In my region, when I reach for a phonebook, I typically have one of two choices. The first is the typical phonebook with the yellow cover. The other option is a phonebook with a full color picture on the front – usually of a landscape in the area that the phone book covers.
I recently got this letter in the mail:
Phone Directories Company is looking for fine art and photography to be featured on the front cover of your local community phone directory. For more information on submitting artwork, please visit our website:
www.phonedir.com or email [email protected]
What an amazing way to have your photography featured prominently in every home in the region. Your image will be immediately recognizable in the mind of hundreds (even thousands) of potential customers in your neighborhood.
Something to check into to see if they offer similar phone directories in your city.
When I saw the title of the article I had something else in mind.
The thing one of my colleagues did:
He started sending emails to the real estate agencies around the city, offering his photo services. He had offered professional shooting for indoors and outdoors.
From about 200 emails sent, feedback was much more that he expected. He got more than 20 jobs, usually shooting indoors.