We are excited to announce we will be photographing the Luxury Avenue Party again.

This Friday Night, details below.

Luxury Avenue is about to do it again!
If you were there in February we know you’ll be back!
If you missed the February show …DON’T MISS THIS ONE! Luxury Avenue Presents: A Summer Soiree, Party and Summer Fashion Show

Date: Friday April 25
Time: 7:00pm – 11:00pm
City: Sioux Falls
Notes: To RSVP for this event call 605-330-7444 or email chelsie@luxuryavenuemag.com

I find myself spreading through the community trying to network with many people for many reasons.

Professionally I try to network with people from all walks of life, in all proffessions. I seek out other business owners and managers, sales people, crafts and drafts.

I meet weekly with an amazing group launching the 5th chapter in Sioux Falls for BNI (Business Network International) Details for BNI can be found at www.bni.com.
One of my star clients welcomed me to join her new group last spring. Since then our group has grown to include Home Federal Bank, Town & Country Realtors, Commercial One Insurance, Karls TV, Northwestern Mutual, All Star Auto Glass, Genesis Assesments, Bowden Productions, Handyman Matters, Keystone Morgtage, Team Logic, Techno It Solutions,  Redwood Wireless and more.  Of course Hauschildt’s Photography .
I also network for RX Magazine who they are growing and looking for advertisers and advertising sales.. Check with them to see if your company is right for their Magazine.

Enough for tonight on Business networking. there is alot more too it, feel free to mention me as you work with these fine folks, also as some of these are larger companies, contact me and I can point you to the right person in each company.

Seems like this has been the year of change…  The start of the year my neighbors house was on fire… I did what I could…  He is home and seems to be doing well… One of our pet.. “Teddy” passed on… he needed relief as he had no quality of life any more ..  He was 13 yrs old and had been with us 12 and a half of those years.

My studio business is growing in leaps and bounds… making new friends in business has helps and old ones have come back with new offers… I am currently working with 3 publications and looking at a 4th….

We are unleashing a new approach to High School Seniors.. and we are marketing it in different ways than everyone else…

so far we have chosen to not do direct mail.. instead we will be visiting many towns and cities surrounding Sioux Falls by up to 200 miles…

These Senior portrait parties will set a new standard … alow peopel the opportunity to choose  their photogrpher and even their portraits before opening the check book.

Personally I am making big changes too… and in respect for those involved I am keeping much of that to more private diaries than this.

Got idea’s? I would love to hear them… I want to look outside the box.. break away from the pack… do things different, in marketing and in my sessions…

More blogs to come, more frequently.

Matt Hauschildt
Hauschildt’s Photography
www.hauschildts.com
(605)360-8550

We were so busy last month that we are just now getting back to blogging.

2 wedding shows and a weekend trade show. (The Big Boy Toy Show).

The wedding shows were awesome. There are a lot of fall weddings this year…August, Sept and Oct brides will be competing fiercely for their DJ’s, Reception Halls, Churches and of course for their photographers..

The Big Boy Toy Show was fantastic! we were able to recruit 12 beautiful models to help us with the KRRO Coors Light Mancave. We also had 2 hours of photos with a couple of the Vikings Cheerleaders. Have I ever told you … I LOVE MY JOB!!

We also had several photo shoots with gorgeous ladies for RX Magazine… watch for them in upcoming issues Valerie, Sandra, Ashley & Shelease . Tomorrow we will be working with Emilee, another sexy, pretty lady.

If you think you have what it takes or want to try give us a call at (605)360-8550 and we will see what we can do to get you into this magazine soon.

Thursday the 7th I will be in Sioux City and I am looking to meet with people that would like to make some easy and fun money finding advevrtisers for RX/Sioux City I will also be meeting with potential clients and interviewing models as well… Contact me ASAP to schedule yourself!!

Hauschildt’s Portrait Party

The “party” is not everyone at once, so don’t worry you shouldn’t have 50 people standing around your place at the same time ( High School Senior Parties are 8 to 12 students all at once and are with us for several hours)

Here is how it works.

1. Call Hauschildt’s  at (605)360-8550 and schedule your party. Visit www.hauschildts.com for samples
2. contact your friends, co-workers, family, neighbors etc. and invite them to come have their portraits done for free.
3. Schedule them in. Hauschildt’s will provide a form for scheduling. We try to keep the sessions back to back, 3 sessions per hour.
4. Advise your guests to come 5 to 10 minutes early for information and for last minute preparation.

So the days will go like this…

9AM your session

10 AM your 1^st guest

10:15 your 2^nd guest arrives

10:20 your 1^st guest leaves and your 1^st guest is in front of camera

10:35 your 3^rd guest arrives

10:40 your 2^nd guest leaves and your 3^rd guest is in front of camera

10:55 your 4^th guest arrives

11:00 your 3^rd guest leaves and your 4^th guest is in front of camera… etc. etc…

Now if a guest is a little late their session is shorter, they do not get the following guests time and will either have to come back after the last one or catch us another day. There is no reason for the rest to accommodate someone being late…

5. 7 days later the images go online … the guests will have received the info on where to view at the time of their session. For 7 more days a 10% discount will be given off of the list prices..
6. So sessions on the 14^th, images online the 21^st and discounted until the 28^th. After the 28^th there are no more discounts , no exceptions!
7. The Host gets a 10% commission on what the others spend to be applied to his/her order…

Ideas for themes..

Babies and small kids, families,  bikers, ladies night out glamour , High School Seniors these run a bit different please inquire if interested.

Please try to stay in theme… if it’s a baby party keep it that way if it’s a ladies night out… leave the kids with him.

When you say “I do” and set your date , the race begins.  You are in a race with hundreds of brides for dozens of wedding vendors and a handful of Saturdays.

Just in case you didn’t know … We do weddings.

Go to www.hauschildts.com see our work and our pricing. Call to check your date with us and if we are available to talk to us about your momentous day.

Congratulations!