Henderson, NV—Independent Photo Imagers (IPI) and Best Business Associates jointly announced that IPI was named exclusive sponsor of the photo-imaging industry’s oldest and largest listserv, Bestphotolist, according to Brent Bowyer, executive director of IPI, and Bob Banasik, CEO of Best Business Associates and moderator of Bestphotolist.
Founded in 2000, Bestphotolist originally started as a vehicle for communication between owners and operators of the then-new digital lab systems in order to establish best practices and gain efficiencies of production and marketing. It has since grown into a broad purpose listserv for answers to marketing, technical, and equipment parts and accessories sourcing questions and answers.
“One of the benefits of a listserv is its functionality of pushing messages to list members through standard e-mail, with no need to log onto any specific website or server,” said Banasik. “All messages appear in your mailbox and are treated as any other email in that one can reply, save it, or delete it as desired.”
Despite declines in the number of companies in the industry, Bestphotolist membership numbers have remained stable at about 450. Membership is open to owners and operators of camera stores, photo labs and photo repair firms worldwide.
“IPI has become a leading source of information and networking opportunities, and their sponsorship of Bestphotolist is yet one more channel through which members of the photo industry worldwide can exchange marketing and technical information with speed and efficiency,” added Banasik. bestbusinessassociates.com
