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March 16, 2023

Supporting the school photography and yearbook industry with David Cr…

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talked with David Crandall , executive director of the School Photographers of America (SPOA) . Crandall talks about the association’s upcoming conference, developing the school photogra...

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March 10, 2023

Expanding from digital printing to personalized photo, with Joe Monta…

Gary Pageau of th e Dead Pixels Society talked with Joe Montalbano , co-CEO of Advertek Printing . In this interview, Montalbano talks about the start of the company’s digital printing business and its expansion into the pers...

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March 2, 2023

Expanding AI technology in photo apps, with Timur Khabirov, Prequel

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talked with Timur Khabirov, co-founder and CEO of Prequel, the mobile photo and video editing platform. In this interview, Khabirov talked about the history of popular app, the philosoph...

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Feb. 24, 2023

Rejuvenating the WPPI show, with George Varanakis

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talked with George Varanakis, strategic advisor of the Photo Group, part of the Emerald Exhibitions company. Varanakis started his industry career at WPPI/Rangefinder and was among the t...

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Feb. 16, 2023

Learning to love email marketing, with Kendra Corman

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with marketer Kendra Corman. In this interview, Corman talks about ways businesses can build their email lists and create content that engages customers and builds relationships. C...

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Feb. 2, 2023

Build strong business relationships with gifts, with Steve Buzogany, …

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talked with Steve Buzogany, founder and CEO of the Appreciation Advocate . In this interview, Buzogany talks about ways businesses can show appreciation to customers throughout the year,...

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Jan. 27, 2023

Reinventing a volume photography business, with Eric Miller, MillerFo…

In this special 100th episode, Gary Pageau talks again with our very first guest, Eric Miller, of MillerFoto. Since the launch of the Dead Pixels Society podcast in March, 2020, the global pandemic reshaped how many businesse...

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Jan. 19, 2023

Reliving family memories with photos, with Lisa McCabe, Capture

Gary Pageau talks with Lisa McCabe, president of Capture . In this interview, McCabe talks about the rebranding of YesVideo to Capture, how technology has changed the company’s offerings and how memories are the core of the c...

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Jan. 12, 2023

Building your brand, with Anika Jackson, Your Brand Amplified

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Anika Jackson, founder of Your Brand Amplified . In this interview, Jackson talks about branding and social media practices for small and medium-sized businesses. Jackson is t...

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Jan. 6, 2023

Launching a film processor, with Gary Wong, FilmNeverDie

Gary Pageau talks with Gary Wong, co-founder of FilmNeverDie, a professional lab in Australia. As the film processing business continues, there’s a growing need for replacement processing equipment. Wong’s company developed i...

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Dec. 27, 2022

Reinvigorating a school portrait business with Mark Hommerding, Schoo…

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talked with Mark Hommerding, president of SchoolPictures.com in Ypsilanti, MI. In this interview, Hommerding talks about his long career in the volume photography business, including sti...

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Dec. 15, 2022

Growing a portrait business with Lisa Staff

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talked with Lisa Staff , of Hilton Head, S.C.-based photography studio, Lisa Staff Photography. In this interview, Staff talks about brand strategy, reinventing your business, and lesson...

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Dec. 8, 2022

Building a sustainable specialty retail business, with Peter Mohr

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Peter Mohr, business coach and entrepreneur. Mohr helps entrepreneurs transform their frustrations into freedoms by using a variety of frameworks that help them cut through th...

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Dec. 5, 2022

Preserving family memories and history, with Mitch Goldstone, ScanMyP…

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Mitch Goldstone , CEO of ScanMyPhotos.com. In this episode, Goldstone talks about his beginnings as a one-hour photo lab operator and developing one of the first volume photo ...

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Nov. 24, 2022

Improving Your SEO with Brandon Leibowitz

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Brandon Leibowitz, the founder of SEO Optimizers. SEO Optimizers is a digital marketing company focusing on helping small and medium-sized businesses get more online traffic, ...

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Nov. 20, 2022

Building a new photo economy with Ori Guttin, Viewbug

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Ori Guttin, co-founder of Viewbug . In this episode, Guttin talks about the tools developed for photographers for minting NFTs and its newest innovation, Viewbug Coins. Viewbu...

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Nov. 4, 2022

Incentivize your customers with Marco Torres

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Marco Torres. Torres is the Founder of MarketingBoost.com, he has helped thousands of business owners worldwide boost sales and scale their businesses by as much as 5-fold thr...

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Oct. 27, 2022

Entrepreneurship and imaging with Guy Kawasaki

Back in 2008, Gary Pageau interviewed entrepreneur and author Guy Kawasaki at the Ice Oasis ice rink, just prior to Kawasaki's ice hockey match. The audio was never published but, with Guy's permission, we're now publishing i...

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Oct. 15, 2022

Extraordinary women with cameras, with Darcy Reed

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Darcy Reed, author of the new book for children, "Extraordinary Women with Cameras: 35 Photographers Who Changed How We See the World." The book, featuring illustrations by Va...

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Oct. 6, 2022

Creating the life you want in photography with Rose and Timmy Coleman

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Rose and Timmy Coleman of Center Stage Photos. The Colemans talk about how they were able to structure their successful sports photography business around their family through...

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Sept. 30, 2022

Declutter your photo life with Adam Pratt

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with photo organizer Adam Pratt. Pratt talks about photo organization, workflow, benefits of camera scans, and much more.Pratt also talks about his new book, Declutter Your Photo L...

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Sept. 8, 2022

Building a commercial photography business with Robert Lowdon

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with commercial photographer Robert Lowdon. Lowdon talks about starting out as a new commercial photographer, building his portfolio, and adapting the business to changing market c...

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Sept. 1, 2022

Creating the digital inkjet printing market, with John Doe, JONDO

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with John Doe , the owner of JONDO . In this interview, Doe talks about the early days of high-quality digital inkjet printing, inventing "giclee," and bringing digital photography...

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Aug. 27, 2022

Highlights of the upcoming SPAC 2023 conference

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Calvin Harrell , board member, and Coree Cooper, SPAC gal, about the SPAC 2023 conference. In this episode, Harrell and Cooper talk about the features and events that make th...

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