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My Photography Business Plan and How I Hit $40K My First Year (While Working Very Little)
When I first drafted my photography business plan, I knew marketing was going to be an important...
5 Essential Steps that Shape Your Photography Marketing Plan
Think back to when you first started your photography business, even if it was just last month....
Photography Marketing Ideas to Jump Start Your Business
Here are some easy ways you can bring 5-10 NEW photography clients into your business with some...
Build your business while you shop on Small Business Saturday
One of the best ways to grow your business is to help other business owners grow theirs. Like Zig...
8 reasons I’m thankful to be a small business owner
Creative freedom and giving back to my community are just a couple of reasons I love being a small...
10 Ways You Know You’re a Professional Photographer
Do you white balance your iPhone pictures? Do you know every cool alley in town? If you answered...
4 Reasons Giving Back Will Help You Get New Photography Clients
Giving back is an important piece of building a photography business that survives and thrives for...
3 Reasons to Sell Holiday Cards to Every Photography Client
Holiday cards can help your business more than you know. One year I was in tears, literally,...
A Weekly Checklist for Photography Marketing Help
Sometimes a photography business feels like a roller coaster. One week you're on top of the world,...
Episode 127: How a Digital File Photographer Reinvented Herself as Boutique in a New Community
One of my favorite things to do is share stories about what my students have overcome to inspire you to keep going. Today, you're going to meet Carolyn Slavenas, who started out as a mall portrait photographer, and eventually ended up trying to sell digital files. ...
Top 5 Senior Portrait Posing Ideas
From crayon drawings to term papers, and it’s finally all coming to fruition. Yes, I’m talking about high school graduation! Senior portrait season is just around the corner, and I want to help you honor students’ exciting accomplishment with senior portrait posing...
Top 5 Mommy and Me Poses
The love between a mother and her child - there’s nothing like it. JOY radiates from every pore of new moms (even though they’re so tired - they GLOW!) And the way those innocent little eyes light up when they look at their favorite person - mommy - oh, I still...
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