precise “map” of where you’re headed, how much it’s going to cost, when you can expect to start making money, and how much.

Now that you know where you’re going, how much it’s going to cost and how long it’s going to be before you begin to recoup your investment, you’re ready to talk about how and where you’re going to get the money to finance your journey. Unless you’re independently wealthy, you’ll want to use this chapter to list the possibilities and alternatives. Make a list of friends you can approach, and perhaps induce to put up some money as silent partners. Make a list of those people you might be able to sell as stockholders in your company–in many cases you can sell up to $300,000 worth of stock on a “private issue” basis without filing papers with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Check with a corporate or tax attorney in your area for more details. Make a list of relatives and friends that might help you with an outright loan to furnish money for the development of your business.

Then search out and make a list of venture capital organizations. Visit the Small Business Administration office in your area–pick up the loan application papers they have–read them, study them, and even fill them out on a preliminary basis–and finally, check the costs, determine which business publications would be best to advertise in, if you were to advertise for a partner or investor, and write an ad you’d want to use if you did decide to advertise for monetary help.

With listing of all the options available to your needs, all that’s left is the arranging of these options in the order you would want to use them when the time come to ask for money. When you’re researching these money sources, you’ll save time by noting the “contact” deal with when you want money, and whenever possible, by developing a working relationship with these people.

In your documentation section, you should have a credit report on yourself. Use the Yellow Pages or check at the credit department in your bank for the nearest credit reporting office. When you get your credit report, look it over and take whatever steps are necessary to eliminate any negative comments. Once these have been taken care of, ask for a revised copy of your report and include a copy of that in your business plan.

If you own any patents or copyrights, include copies of these. Any licenses to use someone else’s patent or copyright should also be included. If you own the distribution, wholesale or exclusive sales rights to a product, include copies of this documentation. You should also include copies of any leases, special agreements or other legal papers that might be pertinent to your business.

In conclusion, write out a brief, overall summary of your business- when the business was started, the purpose of the business, what makes your business different, how you’re going to gain a profitable share of the market, and your expected success during the coming 5 years..

The last page of your business plan is a “courtesy page” listing the names, addresses and phone numbers of personal and business references–persons who have known you closely for the past five years or longer–and companies or firms you’ve had business or credit dealings with during the past five years.

And, that’s it–your complete business plan. Before you send it out for formal typing, read it over once a day for a week or ten days. Take care of any changes or corrections, and then have it reviewed by an attorney and then, an accountant. It would also be a good idea to have it reviewed by a business consultant serving the business community to which your business will be related. After these reviews, and any last-minute changes you want to make, I’ll be ready for formal typing.

Type and print the entire plan on ordinary white bond paper. Make sure you proof-read it against the original. Check for any corrections and typographical errors–then one more time–read it through for clarity and the perfection you want of it.

Now you’re ready to have it printed and published for whatever use you have planned for it–distribution amongst your partners or stockholders as the business plan for putting together a winning financial proposal, or as a business operating manual.

Take it to a quality printer in your area, and have three copies printed. Don’t settle for photo-copying..Have it printed!

Photo-copying leaves a slight film on the paper, and will detract from the overall professionalism of your business plan, when presented to someone you’re trying to impress. So, after going to all this work to put together properly, go all the way and have it duplicated properly.

Next, stop by a stationery store, variety store or even a dime store, and pick up an ordinary, inexpensive bind-in theme cover for each copy of your business plan. Have the holes punched in the pages of your business report to fit these binders and then slip each copy into a binder of its own.

Now, you can relax, take a break and feel good about yourself..You have a complete and detailed business plan with which to operate a successful business of your own. A plan you can use as a basis for any financing proposal you may want to submit..And a precise road-map for the attainment of real success…

You just complete one of the important steps to fulfill of all your dreams of success.

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Our Guest Expert today is Lauren Britz, a native South African who ended up in Sunny South Florida after traveling the world. Having graduated as a Professional Photographer she’s aimed to make a name for herself in all realms of photography. Her company ShutterFlies Photography specializes in weddings, engagements and any thing else going on in your life.

The Business of Photography

… by Lauren Britz

Here are the TOP 7 ways to make your photography business a real success.

