Hey ~Contact.FirstName~, Have you ever thought, “I’m not getting the IMPORTANT stuff DONE!” or “UGH I feel overwhelmed…i have so many marketing ideas and goals and I just went to Imaging and watched a Creative Live and went to this online event thing and…and…and….. WHERE DO I FREAKING BEGIN!” Dude…I totally get it. And the truth …
I was watching TV on my elephant-enormous Vizio TV, and the My Pillow infomercial came up. “My Pillow changed my life,” said one of the people. I rolled my eyes and jizzled my head, then became 3-year-old curious as to how they would attempt to make me believe a pillow could bring my life a …
True or False: If a Pillow can change your life, so can Photography Read More »
If you were a lawn mowing company, what would you do to stay busy in the winter? You may or may not have guessed right….. You start a shoveling business! That’s right – you shovel snow. Many seasonal business do this. When they have an “S” curve business where there’s a sharp spike UP in …
Profitable way the Lawnmower Man’s business THRIVES in the winter! [How YOU can too!] Read More »
***The Perspective of 9 industry-wide experts I was 22 and fresh out of photography school. The world of portrait and wedding photography was mine for they taking (as they say), and I envisioned rainbows, sprinkly-cupcakes and puppy dogs in my photography endeavor. I had the technical skills (YEEHAW F-stops and Shutter Speeds). I felt I …
What I Wish I Knew When Starting a Photography Business With No Experience Read More »
So yesterday we went over marketing horror stories, and a few things they had in common. And it’s a BIG one if you recall – it’s that tactics alone like posting to Facebook, Instagram, Facebook Ads, Email lists, etc, alone? Won’t get you very far, if you don’t have the RIGHT message… …
Last week I shared my marketing horror story from back in 2012, and asked YOU to share yours. I got quite a few replies back. I wanted to share a few of them with you. Because we can all learn from what has happened with others, and take those experiences as lessons for the future. …
Sometimes it just goes ALL wrong: top photography marketing horror stories from YOU Read More »
Only 5 people showed up. That’s it. The seemingly brilliant “free facebook photo day” took me days to plan and organize, $50 for the home-made background, and tons of Facebook Marketing. Posting, creating an event, inviting people. Seriously. Only 5 people showed up. The speaker I had listened to gave us, his small …
My marketing horror story in my photography business Read More »
I wanted to pull my hair out. I was in the middle of wedding season about 6 years ago, and had 5 weddings and 3 portrait sessions I still needed to edit. I had a wedding almost every weekend to come. I was coming home for dinner, then would leave right after to go back …
I was backed up editing 5 weddings, 3 portraits + Free Gift Read More »
After culling through 3,659 mini session images, I realized my cheeks were sore. That’s strange, I thought. It took me all of 2 seconds to realize what was happening. Ever time saw a photo of a kid smiling, I would smile too! And I aint no special gosh darn snowflake…chances are you’re the …
Baked into a Babies Brain – why we’re all wired for THIS kind of marketing Read More »
***This is the written version of the Facebook Live you can watch here. No bedbugs. But not extraordinary. They don’t call us by name We don’t get champagne for our anniversary… And it’s more expensive than a nicer hotel with the hotwire hot deal. AND there’s dated wallpaper…but oh, how I LOVE the dated …