The Dead Pixels Society podcast

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talked with Brenda DiVincenzo, vice president of member success, at the IPI Member Network.  Listen in as we discuss the importance of IPI's networking, education, and marketing programs, and how their forum has supported business owners by providing invaluable tips and ideas. Plus, get a sneak peek into the upcoming IPI event, July 9-13, in Fort Worth, Texas, where members will have the ...

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talked with Dan Peterson, founder of FlipSwitch Marketing. In this interview, Peterson talks about strategies for small businesses to use social media marketing, tactics to determine the most effective social media platform, and methods to improve search results using social media.

Peterson grew up in central Illinois in an entrepreneurial family. He started his career in management b...

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talked with Joe Hart, president and CEO, Dale Carnegie and Associates Inc. In this interview, Hart talks about the Dale Carnegie course program, leadership, overcoming fear in business, and resolving conflicts.

Since 1912, Dale Carnegie Training has helped millions of people and businesses around the world improve their performance. In over eighty countries and in more than thirty la...

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talked with Mark Comon, Paul’s Photo and Creative Photo Academy, Torrance, Calif. In this interview, Comon talks about being a second-generation camera store owner, building relationships in a community, and using creativity as a Paul’s Photo in Torrance, Calif., which has been an area fixture in since company founder Paul Comon started selling cameras in 1961. Today, the store offers top came...

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talked with Jeremy Wills, principal analyst, pro displays and imaging, for Futuresource Consulting. In this wide-ranging interview, Wills discusses the growth opportunities for the photo output markets in various European countries, how various regions differ from each other, the shift to mobile apps, and more.

Futuresource Consulting, based in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, is a mar...

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talked with Audrey Tappan, branding photographer. In this interview, Tappan talks about her journey to become a working photographer, using tried-and-true networking techniques. 

Tappan grew up in rural Florida with two entrepreneurial parents who taught her what hard work looked like and how networking is king. Based out of NYC, Tappan specializes in fashion and product photography and loves h...

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talked with Rick Bellamy, managing partner of the Inflecton and executive chair of Dscoop. In this interview, Bellamy talks about developing sustainability standards and best practices for the printing industry, and how this can drive a triple bottom line for benefiting people, the planet, and profits. He also talks about the upcoming Dscoop Edge World Expo, where the Dead Pixels Society will ...

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talked with Bruce Seymour, managing director, US, of Autopilot Print. In this interview, Seymour talks about the company’s decade-long history offering print-to-retail mobile apps, customer trends, the never-ending value of the photo print, and mass-market photo category success factors.

MEA offers ad tech and e-commerce solutions to help photo labs grow and drive customers into store...

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talked with Wendi Flores, of Foto Crush, and Steve Klinetobe, of Odd Comma. In this interview, Flores and Klinetobe talk about how photo companies can use creativity to boost sales and be more effective than ever before.

In this episode, you will learn the following:

1. How creativity is now a currency, and the need for brands to be emotively authentic to be successful.
2. Creative proble...

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talked with Peter van Teeseling, executive director, Dscoop. In this interview, van Teeseling talks about the history of the Dscoop organization, the value of community and highlights from the upcoming Dscoop Edge World Expo St. Louis.

The Dead Pixels Society is returning to the annual DScoop global conference. The society is once again hosting a Photo Imaging CONNECT mini-conference...

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talked with David Crandall, executive director of the School Photographers of America (SPOA). Crandall talks about the association’s upcoming conference, developing the school photography boot camp, and ways members can be more involved.

School Photographers of America is a non-profit association formed in 2020 on behalf of school portrait studios to advocate for and protect their cop...

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talked with Joe Montalbano, co-CEO of Advertek Printing. In this interview, Montalbano talks about the start of the company’s digital printing business and its expansion into the personalized photo printing market. 

Founded in 1996, Advertek Inc. is one of Canada’s leading commercial printing/packaging and personalization companies. Co-CEOs Joe Montalbano and Simon Spina bought the bu...

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talked with Timur Khabirov, co-founder and CEO of Prequel, the mobile photo and video editing platform. In this interview, Khabirov talked about the history of the popular app, the philosophy that is driving its growth, and the potential for AI-driven photo and video content.

Founded in 2018 by Khabirov and Serge Aliseenko, Prequel has been able to position itself as one of the Top 10...

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talked with George Varanakis, strategic advisor of the WPPI Photo Group, part of the Emerald Exhibitions company. Varanakis started his industry career at WPPI/Rangefinder and was among the team that built WPPI into a must-attend photography event. Now, after a sojourn into video-streaming and education startup, he’s returned to WPPI. In this interview, Varanakis shares the challenges and oppo...

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with marketer Kendra Corman. In this interview, Corman talks about ways businesses can build their email lists and create content that engages customers and builds relationships. Corman has more than 15 years of marketing experience working with one of the top brands in the world all the way down to solopreneurs just starting out. Her passion is making sure that marketing expertise is af...

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talked with Steve Buzogany, founder and CEO of the Appreciation Advocate. In this interview, Buzogany talks about ways businesses can show appreciation to customers throughout the year, not just at the holidays. He recommends personalized business gifts, not logo’d promotional merchandise. 

Buzogany is the Founder and CEO of The Appreciation Advocate.  Since 2012, he has been a small ...

In this special 100th episode, Gary Pageau talks again with our very first guest, Eric Miller, of MillerFoto. Since the launch of the Dead Pixels Society podcast in March, 2020, the global pandemic reshaped how many businesses operate. Volume photography is no different, and Miller walks us through the decisions he made to reinvent his business operations and marketing practices. These changes included outsourcing production and ra...

Gary Pageau talks with Lisa McCabe, president of Capture. In this interview, McCabe talks about the rebranding of YesVideo to Capture, how technology has changed the company’s offerings and how memories are the core of the consumer photography business. Capture (formerly YesVideo) is one of the leading photo and video media transfer companies. Capture helps users digitize all formats of older media so they can easily view and share...

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Anika Jackson, founder of Your Brand Amplified. In this interview, Jackson talks about branding and social media practices for small and medium-sized businesses. Jackson is the founder and chief strategist for Your Brand Amplified, a marketing and communications agency, and host of the podcast by the same name. As a Marcom executive, she has done it all including experiential market...