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You don't have to be a great business person to run a great photographic business.
The really great businesses look so simple, you'd think anybody could do it. Slap a burger on a bun, create a great sign and suddenly you're a multi-national billion dollar chain. Not so fast! The savvy thinker knows that behind every seemingly simple idea, it's the marketing that makes the magic.
The Photo-Franchise for Minimal Outlay & Maximum Creativity
Crate Photography looks like a perfectly simple idea. In fact, it's probably the simplest, most affordable franchise idea ever conceived. Look a bit closer and you'll find the seasoned marketing genius of Maura Beishon. Her pedigree speaks volumes: Managing Director of a national mail order company while still in her early 20s. Owner of her own million-customer company at the tender age of 30. Marketing consultant par excellence. And the brains behind Crate Photography. In partnership with her husband and professional photographer Tony Beishon, she has completely de-mystified the art of making a great photographic business with minimal outlay for maximum creative fulfilment.
The Family Photo Experience Everybody's Happy About
The dynamic duo explain, "We decided to combine our individual marketing and photographic skills and we came up with the bold idea to take the hassle and hard sell out of portrait photography. We've done away with silly prices altogether. We've radically improved the quality and artistry of a family sitting. Nothing we produce looks remotely like an old-fashioned pose or an excruciating school photograph… in fact we've transformed the whole experience into priceless fun for all ages. Above all, we've created a franchise that's so slick, smooth and sorted, it's simply irresistible. "
What Makes over 2000 Families Smile?
The Beishons have been running their business since April 2009 and have photographed over 2,000 families already. Their idea means you don't need an expensive permanent studio. And that's the secret of keeping prices so remarkably affordable for everyone.
"Frankly, with conventional portraiture, there's way too much blatant trickery in hooking people in to spend a fortune. So much so, we found our customers to be sceptical and cynical because they'd already been stung for hundreds of pounds they just weren't expecting. That was our biggest hurdle at first. Patience, determination and absolute honesty paid off. What we offer often works out at around one tenth of the cost of our main competitors."
An inspiring shoot with Crate costs just £5 and results in a fabulous family photo gallery, which is available to view securely online from the comfort and privacy of the customer's own home and with full password protection. Maura quantifies, "Each customer is instantly credited with £14.99 - the price of a 5 x7" print. So for just £5 plus postage, our families get a professional shoot with between 40 and 60 images - both colour and black and white - with a FREE print. There's nothing to rival that anywhere. No wonder our families can't help smiling!"
How do they make it pay? Maura says, "If all our customers only took up the FREE prints our franchisees would honestly lose an awful lot of money. We rely entirely on the beautiful quality of our work and that's down to the experience we have to pass on and the in-depth training we give."
Challenge Your Creativity, Achieve Your Dream
Tony takes the lid off the age-old creative stumbling block, "It's not enough to think you have a photographic flair and that one day you'll be discovered and hailed as a hero for it. The reality is that a talented creative person can be a real success today, not waiting for a dream to come true in the distant future. We give our franchisees the chance to learn a new and unique skill. We teach exciting lighting. We inspire the photographer to bring out the character of a family through live action fun. And then comes the real secret of success - we provide the most proficient photographic marketing offered anywhere."
What about the finances for the customer? We've all heard of colossal prices and almost bullying sales tactics, following on from apparently inexpensive shoots. "That's precisely the hurdle we've overcome. Families utterly love the images we produce and will gladly spend on average around £75. That's actually £60 after our £14.99 discount and a far cry from 'colossal', I'm sure you'll agree. But that’s how we make the business pay. What we offer is simply irresistible. You only have to see the delight on everyone's face in our photos to realise that what we have here is something completely unique and absolutely captivating."
Prices That Afford Everyone A Whole Lot More Fun
Maura and Tony currently choose to operate their own Crate Photography in family farm parks and retail outlets. Franchisees are finding yet more venues because the scope is simply limitless. Maura explains, "The take up of our idea has been astonishing and we're expanding as fast as we can with franchises now being offered in key locations up and down the country. Families who have had the Crate photo experience just love everything about the quality and value we offer. And that means customers can afford a whole lot more fun from us."
"Our referral, recommendation and repeat business is booming and despite our super value, our business had been profitable from day one - which in the current economic climate is pretty impressive stuff."
You can see Crate Photography in action in the South West at:
Avon Valley Country Park
Dick Whittington Farm Park
Puxton Farm Park
Charlie’s Farm Park
Cadbury Garden & Leisure
Animal Farm Park and more…
A franchise opportunity like this is a very rare find. It's affordable, unique and beguilingly simple…burger on a bun stuff with genius relish!
Visit www.cratephotography.co.uk and don't miss Tony Beishon's excellent article explaining why so many photographers struggle to make money. This incisive exposé tells you how to run a great photographic business without being a great business person.
To talk serious business, contact:
Maura & Tony Beishon
Crate Photography Ltd.
Salmon's Leap
Calne SN11 9EU
Office 01249816324
cratephotography@btinternet.com
Crate photography ltd. 283c The Beeches, London Road East, Bath BA1 7RL
Please contact us using the tab above or phone 078 666 222 07 between 8am - 8pm Monday to Friday