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Guest Blog Post – Unique Packaging for Your Client Meeting!
Tie up loose ends of your presentation preparation with branded packaging! If you’ve been...

Photography Marketing Tips – 2 Things You Should NOT Do in Your Business!
Everyday thousands of new photographers enter into the industry and the competition continues to...

Photography Booking Tips – Why I Don’t Book Clients From Email
In my photography business, I follow the boutique business model. I’m not right for everyone. In...

How to book more photography clients
When I started going full force in my photography business after my twins were born, my confidence...

3 Tips to Help You Overcome the Overwhelm in Your Photography Business
It happens to every single photographer…. The feeling of complete overwhelm when you have so much...

How to Get Photography Clients – 5 Easy Ideas
All businesses go through slow times. Especially photography businesses. It happens at Sarah Petty...

4 Must Do Photography Marketing Activities
I get a lot of questions about what photography marketing activities I do to attract clients who...

3 Ways to Organize Your Business and Marketing in 30 Days!
If you’re anything like me, your life was turned upside down the last quarter of 2013 with the big...

3 Ways to Use Your Database to Keep Your Calendar Booked!
We all face slow spots in our business. When I first started my photography business I wasn’t...
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...
4 Ways to Get Portrait Photography Client Referrals From Local Businesses
It’s holiday shopping season, and that means the local businesses in your town are probably seeing more customers come through their doors than they have in months. Did you know that local businesses are some of the best sources of photography client referrals? It’s...
Gift Ideas for Photographers 2021: 10 Wow-worthy gifts any photog will drool over!
Got a photographer in your life that you want to WOW on Christmas morning? It can be tough coming up with gift ideas for photographers, especially if you’re not a shutterbug yourself. That’s where I come in! As one of America’s Most Profitable Photographers with more...


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