Tales From The World of Photo Scanning

"Operation Photo Scan" Offers 1,000 Free Photo Scans for Military Families

goldstone@ScanMyPhotos.com (Tales from the World of Photo Scanning) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:38:00 +0000

IRVINE, Calif., Nov 06, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- In honor of Veteran's Day (Nov. 11), ScanMyPhotos.com, a world leader in hi-speed photo transfer, is offering all active and retired members of the military with free photo scanning through December 5, 2009.

Called "Operation Photo Scan," ScanMyPhotos.com will scan and digitally archive onto a DVD up to 1,000 4"x6" photos for military families at no charge. The normal charge of $64 will be waived. The only cost will be the company's standard $19.95 shipping and handling fee; most orders are returned the same day.

"As we prepare for the holiday season, we want the power of family pictures, especially those generations of analog snapshots, to be shared in today's all-digital world to help boost morale and signal that American businesses are grateful for our military's service to our nation," said Mitch Goldstone, President and CEO of ScanMyPhotos.com. Goldstone explained that his customer, who is also a Vietnam Veteran, suggested this program.

Over the past 20 years, the retail and international Ecommerce photo service founded several other grassroots campaigns, including "Operation Photo," where used digital cameras were donated to military families. Background, see link: http://www.scanmyphotos.com/news.html
How to receive up to 1,000 free 4"x6" photos scanned to DVD:

1) Click on this link for complete instructions and include a copy with your order. Only valid for domestic U.S. non APO/FPO addresses. [http://www.scanmyphotos.com/orderform/freemilitary.html]

2) Orders must be postmarked by December 5, 2009. Valid only for active and veteran U.S. military families.

A menu of 100s of additional paid photo imaging services are available, including photo greeting cards, custom picture memory albums, Kodak Picture Movie DVDs and photo restoration services.
ScanMyPhotos.com is a well-known leader in the photo imaging industry. In 2005 it founded "Operation Photo," which collected and distributed used digital cameras to families of deployed service members.

Founded in 1990, ScanMyPhotos.com trusts Kodak technology to professionally scan more than 45 million images to enable families to save and share generations of photo memories. A New York Times article said that "ScanMyPhotos service could turn out to be the best [$64] plus shipping you'll ever spend."

[source: Businewsswire]

What You Are Saying About ScanMyPhotos.com

goldstone@ScanMyPhotos.com (Tales from the World of Photo Scanning) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:11:00 +0000

To the people at ScanMyPhotos.com:

It took me close to two years to finally get that box your company sent over for me to fill up with photos and when I received the scanned results, I was amazed. The quality of the scans was excellent. My All-in-one printer with the built in scanner couldn’t have done a better job. I now have the peace of mind that all my photos have been digitized and I can now put my photos away and share the scanned versions with family and friends. You guys have a great and affordable service and I can’t thank you enough for helping me with this task.

Sincerely,
Christian R.
San Dimas, CA

Read more Customer Stories, here

ScanMyPhotos.com E-Gift Card-Certificates Now Available

goldstone@ScanMyPhotos.com (Tales from the World of Photo Scanning) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:17:00 +0000

ScanMyPhotos.com E-Gift Card-Certificates are now available - the perfect gift so others can have their lifetime of photo memories digitally saved.

Give an instant gift!

You choose the amount from $25 to $500. Each is redeemable for our entire menu of online photo scanning services and products - including the special for buying two and getting an extra prepaid fill the box free (save $149.95).

It takes a minute to order online and your recipients instantly receive an online secured access code and gift message from you via email.

Any questions, use our 24/7 free Live Support help desk at ScanMyPhotos.com. Your recipients also have access to our free Live Support help desk. Remember, all photo scanning orders are completed and mailed back the same day.

Click here to instantly order ScanMyPhotos.com E-Gift Card Certificates

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ScanMyPhotos.com and 30 Minute Photos Etc. to Co-sponsor Southern California Photo Expo in February

goldstone@ScanMyPhotos.com (Tales from the World of Photo Scanning) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:24:00 +0000

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ScanMyPhotos.com to Co-sponsor Southern California Photo Expo

JACKSON, Mich. – (ScanMyPhotos.com and 30 Minute Photos Etc., Irvine, California will co-sponsor the Southern California Photo Expo, February 20, 2010, at the Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, Calif.

The Southern California Photo Expo, with the theme “Discover. Create. Share.” is a one-day consumer photo show highlighting the many ways digital photos can be captured, printed, and enjoyed. The family-friendly event includes seminars, demonstrations, and prize drawings, featuring leading businesses of Orange County.

Attendees will be able to meet with dozens of photographic product manufacturers to see the latest technology and services available, as well as gain expert advice about which products and solutions are best for them based on knowledge, expertise, and budget. In addition, the expo will present a special “Visual Living” area, where leading experts will demonstrate effective ways to take great photos, software products to help improve photos, how to use camera phones and mobile devices, and proper ways to back up and protect valuable digital assets. The event will be open to the general public from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. All admission prices include a welcome bag and access to all workshops and demonstrations.

Single Admission – $15
Family Admission – $25
Seniors (55 and older) – $5
Children younger than 4 years – Free

About Southern California Photo Expo
Southern California Photo Expo, with the theme “Discover. Create. Share.” is a one-day consumer photo show highlighting the many ways digital photos can be captured, printed, and enjoyed. The family-friendly event includes seminars, demonstrations, and prize drawings, featuring leading businesses of Orange County. The expo is produced by PMA – The Worldwide Community of Imaging Associations. Live demonstrations, free workshops, drawings, and giveaways are highlights of the one-day event, which will be open to the general public from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Whether photography is a passion or hobby, or you simply want to learn how to take better pictures, this is one event you can’t afford to miss.

