Best USA Photographers
What to expect

I am a photographer and I’ve been around the internet for 15 years. I have not only seen a lot of changes on the internet but also in photography. I hope you listen carefully to what I have to say, because it is IMPORTANT. More so than anything I have said.

The reason I started Best USA Photographers is my fellow photographers would ask me; How did I get to be number one on the internet? Back then being number one on Yahoo was as high as it got. Google wasn’t even around. Fifteen years ago the internet did not draw as many people as it does today. That said, TODAY it is NOT as important to be number one as it is to CONTACT people numerous times. Marketing has CHANGED drastically on the internet. Best USA Photographers is changing with that evolution. I hope you have learned from the article titled What I learned from the internet in the last ten years?

If you did, you will understand this comment; Best USA Photographers is not the end, it’s the beginning. If you are thinking that, IF you are accepted and pay your membership fees that all your problems are solved, you are wrong. Best USA Photographers is a tool, it is just like your camera. You need to learn HOW TO USE Best USA Photographers to your best advantage. Everyone is different. I think of Best USA Photographers as similar to Photoshop. There are a lot of things you can do, but it is up to you to choose those that serve you best.

Will all of it happen overnight? This is a definite NO. Well the press releases can help draw attention and recognition to you. However, Best USA Photographers should be looked at as a year long project. At the end of the year, we have no doubts that if you  worked the system like we suggest, you will re-up your membership. We are going to help you work that system because we know that if you find success in it, you will renew.

In fact many of you may buy more than one year at today’s price because you plan on working the Best USA Photographers system. Are all of our programs and web sites in place as we talk? No, as one of my coaches used to say, "Rachel Welch was not built in a day." These programs will not only take time, but they will evolve. As we study various internet companies the important success factor is their ability to change. That is your vital characteristic in today’s photographic world. Take a look, have you changed as much as the industry or market has changed? If not, GUESS WHAT?  So the one thing you can expect from Best USA Photographers is CONSTANT CHANGE. If something does not work, we are not going to hold on to it. We don't have failures, only stepping stones to worthwhile projects. That is one huge advantage of us all working together, we can try things without losing our shirts (or blouses).

If you are expecting that you can pay your membership fees and just sit back and ride the train to financial success, you are wrong. In photography being number one on Google is not a get rich quick scheme. Best USA Photographers provides cost effective programs and opportunities that you can take advantage of. The key is involvement.  Best USA Photographers is NOW a public relations firm. We can not promote you if you do not fill out the questionnaire form, we can not display your prints as the best in the United States if you do not give us any, we can not give out the e-books of information to potential clients if you do not participate. The fortunate part is that you do not have to do it all by yourself. A group effort saves you time and money. Nobody expects you to send out all the press releases that we do. We do not expect that you have the time to develop the lists that we do in the various markets. We can only do it because we have numbers. Everybody pays a little to get a lot. Because we are not trying to get every photographer in the state, we can make this work.

The consumer is looking for quality and choice. We happen to provide that need. Do we have every one of the best working (and available) photographers in the country? NO, but there are a lot more turned away than accepted. They are turned away not just because of their photography, but it could be because of their web site or their consistency in images displayed. We do our best to screen photographers to meet what the high end buyers are looking for in their field.

A while back one of the photographers on the selection committee turned down a fairly well known photographer and I asked him why he did. He said, “That he felt honored to be on the selection committee of Best USA Photographers and he took the name seriously.” He continued, “The best is yet to be, I do not feel like I have taken my best photograph yet, so I do not want to approve anyone who is not at my level or better. That is the same approach that I use for my clients.”  There are 1,000s of clients out there that are looking for the photographer that will provide them with the quality they desire. Only IF we can provide that quality will they come back and tell their friends.

It is our goal to make Best USA Photographers a household name that people turn to for quality. So far there is NOTHING like us on the internet. Most sites are waiting for customers to go to them and not GOING TO the customers. And to make it much more effective Best USA Photographers goes to photo buyers on a regular basis.

Best USA Photographers is not “the end,” it is “the beginning.” The beginning of a new global change in marketing.We have analyzed the future and adjusted our direction and we will continue to watch the market for further adjustments. The greatest value of Best USA Photographers is that we will continue to monitor the market and what works. From that information we will create programs for our photographers. None of these programs will work, IF you do not participate.

If selected you will be sent additional information on the various programs and how you can use them to your best advantage. To qualify you need to go to the Selection Process.