Branding and Networking have become kind of buzz words in our industry and people have gotten a bad taste in their mouth when they hear them. We've seen photographers focus completely on their "brand" and deliver a crap product or forget about their business and then had everything collapse around them.

We've also seen the idea of "Networking" get the rap of being a means to a (selfish) end. These quotes set it straight.

The best brands never start out with the intent of building a great brand. They FOCUS on building a great - and profitable- product or service and an organization that can sustain it.
- Scott Bedbury

Definition of Networking = "Discovering what you can do for someone else"
- Darcy Rezac (The Frog and the Prince) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Opensourcep...eat-quotes.html

Great quotes DJ. I love the one about Networking.

Big question: What can someone of my level contribute to photographers of your level? I know that may sound silly, but I would love to do things to give back to those who have given to me...but I don't know what I can do.

So if you care to share some insight on that...that would be fabulous!

Steph

"Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art." Andy Warhol

Andy and I agree with you 100%

Hope you are great!!

Sweetly Broken,

Nicole