About PMA – The Worldwide Community of Imaging Associations. As a professional trade association, PMA® helps the worldwide photo imaging community achieve business success and adapt to new technologies. Its commitment to members in 100-plus countries is part of an 85-year legacy that connects business owners to a network of knowledge and support. PMA furthers this purpose through the development of educational programs, marketing research, publications, and trade shows. As a not-for-profit organization, any success PMA achieves in its endeavors directly benefits the industry, providing the means to continually develop services and activities for members.

About ScanMyPhotos.com and 30 Minute Photos Etc.
ScanMyPhotos.com is a well-known leader in the photo imaging industry. The company operates a retail photo center based in Irvine, California and an international ecommerce digital imaging enterprise which has scanned tens of millions of photos since 1990. They regularly are profiled in the national media for its innovations and entrepreneurial creativity to help picture-takers save and share their generations of photo memories. The ScanMyPhotos.com Web site lists scores of news profiles, including a profile in The New York Times by"Personal Tech" columnist, David Pogue and is ranked #16 on the Photography Web100 listing. Follow them on Twitter (Twitter.com/ScanMyPhotos) and at Tales from the World of Photo Scanning [blog.ScanMyPhotos.com].

Oprah Winfrey Would Love This Inspirational Saga, Explains ScanMyPhotos.com

goldstone@ScanMyPhotos.com (Tales from the World of Photo Scanning) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:25:00 +0000

Click here to view press release

IRVINE, Calif.--(Businesswire)--Two ways to get Oprah Winfrey’s attention and be recognized as one of her “Favorite Things.”

1) Write a press release;
2) Have an emotional story that shares an innovative and affordable way to digitally preserve generations of photo snapshots

During a recent European trip, destiny greeted Mitch Goldstone and Carl Berman as they dined on the Greek Island of Mykonos. At the next table was Bernard LaChance, a charismatic Canadian singer who shared his story about creativity attracting the interest of talk show superstar Oprah Winfrey.

See links to Mr. LaChance’s YouTube story:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tohGOH20aGA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DWJCTujSQw&feature=related

As an influential icon, Oprah Winfrey inspires millions. Her recent segment on LaChance was the type of emotional story of remarkable people with inventive talents that make people watch and cheer. The ScanMyPhotos.com story is magical in a different way. It inspires other businesses not to give up during challenging economic cycles and threatening technology transformations. “By reaching out to Oprah and hopefully becoming part of her “Favorite Things,” our story can rekindle entrepreneurial passion by others to also reinvent and recalibrate how they do business,” said Goldstone, President & CEO, ScanMyPhotos.com.

As the photo imaging industry shifted from film to digital, many businesses closed - a lifetime of dreams dissolved. Rather than giving up, Goldstone and Berman, founders of a retail photo center based in Southern California, persevered. They rode the wave of change and expanded their retail photo center into an international E-commerce company that digitally preserves and shares tens of millions of photo memories. For just $64.00, they digitally scan up to 1,000 photos; the prepaid fill-the-box service holds about 2,000 photos and includes all shipping with same day return for just $149.95.

Just as LaChance captured Oprah’s attention, ScanMyPhotos.com is hoping for an encore to also share its story on “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” By embracing change and reinventing every aspect of entrepreneurship,

ScanMyPhotos.com made a comeback and inspires others to never give up. Goldstone regularly addresses technology and trade associations; in October he will be in Germany to share insights on how to reinvent the photo imaging industry,

ScanMyPhotos.com is ranked 16th on the Web100.com Photography listing and was included as “The Best of LA 2009” by Los Angeles Magazine. David Pogue profiled ScanMyPhotos.com in his “Personal Tech” column in The New York Times. Scores of other profiles are referenced on the Web site. The company has trusted KODAK brand products since 1990 and credits the Eastman Kodak Company with pioneering new ways to share pictures in today’s all-digital world. “We launched an entirely new business by commercializing KODAK scanning technology, KODAK Photo Kiosks and KODAK APEX (Adaptive Picture Exchange) printing to provide innovative new products for our customers,” explained Goldstone.

More info: ScanMyPhotos.com

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Best of LA: ScanMyPhotos.com Awarded "Our Favorite Things!"

goldstone@ScanMyPhotos.com (Tales from the World of Photo Scanning) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:00:00 +0000

Please click here to view Los Angeles Magazine Web site and article.

Thanks to the editors at Los Angeles Magazine for profiling ScanMyPhotos.com as one of your favorite things.

THE BEST OF LA 2009

Overview of The Best of LA: Reporting for Best of L.A. involves lurking and surreptitious note taking. It requires undercover visits to spas and bars, blind tasting carrot cakes from 15 bakeries, and investigating fishing holes. For the past few months we (34 reporters in all) roamed the city—sampling, questioning, comparing, debating. The results are in: We have determined the best cheese plate, children’s theater, ethnic vegan restaurant, and beach for novice surfers. We discovered that best doesn’t always mean most expensive. Accolades this year go to a cheap brow job, a Laundromat, a tuna melt, and jewelry under $300. So kick back and enjoy the fruits of our fun labors.

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Data Recovery: How to Recover Your Lost Digital Files

goldstone@ScanMyPhotos.com (Tales from the World of Photo Scanning) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:37:00 +0000

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE ORDER FORM

We have all experienced it, the panic that one feels when you accidentally hit "Delete All" instead of "Delete Image". Perhaps you insert your card into your computer and it says, "The disc is not formatted, would you like to format now?" The most important thing to remember is if you’ve lost your digital images, DON'T PANIC. Stop doing anything more to the card.

