recruiting students for workshops

[Peter Blake]

how do you recruit students for workshops?

there is no English language camera magazine here. as a foreigner, I would not be permitted to advertise in any of the Japanese magazines, yes I know they are a bit strange like that.... you would have to be part of the Old Boy Network

so how do you eat yours?

 

[Pete Askew]

What about a website? Could you make it in English and Japanese? I suspect you could attract visitors to Japan for photo holidays too.

 

[Peter Blake]

I know social networking can work. a lot of my clients have come to me via FB. yet Twitter and G+ are still a mystery. my blog still only has 12 followers, perhaps I don't mention 'street photography', 'troy ratcliffe' or 'tumblr' often enough.

I think some people are using workshops to get essentially free assistants. does anyone else concur with that? I don't disapprove, just thinking 'you crafty buggger'

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Do you have a local equivalent of Craigslist or Angie's List?

Also - you can do targeted advertising via FaceBook - based on town, area, country etc, age, sex, occupation, keywords - it can get very specific.

you can pay per click-through and target say people from 25-45, within your city, who like PHOTOGRAPHY on Facebook.

Worth a look - I've used it very successfully

 

[Peter Blake]

Do you have a local equivalent of Craigslist or Angie's List?

Also - you can do targeted advertising via FaceBook - based on town, area, country etc, age, sex, occupation, keywords - it can get very specific.

you can pay per click-through and target say people from 25-45, within your city, who like PHOTOGRAPHY on Facebook.

Worth a look - I've used it very successfully

there is a Tokyo Craigslist, certainly. I had heard mixed stories about advertising on FB. A lot of colleagues in the social photography genre, said they tried it with disappointing results. Then again, selling the sizzle not the sausage, perhaps is the key.

 

[Peter Blake]

https://www.facebook.com/events/415723365141124/

 

[Peter Blake]

and of course you're all welcome. the photowalk across Rainbow Bridge, just after sunset, is highly recommended!

 

[Pete Askew]

Except me 'cos I'm not on Facebook.