303 | 10 Things We Would Do If We Were Starting Our Business in 2020

02/05/20 • 50 min

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Launching a wedding photography business is daunting, no matter when you do it.
But in today's world, it can be overwhelming to know what exactly you should do to get your business off the ground.
There's a lot of you out there just starting out, so Jeff and I sat down to talk about the ten things we would do if we were starting our wedding photography business right now in 2020.
In this episode we share:

The biggest thing we would do in our first year that most photographers don't
The tools we would invest in right away and why (+ the tools we would wait to spend money on)
How to know if you should invest in paid education or not

Jeff and I started our business 14 years ago in 2006, and it's quite the understatement to say that a lot has changed since then.
When we started, the iPhone hadn't been released yet, Facebook and Twitter were brand new, and Instagram wouldn't exist for another four years. So the world we run our business in today is dramatically different than the world we launched our business in fourteen years ago.

But here's the surprising thing we discovered in this episode... Even though the world has changed, the fundamentals of starting a business haven't. Many of the same rules that we followed over a decade ago, still ring very true for today.
So while there's still some very specific things you should do to take advantage of today's opportunities, some things will (thankfully) always stay the same.
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Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
Flodesk
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Creative Rising Community
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Creative Rising Gatherings
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Tuesdays Together
https://www.honeybook.com/risingtide/the-details
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The biggest thing we would do in our first year that most photographers don't
The tools we would invest in right away and why (+ the tools we would wait to spend money on)
How to know if you should invest in paid education or not

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302 | Our Top 5 Sales Tips on How to Run a Killer Client Meeting That Converts

We all know that booking weddings is vital to running our business. But for most of us, sales is our least favorite part of the job.
I get it. Client meetings were always a lot of fun for me... until pricing came up. Things would go from amazing to wanting to crawl under a table and hide!
I've since learned that sales doesn't have to be a cringe-worthy experience. The first step is to stop seeing yourself as a salesperson and start acting as a GUIDE.
In this episode, I'm sharing my five sales tips that help me eliminate the awkwardness and step into that role as a guide with each one of our meetings, including the KEY question I always ask that easily transitions the meeting into pricing!
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304 | Creating Healthy Social Media Habits in a Distracting Digital World (with Abby Grace)

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It's no secret that our businesses rely on social media to get in front of the brides and grooms we most want to photograph.
But it's also no secret that many of us struggle with distraction, comparison, and insecurity when scrolling our feeds.
Social media is becoming more addicting than ever, but also more effective than ever for our marketing. So as creative entrepreneurs, it's critical that we learn to untangle our hearts and create healthy boundaries with a digital world that is becoming increasingly distracting.
In this episode, I have a conversation with Abby Grace, a film photographer in Washington D.C., about how she establishes healthy boundaries and balance in her relationship with social media.
Abby shares the resources and practices she uses to keep social media in its proper place in her business, and how she keeps social media out of her personal hours. Hint: Hear how she deletes Instagram every day at 5pm!
This is a life-giving conversation you definitely don't want to miss!
Learn More About Abby Grace:
https://abbygracephotography.com/
Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
Deep Work by Cal Newport
Indistractable by Nir Eyal
Freedom App
Planoly
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