You made the switch to digital to preserve your photos and now they are gone. ScanMyPhotos.com can help.

Send us your media and let us try to recover the files for you instead of losing hope that your European vacation is lost. ScanMyPhotos.com searches your media at a low level to recover and rescue corrupted or lost data from damaged, unreadable, or defective disks. We are optimized to recover your photo image data but can also recover data and movie files. In some cases, we can even rebuild pictures that have suffered minor corruptions.We can recover data from:

Memory Sticks and Memory Stick Pro

Compact Flash

SD and Mini SD Cards (SecureDigital Card)

XD Cards

CompactFlash Cards

Thumb Drives

SmartMedia

Microdrives

ScanMyPhotos.com, headquartered in Irvine, California will place your recovered files onto a DVD data disc and return your media card with the DVD. While data recovery is not guaranteed, if your card is damaged, corrupted, or has been formatted, ScanMyPhotos.com is the best data-recovery solution you can get for your lost photos. See pricing below.

Ready to order? Click here

More info, visit ScanMyPhotos.com

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1,000 FREE photo scans to DVD for attending #140Conf or using Twitter, Facebook and other networks

goldstone@ScanMyPhotos.com (Tales from the World of Photo Scanning) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:22:00 +0000

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If you are attending the Los Angeles or other #140 Character Conferences, we just added your group to our free photo scanning service, we just ask that you share your experience with your follows on your favorite social networking site.

FREE PHOTO SCANNING Through November 30, 2009. Here is one of those hidden treasures in appreciation for reading our blog and trusting ScanMyPhotos.com. Check back often for other super-special deals. The best word-of-mouth promotion is when we help each other. Just share your experience from having ScanMyPhotos.c om preserve up to 1,000 4x6" photos and the scanning is on us. It is instant and free (same day scanning, mailed back nationwide) you just pay $19.95 for return S&H. Applies to domestic U.S. mail in-orders only - no walk-in or international orders.

What is the catch?
We just ask that you post a candid review of your experience on one of the leading social networking sites. Are you a Facebook-aholic? Mad about MySpace? Flocking to Flickr? Batty for Blogger? Typing on Twitter? Thinking on Wordpress? Well, good for you, because ScanMyPhotos.com is again offering its popular free photo scanning just for social network lovers. Current members of Twitter®, Facebook®, MySpace®, Blogger®, WordPress® and Flickr® can have up to 1,000 4×6" non-copyrighted photos scanned and saved digitally without any charge for the service. Network socialites still have to pay $19.95 for shipping and handling. This super affordable and fast photo scanning service alone usually costs $64.00.

Have a question? Reach us on the free 24/7 Live Support help desk

Mitch Goldstone, president and CEO of ScanMyPhotos.com explained that online networkers get such a rich deal because they “represent the most cutting-edge and innovative group of consumers. Just like ScanMyPhotos.com, they are tech-savvy and are always seeking to catch the next wave of excitement and help create the type of buzz that launched the iPhone and other popular Internet-age products and compelling services."

The deal ends on November, 30th and cannot be applied to prior orders and only can be used for standard photographic print scans and domestic U.S. mail-in orders only, this discount towards walk-in orders will not be honored, please don't even ask. However, you certainly can add on all types of other innovative paid services, like our:

Photo Soap (Photo Enhancement)

Extreme Backup

Photo Index Book

Additional DVDs

Image Rotation

Photo Scanning in Specified Order

Kodak Picture Movie DVD

ScanMyPhotos.com E-Gift Certificate

HOW TO GET YOUR PHOTOS SCANNED FOR FREE

Free photo scanning applies only to current members of Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, WordPress, Blogger, Flickr and #140 Character Conference attendees to scan up to 1,000 4x6" non-copyrighted photo snapshots, plus pay standard shipping and handing fee of $19.95. Valid only for direct mail customers in the U.S. Limited to one complimentary scanning service per person / address. Cannot be combined with other orders. Expires on November 30, 2009. The completed official order form must accompany your mailed in photos (no walk-in free scanning service is available).

Click here for complete, mandatory packing instructions

Photographs must comply with ordering requirements and be loose, non-copyrighted, out of envelopes and albums and without any sticky glue, curls, non-horizontal or standard Polaroid-type shapes, or other conditions that would impede scanning.

See blog for more info: Tales from the World of Photo Scanning

To start, click here to download the official order form

You must fulfill your end of the deal by writing a blog-posting to review your experience on one of those social networking sites mentioned above within ten-days after receiving your completed order, or you will be charged the $64.00 scanning fee.

ScanMyPhotos.com pioneered a new way to affordably and quickly digitize millions of analog pictures by commercializing KODAK imaging scanners.

Website: ScanMyPhotos.com

Blog: Tales from the World of Photo Scanning

Any questions, ask away on the company's free 24/7 Live Support help desk

How to Instantly Reinvent the Photo Industry

goldstone@ScanMyPhotos.com (Tales from the World of Photo Scanning) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:03:00 +0000

Thanks to The New York Times' reporter, Sarah Lyall (@SarahLyall) for her front page profile on Ryanair CEO, Michael O’Leary. Those reported smart lessons make for a Harvard case study on how every industry must refocus how they operate and manage growth during challenging times.

[On a related note, Delta Air Lines profiled ScanMyPhotos.com in Delta Sky, its in-flight magazine, so there is a connection between us and the airlines. Nearly 15-million worldwide passengers will read their "Editors' Pick profile].

