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First podcast in three-part series on rightsizing your business now on DIMAcast

DIMAcast presents the first in a three-part podcast series on rightsizing your business. (Look in the upcoming July/August PMA magazine for a detailed article on the same topic.) In this interview, PMA magazine senior editor Jennifer Kruger speaks with Tom Shay, a fourth-generation retailer and president of Profits Plus, St. Petersburg, Fla., a consulting company that helps small businesses increase their profits, plus build their businesses for the future. Shay discusses financial considerations in terms of facility space, equipment purchases and more.

Upcoming podcasts in this series include an interview with Mike Walden of Walden Photo Inc., Waterloo, Iowa, currently undergoing a second move in rightsizing the business, and former longtime photo retailer Bob Banasik, who now helps retailers develop strategies for success as CEO of Best Business Associates in Bethel, Conn.

DIMAcast podcasts are available to anyone. Check out today's podcast or any of more than 50 archived podcasts at www.dimacast.com.

New outside reports available to PMA members at a discount

PMA, Jackson, Mich., announces two new reports available in the PMA online store. f/22 Consulting Inc., Eagle, Idaho, and Photofinishing News Inc., Bonita Springs, Fla., released "Navigating Retail Imaging Opportunities 2007-2011." This report includes market data and projections for conventional photo prints, personal photo products, and output platforms. It also identifies market drivers for future growth opportunities and tools to evaluate investment decisions.

The authors, Don Franz, Frank Baillargeon, Meg Weston, and Maury Kahn all have experience with retailers and suppliers through the United States and internationally. The report costs $5,000 and a version including spreadsheets of data and forecasts, plus a half-day presentation and consultation with the authors, costs $10,000. The report is offered at a 15 percent discount for PMA members. (Watch for the July/August PMA magazine to read the article "Trend Tracker" by Meg Weston about new product and service opportunities for retailers.)

"User-generated Visual Content: Understanding The Supply-Side Motivations," a report supplied by Future Image Inc., San Mateo, Calif., contains 90 pages of survey information about user-generated Web content. The report is focused on identifying what motivates people who provide photos and videos for Web-based businesses, and how that motivation differs from common viewers. Future Image surveyed close to 2,000 members of photo and video sharing websites, and answers to more than 20 questions are compiled in various charts and graphs throughout the report. Areas such as levels of sharing activity, motivations, subject choices, and desire for making sales are targeted in the report.

The report also includes interviews with executives from Webshots, Simple Star, Corel, iStock, muvee, Filmloop, and Pure Digital. Price of the full report is $2,000, with a 30 percent discount for PMA members.