“Pure Love” by Jessica Jill Photography
This is Jessica’s husband and new born son. You can see more of Jessica’s work at www.jessicajill.com.
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February 8th, 2011New Packaging Adds Some Spice
February 7th, 2011For 2011 Zookbinders has added some spice to our product packaging. Many of you have commented that you love our albums and the simple elegance of our black presentation boxes, but you feel we need to add a little extra pizzazz for the moment the bride opens her album box. Here it is!
New packaging by Zookbinders and zookie pro adds some spice to your albums.
We’ve exchanged our long standing gray flannel pillow cases for a series of new Jacquard fabric pillow cases and wraps. Jacquard refers to any fabric with an intricately woven pattern. Our new pattern is woven into three different fabrics. Our matted albums and Zook Books are now be placed within a Sesame pillow case. Our new Lustre Books are placed in a Passion Red wrap and our zookie pro books are placed in a Celadon Green wrap. Larger books and albums also get a complimenting ribbon, while smaller books receive the wrap without the ribbon. All PhotoBooks are still wrapped with tissue before being boxed.
Lets us know what you think. Give us a comment on our image above or what you think of the packaging on your next album, Lustre Book or zookie pro book.
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January 17th, 2011Rear View by Steven Gross
Our feature photo was captured by Steven Gross of Real Life Weddings in Chicago. To see more of his work visit www.reallifeweddings.com.
A New Era Has Begun
January 16th, 2011zookie pro Goes Live!
It’s here! Zookbinders’ long awaited album design and fulfillment service called zookie pro. This is not just another design service where you, the photographer, are left to make changes and upload your order. zookie pro is a simplified, complete album fulfillment partner in your business.
We’ve talked to literally hundreds of photographers who either are not comfortable designing albums, don’t like designing albums or don’t have the time to handle all of the post production work involved with fulfilling a bride’s desire for an album. We’ve also talked with hundreds of brides who still want an album but are frustrated with the time and effort it takes to get their album.
Starting today, everyone’s frustrations are over. With zookie pro, photographers can climb out of their digital darkroom and get their lives back while still offering a quality album at an incredible value. Brides can get beautifully designed albums for themselves, family and guests at a great price. And best of all, it can happen in as little as 30 days from their wedding day…which REALLY makes brides happy!
Check out zookiepro.com and learn about our great quality products, our simple and elegant album designs, our hassle free workflow and how zookie pro can give you your life back. To celebrate, we’ll be launching zookie pro at Imaging USA in San Antonio, Texas and offering 50% off your first order if you place it now through January 18, 2011 using the promo code LAUNCH11.
It’s About Time
January 14th, 2011What time? Time to get your life back. Time to work smarter not harder. Time to outsource. Time to have some fun!
When we started working on the idea of zookie pro, we asked two questions: What do brides want? What do photographers want?
What was the common theme in the answers we found from these questions? Time. Brides were tired of how long it took to get their finished wedding album. Photographers were frustrated by how long they were stuck at their computers editing, retouching and designing albums. So when we thought about what we could do to make everyone’s life easier, the answer was obvious, give everyone more time by simplifying the album making process.
From a business perspective time is one element that most photographers forget about in their pricing equations. With digital technologies, you can literally photograph a wedding with zero product cost (no film or proofs are needed). And for those photographers who do sell albums, they often only look at the cost of the album. But what about your time? How long did it take to market yourself? How long to prep for the wedding? How long to shoot the wedding? How long to do all of your post production? How long to learn Photoshop? How long to design an album? How long to make revisions?
Most photographers spend hours upon hours doing all of this work. Not only do many not charge for this time, they forget an important business principle – opportunity cost. Opportunity cost is what you lose out on while or when doing something else. So if you are one of these photographers doing it all yourself, the opportunity cost of doing it yourself and “saving money” is everything else in your life that you give up.
How do you get this time back? Try zookie pro. The mission of zookie pro is to make your life easier. With zookie pro as your partner, all you have to do is pick out your favorite wedding images, upload them to zookie pro and you’re done. We design the album layout for you, post it online for your review, and upon approval we’ll print beautiful album using real photographic paper and a leather cover. We’ll even drop ship it to your client. Best of all, if you follow our 30 Day Makeover, the happy couple can stay happy by getting their album less than 30 days after the wedding!
Pretty simple eh? Imagine delivering a high quality album with very little effort. Your time will be freed up to spend more of it with family, friends and do the things you love to do. Your clients get their album quickly and with little effort. They now have more time to show off their album and sing your praises. If you’d like to learn more about how you can redesign your workflow and deliver albums in 30 days with very little effort check out zookiepro.com.
What time is it? It’s time to get your life back!
zookie pro goes live January 16th!