Just like the airline business, the photo industry is ripe with failures too. Rather than fuel costs being the transcending inconvenience, for us it was technology, a devastated economy and the transition from film-to-digital that burdened our business model. However, it is possible - and we proved it - that any type of threatened industry can instantly reinvent itself; in our case this was a 19-year journey but the results are now transparent.

Mr. O'Leary's message about Ryanair is a salutable model for every business. To reinvigorate and reengage customers, it requires a new approach. Pricing, technology and instant service is paramount and augments an uncompromising commitment to professional quality. Just as travelers want to safely arrive at their destination and not pay a premium price, ScanMyPhotos.com has equally pioneered a new way of thinking about pictures.

There are 3.5 trillion analog photos tucked away in shoe boxes. These fading memories must be shared, preserved and repurposed for today's all-digital computer world. People do not want to invest the time to scan images themselves and they want it quickly and affordably, for literally pennies per scan.

For Mr. O'Leary, it went as far as charging for in-flight lavatory use. When asked what happens if "the plane were stricken by some nasty, effluent illness, like food poisoning? A snorting noise wafted over from the chair where Mr. O’Leary was sitting. “We don’t serve enough food for everybody to get food poisoning,” he said."

At ScanMyPhotos.com, we recognized that millions of domestic and international picture-takers also want no-frills service, but, Ritz Carlton-like service. The KODAK slogan is "you press the button, we do the rest" and that too has been our principle motto. We provide the basics, plus a menu of hundreds of other ways to share and save photo memories. Once the images are digitized, we provide the magic that enables consumers to jettison how they historically thought about pictures; especially those memories from decades and generations of favored photographs.

There is a flourishing opportunity to recast how the photo imaging industry thinks about pictures. At the forefront is ScanMyPhotos.com, which is constantly using our entrepreneurial might to develop new ways to share and preserve those memories. For a menu of photo products, see

ScanMyPhotos.com

Like Ryanair, since 1990, our business has always had shock value, but in a remarkable way; orders are completed and returned faster than it takes to find your seat on an airplane. It is the magic behind what we do and how we dazzle our customers that has caused such raving reviews, from The New York Times Personal Tech columnist, David Pogue, to the scores of other news profiles. A key value proposition is also our free 24/7 live support help desk to instantly solve most photo imaging questions [give it a try].

The backstage secret: Always trust KODAK technology, it has been a boon to our business. We are even recognized by Web100 as the sixteenth best photography Web site. It is back to the future as tens of millions of analog photo snapshots are instantly being digitized to share and preserve generations of family memories.

There is an urgency to digitize photos, slides and negatives before it fades away. To help, we are the pioneers of super-fast and affordable scanning (pay $64 to scan up to 1,000 photographic pictures in minutes) by commercializing all types of KODAK technology.

Organizing and sharing photographs has never been simpler or more necessary as thousands of new iPhone, Internet and retail photo lab applications are driving demand to revisit pictures. Photo scanning is reinventing and growing the entire photo imaging category and we are honored to play a key role. Because of our international stature, the company regularly travels the world in our quest to educate and invent new growth opportunities. During the next few months, we will traveling to Italy, Greece, Egypt, Germany, New Zealand and Australia. The company has been a longtime and active member of the Photo Marketing Association for nearly twenty-years.

By solving the biggest problem in photography, bulk photo scanning is fast, effortless and affordable. Send your photos, or order online the prepaid, fill-the-box service that holds about 2,000 photos from ScanMyPhotos.com which includes same day service and completely free shipping for just $149.95 (buy two boxes and the third is free).

Scanning is also revitalizing the entire photo imaging category. Once pictures are digitized, consumers are ordering reprints, giant collage enlargements, custom photo greeting cards, photo albums and dozens of other products online at ScanMyPhotos.com and at its retail photo center, which exclusively promotes KODAK photo kiosks, printed on the new KODAK APEX eco-friendly dry lab system. There are also thousands of independent KODAK photo kiosks located throughout the country and abroad.

Los Angeles Magazine’s “Best of LA” August issue featured ScanMyPhotos.com as “the country’s leading source of quick scans” (p. 113). Nearly 15-million airline passengers will also be reading about ScanMyPhotos.com in the August issue of Delta Sky Magazine, which selected ScanMyPhotos.com for it’s “Lifestyles Editors’ Pick” profile (p 39). Learn more from our hundreds of blog postings at Tales from the World of Photo Scanning and on Twitter.

ScanMyPhotos.com International is a division of 30 Minute Photos Etc., founded in 1990 by Mitch Goldstone and Carl Berman.

Pictures are Everything, we make yours last a lifetime and more. Thank you for trusting us to help preserve and share your memories.

Mitch Goldstone
President & CEO
ScanMyPhotos.com

BUY TWO GET ONE FREE IS BACK: Nearly 6,000* Photos Scanned For Under $300

goldstone@ScanMyPhotos.com (Tales from the World of Photo Scanning) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:59:00 +0000

Click here to go directly to the ScanMyPhotos.com Web site

Special buy 2 get one free is back

Order the ScanMyPhotos.com prepaid fill-the-box online right now
Order 3 boxes and pay just for 2***
Super-fast, same day photo scanning and return
Orders are mailed out the same business day
Super-affordable. Includes all S&H, pay one price, $149.95 per prepaid box (buy 2 get 3rd free)
We rush, but you don't have to: You have up to one-year to mail it back
Each box holds about 2,000+ 4x6 pictures if you pack it right

*** MUST READ. Rule for Free Box: Because of this special rate, there will be no exceptions for any reason. If you want to take advantage of the “buy 2 get 3rd free,” it MUST be at the time you place your original order. If you only order one box and afterwards decided you need extra boxes to have more pictures scanned, we will under no circumstance retroactively validate this special offer – due to our super-low rates, fulfillment work flow operation and expansive volume. Please, do not ask afterwards, but rather, buy the extra boxes now. Thank you for your help in complying with this requirement. Read limit of liability before ordering.

