Photo Success

Tools for growing a photography business

If you haven’t claimed a title, what are you waiting for?

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One of the most powerful photography marketing lessons I learned years ago I learned from the great Dan Kennedy. Who learned it from Robert Ringer, best selling author of “Winning Through Intimidation” and “Looking Out For Number One” to name a few of big hits in the self-improvement and business world books he’s authored. The […]

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 […]

Photography lighting tip: When “idiot” lighting works….

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Photography lighting tips from the trenches Some of the best photography lighting is also some of the most basic lighting. Two lights, one on either side, both with the same, or near same output. Wash the subject with light. Kinda flat, kinda boring…. We used to call this idiot lighting. Maybe we still do, 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 […]