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How to stop letting fear run your photography business
So unless you’ve been living with your head buried under the sand, you know that TikTok went down for a day on Saturday and the world almost ended. Well okay maybe not for you but it did for many many many content creators. It’s all because TikTok and pretty much all social media platforms have opened the gateway to massive reach for B to C marketing. B to C means Business to Consumer by the way. So one, I want to get on my soap box here for a minute and ask you if you’re not creating content (and yes that makes you a content creator) for social media yet, why aren’t you? Did you know that I...
The Most Basic Photography Business Hack You’re Not Using
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 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...