PMA Member Benefits
When you join PMA, you have access to exclusive member benefits that help
you grow your business. Take advantage of the educational, management, networking, and promotional resources
available as part of your company's membership.
Music
Licensing
Help your customers cherish their special memories by producing personal digital
slideshows with music. PMA members can license copyrighted music at a discount through ZOOM, the new music
licensing platform
Digital Quick Start
Program
Turn entry-level employees into sales professionals with this online training
program.
Forum Communities
PMA Forum Communities is a worldwide online exchange of ideas, trends, and
opportunities for the photo and imaging industry. Members can share ideas on such topics as customer service,
advertising, marketing, and increasing digital print at retail. You can brainstorm with like-minded
individuals and learn about ideas that have worked, as well as those that didn’t.
Marketing Research
Looking for the latest photo industry trends? No other imaging association is
focused and committed to tracking industry trends and statistics like PMA. Our marketing research is used
throughout the industry and found in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, and more. Of
course, all reports are available to PMA members at no charge.
Member Service Center
Do you have a question, but do not know where to look? Are you spending too much time looking for facts to
focus on your business? E-mail the Member Service Centerfor access to industry statistics and an
archive of industry publications.
Member
Discounts
You PMA membership can save you money on a wide variety of business services,
including business insurance, merchant bankcard transactions, DHL shipping, rental cars, travel services, and
more.
PMA
Certifications
With the rapid changes in technology, training and certification are sound methods
of staying ahead of your competition, and are great self-esteem and confidence builders for your staff. When
the industry knows that you and your staff hold certifications, what you say has more credibility. When a
customer sees the qualifying logo in your store, even if they don’t understand all that it entails, it marks
you and your staff as knowledgeable professionals.
PMA Magazine - Connecting the
Imaging Communities
Your official membership publication provides an in-depth look at the trends
shaping today’s memories market.
PMA Newsletters
Go beyond PMA magazine and explore issues that matter to your business. PMA has
developed specialty newsletters to address the diverse needs of the industry.
Promotional Resources
How are you getting more business? Generate customer awareness and drive
digital printing traffic directly to your store with promotional resources from PMA, including Digital
AdMaker and the Editorial Bank. When used together, these benefits can save you time and money when planning
your promotional campaigns.
Regulatory
Activities
The PMA Regulatory Activities Department assists members with compliance issues
related to workplace and facility operations regulations, including environmental and legal regulations.
Assistance to members in the areas of copyright, privacy, taxes and related matters of a legal nature are
also available.
Ultimate Imaging Product
Directory
With the Ultimate Imaging Product Directory, members can find industry-specific
companies through a search-engine-style keyword search or a category search by business type and discover a
wide range of vendors who have just what they’re looking for.
Who’s Who, the PMA
Membership Directory
This dynamic new tool allows you to access, refine, and leverage the data you
need to conduct business in today’s fast-paced imaging industry. Search by company, name, location, business
services, and membership type; bookmark records and even create and save notes within individual records.
Best of all, the information is always current, unlike the printed version, which became obsolete virtually
the moment it rolled off the press. Any changes in the directory will be updated monthly via a brief Internet
session. This cutting-edge business tool is free and only available to PMA members. |
