The Dead Pixels Society Podcast

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Brian Solis , author and futurist, about the early days of digital cameras, what Kodak got wrong, the growth of social media, and why balancing your life is vitally important. Brian Solis is Global Innovation Evangelist at Salesforce , the global leader in Customer Relationship Management (CRM). His work at Sale...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with David Crandall, executive director of the School Photographers of America , and Tim McCain, CRO of ImageQuix/PhotoLynx to discuss the importance of the upcoming MVP and SPOA conferences for the volume photography industry. Crandall and McCain talk about the importance of leadership development in the business wo...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Tim Fitzpatrick ,  president of Rialto Marketing . Fitzpatrick discusses the three most important aspects of marketing for small businesses and entrepreneurs, as well as the metrics they should use to gauge their success. Rialto Marketing, based in Highlands Ranch, CO ,  helps B2B service-based businesses create...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Denver photographer Jenna Noelle of Jenna Noelle Creative . In this interview, Noelle describes her career path as a new photographer gaining skills in the portrait business before launching her own wedding portrait venture. She shares her business philosophy and strategy for getting through the COVID-19 pandemi...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Michael Buzinski ,  president of Buzzworthy Integrated Marketing .  In this episode,  Buzinski talks about the practical steps a small business should follow to boost SEO and gain new customers. It's not just all about chasing the latest social media trend.  Buzzworthy Integrated Marketing helps create buzz...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Ginger Hartford . enterprise account manager, ARTISTREE, a Michaels Company .  Hartford shares her expertise on design trends, partnerships,  sustainable output, trends in wall decor, and the role of digital technology in new forms like NFTs. Mediaclip Mediaclip strives to continuously enhance the user experienc...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Aaron Day , the new CEO of SaaS eCommerce company, Amaze .  (The company changed its name to Amaze from Famous just prior to the recording of this episode.) In this interview, Day talks about how the company is bringing its decades-long experience in eCommerce tool development to offer a portfolio of simple tool...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with professional photographer Joe McNally , whose 40-plus year career spans National Geographic, Sports Illustrated, four Olympic Games, Nikon Ambassador, and much more. McNally talks about how his career started in 1976 as a Daily News copyboy, armed with a master's degree in photojournalism from Syracuse,  an...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau   of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Maddy Alcala , the president of Gooten , the on-demand personalized products solution provider, about the company's role in the marketplace, its growth opportunities, managing a challenging ecosystem and even the origin of the company's unusual name. Gooten works with eCommerce businesses, retailers,...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society   talks with Claudia Dencer , executive vice president and general manager of Leonard's Photography, St. Augustine, FL. Dencer talks about growing up in the third generation of the family photography business and how the business has changed and has adapted to massive changes. She also describes the leadership skills...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Benedikt Greifenhofer , recently appointed global CEO of volume photography tech company, GotPhoto . In this interview, Greifenhofer talks about how the new company structure will drive growth, how GotPhoto was well-positioned to manage business changes wrought by the pandemic, and future profit opportunities fo...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Gillian Stein , CEO of Henry's , Canada's largest photo specialty retailer. In this wide-ranging interview, Stein talks about the company's recent restructuring, the response to COVID-19, how to serve content creators, plus her personal mental health challenges, as well as the establishment of The...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Mackey McNeill , CPA, of Mackey Advisors and author of The Prosperity Playbook , about considerations for family business succession. McNeill describes what factors to consider when passing on or selling a business.  "The Prosperity Playbook: Planning for a Successful Family Business Succession" is abo...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Joaquin Cuenca Abela , one of the founders of Europe's fast-growing graphics company, Freepik Company .  Based in Spain, Freepik was founded in 2010 by brothers Alejandro and Pablo Blanes , along with their friend Joaquín Cuenca Abela , founder of Panoramio (acquired by Google ). Abela talks about how the c...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Kasper Rybak , product owner, Printbox, about the development of Smart Creation, the company's AI-powered photobook software.  Rybak discusses how continuous customer feedback was instrumental in the development and on-going improvement of Smart Creation. He also shares some of the unexpected results from e...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Heather Maio-Smith , CEO and co-founder, StoryFile , about using AI-driven video conversations to preserve family history. In 2010, Maio-Smith developed the first 3D interactive conversation with Holocaust Survivor Rose Schindler through her creative agency Conscience Display. At the time, she was creating physi...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Societ y talks with photographer and author, Rick Sammon, about his latest book, " How to Make Money While You are Sleeping: A Photographer’s Guide to Passive Income – And Other Savvy Business Strategies ." The book, which is Sammon's 43rd, covers a wide range of tactics for photographers and other creatives to crea...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with professional photographer, Rachel LaCour Niesen, chief product officer of Foreground , about the company's marketing approach, acquisitions, and the recent addition of a print store to its ShootProof brand. She also talks about challenges meeting the needs of different types of photographers and how the com...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau   of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Heather Zeitzwolfe, CPA, about the dos and don'ts of small business finance, especially for those in the creative fields.  Heather Zeitzwolfe is a CPA certified with the State of Oregon’s Board of Accountancy and a member of the AICPA . She is a Financial Coach trained through the Ramsey Solutions’ Master...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Jeff Southard, CEO and designer, Collagewall . Southard describes how a fire in his home led him on a journey to invent a new system for hanging and displaying photos. Over the past decade, Collagewall has grown through direct-to-consumer marketing and through partnerships with photo labs and online companies. ...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with online retail expert Jason R. Boyce about the challenges of today's fourth-quarter holiday season, strategies for competing against Amazon,  how to respond when Amazon copies your product, and the benefit of private-label products. Boyce is the founder and CEO of Avenue7Media.com and the co-author, with Ric...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Ina Hilker, head of market intelligence, Felix-Schoeller Group .  Hilker was the author of a new free report, " Photo Printing Market Trends, " from Felix-Schoeller. In this interview, Hilker discusses the impact of COVID-19 on the photo printing market, considerations for the application of different...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with TJ Rak of Skylab, developers of a new AI-powered portrait retouching tool. Rak dispels myths about AI, discusses the benefit of AI in the COVID-impacted world, and shares his vision for AI-driven workflow and product development. Skylab is advancing research in computational photography and computer vision. The...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary  Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Tom Oswald , CEO of U.K.-based photography site ClickASnap about the potential for monetizing photos with advertising, about building marketing tools within the platform, and how to compete with established players like Instagram.  ClickASnap is a still-image hosting site that pays users for every view of their...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Cathi Nelson, founder of The Photo Managers , about Save Your Photos Month, the need for personal photo organizing and the important role stories and photos play in all societies around the world. The Photo Managers is the world’s leading educational community in the rapidly growing field of photo management. Fo...