Click here to order online right now and more info, or use our 24/7 Live Support

Click here for complete info on how to prepare your photos for scanning
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ScanMyPhotos.com: As Seen on KPIX-TV CBS 5 Eyewitness News®

goldstone@ScanMyPhotos.com (Tales from the World of Photo Scanning) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:00:00 +0000

We are reposting this news story on how we do our magic to help preserve millions of family photo memories. KPIX-TV® (San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose), the CBS Eyewitness News® affiliate, profiled ScanMyPhotos.com as part Sue Kwon's ConsumerWatch Report.

Click here to view story.

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HOLIDAY SPECIAL - Pay One Price All Inclusive Photo Scanning

goldstone@ScanMyPhotos.com (Tales from the World of Photo Scanning) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:00:00 +0000

Pay One Price Platinum Premier Photo Scanning Box

The all new ScanMyPhotos.com all-inclusive, flat-fee Platinum Premier photo scanning service includes:

1 Prepaid photo scanning box for our famous fill the box photo scanning (Inside dimensions:11"x8.5x5.5")

4 Duplicate DVDs (total 5 DVDs of your order)

Photo Index Book and free image rotation

Photo SoapSM

Scan in order

FedEx Ground return with signature confirmation

Up to 300 4x6" Kodak-quality photos you order online from the ScanMyPhotos.com photo printing service.

1 Free photo restoration (up to $159.95 value)

1 Full year Extreme BackupSM of your scanned order

Rush, next up, same day express service. Your order is completed and mailed back the same day

Total value: $690.72
Your price, just: $374.95 - a savings of: $315.77

Buy 2, get 3rd box offer not valid on Platinum Premier Photo Scanning. Not valid with any other discount.

Access to our 24/7 Live Support help desk to assist with all aspects of your order

Cannot be applied or credited towards prior orders

How To Take the Best Halloween Pictures

goldstone@ScanMyPhotos.com (Tales from the World of Photo Scanning) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:09:00 +0000

October means Halloween and that means taking a lot of Halloween pictures. Here are some tips to take ... read more

[source: Demystifying Digital]

10,000 Photos Prepared for Scanning in 2-Minutes Using Kodak Technology at ScanMyPhotos.com. Order Online

goldstone@ScanMyPhotos.com (Tales from the World of Photo Scanning) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:58:00 +0000

PRESS RELEASE

10,000 Photos Prepared for Scanning in 2-Minutes Using Kodak Technology at ScanMyPhotos.com

Order online at ScanMyPhotos.com: Pay just $579.00 for six prepaid ScanMyPhotos.com boxes, holds more than 10,000 standard photos

(Irvine, CA) That’s a big number, but according to The Photo Preservation Center, "many households collectively have more than 10,000 analogy photo snapshots stored away in shoeboxes."

The problem was how to safely and affordably have an entire family’s generation of pictures scanned? To help promote photo scanning and solve the challenge, The Photo Preservation Center launched The Great American Photo Scanning Project - see link.

The solution was 19-years in the making by ScanMyPhotos.com founders, Mitch Goldstone and Carl Berman. As well-known leaders in the photo imaging industry, their Irvine, Calif-based company, founded in 1990, has commercialized digital imaging services, including pioneering the super-fast photo scanning service by utilizing Eastman Kodak Company Document Imaging scanners and Kodak Capture software.

"Now, generations of family photos are prepared for scanning in under 2-minutes. That’s all it takes to click on ScanMyPhotos.com and order the new prepaid fill-the-box Family Generation Collection service," said Goldstone . Then, just like the famed Kodak slogan, "You Press the Button We Do the Rest," the newest service includes safely sending out six U.S. Postal Service Priority Mail prepaid boxes - holding more than 10,000 standard photographs that consumers pack and drop off at their local Post Office; ScanMyPhotos.com does the rest with same day scanning and return.

The ScanMyPhotos.com Family Generation Collection includes

Pay just $579.00 for six prepaid boxes that combined hold 10,000 standard photo snapshots,
Same day fulfillment, scanning and return of the completed DVDs and original photos,
All Shipping and handling included,
One set of DVD data discs that archives each jpeg (300 dpi) image,

Until now, ScanMyPhotos.com was famous for its nationwide fill-the-box scanning, but was faced with a challenge to expand the service after its involvement with the Artistry of Genealogy Awards. According to Goldstone, "the genesis for the expanded 10,000 photo scanning was based on many family historians asking for even larger packages to ship their photos in. They liked the flat-fee and same day service, but wanted something more."

More info, see ScanMyPhotos.com and daily updates on its Tales from the World of Photo Scanning Blog [Blog.ScanMyPhotos.com].

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FREE SWAG: Follow @ScanMyPhotos on Twitter for Free Photo Scanning

goldstone@ScanMyPhotos.com (Tales from the World of Photo Scanning) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:22:00 +0000

Virtual Swag From ScanMyPhotos.com

More free stuff by following us on Twitter and just in time for Thanksgiving!

