March 28, 2008
Gofukusei Network Launches New Site for Professional and High Amateur Photographers
- Gofukusei Network, Inc.
Tokyo – March 28, 2008 – GMO Internet Group company, Gofukusei Network, Inc. announces the opening today of new professional and high amateur photographer registration site, Atsumare!! Photographers.
Coinciding with the launch, major organic foods delivery company, Oisix, Inc. is seeking a photograph through Atsumare!! Photographers for the jacket of a special CD to be distributed with their Pre Mama and Baby Set. At the same time they are using writer registration/copy sales site woofoo.net to recruit a writer for part of the CD liner notes “A Story for Reading to Children”. The CD is a limited edition offering from Victor Entertainment, Inc. label HiHiRecords.
Atsumare!! Photographers
Gofukusei Network service studio woofoo now has over 3,500 registered writers and is one of Japan’s leading copy production sites. The service provides fast, low-cost, high-quality copy for magazines, novels, online newsletters, web media and a range of other mediums.
Our new web site, Atsumare!! Photographers allows users to register photographs they have taken, their location, basic fees for a 3-hour shoot, the equipment they use, self PR and other photography related information. Registered photographs and information can only be viewed by the user, Gofukusei Network, and companies with which we hold contracts. Clients use the studio woofoo form to send an inquiry and locate a photographer (or writer) fast.
With the opening of professional and high amateur photographer registration site Atsumare!! Photographers, Gofukusei Network is now able to provide a one-stop editing, copywriting and photography service.
We expect to have 500 names registered with Atsumare!! Photographers by the end of 2008.
About the Oisix Limitied Edition Special HiHiRecords CD
This limited edition CD from HiHiRecords, the Victor Entertainment label for mothers and children, comes with the Oisix Pre Mama & Baby Set.
It offers a selection of tracks for mother and new born including the bosｓanova. The CD can be listened to for relaxation while preparing meals etc. and helps foster a sense of mother as cool, radiant and constant.
Recruitment for CD Jacket Photograph and Liner Notes Story
As part of the CD jacket and booklet planning, design and promotion process, Gofukusei Network is recruiting from today up until April 8 for a jacket photograph and story to appear in the liner notes. The CD is being created with consumer participation and aims to appeal to those with no particular interest in organic vegetables, and have a creative impact.
Works submitted will be screened by Gofukusei Network, Oisix and Victor Entertainment the grand prize winner (one in each division; Jacket Photo and Story) selectedalong with 5 other prize winners. The photographer and writer whose work appears on the CD jacket will also receive the payment proscribed by Gofukusei Network.
Gofukusei Network
Gofukusei Network was established as an internal venture by Waseda University in April 2002. In 2006 it joined the GMO Internet Group and began developing the textual content production service centered around studio woofoo. We will continue offering promotions for our large writer/creator database.
Related Links (All links are to Japanese language sites unless otherwise indicated)
Atsumare!! Photographers: http://www.cameramen.jp
Oisix: http://www.oisix.com/
Woofoo net: http://www.woofoo.net
HiHi Records: http://www.hihirecords.com/
Promotion details (writing division):http://www.woofoo.net/?koubo=oisix
Media Inquiries
GMO Internet Inc. Group PR Team
E-mail：[email protected]
The GMO Internet Group
The GMO Internet Group is a leading force in the Internet industry offering one of the most comprehensive ranges of Internet services in Japan. We hold top domestic market shares in domain registration, web hosting and payment processing and we provide a host of other services including e-commerce solutions and Internet advertising to individual and corporate customers. Striving to redefine the industry and foster a vibrant Internet culture, the GMO Internet Group is continuously working to inspire enthusiasm in our customers and put smiles on their faces.
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Company Name
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Gofukusei Network, Inc. http://www.gofukusei-network.co.jp/
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Address
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Cerulean Tower, 26-1 Sakuragaokacho, Shibuya ku, Tokyo, JAPAN
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CEO
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Takeshi Ito
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Business Description
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- Planning, interviews, writing, and editing for websites and print
- Internet Media
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Capital
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21,000,000 yen
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GMO Internet Inc.
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Company Name
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GMO Internet Inc. http://www.gmo.jp/en
(TSE First Section Code: 9449)
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Address
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Cerulean Tower, 26-1 Sakuragaokacho, Shibuya ku, Tokyo, JAPAN
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CEO
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Masatoshi Kumagai
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Business Description
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- Internet Use Support (Infrastructure)
- Internet Advertising Support (Media)
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Capital
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1,276,830,000 yen
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