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How to invest $2,500 and make $2,000 per month
How to invest $5,500 and make $3,000 per month
How to invest $23,000 and make $5,500-$15,000 per month.

Your System Set-up.
You can organize yourself to work with your Image System either as a Mobile or a Permanent Work-Station.

Mobile Work-Station


You will adopt the mobile work-station approach when participating in a special event. A special event can be, for example, any of the following:

  • A school function, such as Opening Day, Graduation, Christmas, Easter, Sporting Event, Fund Raising Campaign, etc.
  • A corporation employee meeting
  • A political rally
  • A parade
  • A festival
  • An exhibition of any type



Keep in mind that you offer a product and service which perfectly fits any of the above occasions. Why?

  1. Your product is customized. Each buyer will purchase an object, a framed picture, a mug, a T-shirt, a cap, a postcard, etc. which will be distinctly and uniquely his/hers.
    Your product is customized in 2 ways:
    • By including the picture of the person in the end product.
    • By making the picture part of a template which is tailored to the event. For example, at a school graduation ceremeony, you may have a template representing the school and with a script "West Valley High School Class of 1997". The template will include a space where you will then 'snap in' the face of the student.
  2. Your product is of the highest quality possible thanks to the technology explained in these web pages. Common sense, confirmed by endless examples, tells us that quality counts, especially in a product which, in its own way, performs 3 functions:
    • To remind the buyer of a special occasion. Your customer buys from you an object designed to stir the memory of a particular event (or person) every time he/she looks at it.
    • To stire and renew in the buyer a feeling of pleasure at the sight of the object - it is the magic of art that gives us aesthetic pleasure. The fine quality object which you offer reproduces in it own way, the magic of art. The collections of mugs, ceramic and other objects found in hundreds of thousands of homes owe their existence to these simple truths:
      • The aesthetic pleasure in looking at the objects of the collection
      • Often the recollection of the moment when one object was acquired or given as a gift.
      • The pleasure of collecting, common in one way or another, to just about everyone.



These simple facts are VERY important to you and explain, in part, why this business is good. YOU APPEAL TO AN AUDIENCE ALREADY PRE-DISPOSED FAVORABLY TO YOUR PRODUCT. All you have to do is to provide a quality product.
In the case of a fund raising event, you give the buyer the opportunity to do a good deed while getting something in return which, by being customized, is in a way priceless.
Note also that with fund raising events, it is quite realistic to realize in one event the total profit of one month. Imagine an event with an attendance of 5,000 people where 10% purchase a customized souvenir. This means 500 sales!

Invest $2,500 (see Essential System 1) and make $2,000 per month:

Portraits with Frame (4" x 6")

Your Cost:$2.79
Price Range$10-$12
Average Sale Price:$11.00
Average Margin:$8.21
Typical Monthly Sales:150
Number of Sales per hour (based on 200 hrs. month)0.75
Profit:$1,231.50
Mugs:
Your Cost:$3.16
Price Range$10-$15
Average Sale Price:$12.50
Average Margin:$9.34
Typical Monthly Sales:50
Number of Sales per hour (based on 200 hrs. month)0.25
Profit:$467.00
Postcards:
Your Cost:$0.99
Price Range$3-$5
Average Sale Price:$4.00
Average Margin:$3.01
Typical Monthly Sales:100
Number of Sales per hour (based on 200 hrs. month)0.75
Profit:$301.00
Total Profit:$1,999.50

 

Invest $5,500(see Essential System 2) and make $3,000 per month:

Portraits with Frame (4" x 6")

Your Cost:$2.79
Price Range$10-$12
Average Sale Price:$11.00
Average Margin:$8.21
Typical Monthly Sales:150
Number of Sales per hour (based on 200 hrs. month)0.75
Profit:$1,231.50
Mugs:
Your Cost:$3.16
Price Range$10-$15
Average Sale Price:$12.50
Average Margin:$9.34
Typical Monthly Sales:50
Number of Sales per hour (based on 200 hrs. month)0.25
Profit:$467.00
Postcards:
Your Cost:$0.99
Price Range$3-$5
Average Sale Price:$4.00
Average Margin:$3.01
Typical Monthly Sales:100
Number of Sales per hour (based on 200 hrs. month)0.75
Profit:$301.00
T-shirts:
Your Cost:$5.25
Price Range$10-$14
Average Sale Price:$12.50
Average Margin:$7.25
Typical Monthly Sales:150
Number of Sales per hour (based on 200 hrs. month)0.75
Profit:$1,087.50
Total Profit:$3,087.50


Invest $23,000 and make $5,500 - $15,000 per month see Las Vegas MoneyMaker

Portraits with Frame (4" x 6")

Your Cost:$2.79
Price Range$10-$12
Average Sale Price:$11.00
Average Margin:$8.21
Typical Monthly Sales:150
Number of Sales per hour (based on 200 hrs. month)0.75
Profit:$1,231.50
Large Portraits with Frame (8" x 10")
Your Cost:$6.20
Price Range$20-$30
Average Sale Price:$25.00
Average Margin:$18.80
Typical Monthly Sales:100
Number of Sales per hour (based on 200 hrs. month)0.50
Profit:$1,880.00
Mugs:
Your Cost:$3.16
Price Range$10-$15
Average Sale Price:$12.50
Average Margin:$9.34
Typical Monthly Sales:50
Number of Sales per hour (based on 200 hrs. month)0.25
Profit:$467.00
Postcards:
Your Cost:$0.99
Price Range$3-$5
Average Sale Price:$4.00
Average Margin:$3.01
Typical Monthly Sales:100
Number of Sales per hour (based on 200 hrs. month)0.75
Profit:$301.00
T-shirts (High Quality):
Your Cost:$7.44
Price Range$18-$30
Average Sale Price:$24.00
Average Margin:$16.56
Typical Monthly Sales:100
Number of Sales per hour (based on 200 hrs. month)0.50
Profit:$1,656.00
Total Profit:$5,535.50

The Number of Sales per hour tells you how many of each item you need to sell in order to achieve the profit target. As you can see, the numbers are small, proving that you will achieve the targeted profit even with a conservative forecast.

Permanent Work-Station You can set up a Permanent Work-Station in a mall, hotel, restaurant, department store or any other high-traffic area.
The above calculations apply.
Note also that having a permanent work-station will NOT prevent you from removing part of it and bringing it with you to a special event, thus temporarily converting your Permanent Work-Station into a Mobile Work-Station.

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