1) Do what you love. There is no greater motivation than your photography passion to drive you to go the extra mile for your clients and for yourself. If you truly want to do photography for a living – then do it! It does take time to transition into doing photography full time but do not hesitate any longer – start now!

Put your photography identity together right away and put it out there. The longer it is out there the more people will notice you and one fine day you will get hired. From there the ball will keep rolling.

You will also notice that the minute you choose to do what you love and you find a way to make it a reality, you will become a workaholic. An incredible man once said, “If you do what you love, you won’t feel like you’ve done a days work in your life.” – Unre Visagie.

You may have heard or read about the very talented author, Stephen Covey. In his book, ‘Seven Habits of Highly Effective People’, the first habit he talks about is – Be Proactive. By being proactive you find your way from being dependent to being independent. If that corporate job is numbing your brain, now is a good time to start.

2) Be brave. You’ve probably already thought to yourself, “Yeah, if only it was that easy. I don’t have time. I don’t have money. There are a million photographers out there”.

Well, nothing is that easy; you have to make the time, and you don’t need much money. It takes some effort on your part to get the ball rolling but the good news is that once you’ve done your first few jobs it get easier to get keep the ball rolling. Like anything in life, getting started is always the hardest part. Here are some very affordable ways to get your marketing and your business up and running:

-  Don’t quit your day job… yet!

- Find a photography name that suits you and that you love. Many photographers simply use their names. You can go to Business.gov to make sure the name is available.

- Find a friend or a small business to design your photography business identity for you, including an online portfolio, a logo, business cards, letterheads, business stamp, pamphlets… anything that you can use to get your name out there. One great Fort Lauderdale business that can help is 3DPedrique, a 3D and graphic designer who does a great job at a very affordable price.

- Network, network, network! Become an online social networking whiz. If you’re a little hesitant then hire yourself a social networker for cheap! With all the social networking online today you can go one of two ways – drown in the inevitable mass of information or target yourself nice and neatly into a group that needs, wants and is willing to pay for your photographic skills. Try the local Fort Lauderdale networker, Social Susan, a master of social networking, both online and offline at a great price.

Stephen Covey’s second habit is – Begin with the End in Mind: Principles of Personal Vision. This is based on the idea that to succeed things need to be created twice. The first creation being leadership, and the second one being management. Management means finding ways to do things right; leadership is making sure you’re doing the right things.

3) Be organized and get involved. Make order out of your chaos. Get an organizer of your choice, whether it is a diary or a Smartphone. Make it your best friend in the world and put everything in it. Let it work for you by reminding you what needs to be done instead of you having to worry about the things that need to be done. Make a habit of listing all your shoot dates, photography meetings, gallery outings, photography outings.

Create a physical or online filing system in alphabetical order and make a habit of filing all necessary documentation. Do yourself a HUGE favor and rid yourself of clutter. You will feel much lighter; increase your energy and productivity. Read through the LifeOrganizer for more tips.

4) Be Honest, forthright and competent. Covey’s third habit is – Put First Things First: Principles of Integrity & Execution.

Integrity is the value you have of yourself to determine what you find acceptable and not. You will often be dealing with clients, such as bridezillas, that will expect the impossible from you will drive you crazy. Decide where your integrity lies to create accurate expectations with your photography clients.

Be pleasantly forward with them as to what is and what is not possible when shooting, and remain competent with any photographic skill you’ve promised them.

Covey’s 7th habit is – Sharpen the Saw: Principles of Balanced Self-Renewal of body Continual Improvement. Photography incorporates many different aspects, not only technical, but physical, spiritual, mental and of course social.

Keep your skills razor sharp and forever growing by practicing and by continuously critiquing your own work or offer other photographers the opportunity to do it for you. Please do not be too hard on yourself.

5) Do not undersell yourself. First things first; find the photographic skill level that you are most comfortable with for now and let your pricelist reflect that accordingly. Do not start charging your clients $6000 if you’re only doing mid-size 6 hour weddings. Work your way up that ladder. The same is said for underselling yourself. Don’t offer to do an entire wedding for a mere $400 because it is a reflection of your work. Set the expectation for your clients and yourself. If you don’t believe you are worth it – they won’t either.

