Photo Success

Tools for growing a photography business

“How Maria Created An Average Sale of $1926.02 on all of her10 $47.00 portrait sessions?

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I don’t care how good you are, how solid your marketing is, how great your photography rocks…if you can’t SELL, if the till ain’t ringing up nice sums at the end of the day…you ain’t got a business. You got a hobby. DO you want to sell? Better yet, do you want to RAMP UP […]

File this one under “mind blown”….

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Did you know that when you first meet someone they know more about you in 45 seconds than what you say, wear or how you act? True…all true….and this idea applies directly to your photography marketing. Keep reading… We project more about ourselves, about our confidence, about our “success” barometer than anything else. Try as […]

Have you ever snored so loud you woke yourself up?

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Have you ever snored so loud you woke yourself up? Admit it, it happened to you. Happened to me once. Happens to my wife all the time. I know, because I sleep with her. Funniest thing, she’s demure, barely 100 pounds soaking wet, five foot nothing and snores like a grizzly bear. Go figure. She’s […]

“There’s a frog in the toilet!”

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True story. I know it’s true because my wife and I heard the screams coming from the bedroom upstairs. “There’s a frog in the toilet!” our daughter Danielle belted out. We ran upstairs. And all had a big laugh. I never heard of such a thing. And been coming here, to Costa Rica, for over […]

“SEO was easy when Friends was on TV” and other web optimization lies with Scott Crosby

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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 […]

“Pair of spare underwear and two pairs of socks….”

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I love motorcycling. It’s like a disease. But NOT that the big ‘ol biker riding in a huge condo-on-wheels with monkey bars style of riding. I’m more in it for the fun and adventure. That’s me in the image above, riding across Canada summer of 2008 heading to Alaska. I’m more of a “…get on […]

What they will never teach you in photography school…

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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 […]