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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,...
How to Market Photography: A 15 Minute Tip
Ever wonder how to market photography... without having to spend even more time away from your...
3 Ways to Increase Your Portrait Orders
Often it's easier than you think to increase a client's portrait order. No, I'm not talking about...
Create An ‘About You’ Page that Works
I visit a lot of small business owner’s websites. Sometimes because I’m looking to do business with them, but sometimes because I’m doing research. One thing I find that is lacking in most sites, is the ‘about you’ section.
How Your Photography Business Can Move On When a Client Chooses Another Photographer
You pop into Facebook and see some new images of a good client. The problem….you didn’t take them....
Why I Don’t Give or Sell Digital Files
One of the questions that I’m asked most often is, “Sarah...why don’t you sell digital files to...
Episode 134: How This Wedding Photographer Transitioned to Portrait Photography & Had a $6,000 Week
If you're a wedding photographer who is considering switching to a kind of photography that doesn't require you to work all weekend, then you need to hear my student, Jessie Deeds’, story. Check out how she went from never being able to catch up on her finances to...
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...
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