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Delegating Admin Work as a Photographer
I don’t think photographers talk enough about the nitty gritty small details when it comes to running a business. I get it because it’s easy to want to share all the big picture steps that move the needle forward in your business. After all, we want you to reach your big, audacious goals as fast as you can. But often, the little steps along the way can really trip us up.🤔 When I’m learning from my mentors, sometimes I have the most basic questions that I can’t find answers to. Can you relate? That said, I thought I’d share a really basic resource you might find helpful now or in the near...
Time Management Hack for Photographers
As a photographer, do you often find yourself working on weekends and evenings? With the exception of juggling two jobs until photography becomes your full time job (like I am now with teaching and shooting), just because you’re a business owner, doesn’t mean you HAVE to work your butt off to make money. And yet, time management seems to be the number one struggle with working photographers and the number one question I get about how I manage my time. Time management is partly boundaries and partly systems. Let’s talk boundaries first. I suggest setting hard as stone boundaries not to answer...
3 Easy Steps to to Get Good Reviews as a Photographer
The secret to having clients who rave about you as a photographer and send you all their friends, believe it or not, isn’t ONLY doing great work. It’s about creating a memorable and exceptional VIP experience for every single client. Because people will always remember how you make them feel even after they've forgotten what your images looked like. In the early days of my career, I made lots of mistakes and of course learned from them. One time I said the wrong thing to a girl who wasn't able to give me what I wanted when I was directing her. I don't even remember what I said but she got...
Photography Advice: How to Hire an Assistant
Hiring help is tricky but there are steps you can take to make sure you properly vet applicants and give yourself the best chance at hiring the right person. I’m no longer a fan of hiring locally because it costs way more (at least here in LA) and there are plenty of virtual assistants (VAs) across the U.S. in cities with a much lower cost of living and therefore lower hourly rates. My favorite hiring platform for VAs is Upwork. This is where I found my assistant and the two retouchers I work with. Upwork has VAs across the world but for admin work, I recommend U.S. based or from the...