JUST FOR YOU! Imagine sharing all your analog photo snapshots during your Thanksgiving weekend. ScanMyPhotos.com is randomly giving away ten individual free photo scanning packages - each valued at $64.00. All photo scanning is completed and mailed back the same day.

All you have to do is follow @ScanMyPhotos on Twitter and "retweet" the below message. We are using @Tweetaway to randomly select winners and it could be you! No purchase necessary, but we hope you tell the world about ScanMyPhotos.com.

Ten separate winners will each receive $64.00 in free photo scanning - click here for details on how the photos need to be prepared for scanning. We will send the winners a Tweet with the award certificate. Hope it's you!

RULES AND HOW TO ENTER: MUST BE U.S. resident with U.S. mailing address to enter and win. No purchase necessary to win free scanning of up to 1,000 photos. Ten separate winners will be announced on November 5, 2009. Enter as often as you wont, but Tweetaway will randomly select just one winner per Twitter address. Use this link for details how the pictures need to be prepared for scanning. To enter, use your Twitter account (click to sign up), then follow @ScanMyPhotos [http://www.Twitter.com/ScanMyPhotos] and enter this [tweet] message as often sa you want:

FREE SWAG: Following @ScanMyPhotos to win 1,000 free photo scans on 11/5: details: http://ow.ly/uoBe

HOW WINNERS ARE SELECTED: Using Tweetaways provides an easy way to pick a random winner for twitter giveaways. On November 5th, we enter this phrase - FREE SWAG: Following @ScanMyPhotos to win 1,000 free photo scans on 11/5: details: http://ow.ly/uoBe. We do require that you also forward (RT, "Retweet") the message, then we click the ‘Pick A Winner’ button to draw ten separate random winners. Tweetaways selects a random winner from all the tweets in the Twitter stream that match that phrase. It could be you. This is a simple and fair way to select the winners.

Good luck!

Limit one winner per Twitter address selected. Winners will be notified via Twitter message and then the certificate will be sent via a Direct Message ["DM"], so you must still be following @ScanMyPhotos.com on Nov 5th to validate the prize. We make no warranties and this is not an implied contract. Winners must comply with all requirements, including how to prepare photos, limit of liability and copyright rules posted at ScanMyPhotos.com. Some restrictions apply and void where prohibited. No cash value. Must mail in box for scanning by February 15, 2010 from receipt. MUST BE RESIDENT OF U.S. and mailed to only U.S. domestic USPS address.

Any questions, reach us on our 24/7 Live Support help desk or email: info@ScanMyPhotos.com

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New Retail Photo Experience Center at ScanMyPhotos.com

goldstone@ScanMyPhotos.com (Tales from the World of Photo Scanning) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:38:00 +0000

ScanMyPhotos.com and its parent company, 30 Minute Photos Etc. have opened a Retail Photo Experience Center in Orange County, Calif. to showcase all the latest digital imaging and photo printing and photo gifting products.

This new, retail environment is enticing and very hand-on. It serves as a showcase and center of innovation for how ScanMyPhotos.com and 30 Minute Photos Etc. creates new consumer expectations and helps distract from the economic troubles, by providing a fun and new way to involve the whole family with new, do-it-yourself hobby photo projects.

The ScanMyPhotos.com Retail Photo Experience Center is powered by KODAK technology with an updated look at the photo business. It is fully do-it-yourself (DIY), interactive and a fun, new way to think about taking and sharing pictures. A large staff is also on hand to provide training and advice.

The Retail Photo Experience Center features in-store KODAK kiosk do-it-yourself service and is linked to a new KODAK APEX printer system. It is more powerful and economical; customer prices are much lower -the entire photo experience is better, more streamlined, neater and fun. The new Retail Photo Experience Center is designed to create word-of-mouth marketing buzz and enhance customer loyalty by engaging the customer.

It is all about making digital photography fun and easy to understand. Technology today makes that happen. Visitors instantly see more than 20 new products on the KODAK photo kiosks and a very inviting and relaxed place to work on their pictures. While they wait, more than 1,000 photos are scanned in about fifteen-minutes, then the magic begins. Guests at 30 Minute Photos Etc. and ScanMyPhotos.com can then restore and enhance each picture, zoom, crop and change every pictures on the KODAK kiosks.

Photography has been redefined by integrating a new way to make photographic pictures and 100s of other custom photo products. It leverages proven KODAK technology to maximize the customer experience and is efficient and eco-friendly.

The new printing solutions are showcased at 30 Minute Photos Etc. and ScanMyPhotos.com at their retail photo center in Irvine (Southern California).

Click here for directions and more info.

"The new Retail Experience Photo Center showcases an ongoing commitment by 30 Minute Photos Etc. and ScanMyPhotos.com to deliver the best KODAK technology and new high-speed innovations to create an enjoyable and fun experience for consumers to do more with their pictures," said company president and CEO, Mitch Goldstone.

All products are instant and presented to the customer, all completed and ready for sharing within minutes. including instant KODAK Perfect Touch photo products, photo books, KODAK Picture Movie DVDs, prints from your camera phone, giant collage posters from your favorite snapshots and more.

Much more

As an environmentally friendly photo center, 30 Minute Photos Etc. and ScanMyPhotos.com invites you to visit today. The new retail environment is energy efficient from the ground up - from modern air conditioning to energy efficient lighting and an array of eco-friendly solutions that helps protect the environment. There is no more chemistry or silver recovery processing units.

Bring lots of memory cards, shoeboxes of photo snapshots, a camera phone with saved pictures and your imagination. Then, get ready to have fun and revisit your favorite photo memories and make new ones.

