A video from Austin Curtis on their latest KISS!

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Rachel : The Helpful Hottie

From the crazy Bui Brothers, another masterpiece! Here’s our little 10 minutes of fame from the Pictage Studio 54 WPPI Party, sponsored by KISS and ShootQ.

And here’s some stills from the talented Feuza Reis. I LOVE how she incorporated our messaging in the background of the shots. Made me proud. hahah. Great job models, and my partner, Shaun! I love working here! –Kevin

Here’s how it’s done! Come by the booth Monday for your free tshirt while they last! Wear the tshirts if you want tickets to the awesome Pictage Studio 54 Party, where KISS has a fun surprise!

The Bui Brothers have done it again! Thanks to the Divas for hosting and for Pictage and ShootQ for sponsoring. Props to Pixel2Canvas, for their support during the night as well!

Thanks to the over 250 photogs who stopped by to visit… We’ll see you next year…

KISS just LOVES the simple and minimal templates offered by Tofurious. Did I mention they’re free?! Yes, you can experience some of their designs for FREE! We love these guys and the simple designs they offer. It makes it easy for every photographer to create an effective design without cluttering up each spread.

Take a look at Set One get a sample of these templates here!

Check out Set Two get a sample of these templates here!

Enjoy Set Three get a sample of these templates here!

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Rachel : The Helpful Hottie

Katrina Wheeler organized this awesome series of portrait shoots for families who lost everything in a flood in Atlanta. Her post on her blog is great, with lots and lots of photos and details—so go check that out!. We wanted to share with you the ‘big reveal’ when one of the families was surprised on Christmas eve with some Little KISSes that we donated to the cause.

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2008 was a killah cluster of clients. 2009 will be even better! RSVP here!

Fun announcements!

First… A dance-off. That’s right. Shake it for ShootQ and you could win six months of ShootQ’s amazing studio management for free . We’re planning on talking our hosts, the Boudoir Divas, into judging this intense competition.

Second… Get motivated with Pictage’s Passion martini! Pictage has recently reignited their company’s fire and they’re passing it on! Some great Pictage staff are coming down to mingle, so be sure to say thanks for all the new things they’re up to!

The Divas are giving away a seat at their workshop in Vegas.
Pictage is giving stuff away. KISS is giving stuff away. It’s going to be lots of stuff and people and drinks and dancing and stuff.

Hope you can make it! RSVP here!

CLICK HERE for some video from last year by the Fabulous Bui Brothers! They’re on it again this year!

To our NOLA friends and to everyone who wishes they were at Partnercon

Kevin, Shaun and I had such an awesome time at Partnercon in New Orleans! We thank everyone who stopped by the KISS table to check out our *new* soft KISSes as well as our hard KISSes. Shaun and Kevin spoke on branding and album sales, which totally rocked! If you have yet to hear them speak, get on it! The Get Simple Seminar featuring Kevin Swan, Shaun Austin, Nathan Holritz and Mike Larson is a must!

If you didn’t make it out to NOLA we hope to see you in Vegas at WPPI. We have a few surprises up our sleeve that everyone must be a part of! (and pictures on our blog won’t do justice). See you at WPPI (can’t come soon enough!) and Partnercon 2010 in NOLA.

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Rachel : The Helpful Hottie

Yes, you read that blog title correct! A three day cruise to the Bahamas while learning from top photographers Scarlett Lillian, The Bui Brothers, Stephen Knuth, Kylie Banks and more!

This workshop will give an emphasis on networking, building relationships, informative workshops, exotic photo shoots and so much more; this Photog Retreat will be one for the record books! Enjoy a much needed vacation; build your portfolio, network with top industry professionals and that’s not it! They will have over $10,000 in prizes to give away from sponsors! How much better can it get?!

Whether you are just starting out in the industry or have years of experience, the opportunity to network, learn and build relationships is constant and a very valuable tool for success. The concept of this retreat is to bring photographers together from every point of the industry (new & experienced) to encourage, teach and learn alongside and from one another as well as the featured speakers.

A few special rates have just been released to save you $200-$500!! Don’t  miss out on this great experience!

Fee: $850 Single Photog; $1500 for 2 Photogs! (Includes Workshops, Cruise and Photo Shoots)

Date: Jan. 7-10, 2010

Location: Departing from Port Canaveral, Florida

Cruise, Workshops and Shoots included

For more information and to register visit www.PhotogRetreat.com

Email: photogretreat@gmail.com

Blog: http://photogretreat.blogspot.com/

Website: www.photogretreat.com

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Rachel : The Helpful Hottie 

To all of our lovely KISSers,

Album DS is a great software company that is offering a special discount for KISS customers! Check out the email from Album DS below. You can get up to $195/off of the album DS software for album design. We love you, album DS

Kevin,

Thank you for the blast we’re definitely seeing traffic from it and have had a couple confirmed orders so far and a bunch more trying the software. We have had some confusion though because you didn’t put what the offer was and the code is for a rebate that doesn’t show up in their cart but is put back on their card automatically after purchase.

Our shopping cart software sucks when it comes to discounts so it’s set up as rebate. The customer puts in the REFERRAL code “Simple is Hot” and pays full price at checkout and within a few hours $20 is put back on their card automatically and a confirmation of the transaction is sent to the customer. Is there any way to let them know the offer?

Simple is Hot – The Album DS offer

$20 rebate (put back on card automatically within a couple hours of payment, nothing to fill out other than code)
$50 value (deluxe dvd with training movies) mailed out
$125 value (free 2nd license for Mac or PC) for a computer you own and can be installed right away

That’s $195 savings and a Hot offer because you’re a KISS customer

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Rachel : The Helpful Hottie