Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim, When I started my stockbroking business in 1990, the average brokerage we earned was between 1% to 1.5% of the trade. By the time I sold the business a few months ago, the average brokerage was around 0.10%. We actually were far more profitable in 2011 than we were in the 1990s, though the brokerage had come down to a tenth of what it was. That is the environment we function in, whether we like it or not, and we have to compete if we are to stay in business. We have to bring our costs in line with what the market will bear in terms of sales. No point crying about days gone by, we have to focus only what is likely to happen in the future, and structure the business accordingly. Otherwise we are bound to fail.... Cheers Jayanand On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 5:18 AM, Jim Shulman <jshulman at judgecrater.com>wrote: > Ten or fifteen years ago a reasonably nice professional brochure, complete > with design, color printing, and photography would have set me (or my > clients) back about two grand. This is for nothing particularly > grand--just workmanlike brochures, created to acceptable professional > standards. It also would have been at least of month of back-and-forth, > reshoots, at least a week or two for basic design, two weeks for color > printing, etc. > > Today the same project is about $400. The design is $99 (!!!!). It is > turned around in one day. The digital printing of about 250 copies is > $200 or so. The images are fifty bucks total from iStock. They are > purchased instantly. Original photography is just head shots. Beginning > to end, from delivery of text and purchased images to printed materials, > is a week or less. > > Most of the world is perfectly happy with mediocre stuff--it gets the job > done. In this case, technology has dramatically changed things. > > Jim Shulman > Wynnewood, PA > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org] On Behalf > Of > George Lottermoser > Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 7:28 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMGs: Letting go of "back in the day". > > > On Oct 14, 2011, at 5:43 PM, Henning Wulff wrote: > > > With the drastic changes in technologies over the last 20 years, I'm > sure every one of us over 40 has similar things to deal with at some > point. > > > > Very well shown, George. > > Today I blogged (further) on one of the most striking realizations > reached as I discarded the old "work" > > Let's face it. We threw the jobs out with the adoption of new technology > > <http://www.imagist.com/blog/?p=5764> > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >