Photography Franchise News - June 2011

New studio now open!

Our Barrett & Coe flagship studio at the new Head Office premises in Norwich opens its doors today. We are very pleased and excited to welcome Astra Richardson to the team as our photographer.

The new and improved studio is a fantastic opportunity for Barrett & Coe, as it continues to give us a best practice studio which can be visited by students, along with potential, new and existing franchisees for training and observation.

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A busy week!

Monday 20th June saw twenty of our Franchisees attended a presentation given by our latest business partner, The National Childbirth Trust (NCT). A succesful day for both parties, we have prepared a family photography offer to promote to NCT members.

This was followed by a presentation from two members who have recently had major successes, including a corporate partnership with a Mercedes dealership.

Corporate partnerships play a large part in keeping portrait studios busy.

For instance, we have just received this email from one of our ex-students who has recently opened a studio;

“I’ve got a pretty full diary this Saturday (4 family shoots and a viewing, next Saturday 2nd July; 4 babies and a family but might try to squeeze another family in!) Sunday 10th (2 families at the moment). I am busy on the 9th as well with a couple of sittings so far but I’ll also be dashing backward and forward from a school fayre around the corner where I’ve got an exhibition stand.”

This studio has only been open for 3 months!