Earlier this year, several of my Peak Performance coaching students kicked off a portrait...
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Episode 51: How to Overcome Your “Creepy Photographer” Fear
Does approaching and marketing to a potential photography client who you'd love to photograph make...
Episode 50: 4 Steps to Have Your Best Day Ever
Many of you have gone through a period of time where it feels like nothing is working in your...
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 48: The 5 Biggest Takeaways from Go Boutique Live
I want to welcome all of my photographer friends back from Go Boutique Live with a special...
Episode 47: Photography Studio Manager Confessions: A Conversation with Andria, My Studio Manager
For the last 15 years, I've worked side by side with Andria, my studio manager. She started with...
Episode 46: How Debra Sold $10k of Portraits in 45 Days During a Pandemic
Before the pandemic, our Peak Performer of the Year, Debra Lawrence, was shooting 550 sessions a...
Episode 45: 6 Ways to Grow Thicker Skin When You Worry About Every Scenario
Do you find yourself worrying about every possible outcome in a given situation? Many...
Episode 44: The Top Secrets to Reaching $100K From My Yay Award Winners (Part 2)
At my event, Go Boutique Live, we honor photographers who have reached $100,000 in portrait sales...
Episode 208 – The Untold Story: A Photographer’s Switch from Prints to Digital Files and the Unexpected Aftermath.
Sarah Petty: Minnesota photographer, Jenn Kerfeld, opened her photography business in 2007. She offered her clients prints, but after a decade, she grew tired of hearing everyone ask for digital files. Her business wasn't growing, so she decided to give the market...
Episode 207 – How a Mom of 5 Landed a $17,000 Order in Her Brand-New Photography Business
Sarah Petty: Faced with the need to go back to work when her active-duty husband got orders across the country, Liza Blecher decided it was time to start the photography business she'd always wanted. Her start was anything but smooth. She moved her five kids and had...
Episode 206 – 11 Tax Benefits Of A Photography Business
I've had a photography business since 1998, but I didn't start it for the tax benefits. I just knew I loved creating images, and it morphed into a business from there. Knowing what I know today, I will never not have a business because here in the United States, there...
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