The Press Release...

Marketing your services takes more than just printing up business cards. These days, I send out mailers, make phone calls, attend networking events and I send an email to every person on my list of current and potential client list. I don't like weekly emails, because I get those from some people and they annoy the heck out me. The people that hit me up every month are the ones I tend to read the most. They aren't constantly bombarding me with stuff, but they send info frequently enough to stay on my radar.

Well, one thing to send out through email is a press release. Companies do it all the time. It is just a formal message providing info on something important you've done. This is one I just sent out this week. It talks about a recent album I did work on...

Contact: Jason Janik FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Tel. 214/535-1062

PHOTOGRAPHS BY JASON JANIK FEATURED ON NEWLY RELEASED JIVE RECORDS ALBUM- IN STORES OCTOBER 13

Bowling for Soup Releases 10^th Album “Sorry for Partyin’”

DALLAS, TX – Photographer Jason Janik is the photographer for Texas-based band Bowling for Soup’s newly released album on Jive Records, Sorry of Partyin’, which hit stores on October 13, 2009.

Sorry for Partyin’ is the 10^th album released by the Texas-based band, and the 3rd album for which Janik has served as photographer. Jason Janik’s work was also featured on the band’s 2004 album Hangover You Don’t Deserve, which subsequently became a RIAA Certified Gold album, selling in excess of 500,000 units, and the 2005 release Bowling for Soup Goes to the Movies.

The Grammy-nominated quartet of Bowling for Soup includes singer/guitarist Jaret Reddick, guitarist Chris Burney, bassist Erik Chandler, and drummer Gary Wiseman.

Jason Janik is a Dallas photographer whose work has appeared in Rolling Stone, Spin Magazine, Black Tooth: The High Life, Good Times, and Tragic End of “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott (Zac Crain), Dallas Morning News, USA Today, DFW Quick, American Profile and other publications.

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If you would like more information or have questions about Janik Photography editorial, advertising, and event photography, please call Jason Janik at 214/535-1062, or email Jason at mailto:jason at janikphoto.com