Make Something KODAK.

To learn more, click here

Stop by so we can say hello.

8mm and Super 8 Digital Transfer to DVD From ScanMyPhotos.com

goldstone@ScanMyPhotos.com (Tales from the World of Photo Scanning) — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:14:00 +0000

8mm to DVD Transfer

Just for you! ScanMyPhotos.com has added another custom photo preservation service, 8mm and Super 8 transfer to DVD. Much like photos, slides and negatives, your old home movies fade over time. Converting them to DVD is the quickest and easiest way to ensure that your treasured movies are preserved for the next generation.

We've made it easy for you to convert your old reels of film to DVD. Simply gather up your 8mm and Super 8 reels, as many as you wish, fill out the order form and send it all in. We will take care of the rest. Each DVD will hold up to 2 hours of video and we will fit as many reels onto one DVD as possible.

Preservation is the key with any family history and home movies are a vital part of a family heritage. Dust off those old movies and bring them into the 21st century.

Film Reel Size - Price (per reel)
3" reel (about 50' of film) $8.00
4" reel (about 100') 16.00
5" reel (about 200') 24.00
6" reel (about 300') 32.00
7" reel (about 400') 40.00

Ready to order, click on this downloadable order form

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NEW SPECIAL 50% DISCOUNT: How to scan APS: Unlimited Advantix - APS film scanning $4.98 per roll, how can I view my APS Advantix film on the computer?

goldstone@ScanMyPhotos.com (Tales from the World of Photo Scanning) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:59:00 +0000

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APS FILM SCANNING - Scanned at 2000 dpi

NEW SPECIAL: Limited Time. Pay just 4.98 per APS roll to CD High resolution scans

(50% discount - regularly $9.95 - Must attach a copy of this notice with your order. Cannot be combined with any other promotional discounts)

Now is the perfect time to have all your APS film cartridges professionally scanned and digitally preserved as jpeg files

Although APS (Advanced Photo System) film is analog, you can easily have it converted to digital images and stored on your computer. ScanMyPhotos.com are experts in professionally preserving, photos, slides and film, which includes APS film formats.

All APS Film Scanning at 2000 dpi

Pay just $4.98 to scan previously developed APS film, any roll size, from 15 exp, 25 exp and 40 exp APS film cartridges to jpeg digital files. ScanMyPhotos.com provides super-fast service and archives up to 6 rolls of film onto one DVD
If you have boxes of Kodak Advantix and other brand APS film, this is the ideal time to have everything digitally scanned for this low price

Includes color and density corrections
Kodak Digital Ice Software enhancements for color APS film
Same day scanning service applies
Your APS film negatives are scanned at 2000 dpi which outputs at about 500dpi @ 4x6 (2000x3000 pixels, or 6MP)

To validate and order, click on this order form to print and include with your order. Mail to ScanMyPhotos.com for same day service. Pay just $4.98 for each APS roll of previously developed APS film to disc. No limit. We archive about 5-6 rolls of film per disc. A copy of this posting must accompany order. Use our 24/7 Live Support help desk to instantly answer any questions. Standard return S&H applies. Not applicable for regular film, slide print scanning or any other service; just valid for APS film scanning to CD only. Cannot be combined with other offers and discount cannot be applied to previously placed orders. No exceptions.

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ScanMyPhotos.com 10% Savings Promo Coupon: JUST ANNOUNCED

goldstone@ScanMyPhotos.com (Tales from the World of Photo Scanning) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:00:00 +0000

ScanMyPhotos.com has a new 10% recession-buster discount towards all online photo print scan fill-the-box orders and its added services, plus, the VHS fill-the-box orders at this site.

To instantly save 10% off your order, excluding tax, enter this ScanMyPhotos.com promotional coupon at the check out page: TWITTER

The "TWITTER" promotional code is only valid until December 31, 2009 and cannot in anyway be applied towards previous orders [don't even ask] or towards any other services not provided on this page.

READ CAREFULLY: Cannot be used and will not be accepted with any other service, including the standard mail in service (pay $64.00 for 1,000 photos).

No refunds are available for previously placed orders, but you certainly can use the discount to order additional products. It does apply to the menu of extra services and products listing on that ordering page and you can share it with others. We recommend that you add this discount to your own blog and email the promotion to your friends. All S&H is included with the prepaid fill-the-box service. Any questions, use the 24/7 free Live Help service. All orders are processed and mailed out the same business day, including Saturdays. When you buy two prepaid boxes, the third box is free (an additional $149.95 savings). For additional terms and conditions contact: info@ScanMyPhotos.com

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ScanMyPhotos.com CEO, Mitch Goldstone to Address Intl Photo Imaging Conference in Cologne, Germany

goldstone@ScanMyPhotos.com (Tales from the World of Photo Scanning) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:35:00 +0000

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IRVINE, Calif.--“Pictures are everything, we make yours last a lifetime and more,” is what ScanMyPhotos.com has championed as a pioneer in super-fast and affordable photo scanning and digital imaging. This slogan is the foundation for the parent company’s (30 Minute Photos Etc.) 19-years of leadership in the photo imaging industry.

