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Email marketing for photography

Email Marketing for Photographers: Why it’s Effective!

One of the reasons my prices aren’t publicly available on my website (controversial I know) is because it allows me to collect email addresses. Collecting email addresses has allowed me to bring fast cash injections into my business, and one way I do that is by ✨selling out✨ my sale days. Depending on my business needs,  offer 2 to 4 mini-sale days a year where I provide my clients with the opportunity to shoot with me by purchasing small package bundles I don’t normally offer for my standard sessions. Selling out on these Mini sessions brings in five figures in one day. In fact, one of the...

How to create a tagline for photographers

How to Create a Tagline for Photographers

What is a tagline and why do you need one? Well, a tagline basically summarizes your services so your ideal client recognizes you as a service they need. Why do you need one? So that you attract your people with just a few words. ✨No really.✨ I can’t tell you how many times, my tagline alone has gotten me clients eager to buy from me. I know this because my clients repeatedly say things like, “When I saw that you’re the photographer for actors who don’t like to pose, I was like, YES, she’s for me!” "You are talking to me!" and "OMG your the photographer for me!." So how do you come up with a...

Creating a Pro Photography Website that Converts

As I said in my last post. All roads lead to your website and your website is your number one salesperson. Your website is where prospects make a decision to contact you or to book with you. If you make it hard for them to trust you, they’ll move on. Remember the “know, like and trust” factor? Let me first explain through an analogy. Have you ever been to a film festival and watched films you could tell were made on a low budget and they kind of bored you? Or maybe you’ve seen low budget films on a local channel and noticed that something just wasn’t quite right? They do still exist by the...

The Top 3 Sources to get Photography Clients

When you think about it, there are three fundamental sources for leads for headshot photographers.   First, there’s the referral source. Probably the most powerful source for leads in that it has the highest conversion rate with minimal effort.   Networking is a great way to grow a circle of referral sources for your business but I’m not going to get into all the ways you can network to acquire referral sources cuz networking is my least favorite thing to do.??‍♀️   In my case, referral sources have grown organically while I focused on growing my photography business with...