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My 50 Lessons from 30+ years as a wedding and portrait photographer…(so far…)

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My 50 Lessons from 30+ years as a wedding
and portrait photographer…(so far…)

LESSON #1: Follow your gut – it’s usually right. If you only look outside for answers,
if you only follow the crowd, you merely become a number. One of the masses.

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At least twenty strategies you can do in your photography biz during a lockdown…

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John Butler and yours truly are hosting another Photo Buzz livestream event on Wednesday Jan 27 at 1:00PM EST.

We’ve been knocking our heads together to create a list of strategies and activities we’re doing during lockdown. These are designed to grow as a photographer and grow our photography business.
In spite of lockdown.

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Hands tied, can’t work….How to be profitable & productive…

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Locked down, stuck indoors and can’t work…
How You Can Still Be Productive and Profitable In Photography

Even if you’re under strict stay indoors lockdown and curfew measures.

It all seems unfair. Some businesses deemed essential. Not yours. Close your doors, do your part and stay low.

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My life lessons about prosperity in photography

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I’ve read  a few books about the wealthy and prosperity. It’s always been an area of pain, frustration and limitation with me.

I did not grow up with much. And I heard the typical stuff you likely heard as well. Things like “money doesn’t grow on trees”… or…”hard earned money”…..

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“Not another Facebook group!!”…..not a “normal” face book group.

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Why? I am not a huge fan of facebook. If not such a valuable tool for advertising, I’d just as well not have an account.

But….many people use their cell phones to access social media posts etc and some don’t like trying to access forum based threads.

Fair enough.

So, my strategy is simple. bring all conversations over to the FB group and keep all the content in the forum for members, as a library of sorts.

Go here and sign up if you haven’t already.

NoBS Photo Success GROUP

P.S. I will in time reduce or remove the “General Discussion” section over time, leaving only the content.

For me it’s always been more about business than the art….

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For many years I’ve been running my studio. I’ve seen many photographers get caught up in the ego side of things. I’ve come close myself a few times.

I’ve seen photographers get caught up, derailed or distracted by influences and factors that had little or nothing to do with the most important elemental truth about running a profitable photography studio.

And that truth is this: It’s a business.

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