6) Use each other. Synergize. Join the club. Create a synergy with others. Covey’s fourth, fifth and sixth habits fall nicely into this category.

Habit 4 – Think Win/Win – Principles on Interpersonal Leadership teaches that agreements between people are mutually beneficial. See other photographers around you as resources, not as competition or enemies. There may be a time when they need you and you need them. Let’s say if they accidentally booked two weddings on the same day (it happens a lot) and you come to mind, they could pass the business off to you or vice versa.

Habit 5 – Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood is probably the most important one; communication is THE most important skill in life and business. If you want to get and keep people coming back to you for photography services or to be referred by past clients you MUST learn to interact effectively with them. As this habit states, “if you are to influence me, you first need to understand me.”

Become and empathetic listener and inspire openness and trusts with potential and past photography clients.

Habit 6: Synergize: Principles of Creative Cooperation is vitally important, and probably the most difficult for most photographers. In order to find synergy with other photographers and clients you have to have good intentions and be genuine. If you let other photographers influence you will “gain new insights and facilitate the generation of new options.”

Find ways and willing accomplices to become part of a mutually beneficial work relationship. There are way too many photographers out there that refuse to share and in the end they are the ones that will be left behind while everyone else that is joined takes over. The South Florida Camera Club based in Fort Lauderdale is a wonderful club that has been going for years and welcomes anyone with an interest in photography and they allow all types of business networking.

7) Believe in yourself. If there is one promise, it is that you WILL encounter photographers that are cold, stern, unethical and miserable. When this does happen, continue on your path and do not let them undermine your abilities in yourself and affect your business.

I know it sounds all “airy fairy” to those who are not perceptive to the unseen ways of the universe. But watch. You have nothing to lose. Try it.

You love what you do so do it with passion. There will be many people giving you the eye when you tell them you want to start your own photography business. Many will pass it off to general conversation. Perhaps you get the impression that people don’t think you’ll succeed. None of this matters… Who cares? The only thing you should care about is that you’re doing what you love, and you know you’re good at it.

This article is by Lauren Britz of ShutterFliesPhotography

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Today’s Guest Expert is Sandy Huang, owner of Pinpoint Tactics Business Consulting. Sandy’s client base ranges from start-up businesses, to companies on a steep growth tangent, to mature enterprises. Her unique consulting process helps her clients of any business lifecycle effectively tackle their challenges and strategically move to the next level. She is her clients’ “Executive Council” and acts as an objective sounding board.

In this post Sandy talks about how to identify ways to grow and expand your existing business.

How to Identify Growth Opportunities

(c) Sandy Huang
Pinpoint Tactics Business Consulting

Small business owners are always interested in learning ways to identify growth opportunities. Too many of us, though, get side tracked by the daily activities of running a business and forget to pay attention to opportunities that are right before our eyes. Before we know it, they have come and gone.

Here are three easy ways to uncover potential opportunities:

1. Examine your current client base:
The cost of securing a new client can be anywhere from five to 15 times that of securing a repeat client. Consequently, developing strategies that generate repeat business on a regular basis is essential to a small business’ bottom line. It goes without saying that you need to provide quality service in the first place for your clients to come back. But after a transaction is completed between you and a client, do you have ways to stay in touch and stay top of mind? Do you provide reasons and incentives for repeat businesses? Can you up sell some of your past and current clients with a new service or product you have? Do they have family, friends, and associates you can offer your services to? Assuming that you provided an excellent work to your clients, they can be your biggest fans who will gladly promote and endorse you.

2. Look at how you are currently receiving clients:
A small business’s client source is generally tied to its marketing effort. Besides identifying the appropriate marketing vehicles to reach your target clients, it is important to track the effectiveness of your tactics. Are your clients mostly through word of mouth referrals? Do they usually find you online? Are they typically attendees to speaking engagements you have throughout the year? Do your strategic alliances send the majority of your clients? Once you have identified the successful sources, explore creative ways to take those sources to the next level.

3. Identify complementary services/products that will open up a different market for you:
I recently asked a professional photographer colleague of mine to take pictures of my dog. She specializes in wedding and children’s photography and she does amazing work. After being pestered by my persistent requests, she made an exception and took my dog to the beach for a photo shoot. She had a blast and the photos turned out fantastically. She did not only enjoy the session, she uncovered a new market segment that complements her current client base well without having to change the fundamentals of her business. What is the service or product that complements your current offerings?

