After 12 years of running a photography business, Michigan-based photographer, Cindy Kotecki, was...
Episode 108: From Struggling to $15,000 in 4 Months. How Cindy Turned Her Photography Business Around.
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Episode 107: Think Now Isn’t the Right Time For You to Grow Your Photography Business? Listen to this.
There's a powerful exercise I love doing with my students when they get stuck in the “buts”. I'm...
Episode 102: 7 Planning Strategies So You Don’t Spend Tax Season In Tears
There's no way around paying taxes if you run a profitable business and if you live in the United...
Episode 100: 7 Things I Would Do If I Started My Photography Business Over
When I was a kid, I don't remember thinking I'd own a photography business when I grew up. But...
Episode 92: The Tool I Use to Keep Me From Making the Same Mistakes Again
Tomorrow is Groundhog Day, so I'm going to share a little magic tool with you that I taught my...
Episode 89: How To Know If It’s Time to Raise Your Photography Prices
It seems like at the start of a new year, everyone you do business with raises their prices. So as...
Episode 64: Behind the Scenes of a $3,501.25 Portrait Order with Shalicia Johnson
Sarah Petty: In my community of professional photographers, we celebrate when people get...
Episode 57: Little Known Ways to Get Cash For Your Photography Business
What could you do with an extra $1,000? What about an extra $3,000? You could do a lot. There are...
Episode 49: What to Do When You are Hit With a Large Unexpected Expense
It happens to all of us at some point in our photography business. The dreaded, unexpected, huge...
Episode 246 – Can the Boutique Business Model Work For Men?
In my recent Boutique Breakthrough 2.0 workshop, a fascinating question surfaced from a male student. How does the boutique photography business model differ for men versus women and can it really work for men as well as it does for women? After 18 years of training...
Episode 245 – Breaking the Bubble: 4 Tips to Attract Photography Clients Beyond Your Social Circle
Are you stuck thinking that the only clients you can book are your broke friends or bargain hunters? If you've ever thought that you don't know anybody with money who would hire you to photograph them then this episode is about to change everything for you. I'll...
Episode 244 – Why I Stopped Making Resolutions and Five Things I’m Doing This Year Instead
As we sit here at the edge of a new year, I want to talk about why I believe New Year's resolutions are a setup for failure and what I'm going to do instead to create real, lasting progress. I want to read to you a short post by Seth Godin called Clear Ice that he...
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