The day her husband said, "You're always on the dang computer and you're only making $200," was...
Episode 143 – How This Breast-Cancer Survivor Went From $200 Sessions to $4,000 Sessions in Just a Few Months
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Episode 142 – What’s Different Between the Boutique Portrait Experience Vs the Digital File Photography Experience?
If you're offering your clients wall portraits, you may think you're boutique… But there's a lot...
Episode 141 – 3 Books I Read This Year that Photographers Should Read, Too
I'm surprised my nightstand hasn't collapsed under the weight of all the books I have on it!! I...
Episode 137: How This Single Mom Built a Photography Business That Allows Her To Stay Home With Her Son
Is it possible to be a single parent and a stay-at-home mom who brings in income? Elizabeth Covey...
Episode 133: Do You Have a Failure System or a Success System?
I recently spent a day with a longtime mentor of mine, Dan Kennedy, and something he said was a...
Episode 131: If You’re a Long-Time Photographer Struggling to Eek Out a Photography Income, Listen to This
When Minnesota-based, 13-year photography veteran, Jenn Kerfeld, looked at her end-of-the-year...
Episode 129: 13 Things You Can Do to Increase the Value of Your Photography
If you're going to survive in this economy, you can't compete in the price race to the bottom. I...
Episode 128: How Hard Is It to Reach 6-Figures In Your Photography Business?
There's a HUGE misconception among portrait photographers that you have to photograph a ton of...
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...
Episode 262 – The 4 Photography Business Blinders: What You’re Not Seeing – Part 1
I went downstairs the other day to use the gym equipment, and I saw a note that my son had written on a whiteboard, and it stopped me in my tracks. It said, “Do the boring work”. It was a note to himself. How many of us are guilty of prioritizing the fun, shiny parts...
Episode 261 – Melissa’s Journey: From Juggling Nursing to Mastering Boutique Sales
Sarah Petty: Melissa Holkeabor was a busy photographer managing 8 to 10 weddings a year, plus family, senior and engagement sessions, all while working full-time as a nurse and raising two kids, Mia, 11, and Wyatt, 7, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Overwhelmed by editing...
Episode 260 – Feeling Tired, Uninspired, or Underpaid? 7 Photography Business Tips to Turn Everything Around
Whether you're feeling underpaid, tired, uninspired, or just bad, today's episode will give you seven simple ways to reset, refocus, and fall in love with your business again. Spring is such a magical time of year. It's about renewal, growth and reorganization and the...
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