Very interesting and thought provoking article written by an accountant.
http://www.accountingweb.com/topic/heres-why-you-dont-want-customers
Read through to the conclusion and see if it inspires your monday morning to rethink what you’re doing.
Commercial Photography from SimonWaldenPhotography.com. Cheltenham Photographer for London look photographs at sensible pricesWe have our own extensive studio for no extra charge.High quality images, including photoshop and retouching.

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Fairly obviously you are going to see the basic cost of photography, but there may be a whole range of other items and I thought it might be useful to give some clues as to what you might expect to see and what they actually mean.
 
Equipment Rental:  No, your photographer may not own the equipment.  Specialist equipment can cost ten’s of thousands of pounds, and in this digital age, be out of date in a year or two.  Most photographers will hire high-end equipment and specialist items.
 
Location hire:  Obviously there …

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Shot at our studio at Cheltenham Film Studios.  This features a purpose built set, albeit a very simple style.  The look was to be a little rough, but neutral colours throughout.  
 
The selection presented here is deliberately diverse, it shows a range of styles, looks, presentation and post-processing, to give you an idea of some of the options available to you and so you can see how the choice of presentation effects the way in which you see the product.
 

Nautical Top by River Island
Military Top and Gold Badge T …

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  Last year I was at an event where Sharon Davies – former Olympic swimmer and now Ambassador for 2012 Olympics – was a speaker.
 
Now, firstly Sharon really impressed me as a speaker – she was fun, entertaining and motivational as well as being a great ambassador for the Olympics.
 
 
In honestly answering questions about her life, her sporting achievements and Russian drug use, she was so refreshing from the usual.
 
Now I don’t know, but I also suspect that someone like Sharon is not an expensive option either, I’m sure the …

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I’m a big fan of Business Link and personally don’t use them as much as I should, they have tons of free or low-cost stuff and a lot of it is very good indeed.
 
Anyway, they’ve just launched a new campaign:
 
100 Businesses in 100 Days
 
The idea being to focus on one business and/or business idea per day for inspiration.  Good idea – if only they were running a blog to RSS feed it…

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