Beyond the above ideas, simply stay informed. Whenever there is a political, social, economical or technological change in the world we live in, or perhaps a policy change in the industry you operate in, there are business opportunities for those who are attentive.

Sandy Huang
Pinpoint Tactics Business Consulting

What are YOU doing to identify and exploit potential opportunities for business growth?

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Blog Profit Camp just went live. I think I must have clicked onto the site 1 second after the new information about the program was posted!

If you haven’t been reading my emails or some of my more recent posts … Blog Profit Camp is the newest offering by super blogger John Chow.

I’ve met John several times (we both live in Vancouver) and he is THE most successful blogger I know. John makes over $40,000 a month (you read it right … 40K A MONTH) with his blog. His blog is one of the top 10 blogs on the Internet and is read by hundreds of thousands of people through RSS feeds and Facebook etc.

John’s program BLOG PROFIT CAMP is a 12-week program that will show you in great gory detail exactly how he does it. I’ll have to admit that I can’t even imagine making $40K a month with my blog … even $40K a year would be amazing. So I’ve already signed up. There is a full 30-day no hassle guarantee, so I figure I have nothing to lose and who knows, I could be the next SUPER BLOGGER!

Here is the 12 week plan:
Week 1 – Introduction to Blogging
Week 2 – Building the Foundation
Week 3 – Content Creation
Week 4 – Blog Promotion & Traffic
Week 5 – Affiliate Marketing & Networks
Week 6 – Email List Building
Week 7 – SEO & SEM
Week 8 – Facebook & Twitter
Week 9 – Email Marketing
Week 10 – Video Marketing & Podcasting
Week 11 – Marketing Your Own Product
Week 12 – Putting It All Together

If, like me, you’ve dreamed about making an income on doing what you love … and what you love is blogging … then go ahead and take a look.

John’s Blog Profit Camp will only be open for registrations to the first 150 subscribers OR 4 days, whichever comes sooner.

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The hair tearing angst!  It seems like “What will it cost?” is practically the second sentence out of a potential clients mouth.

Cradoc Bagshaw and his PhotoQuote Pro software have been helping photographers price their work for decades.  The software is designed for both stock and assignment photographers as well as videographers.  PhotoQuote Pro works on both PC’s and Mac’s, is easy to install and use.

I can’t promise that your bouts of angst over pricing your work will completely stop, but you will become a better negotiator simply because of the confidence and knowledge you will gain from seeing what other photographers sell their work for!

Let us all know what YOU think about PhotoQuote Pro or if you use any other photo/video pricing programs.

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Chase Jarvis has created a 10 minute video on How to Manage Your Digital Workflow.  His company is involved in both video and still production and the workflow description and diagrams apply to both aspects of their work.

Here is the video … but you might also want to visit the website because there is also a detailed written description and some nifty diagrams of the workflow processes.

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I’ve just been testing out a program that makes sending large files very quick and easy.

In a nutshell, here is what you can do:

• E-mail large files directly from Outlook.
• Send files of up to 2GB to any e-mail address.
• Receive large files from anyone.
• Save time by sending files directly from Outlook or Outlook Express. Nothing to learn, no hassle at all!

With SendYourFiles, you can send up to 2GB files through e-mail, without cluttering up your friend’s or client’s mailbox.   You can send high-resolution pictures, complete CDs, or even DVDs without problems!  You can email video, send music and email any type of file you want.

You  can organize files in folders and share files and folders with others. You can even create photo galleries by just uploading a few pictures.

SendYourFiles software integrates easily with Outlook and Outlook Express OR you can use the online web interface to send large files.

One thing that many people don’t do, is backup their photos.  With SendYourFiles you can also ensure your photos, videos and other important files are safely backed up at a secure, remote location. SendYourFiles Backup will backup any changes to your files daily and your files are fully secured using 256-bit AES Encryption.

They have a free trial … which I am testing right now … so you can see if it is a good fit for you before you spend a cent.

What’s YOUR favorite file sending program?

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