Rupert Murdock & Photography

Submitted by Syv Ritch on 19. November 2010 - 6:34

Rupert Murdoch is the founder, chairman of News Corp. He owns the Times/Sunday Times, the New York Post, Direct TV, the Fox Channel (TV), the Wall Street Journal and dozens of others news organizations. You don't have to agree with his point of view to accept his extraordinary business acumen.

You’ve got to look for a gap, where competitors in a market have grown lazy and lost contact with the readers or the viewers.

Whether your competitors have grown lazy or just frustrated with a lack of new ideas, there’s an opportunity in every community. The market is waiting for some new leaders. There’s a unique opportunity for somebody to step out in front!

— Rupert Murdoch of News Corp.

OK it's not about photography, but it is about photography and photographers. Be it advertising, commercial, editorial or portraits and weddings photographers. We always get “lazy” when we are successful. That's when somebody “hungrier” for the business can take over.

Are you?

  • Promptly returning phone calls?
  • Promptly returning emails?
  • Give “proper” customer service?
  • Helping your customers?
  • “Screwing” your customers?
  • Is the customer the enemy?
  • A “Let's see how we can make this work”?
  • Humble and make your customer look good?
  • Behaving like a “prima donna”?
  • …