Scheduling Your Team's Professional Headshots - We Couldn't Make It Easier

Every marketing and HR professional we speak to knows their team needs headshots.  They all want it, and one of the main reasons we hear:  they just don't have the time to book it, organize their team or work with each staff member to get selections.

We spend considerable time thinking through these issues and came up with solutions.

Scheduling:  First we send you a link to your customized scheduling tool.  Your team can use that link to sign up directly for a time that works for them.  We send you a list ahead of time so you can see who signed up and when.

Image Selection:  Our on-site selection tool is a valuable time-saver for larger teams.  After an employee has their photo taken they step over to the viewer and choose their favorite image.  We present you with an edited gallery of all final selections as well as a spreadsheet with the subjects name and image number.

Our goal for The Booth for Business is to simplify every step of the corporate photography process.  These are two of the tools make it easy.

BizBash Part 1: What We Did

Last Tuesday we had a great time exhibiting at BizBash NYC. This year we showed off our new headshot booth and gave it a twist!  Guests took a corporate headshot and then were challenged to engage socially via an IRL tagboard.

We had a blast taking photos and meeting new people through our booth activation.  Thanks BizBash and thanks to all the attendees!

Corporate Headshots & Holiday Parties!

It's that wonderful time of year again!

Your employees work hard all year round, an extravagant Holiday Party is a perfect way of showing gratitude. Our booth will bring fun to your party and a fresh look to your New Year's corporate headshot!

Whether it's a still image on a festive background or a gif booth with lots of confetti, this party will be one to remember! Our studio-quality 4x6 prints make great keepsakes too!

Can't go wrong with a Holiday Red Backdrop and a 4ft wreath!

Bring in the New Year with a fresh look!

Corporate Headshots, Simplified

Clients ask us:  Why should we choose you?  What makes you stand out?

Three answers:  Quality photos, fair pricing, easy to book.

The photos have to be good.  That's a given.  But it goes beyond that.  Though we know price is key, we believe the way we have simplified this process for our clients is a game changer.

Our clients always know with absolute clarity what they are getting and when they are getting it.  Our triple threat of photographers, production staff and customer support make sourcing photography the easiest item in that stack of 50+ other tasks you need to complete before your day starts tomorrow.

So, basically, you want to do something easy today?  Book headshots with The Booth for Business.

The "Not-So-Corporate" Professional Headshot

We have a few go-to styles to help clients identify how they want their photos to look.  Our most versatile style is the "Not-So-Corporate".

A contemporary update on the traditional business portrait, our Not-so-corporate look delivers a headshot that is both professional and genuine.  It's a great choice for law firms, medical offices, financial institutions or other corporate workplaces looking for consistent and refined professional photos.

A few samples:

Mission Impossible: Scheduling Headshot Photography For A Large Team

You want professional portraits of your large team, but there is no perfect day.  You could do it Thurs, but 3 lawyers are in court.  What about Tuesday of next week?  No good.  The CEO is meeting with a big client.

If you have a large team it's hard to find the *perfect* date.  Schedule multiple days - either consecutive or once/month for 3 months.  This also gives you a little room for retakes.  If that first day was out-of-control humid, I promise your employees (and their frizzy hair) will thank you!

The Booth at United State of Women

A few weeks ago we had the honor of attending and being asked to take photos at the first ever United State of Women conference.  Not only did we get to hear the likes of Oprah interviewing Michelle, Warren Buffett on a panel with our fellow 10,000 Small Businesses alumnae and POTUS, himself!

Some of the faces from the day's shoot at the United State of Women conference.

We were busy taking photos for 12hrs straight.  It was a huge hit and wonderful honor to meet so many fabulous attendees.

Video for Business

In a recent story, Hubspot, experts in online marketing, sited the following stat about use of video:

10) 51.9% of marketing professionals worldwide name video as the type of content with the best ROI. Tweet this stat! (Source)

It doesn't matter if you are Mark Zuckerberg introducing Oculus Rift or a law professional educating clients on an important legal issue important to his/her business, video can be an amazingly useful tool.  It can also help you establish your team as experts. 

Here are ways you can use it for your company:

Staff Video Bios - Help people get to know your team through video interviews.  Who are you, what's your favorite food? What area of law do you love? Why?

Video profiling Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Scholars.

Insight/Educational Video - Tell the world what you do or highlight an important issue for your clients through video. 

Video illustrating how the NYU Law Scholarship fund impacts its recipients.

1 Photo, 2 Ideas - Multi-Task With Your Corporate Headshots

Samples of different ways to use your company headshots:

Everyone needs some sort of professional photo of themselves for the company roster, LinkedIn, etc.  It's 2016, people.  You know what else your company needs staff photos for?  Security and company ID's.  Why not cover both with one shot!

Why?

1. It's efficient. It saves company time and money. Plain and Simple.

2. For those who hate to have their photo taken, you are lessening the pain. They only have to "say cheese" once!

Think of this as an opportunity to beat your competitors at best looking company headshots AND company ID's!

How Often Should A Company Do Professional Headshots

It is key to keep your staff's headshots current and in-line with your company's brand.  The way we see it, "current" is the operative word in a big way and factors in on several levels:

1.  Does your team still look like they looked the last time you did this.  If hair was big and bangs were high last time around, it is definitely time to update.  We joke, but even subtle, small differences in hair and clothing will signal to your client how current your company's ideas and products are.

2.  Has your business changed?  Are your current portraits consistent and on brand with what your company currently does.  Is the use of light and environment telling your clients the right story about your company?

3.  Has your team changed?  This is the most obvious reason to update your headshots.  If your company went from 5 to 50 in the last 12 months or if you just added a department to handle experiential marketing (see www.theboothphotovideo.com.  wink wink), it is now time to do head shots. 

So if you are looking for #'s, the optimal range is to do new headshots every 2-5 years.  A law firm or medical practice could go as long as 5 years - strong, steady and consistent will be values that endure.  Clients look to a creative agency or design firm for new ideas to keep their businesses fresh.  So, keep those headshots fresh also - 2-3 years, maximum.