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Episode 233 – The $6,194.40 Client Who Turned It Around for Single-Mom, Crystal
Sarah Petty: I know a lot of you feel like you've tried so many things to get your photography...

Episode 232 – Beyond the Lens: How Two Moms Built a Thriving Photography Business and a Life-Changing Friendship
Sarah Petty: I am super excited for today and I've never done a podcast like this, but today is a...

Episode 231 – How This Mom of 7 Kids Went from Dabbling with Holiday Mini-Sessions to A $1,700 Order with the Boutique Model
Sarah Petty: Alicia Sorenson was a new photographer stuck offering holiday mini sessions because...

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 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...
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...


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