PhotoBooks{etc} is Sharing The Wealth
 

Beginning in October 2009, PhotoBooks{etc} will give 50% of its profit from the sales of custom photo products to micro-lending companies who help women in under-developed countries start businesses.

CLICK HERE to read about our profit-sharing plan.  Please join us in helping others lift themselves out of poverty.  All you have to do is create at PhotoBooks{etc} in order to participate. 

PhotoBooks{etc} is Giving Away 10,000 Free Photo Books

(EVERETT, WA. June 16, 2009.) PhotoBooks{etc}, an online custom photo book retailer, has partnered with Rocket Life to give away 10,000 free photo books this summer. The promotion was created to allow consumers to experience the “smart arrangement technology" Rocket Life developed and perfected for it's custom photo book and product program.  

 The "Try Before You Buy" promotion lets consumers create a free 5 x 7 Personal Soft Cover photo book with 20 pages ($11.95 retail value).  For an additional fee, extra pages (up to 100) can be added. Consumers only pay $4.95 for economy shipping.

 “Over 40% of custom photo books are ordered online but creating them is often time-consuming so nearly half of the books started are never finished,” said Kim Guymon, owner of PhotoBooks{etc}. “The Rocket Life technology can automatically group and arrange your photos for a fast start on your project.  One customer told me she can't figure out how the program did that - it was like magic!"  Guymon adds that "Rocket Life is confident that their easy-to-use platform will make customers come back again and again to create future projects so they have authorized me to give away 10,000 free photo book codes to encourage consumers to experience it for themselves.”

The Rocket Life program is unique in that it has a "drag and drop" software platform with over 3000 themed backgrounds and placeable graphics and includes many tools not usually found at online photo book programs.  "This program is about more than just dragging your photo into a background," says Guymon.  "This program is a complete photo editing and creativity platform that saves you time by allowing you to tweak and create right on the screen rather than having to do it in another photo editing program first.  It is both versatile and simple," she adds. 

Consumers can get their free photo book code for PhotoBooks{etc} by going to www.photobookoffer.com and typing in PBE509. Consumers will then receive their free photo book code and instructions on how to redeem it via email.  Offer ends May 31, 2010

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If you’d like more information on PhotoBooksEtc or this promotion, please contact Kim Guymon at kim@photobooksetc.com.

Picturing a New Kind of Fundraiser

Non-profits tap into custom photo gift trend with new fund raising option

(EVERETT, WA. January 7, 2009) If you’ve ever bought measuring cups you didn’t need, magazines you don’t read, chocolate that was over-priced or saved labels from soup cans, then you can appreciate the fund raising efforts of non-profit organizations.

 As it becomes less socially acceptable to send children out knocking on doors to sell wrapping paper and cookie dough, it becomes more difficult for non-profit groups such as PTA’s and Booster Clubs to raise money.  Many have turned to online resources such as shopping sites that give a small percentage of sales back or grocery store affinity cards that pay back every time they’re used.  But, they often pay very little so a lot of supporters need to participate to make an impact.

PhotoBooks{etc}, an online photo book and custom photo product site, announces an easy fund raiser that offers groups 10% back on sales through their club's site. 

“Many schools and booster clubs I have talked with this year are trying to find environmentally friendly ways to raise money by selling products or making partnerships with companies that families are using anyway,” says Kim Guymon, owner of PhotoBooks{etc}, “almost everyone has photos that they want to display.  Our products are something that nearly everyone will enjoy making and receiving.”

Non-profit groups can request a free account from PhotoBooks{etc} merely by verifying their 501 c 3 status and providing a contact for the group. A link will be placed on the fundraiser page of the PhotoBooks{etc} where supporters can go make products or groups can place the link on their own site.  PhotoBooks{etc} ships the product directly to the customer and then gives 10% profit back to each group for sales made through their link.  “All the group has to do is promote their link,” says Guymon, “it’s a no-brainer fundraiser.  Everything is done for them; we just need to know where to send the check.”

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If you’d like more information on Photobooks{etc} and it’s new fundraising program please email Kim Guymon at Kim (at) Photobooksetc.com.