What are YOU doing to position yourself as a luxury photography service?
Today’s episode of The Profitable Photographer is all about upping your business game by enhancing the presentation of your photo products.
Our guest is Ben Tyndell Owner and Operator of Tyndell Photographic a full-service photo-packaging supply company and manufacturer of high-quality custom-branded photo packaging products. Since 1978 this family-owned company has been making photography businesses look lavish!
Imagine sharing your client’s purchases in beautiful fabric bags folders boxes and more…Talk about a high-end experience! Ben is here to tell us how investing in packaging can enhance your business and client experience.
I have personally been using his family’s services for years presenting my photos in a beautiful customized bag instead of the shipping boxes and boy does it make a difference!
He’s talkin’:
Which packaging has the most value
How to appeal to clients visually
Why spending more money is worth it in the long run
Learn how to provide a luxury experience and listen to the episode now!
Our guest today on The Profitable Photographer Podcast is Emily Supiot and she is focused on educating moms on photography! She wants to make learning fun simple and accessible to anyone who wants to take great photos or create a photography business.
Not only is Emily a Phoenix-based Portrait Photographer but she’s also a Photography-Educator and Podcaster! As a mom of 4 Emily loves teaching other moms to take beautiful photos of their kids on her podcast at cozyclicks.com.
Once you love those photos you may want to start a side hustle or a full-blown business–Emily is here for that too! She’s pairing all the steps down to the basics and says to start at the beginning (a very good place to start)!
There is room for everyone at the photography table! You don’t have to have the fanciest camera to jump in!
How is Emily keepin’ it simple?
Keeping technical terms out of photography
Slow down! Learn with intention.
Not everyone wants to learn photography for business
So don’t skip any steps! Learn the basics with Emily and listen to this episode now!
AND DON’T FORGET to grab Emily’s FREE “Manual Mode” Handbook at:
“I see creative people jumping right into the business side and then they wonder ‘why aren’t I finding clients?’ ‘why aren’t I making money?’ You’ve gotta take things back to the basic.”
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Welcome back to another fun and informative episode of The Profitable Photographer Podcast!
We are so excited to have fellow Photography Business Coach Heather Chesky here to spread her biz wisdom! Heather has some incredibly practical tangible and INSPIRING advice for you and your photography business so now’s the time to listen up!
For Heather it all started over 20 years ago in her high school photography class. While she has always kept photography close to her heart as a hobby she was skeptical that it could be a “real job.” As a result she spent far too long at a horrible “real job” (tale as old as time!) until one day about 10 years ago she was unexpectedly laid off. Luckily for her (and for us!) this catapulted her into her own successful photography business!
Inspired by the need to support her family and new 8-month-old baby Heather not only replaced her income but DOUBLED IT within her first year! Yahoo!! (Hey her program is called “The Booked Photographer” for a reason!)
Now Heather’s business is still thriving and she loves passing her knowledge on to other Photography Business Owners just like you! We are thrilled to have her here today to expand our business toolbelts with tips on attracting ideal clients with model calls and social media.
One of Heather’s top marketing tools? Model calls!
She shares how putting out a call for volunteer models can lead to long and bountiful client relationships.
When putting out a call always always always:
BE SPECIFIC about the ideal client you are trying to attract
“Alongside great systems and routines habits are key to becoming and staying organized” – Chrissy Halton.
A fabulous quote that encapsulates this episode of the Profitable Photographer Podcast–it’s all about getting your business organized using a CRM!
Our host Master Photographer and Photography Business Coach Luci Dumas sat down with guest Charlotte Isaac. Charlotte is a Business Operations Consultant who gave up her role as a Corporate Ops Manager so she could serve small business owners one-on-one. She loves working with clients who love their clients especially photographers!
Through her signature program Ease Seekers Society and her DIY Dubsado training Charlotte helps overwhelmed and overworked Entrepreneurs build customized solutions so they can serve their clients better automate busywork and feel confident in their business. Sounds like we could all use a little Charlotte in our busy lives!
We are so excited to blow your mind with all Charlotte’s got to offer! She’ll go over:
What the heck is a CRM ?
When to automate and when to hire
Designing and automating a welcome packet
Personalizing your automated check-ins & planning moments to surprise & delight
The many many possibilities offered by a CRM
And how do we know it’s time to automate? Charlotte says if we do something over and over again it’s a perfect opportunity for automation!
You don’t have to do this whole photography business thing alone! Let Charlotte show you how to make life a little easier.
“One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again fear must be overcome again and again.” Abraham Maslow
Today is a solo episode with “yours truly” Luci Dumas on the topic of how to decide to jump pause or walk away…i.e….the challenge of making decisions and taking action in one direction or another. I go deep into what to consider when creating something new or leaving something you have tried that isn’t serving the big picture anymore.
There are so many decisions we make every single day in our photography businesses right? Little ones and big ones. So…many…things. I am sure you have had lots of these and will have more
How to market what to charge where to spend our time.
Should we hire help and how do we find them?
Is it time to move quit a job leave a community of friends colleagues a spiritual community or a relationship? These are often such hard decisions. Even changing camera systems or photo labs or letting someone go that is working for us is not easy.
This podcast episode explores this topic including fun tips when you have a choice in front of you on how to decide:
the coin toss
the mirror test
the gut check vs. the fear factor
the energy evaluation
I am not suggesting I am a master at this. I often stay too long and miss out on opportunities or just wasted time and energy with little to show for it. I wish I had left the full-time wedding industry and jumped into baby photography sooner spent more money and time hiring a coach and getting more help years ago tried more new ideas and even found a studio space that was bigger than the one I was in for decades. But…I have made enough great choices in life that have helped me have 40 years of success travel fun…and so can you.
A big, exciting and maybe a little scary dream to have a successful, profitable and creative photography business doing exactly what you love for wonderful, grateful clients? Or do you want to bring your business to the next level of fun and profit.? If so, then this Podcast is for you.
For over 36 years, I have made a great living as portrait and wedding business, Luci Dumas Fine Photography, with no other source of income. No rich husband or lottery winnings, through the ups and downs of the industry and economy.
Now as a business coach with Insight Training for Photographers, I love love love to support photographers who want to do the same. This podcast is full of practical business info, and insights gained from my years in business, plus interviews with amazing people. My desire is to help you along on your joyful journey to success, however that looks to you.
