MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

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1 BACKUP AND SUPPORT

IFPO is 77,000 members strong and is recognized and accepted in more than 143 countries. IFPO membership gives you the affiliation, support and credentials you need to get you and your camera where you want to go. The strong IFPO organization carries the weight to pave the way for individual photographers to succeed by supporting each other and sharing true-life success stories.
To start, you receive a handsome membership card and parchment certificate with your membership package. You also receive a subscription to IFPO's official magazine: Today's Photographer, " the make money with your camera magazine"

2 MAKE MONEY WITH IFPO

The International Freelance Photographers Organization (IFPO) focuses on the business of photography - how to make money with your camera. IFPO members are provided with direct money-making programs that work. IFPO members around the world are using these programs with great success.

Many members participate in IFPO money-making programs to "jump start" a sideline income from photography without changing their current jobs. Others who are already making money in photography use IFPO programs to make their photography income grow even faster.

3 YOUR SUCCESS PLAN

Today's Photographer magazine keeps you informed about the latest ways to make money in photography. In easy to follow step-by-step language, you will learn how other members just like you have achieved success with their cameras. How they make money, get published, or get inside controlled events such as breaking news, sports or entertainment will challenge you to do the same.

4 GET PUBLISHED

IFPO membership ensures you the opportunity to get your photos considered for publication in Today's Photographer. Getting published helps aspiring professionals to build a portfolio of tear sheets and publishing credits quickly and easily - the key to making money with your camera. If you've never been published or need a more impressive publication to add to your portfolio, this could be your chance of a lifetime.

5 HIGH VISIBILITY

IFPO keeps a high profile for the benefit of the members. Through international newsstand sales and constant advertising in other photo publications, the IFPO name is easily recognized and respected throughout the world.

6 READER DRIVEN

Today's Photographer is a "reader driven" publication unlike most other publications related to photography that are on the market today. The readers speak and share the wealth of their successes. One inspires another and so it goes - an honest presentation of what works and what doesn't by everyday people who do photography and want to make money.

7 ONE TIME DUES

IFPO has small one-time dues and never requires you to subsidize programs that you do not use. Lifetime membership dues include a Lifetime subscription to Today's Photographer the official publication for the International Freelance Photographers Organization. You never have to spend another penny to maintain your permanent membership benefits. Compare this to the high annual membership dues required by most organizations.

8 EVERYTHING YOU NEED

"It's all there. Sign me up ... and my husband! I've found everything we need in IFPO." words of a recent member.

IFPO is your personal one-stop source for everything you need to succeed. From, "How to Use Your First 35mm Camera" an instructional video tape, to a complete line of business forms for beginning or professional photographers.

9 TWENTY THREE PROVEN PROGRAMS

23 proven programs that (1) help you gain access with your camera, (2) get published, and (3) attract subjects

10 CASH AWARDS

The Editor's Sweepstakes cash award is one of the ways used to encourage members to share their hottest and best ideas. A $500 cash prize is awarded for the best photo or editorial submission and is named the Sweepstakes Winner. One Sweepstakes Winner is named and published in each issue of Today's Photographer magazine. Any IFPO member can enter. Winning the Sweepstakes can be worth thousands of dollars over and above the $500 prize - in free advertising and promotion for your business.

11 WORLD-WIDE EXPOSURE

Five international divisions and affiliates of IFPO have been organized to better serve large groups of photographers who are concentrated in specific locales around the world. Divisions are operating in Chile, Korea, Denmark, Japan, and Puerto Rico Today's Photographer is mailed to 142 countries and is for sale on the newsstands in 32 countries.

12 ASSIGNMENT REFERRALS

The IFPO is widely recognized as a resource for available photographers. From time to time requests are made of IFPO for photographers willing to go on assignment. When you complete your Membership Information Form (included with your membership package) your name will be among those considered for such referrals.

13 FULL SERVICE HEADQUARTERS

The IFPO headquarters maintains a business office which is fully staffed 5 days a week for the benefit of the members. Membership and program records are electronically managed and updated daily. Customer service telephone and FAX numbers are widely published and available to every IFPO member. The order desk is manned 18 hours most days including week-ends and holidays. A Press Coordinator is on duty daily during business hours to manage the unique IFPO Press Program.

14 SATISFACTION GUARANTEE

Everything at IFPO is backed by our 17-year+ uninterrupted thirty-day money back satisfaction guarantee, every program and every product. Even your membership is 100% satisfaction guaranteed.

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