Photography Business Building Tips & Ideas

Best Way To Earn A Great Living In Professional Photography Today

Best Way To Earn A Great Living In Professional Photography Today

One of my Inner Circle members asked me this question the other day & I thought you would enjoy the answer, too. Here’s the question: “What’s the best path to earning a great living in professional photography today?” Here’s my answer: It’s a three part path: 1. Create high quality, well lit and composed portraiture which has emotion, sensitivity and…

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A Daughter, A Dress Rehearsal, And A Photographer’s Drama

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My eleven year old daughter Charlotte came home from school crying. This is pretty rare for her. She loves school, is pretty happy go lucky, and has many friends. But one of her female school mates was teasing her. A boy in class seems to have a little crush on Charlotte, and her friend was a little jealous, and she…

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The UN-Bucket List and Possibility Thinking!

The UN-Bucket List and Possibility Thinking!

  I know, I know, this just might be the most boring title ever! Well, here we are. The 4th of July has come and gone. We’re halfway through 2016. I have checked off many of my goals and list items that I created up to a year ago. There are many more to go. They are personal, business, family…

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A Major Key To Having The Photography Business Of Your Dreams

Building & maintaining the photography business of your dreams is a challenge – for sure.  Some days, things will be going very well.  Others, you’ll come up against challenges.   How will you deal with those days? One of my favorite sayings is this:  It’s not what happens to you that matters, it’s how you respond.”  I first heard this…

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Be Really Careful Who You ACCEPT As A Client…

Be Really Careful Who You ACCEPT As A Client…

One of the most difficult things for most photographers to realize is how important it is to carefully select which prospective clients you are willing to end up working with, and which ones you should not accept as clients. This was one of the BIGGEST discoveries of my photography career! The fact is that not everyone with a pulse is…

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What’s Going Into Your Mind, And Why It’s So Important To Your Photography Success!

What’s Going Into Your Mind, And Why It’s So Important To Your Photography Success!

One of my favorite sayings is “you are where you are because of what has gone into your mind. “. The late great Zig Ziglar said this many years ago and this fact has profoundly affected my life. I was just reading in my PTS time this morning one of my all-time favorite books “Napoleon Hill’s A Year Of Growing…

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How to build an extremely successful photography business on 40 hours a week or less.

How to build an extremely successful photography business on 40 hours a week or less.

I'm all about helping you make a great living, doing what you love to do, and still having the free time to spend with those you love and treasure the most. They've done extensive research, and they found that you cannot be creative a 100 hours a week. I don't care how much you love photography, you just can't be…

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How To Have Substantial Photography Sales Almost Every Time!

You and I didn't go into the photography business JUST for the money. Of course not. But you DO deserve to earn a GREAT living with your images!

You and I didn’t go into the photography business JUST for the money. Of course not. But you DO deserve to earn a GREAT living with your images!

Photography marketing is not easy. It takes a lot of work to get a good, qualified person to contact you about the possibility of having you create some photography for her.

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Using Stories To Help Sell Photography – PHOTO VIDEO BLOG

A key to your photography marketing is your ability to tell stories.    In this short video, we reveal secrets about stories in marketing photography, as well as a motivational technique that will have you feeling like you’re getting more done than ever before.   HINT: It involves following in the footsteps of famous people!

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Photography Marketing Blog – VIDEO – “Create Photographic Offers That Bring In Clients!”

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In photography business today, it’s the person who is best at marketing photography who will bring in clients, and make great profits.   A big part of this process is creating great and compelling photo-marketing offers that get the attention of people in your community, and make them pick up the phone or hop on their email to contact you.   In…

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