Sometimes coming up with a yearbook plan is easier than sticking to and executing your plan. Be sure to keep your team focused and engaged with every step of the way. Here are three methods to help stick to your yearbook goals as you navigate some of the challenges that may pop up. 1. Get...
Another year, another yearbook – but it doesn’t have to be just another mediocre yearbook. Stand out this year with new, creative marketing tactics to get the attention you’ve always wanted. In this blog, we will give you a few tips for selling your yearbook for 2023. These marketing methods will help make this your...
As the 2022-2023 school year ramps up, so should your yearbook team. It’s never too early to get started, so use this time to set your focus on your theme, template, and goals. We have some great ideas to get you started like fall content, ad sales, and themes. Fall Yearbook Content If you didn’t...
Get creative this year for your yearbook fundraising! Thinking outside the box and trying something new is always a fun and rewarding journey. In this blog, we want to give you some new strategies for selling yearbook ads. We are here to help serve new and veteran yearbook advisors with the support and year-round service...
As the coronavirus alters our reality for the foreseeable future, we at Inter-State Studio are adapting right along with you. We aren’t only about yearbooks and school photos at Inter-State. We are about family first, and we have children of our own. Homeschool is becoming the norm for all of us. Life is not ordinary...
The school picture business takes us from coast to coast and we meet thousands of people in the process. To say we’ve met creative people in our 85 years of business would be an understatement, and to say we’ve met principals and teachers who love their kids would be an even bigger one. When those...
A version of this post first appeared on the MSTA website in February. Teachers are some of the most important people in the world. They are charged with shaping the young minds of the world, while sometimes serving as a parent-figure, and often must foot the bill for many of their own classroom supplies. If...
Last Friday, October 5th was World Smile Day. According to worldsmileday.com, the idea for this day came from Harvey Ball, a commercial artist from Worcester, Massachusetts. He created the smiley face in 1963, but later became concerned about the over-commercialization of his symbol. He felt its original meaning and intent had become lost in its...
This is Teacher Appreciation Week. A week to focus on expressing gratitude to teachers who excel at their jobs. I am married to a teacher, so I have witnessed how much time and energy goes into it each day (and night!) On any given day, the title of “Teacher” could be replaced with “Mentor” or...
What judges look for when judging the Yearbook Legacy Contest.