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Time Management Hack for Photographers Working Weekends and Nights
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...
Where to Find (and How to Vet) a Great 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...
Your Future Self Will Thank You For This
If you find yourself doing everything in your business and you’re not taking time for you or your family, it’s probably time to delegate. Easier said than done, I know.🙄 I’ve been there, I’ve had the fearful thoughts “what if it doesn’t work” or even thoughts like “it’s faster if I just do it myself.” But hiring an assistant is the best thing I ever did because it allows me to focus on big picture goals instead of getting stuck working in the weeds. Here’s a list of some of the things my assistant has taken off my plate: Email support of all kinds Creating and emailing web galleries Handling...