I try to be speedy with all my product deliveries. One of my weaknesses in this plan has been album production. I've struggled in the past and have had to apologize to a few clients for the length of the process. BUT that day is gone and I am making big strides to improve and streamline the album production process.
In the spirit of the upcoming Olympics, I wanted to share with you my personal best--a Melissa Jill Photography record album delivery time that has just been set of 2.7 months. Yes. 2.7. This is very exciting PEOPLE! Chris and Brittany (I know I've been talking about them a lot lately) were married on April 19th and in just a few short hours they should have a special delivery from the UPS man.
Now, I can't take all the credit for this win. The album production process is a collaborative effort. A couple of the reasons that it can tend to be drawn out are #1--there's a whole lot of phases that go into making the final masterpiece: image selection, pre-design, revision by the client, making changes, possibly another revision, full edit of final images, placing the order, the physical production of the album (done by the album company--in this case Queensberry) & shipping. #2--part of the process depends on the client. I try to make the process as easy for the client as possible and have been working on making it even easier but sometimes it's just one of those things that is hard for the client to get to. And the decisions they have to make concerning what to include in their album can be tough.
In Chris & Brittany's case, I have to give them a TON of credit for being so speedy with their part of the process. I couldn't have set this record without them :).
The album turned out beautifully. And for those of you who read this post, they ended up going with the Signature design. Here's a sample of the result:
In the spirit of the upcoming Olympics, I wanted to share with you my personal best--a Melissa Jill Photography record album delivery time that has just been set of 2.7 months. Yes. 2.7. This is very exciting PEOPLE! Chris and Brittany (I know I've been talking about them a lot lately) were married on April 19th and in just a few short hours they should have a special delivery from the UPS man.
Now, I can't take all the credit for this win. The album production process is a collaborative effort. A couple of the reasons that it can tend to be drawn out are #1--there's a whole lot of phases that go into making the final masterpiece: image selection, pre-design, revision by the client, making changes, possibly another revision, full edit of final images, placing the order, the physical production of the album (done by the album company--in this case Queensberry) & shipping. #2--part of the process depends on the client. I try to make the process as easy for the client as possible and have been working on making it even easier but sometimes it's just one of those things that is hard for the client to get to. And the decisions they have to make concerning what to include in their album can be tough.
In Chris & Brittany's case, I have to give them a TON of credit for being so speedy with their part of the process. I couldn't have set this record without them :).
The album turned out beautifully. And for those of you who read this post, they ended up going with the Signature design. Here's a sample of the result:
I hope they thoroughly enjoy their first family heirloom.
And energized by this win, I'm going to keep training and improving the process so that 2.7 becomes the standard and not just the record.
And energized by this win, I'm going to keep training and improving the process so that 2.7 becomes the standard and not just the record.
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