Protecting generations of analog and today’s digital pictures will be the central theme of Mitch Goldstone’s discussion at the Photo Imaging News and INTERNATIONAL CONTACT 2nd International Business Forum Cologne event. “Memories Are More…” will occur on October 21 and 22, 2009 at the Koelnmesse Congress Center North in Cologne, Germany

Session Overview: Goldstone, president and CEO of U.S.-based ScanMyPhotos.com will share insights for reinventing the photo imaging business by using KODAK Picture Kiosks, KODAK Rapid Print Scanners and KODAK APEX (Adaptive Picture Exchange) as the foundation for having something new to share with consumers. According to Goldstone, “today’s modern tool for promoting these innovations is Twitter and other social networking strategies. Twitter is transformative. As digital was to film, Twitter is to traditional yellow page display phone books. It is revolutionary, free, and the preferred new instrument for listening to and engaging your prospective customers with a helpful and authentic dialogue.”

Goldstone will share proven tips about how his company gained international recognition and customers by implementing social network marketing. You will take away invaluable lessons that you can immediately implement to enhance your sales, reputation and buzz-marketing for your memory business.

Conference Info: http://photo-news.com/pdf/IBFCologne09.pdf

ScanMyPhotos.com is a well-known leader in the photo imaging industry. The company operates a retail photo center in southern California and an international ecommerce digital imaging enterprise which has scanned tens of millions of photos since 1990. They regularly are profiled in the national media for its innovations and entrepreneurial creativity to help picture-takers save and share their generations of photo memories. The ScanMyPhotos.com Web site lists scores of news profiles, including a profile in The New York Times by “Personal Tech” columnist, David Pogue and is ranked #16 on the Photography Web 100 listing. Follow them on Twitter (Twitter.com/ScanMyPhotos) and at Tales from the World of Photo Scanning [blog.ScanMyPhotos.com].

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Web100.com Lists ScanMyPhotos.com #16; "Photo 100 Best in Photography"

goldstone@ScanMyPhotos.com (Tales from the World of Photo Scanning) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:29:00 +0000

ScanMyPhotos.com named #16 "Photo 100 Best in Photography"

Background from the WEB100.com website:

Quick take: You send them a box of photos, and the pros at ScanMyPhotos scan them, all for as low as 4 cents an image.

Let the scanning begin. Perhaps that should be the motto of ScanMyPhotos, a spot that’s all about turning your boxes, bins and envelopes of print images—whether they’re from your bar mitzvah in the ’70s, your great-grandma’s wedding in 1902, or maybe even from your recent past—into digital form. ScanMyPhotos is known for speedy, reliable service, and for providing detailed instructions about how to send your photos and get them safely back. Though plans vary, one option costs $64.00 for 1,000 scans, with your images converted into digital form and placed on a DVD. Add-on services are available, too, such as image rotation, photo books, and photo enhancements. But the key here is getting those images scanned, and then having them available for sharing and printing and whatever else.
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"WEB100.com is your source for the best of the web. At Web100.com, rankings and reviews guide you to the web’s best sites and resources. Our top 100 lists, top 10 lists, and other lists help you cut through the web’s clutter and find the information you want. We choose websites and online resources based on their quality, popularity, usefulness and other factors. Advertisers and sponsors have no role in determining the content of Web100.com’s top 100 lists and other editorial features. At Web100.com, we value our editorial independence."

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15 Microstock Diaries
Some diaries are meant to be read: Microstock Diaries teaches you the ins and outs of selling your photos.
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What Happened When I Sent My Pictures To ScanMyPhotos.com

goldstone@ScanMyPhotos.com (Tales from the World of Photo Scanning) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:35:00 +0000

More than a year later, we are still receiving feedback from customers who first read about us in David Pogue's "Personal Tech" column in The New York Times. Here is another comment we just received. Thanks, Andrew!

"I first read about scanmyphotos.com in a glowing article in The New York Times. It took me a while but I finally used this service and I could not have been more pleased with the results. I sent my photos by priority mail on a Wednesday, they received the package Friday and I got an e-mail that same Friday that my scanned photos were on their way back to me. I received the photos and the DVD on Monday. It could not have been any faster and the results could not have been better.
I sent the photos from the first two years of my daughters' lives when we were still using a regular film camera. The scans were excellent quality, crisp and clean, and we are so happy to now have all of our kids' pictures digitally saved. I have already pulled down my old photo albums from college and I am eagerly readying another order to be sent to be scanned by ScanMyPhotos.com.
Outstanding service and quality -- could not ask for anything more -- and now we'll have all of our photos safely saved forever."
Thanks,
Andrew M. Wong, Esq.
New York, N.Y.

"Organize and Digitize Your Old Vacation and Family Photos The Easy Way" (via blogger)

goldstone@ScanMyPhotos.com (Tales from the World of Photo Scanning) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:14:00 +0000

Thanks to Susan at "Wicked Good Travel Tips" for her review and comments on ScanMyPhotos.com.

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We all have them… shoe boxes filled with prized snapshots from past adventures and family trips - smiling faces bursting with the enthusiasm of being on vacation. The more industrious of us have patiently affixed piles of precious photos into now dusty albums. Well the digital age is here and it’s time to convert all those fading photos (taken long before digital cameras become the rage) into a digitized photo library.

Check out the services of ScanMyPhotos.com. For just $64 they will scan up to 1,000 photos (of various sizes and shapes) into a digital photo album!! (That’s about one large shoe box packed full of photos). They also offer scanning services for slides and negatives, and do video format transfers as well. Once scanned, the original photos are mailed back to you the same day along with a DVD filled with all your images. For an additional $95 you can order a printed book of all your photo images. Read all the details and instructions for sending your photos at ScanMyPhotos. So get your photos digitized and get those smiling faces out of the drawers and onto calendars, mugs, photo books and onto your computer wallpaper!

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goldstone@ScanMyPhotos.com (Tales from the World of Photo Scanning) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:58:00 +0000

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