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The time draws near, in just eleven days, I’ll be taking the first real steps in my plan, so far it’s all been talk now its time to walk the walk. I’m excited!

The time draws near, in just twenty-five days, I’ll either be celebrating my first successful steps or reworking my idea and deciding what to do. I’m a little nervous!

OK, here is what I’ve been up to; click for full size:

Some of the photos have black outlines to help see the edges, they wouldn’t be printed with them.

I have a posters up in WX, saying what, why and when. Here is a screenshot and the low rezz PDF can be seen here.

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Phase 1.9 – Method Preparation

Need to be done before 6th

I need to make a sign to  and touch up the paint on a few areas of the studio walls.

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Other Stuff

Good luck Alun on your end of year exams! Study hard, beat exams, drink whiskey.

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Gentlemen, it’s go time. I’ll be taking photographs between 6th of April to the 18th.

I got a good deal on the rent, considering it’s the Easter week + Half-Term on the second week.

They were asking £500 + VAT, I asked my father (Owner / MD of DigitalCameraExchange.co.uk – Currently renting inside WX Shopping Centre) to have word with the big kahuna and he got it dropped to £450 + VAT, not bad! Thanks Dad!

Approximate minimum turnover needed per week – £1300.00 = Rent paid for, wages @ £100 a day and printing costs covered.

£186.00 a day, six customers spending an average of £31.00 each on photographs.

I’m extremely confident that I won’t be losing any money, but if I’m going to hit my targets, I’m going to need to £320.00 worth of prints per day, my confidence falters slightly, however I have seen a setup without instant photos sell literary hundreds of prints on collection day and they were a lot more money.

It will all come down to the quality of my photographs and my salesmanship.

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Phase 1.9 – Method Preparation

With the deadline in place I need everything 100% ASAP

Things to do:
Need to get my equipment PAT tested.
Take photos of relatives for display, print them and finish displays on studio walls.

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Wtf is wrong with my face? man, I need a haircut also! (made this video yesterday!)

OK, it’s all moving along now and the ball is rolling. I’ve emailed Waltham Cross Pavilion, the shopping centre that I wish to do my first weeks trading at. It’s not the best centre in the world, but it’s not the worst.

Actually, with the amount of teenage pregnancies in area, business should be awesome.

Hopefully I’ll get a reply today and get some space booked, give myself a hard deadline, there are no more bottle necks, no waiting for anyone else, it’s all down to me to get the last few million odds and ends done.

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Phase 1.9 – Method Preparation

Pick up frames from store, make display and place frames on wall, find clean all my camera equipment.

Things to do:
Make decals / price lists for walls and display stand.
Get ready for a test run.
Book some space in a Shopping Centre.

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Other Stuff:
I’ve changed the layout of this blog, on the right hand side more pages will start to show now. I plan on writing and videoing about my marketing ideas for PhotoNOW! and my other business ideas in general.