Howdy,

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend.  The following people are the random winners selected by my four year old cousin.

Photo Booth Winners

If you know them, go be their best friend or new business partner! A photo booth business is very profitable, but it requires some help.

1. Bryan Nguyen
2. Catalina Ayubi
3. Rafael Alcala
4. Natalie Paget
5. Michelle Yam

Slideshow Plugin Winners

A wicked slideshow is always a nice way to impress clients. Additionally, rather than loading 60 images onto a single blog post, which can be bandwidth demanding, use a slideshow to filter most of it. Vu Bui suggests to have only 10-15 stellar images and the rest tucked away somewhere.

1. Alfred Bertulfo
2. Amanda Montgomery
3. Amy Wass
4. Julie Cook
5. Jonathan Roberts
6. Mike Patterson
7. Owen Donnahoo
8. Stacy Brogan
9. Tanya Saenz
10. Tina Rawatta
11. Ricki Ford
12. Aric Becker
13. Laura
14. Scott Shoemake
15. Michelle Koh
16. Jamie Forestell
17. Rebecca Seauve
18. Lynette Johnson
19. Gabriel Mora
20. Stacy Hughes

Here is a little tip when you submit your information (as a number of people did not do this) – give me your first and last name.  Therefore, when I post about you, it’s free branding!

Your name is your brand.  You are not selling pictures because anyone can take those.  You are selling an experience!

For those not on the mailing list, make sure you are on it because I will doing more giveaways in the future. For those who are on it now, I am sending out a 50% discount link soon for probably my last square album designs (next post). I am working on something called the “Bleed Collection,” which is really cool.

Shaun Austin (Kiss Wedding Books) gave me an idea last week for a software. Making a 50 page album in about two hours is already fast for me. Imagine two minutes. Sounds like crazy talk…

Cheers,

Lawrence

P.S. I have a canker sore for about a week now and I will name it “Jerry”

IT’S AVAILABLE – http://www.tofurious.com/2010/03/wppi-photo-booth-ormonde/

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Subscribe and I will pick at random 5 individuals to win this photo booth software for FREE – $500 value! Deadline: 05-22-09. Those on mailing list already must subscribe again for contest.

I apologize for the delay for the photo booth software. The peeps at Made By Simple were extremely busy with other projects. In any event, the software is ready! NO OTHER software out there – to my knowledge – has touchscreen and live view features!

For those who did not attend WPPI, we have a short clip taken by Aaron Dieppa and sample images that show how it works.

It is so easy to operate, even a child can use it. Our buddy – Shaun Austin – is planning to make a commercial clip showcasing his beautiful daughter who is four years old using the software with breeze.

Photo Booth Installation Instructions

Made By Simple made this handy PDF guide for installation – VIEW

All of the system requirements and details can be found on their website.

Photo Booth Features

• Live View: See a live video view before your picture is taken
• Multiple layout and image effects to choose from
• Ability to save images in your preferred format (.png or .jpg) for both the custom photo card and original large sized photos
• Customizable titles or insert your own logo: Brand the photos with your own message or logo
• Designed for touchscreens for ease of use

Photo Booth Business

For the features this software does, it is super cheap! You can make a DIY (do it yourself) photo booth or get one through us in the future. In the meantime, all you need is an HP all-in-one touch coupled with a printer.

Just FYI, other companies charge $6000+ and you do not get to own the booth. You also have to buy proprietary paper and ink from them, which means you always have to contact them for refills. With this, you can use ANY printer and ANY paper.

If you were to charge each event $1500 for four hours for unlimited prints, you can probably net around $1200. Basically, you can pay off everything in less than three weddings. I won’t do the math for you — you’re smart enough to do that if you have your own business

Do not email me with concerns or questions lest I will harpoon you. Made By Simple has their own contact form.

Ciao,

Lawrence

P.S. Think SEO. Imagine not many people would have optimized for photo booth rental services in your local areas yet. Do two events per week and you will make roughly six figures. You do the math

Hello patient viewers,

IT’S AVAILABLE – http://www.tofurious.com/2010/03/wppi-photo-booth-ormonde/

UPDATE: Photo Booth Done!

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I understand that many people are anxiously waiting for the photo booth software to be released and I do not blame you – it’s simply awesome. It will be released soon! We are working diligently to have it debuted shortly.

For those who do not know about it, these are the wicked features

• it has touchscreen
• it has live view
• there is no proprietary paper – use any printer or paper you want
• it offers different print formats
• it offers different color options
• it is a fraction of market rates
• it does not crash [at least during our demo sessions at WPPI]

I will be releasing one other product before the photo booth, so please add yourself to the mailing list or follow me on Twitter.  It is an awesome slideshow plugin for WordPress!

Thank you for being so gracious,

Lawrence