We were pleased to notice a number of posts recently on dpreview.com about photographers using EchoSign, the web's leading photography site and one of our favorites (and now a subsidiary of Amazon.com).
Professional photographers make up a significant chunk of EchoSign users. The use cases are many, but two that stand out are using EchoSign for model releases, and using EchoSign for wedding contracts.
We appreciated Eager Eye Photography of Maine's thoughts on how EchoSign has helped turbocharge his business.
First,
"Two days ago, I sent out a contract to a wedding
client, through Echosign, and the deal was concluded -- the contract
signed -- in less than half an hour.
Yesterday, I sent out an another contract to two
clients (a groom and his mother -- the mother is paying) and that
worked like a charm too; I have a PDF copy signed consecutively by both
people, that's sitting in my in-box right now.
My 'old' contract turnaround time has sometimes been several weeks
(some clients need repeated prodding, the mail is slow, fax machines
can be a hassle, etc.). No more. There's just something about the ease
of a simple two-step web-based process that makes it harder to
postpone/ignore than the prospect of dealing with paper, postage, post
offices, certified mail, and what have you. And it's an environmentally
sound thing, too (might be a selling point for your business)."
In a later post, he goes out to note how he's now gone even further, storing his EchoSigned contracts on his iPod Touch and he and his customer can view his signed contracts together in the field:
"I had a
folder auto-copied from my main Mac's desktop that contains PDFs of all
my 2009 contracts. This wasn't primarily for purposes of the trade
show, but it came in handy regardless when two or three potential
clients inquired about contractual details. I just gave them the iPod,
flicked to the clauses in question, and let the clients read the
relevant passages then and there.
Now, when I'm on a job, I have a certified (by Echosign)
e-copy of the contract in my pocket, on my pod (PDF), plus all kinds of
other pertinent information. Even if I forget to bring a file that's on
my Mac and I need it, I can log in remotely and view/download it."
Thank you to Eager Eye Photography for the postings. This is what it's all about for us.
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