Throwback Thursday: It All Started in 1998!

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by Skip Cohen

It's Throwback Thursday, and a great time to share one of the "almost lost" podcasts with my good buddy Scott Bourne. But there's a throwback story to tie in with the podcast series. Scott and I launched the podcasts in 2010 as we worked on our book, GoingPro, published in 2011. However, we actually met for the first time many years earlier.

In 1998, Hasselblad introduced the XPpan, a 35mm panoramic camera. As the industry magazines picked up the story, I got a call one day from one of the publishers. She was looking for images captured by a photographer outside the Hasselblad staff. I sent her a package of images I'd just recently received from a photographer I had never met, Scott Bourne. Our paths wouldn't cross again for another decade.

In 2009, after resigning from Rangefinder Publishing and WPPI, my first project was to launch Skip's Summer School, (center photograph above). It was a three-day workshop series in Las Vegas, and I was looking for speakers. Somebody suggested I talk to Scott Bourne. Twitter was still in its infancy, but Scott was leading the pack with 25,000 followers. That was an extraordinary number at the time. 

It was a few weeks later that Scott refreshed my memory and told me the story, going back to XPan. He brought up how our friendship got started in the podcast below. It's a perfect example of a topic that's one of your greatest marketing tools - relationship building.

If you're stuck finding ideas to help you with relationship building, I just recently shared a blog post on the concept. It's just a click away.

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The Almost Lost Podcasts: GoingPro - Episode 4: Relationship Building

As I wandered through my archives, I pulled a few pictures from projects Scott and I worked on together. I've learned so much from him over the years, and what a kick to now be old farts and still be in touch!

When was the last time you took a moment and thought about the backstories you share with people who have been key supporters in your career?  Throwback Thursday is a great time to take a few minutes to savor those memories from the past, especially with people who came into your life and became "family."

Brian Chalker wrote: "People come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime."  In our case, Scott and I came into each other's lives for a reason, that's become a lifetime.

​Happy Throwback Thursday!