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Mary Sparrow · 10-20-2003, 06:43 AM

Has anyone ever done this? Yesterday, my fancy new computer came complete with CD burner. While Brad was showing me how to create slide shows with music onto my own CD's, we thought it might be a nice way to market.

By putting pictures of recent work, that may not appear on your website, onto a CD with music and whatever information you might want to send out as a viewable portfolio instead of the traditional methods. He said that the CD's can be bought for about 20 cents a piece (the writable, not the re-writeable ones) in bulk. He said there was a way if you are smart enough to format it so it could be played on a DVD player as well as the PC.

I think it would be a neat idea myself, more fun than just a brochure, (and pardon me if this is NOT a novel idea and has been dicussed before)
and really cheap!

And yes, this is the new computer I traded for the portrait. I should have just waited before I opened my big mouth. He did an excellent job of getting me a VERY nice, complete with otherwise very expensive software that I would never have on a home PC and nice printer. So, that trade wasn't so bad after all. I never would have sprung for all this out of pocket.

10-20-2003, 06:43 AM	#1
Mary Sparrow EDUCATIONAL MODERATOR Juried Member Joined: Jul 2001 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,120	CD's? Has anyone ever done this? Yesterday, my fancy new computer came complete with CD burner. While Brad was showing me how to create slide shows with music onto my own CD's, we thought it might be a nice way to market. By putting pictures of recent work, that may not appear on your website, onto a CD with music and whatever information you might want to send out as a viewable portfolio instead of the traditional methods. He said that the CD's can be bought for about 20 cents a piece (the writable, not the re-writeable ones) in bulk. He said there was a way if you are smart enough to format it so it could be played on a DVD player as well as the PC. I think it would be a neat idea myself, more fun than just a brochure, (and pardon me if this is NOT a novel idea and has been dicussed before) and really cheap! And yes, this is the new computer I traded for the portrait. I should have just waited before I opened my big mouth. He did an excellent job of getting me a VERY nice, complete with otherwise very expensive software that I would never have on a home PC and nice printer. So, that trade wasn't so bad after all. I never would have sprung for all this out of pocket.