Why Are You A Photographer?
Why are you a photographer? Why do you pick up a camera each week? What’s your purpose behind photographing the world or the people in it other than the fact that it excites you? Of course you care about both,…
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How To Use Live Video For Your Business
Here’s the deal friends… if you haven’t hopped on the live video train, it’s time. Live video is the absolute best way to increase your engagement on both Facebook and Instagram and can enable you to reach 30-50% of your…
3 Reasons Why Saying “Yes” To Free Photography Work Will Build Your Business
What would you say your most valuable asset is as a photographer? Is it your camera and lens collection? Is it the relationships you make that turn into new clients? Your skill with a camera and editing? Your network? Although…
Creative Collaborations Lead to Commissioning Clients
In a world of social media at the tips of our fingers, we have an abundant amount of content waiting to be tapped into. Whether it’s a peer raving about a tethering software such as Capture One, a productive conversation…
How To Create A Direct Link For Google My Business Reviews
Want to know a trick that took my photography business to another level? My name is Ryan Parker and I’m a headshot and portrait photographer based out of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Last year, I discovered a little trick that increased…
5 Ways to Get Your Phone Ringing
I am often asked about the best ways to market a photography business and how to get your phone ringing. After a little brainstorming, I crafted a list. I am breaking this list up into bite-sized pieces. This will give…
Balancing the Business & the Family: If We Can Do It …
What’s that old adage? If they can do it, so can you (or something like that). Well, we’re a freakin’ testimony to that. And we mean it. If we can do it, you can too! We own a full-time wedding…
5 Tips On How To Build Up Your Photography Business In A More Practical Way
Do you ever get sick of sitting behind a computer screen searching ways of building a business through social media? I certainly did, I wanted a more interactive, hands on approach. Here’s a few tips I learned over the last…
HOW TO UPSELL ALBUMS TO INCREASE YOUR PROFIT
As a kid, I loved nothing more than looking through shoeboxes of old family photos and flicking through family albums. It was the beginning of my love of photography and what sparked my need to capture and savour as many…
Playing The Long Game In Social Media Marketing
I want you to start booking more shoots through Instagram. More specifically, I want you to grow your influence, find the clients that suit your brand and turn them into a tribe of followers so loyal they will follow you…
