Industry Expert/Consultant

Burns Auto Parts–Consultants

Dont′ let the name fool you, BAP–C is the home of Leslie Burns-Dell′Acqua--one of the best known marketing consultants for commercial photographers. An experienced former rep, Leslie has a following from the US to Europe to New Zealand. The BAP–C website is full of free articles, advice, a blog, and now podcasts to help you on the road to success. For personal help, contact Leslie directly via the email link on every page.

Creative Touchpoint, LLC

Creative Touchpoint helps professional photographers, reps and stock photo agencies market themselves and their work more effectively. We help our clients create effective email marketing campaigns, identify new revenue streams, refine their brand, write a marketing plan and maximize their income from stock.

Ellen Boughn

Expert Witness services, stock business appraisals and stock photo strategic planning for photographers, distributors and corporate clients. Member PACA, CEPIC, ASPP, ASMP and qualified as a witness in federal court and to do IRS appraisals under the guidelines of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice examination (certified Seattle, 2008)

Gary Elsner Associates, Inc

I provide expert witness services to attorneys providing litigation services on matters involving commercial photography.

I also provide sales and marketing services to photo agencies within the industry as well as web development consulting services.

PepperStark

Pepper Stark offers a specialist consultancy, training & recruitment service for the global stock photography and wider creative, media industries. We offer a comprehensive range of consultancy services to help content publishers and distributors worldwide develop sales and build their brand within local markets, target new client sectors, recruit and train staff and expand overseas. We conduct market research on behalf of our clients and devise bespoke product, website, marketing, PR and sales development strategies. We offer operational assessment and business optimisation solutions.  We act as an agent for photographers and content publishers setting up and managing international distribution channels and broker content acquisitions.

With specific references to our recruitment services we have a large global database of candidates from within the creative media sectors and we recruit for employers within the stock photography, publishing, press, broadcast, advertising and design industries. We offer a highly professional and personal service to all our clients and candidates and work on a contingency or retainer basis. We recruit to all levels and across all disciplines from sales, marketing, creative, production and design.

Snap Indigo: Michelle Jackson

Services include: commercial art production, curating, photo editing, art sourcing for interior designers including site-specific installatioins and creating art-related events for businesses.
Judging award shows, participating in portfolio reviews, speaking on industry panels and teaching.

Stock Answers™

Stock Answers™ is a consultancy dedicated to sharing the knowledge and experience amassed during over three decades of involvement in the professional picture business (the last 23 years specifically in the stock image industry).  We work with picture libraries and photographers around the country & around the world.  Our goal? Simple: Building successful stock picture companies, whether they are producers or distributors of imagery. 

We work with photographers at both ends of the spectrum: we count some of America’s best-selling stock shooters as clients, but also really enjoy helping photographers with little or no stock experience develop a plan for success, and everything in between. In other words, everybody’s needs are different, but the chances are that no matter where you are in your stock career, Stock Answers™ can help.

Truitt & Marshall

Alexandra Truitt & Jerry Marshall offer Picture Research, Photo Editing, Permissions & Project Management services for Publishing and Adverting clients. Over 25 years experience. Clients include: AmEx, Doubleday, Gruner + Jahr, Kirschenbaum Bond, McGraw-Hill, McKinsey & Co, Pearson, Pentagram, Simon & Schuster, WBMG, Wiley & others.