This video is truly eye opening. Thank you so much for this. It is my dream to make a living full time with my camera. And i genuinely feel that I saw this video for a reason. Time to get to work 😁
Definitely the industry varies from country to country, and some countries have a better economy etc! But in any country there are always a segment of high paying customers :) Stats for USA have avrg photographers making $40k, so just being in America doesnt guarantee anything either!
Wow, this is great! What do you use to schedule calls? Currently we have a business doing decently, but our process is clients reach out and the first thing they want is our packages, as everyone is price sensitive, espeically in South Africa it seems, so we send that and then often get ghosted, is the best way to get clients to book to get them on a call rather? I send out a bunch of emails to past clients asking them for a google review, and we would then give thme a voucher, but many people simply didn't do it, I thought the voucher was a good value, and its basically free for them, and we've always prided ourselves on how we make clients feel comfortable, and like they are having fun. Then did you literally just go to various other businesses, walk in, ask for the owner, and ask them out for a coffee? How do you grow that network, we do this full time, but I feel like I am sometimes treading water, and not making progress with getting the business growing.
all great questions (and big ones!) so for a short youtube comment version… 1) calendly for scheduling is what i use 2) u can use starting at prices on your website. most photogs find high ticket purchases are more successful on a call vs email 3) getting reviews is all about pre framing and asking at the right time. i always ask clients for the review immediately when they get their photos, and follow up again. 4) for networking it is largely a numbers game more than having the perfect strategy. most photogs do 1/100th of the reachouts and energy required to see results, so they dont get results. does that make sense? i know what its like to feel like u r working hard but not moving anywhere! would love to chat if u want to look into some 1:1 coaching :) Either way, wish u luck!
This video is truly eye opening. Thank you so much for this. It is my dream to make a living full time with my camera. And i genuinely feel that I saw this video for a reason. Time to get to work 😁
Loved that thanks, you have obviously read and apply Carnegies principals!
thanks so much gavin! glad to hear it brought u value :)
Step 1 - live in the US...there is no step 2
Definitely the industry varies from country to country, and some countries have a better economy etc! But in any country there are always a segment of high paying customers :)
Stats for USA have avrg photographers making $40k, so just being in America doesnt guarantee anything either!
This was super helpful! Thank you for sharing so much knowledge with us :)
Thanks for helping others get on their own feet and understand the business game!
I love the kind of brown blueish tint on this video do you have a video on how to edit videos to get to this kind of video result?
Wow, this is great! What do you use to schedule calls? Currently we have a business doing decently, but our process is clients reach out and the first thing they want is our packages, as everyone is price sensitive, espeically in South Africa it seems, so we send that and then often get ghosted, is the best way to get clients to book to get them on a call rather?
I send out a bunch of emails to past clients asking them for a google review, and we would then give thme a voucher, but many people simply didn't do it, I thought the voucher was a good value, and its basically free for them, and we've always prided ourselves on how we make clients feel comfortable, and like they are having fun.
Then did you literally just go to various other businesses, walk in, ask for the owner, and ask them out for a coffee? How do you grow that network, we do this full time, but I feel like I am sometimes treading water, and not making progress with getting the business growing.
all great questions (and big ones!)
so for a short youtube comment version…
1) calendly for scheduling is what i use
2) u can use starting at prices on your website. most photogs find high ticket purchases are more successful on a call vs email
3) getting reviews is all about pre framing and asking at the right time. i always ask clients for the review immediately when they get their photos, and follow up again.
4) for networking it is largely a numbers game more than having the perfect strategy. most photogs do 1/100th of the reachouts and energy required to see results, so they dont get results. does that make sense?
i know what its like to feel like u r working hard but not moving anywhere! would love to chat if u want to look into some 1:1 coaching :) Either way, wish u luck!