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Episode 230 – These 5 Students Watched Me Sell $10,000 of Images. Here’s What They Learned
Sarah Petty: The audience of summer camp is filled with photographers from all over the...
Episode 229 – 3 Mistakes I Made in July’s Sales Presentations That Could Have Ruined the Sale
I've been running a professional photography business for 26 years, and I still make mistakes. The...
Episode 228 – How This Single Mom Turned $555 Sessions Into Average Orders of $2,834 Real FAST, In A Small Town
Sarah Petty: As a struggling single mother in a small upstate New York town, Madeleine Fenton...
Episode 227 – 7 Big Takeaways From a $10,000+ Day of Selling Portraits
If you listened to Episode #226 with my student Amy Yang, you heard the crazy story of how I sold...
Episode 226 – I Did the Entire Sales Process For One of My Students. You Will NEVER Believe What Happened
Sarah Petty: Last week, I did something I've never done at our two-day summer camp event we host...
Episode 225 – From Part-Time Physical Therapist to Full-Time Photography: Liz’s Journey to Living Her Dream
Sarah Petty: Liz Schmidt was feeling lost in her career transition from physical therapy. She...
Episode 224 – Avoid This: 3 Costly Brand Disconnects That Make People Pay You Less
Because we're in an industry as professional photographers that doesn't require a lot of money...
Episode 223 – The Epiphany: What I Learned from a Friend that Changed My Approach to Vendors
I am in a very cool photography business group, and on a recent trip we had, I had a powerful...
Episode 243 – From Digital Burnout to Boutique Breakthrough: How Gia Chong Turned Two Clients into $3,254 in One Attempt
If you're a burned out photographer trying to balance sessions, but you're not seeing the profits you want, this episode is for you. Today I'm talking with Stockton, California, photographer, Jia Chong. Last year, she photographed 120 sessions, made $56K and knew...
Episode 242 – Photography Tax Deductions Demystified: How to Keep More of What You Earn
“Just write it off or take a deduction.” Has anyone ever said that to you? If you're a business owner and you aren't super clear how maximizing this strategy can help you get more of what your photography business needs to grow, get ready to take some notes. I...
Episode 241: The Happiest Photographers I Know Routinely Do This
I have been talking to my advanced coaching students about how as we get to this point late in the year we have a lot of people hitting their goals early or breaking records and there is a lot of celebrating happening in our community. This is fun and everyone...
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