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My BIG FAT Business Card Giveaway Thing
November 2nd, 2009
Sometime in the middle of this month my new book, VisionMongers, will hit shelves and the mailboxes of those that pre-ordered them on Amazon.com. So to make a splash, and to tell the world, I decided to up the ante on the whole “give away some free books” thing. So here’s more details on the BIG FAT Business Card Giveaway Thing.
What’s In It For Me?
Well, all I want is to tell the world about the book. The more people that know about the book, the more potential buyers, the greater the chance I can take my wife to dinner on Friday nights. That’s it.
What’s In It For You?
The winner of this Giveaway Thing, and there will be only one, will get a prize package of goodies that anyone wanting to make a life and a living in photography will make good use of. That package includes:
A Copy of Within The Frame, signed by me, Joe McNally, and Vincent Versace
A Copy of VisionMongers, signed.
PDF copies of all my current eBooks - Ten, Ten More, Drawing The Eye, and by the time we draw for this, Chasing The Look will also be out.
A signed copy of Steven Pressfield’s The War of Art, mandatory and inspiring reading for VisionMongers.
A copy of Selina Maitreya’s Mp3 series, The View From Here - a fantastic resource on entering, and staying in, the world of commercial photography.
A $200 credit with Peachit Press, to stock your shelf with learning resources.
A 1-year subscription to Kelby Training online resources. Some of the best teachers on the planet, all available 24/7 on your browser.
An Evrium Software FLUID GALLERIES PROFESSIONAL package. Show your work to the world.This is the software that drives my portfolio and I love it.
A full OnOne Software PlugIn Suite 4.5 package, courtesy of the fine folks at OnOne Software.
So, How Do You Enter to Win All This Prizey Goodness?
I’ve created a Flickr group HERE. You go there and post one image of your business card. It could be a scan or a photograph, it could be a drawing on a napkin that you photographed then scanned. Don’t have a business card? Carve one into a gourd or draw one in the sand. The top ten most creative images will get bonus points and entered twice, doubling your chances.
Don’t enter here.
Don’t email me your cards.
Just go to the Flickr group and post your image.
Your business card will have your phone number or email on it, and it’ll be clear, right? That’s how I’ll notify the winner. If the name, number, or email are illegible I’ll draw someone else’s name. The draw will take place at the end of November. Also, you should know that karmically you have a better chance of winning if you also buy my book which is available here on Amazon.com. Hey, I’m just saying… 
Good luck!
Wow, what an awesome prize for someone.
Very cool. I’ll have to shoot my cards tomorrow and post them.
I’ve been wanting to make some business cards, so this is great incentive to actually get to work
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ooooh, I get it now. That Flickr group’ll be like the card jar at Subway.
Cool stuff. As it happens, I’ve just received my new cards today. I’m pretty pleased with them
@ JVL – LOL- Something like that
Except this way we all get to look at them for ideas without distracting the guy at the counter and stealing the jar.
I have to admit that the Fluid software looks really neat and professional. Of course, the other prices in this package are also worth participating. Thanks!
Wow! This is an amazing giveaway! Thanks, David and thanks to your sponsors.
I’m not at the stage of having my own business cards but I just wanted to say that you have a new reader and I’ve really enjoyed digging through your site and images over the last few days. Thanks for putting together a great site with not only inspiring images but also links and recommendations to great books and products. I’ve already grabbed your RSS feed and I’m off to get the podcast too.
In!
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Looks like the pictures of our business card passthrough this new round? So, I’M ON THE RUN BABE!
Take care … and KRAZE to get my copy from AMAZON.
Your book is on the way from Amazon.
I can”t wait for reading it! Congrats for your style, you have THE touch.
Hope to win but I know one way or another I will be reading some new books soon.