I came up with a take on these 7 productivity tips, sent to me by Robin Spencer, based on this article by the same name. I shot this while down in Costa Rica on holidays….. Productivity tips for photographers, and for anyone really…enjoy…:
“SEO was easy when Friends was on TV” and other web optimization lies with Scott Crosby
I hear it all the time. “SEO doesn’t work anymore. It used to work when Friends was on TV back in the day, but not anymore.” A bigger lie has never been uttered. I know it’s a lie, I seen it in my photography business. And so has Scott Crosby, and his SEO students (He […]
What they will never teach you in photography school…
If you didn’t know any better…meaning, if you listened to everyone else, including the professors at photography school, you’d think the way to a successful career in photography would involve uber expensive lights, lenses, cameras and complicated software and more. BUT, and this is a big but, what they won’t teach you in school is […]
Sending in a 5 star chef to run a chip stand on the beach…
I was chatting with a retired RCMP and his wife, who recently got back from 7 days in Las Vegas. They recounted the shows, the casinos, the usual chaos that makes Las Vegas, well, Las Vegas. He pipes up and says: “Rob, you should go there. There were photographers everywhere, taking pictures that we buy […]
Do you have the social confidence of an asthmatic field mouse?
It’s good to feel confident. I never used to be. In fact, there are times when I am petrified and filled with anxiety. (like when I am about to click the Buy Now button on that new lens from B&H and I hear my wife walking towards me…) Seriously. I was a shy kid. Very […]
How to guarantee you will reach your goals….
I was at a chamber meeting last night, chatting with Rebecca, a local photographer. I told her I was thinking about getting back into karate, since there’s a new club starting just down the road, and my wife and I know the founders. We go back. Way back to when I originally was into karate, […]
“The dogs got a boner…”
Client calls my wife last week: “Love the pics, but the dogs got a boner.” Oooops. Totally missed that one. No problem, we reopen the image in photoshop, simple clone, and poof….boner be gone!.Send the new version, cleaned up and boner free to the lab. I always like including the family dog in our family […]
3 warning signs your photography sucks….and why getting a USP is not the answer…..
First off, let me say this. USP as a strategy is way overrated. USP=Unique Selling Proposition in case you didn’t know. Sure, it sounds cool when someone mentions it at some photography workshop when speaking on photography marketing. But it makes little sense. Why? The best comparison that comes to mind is the overused term […]