Business The Best Ways to Lose Customers – Part Two I’ve shared these a few times over the years on my own blog, but with the pandemic, you’ve got an opportunity to be more supportive of your clients and inquiries. Wandering through the Internet several years ago I came across Desk.com and a list of “Five Annoying Customer Quotes” written by Allyson Stone. Today the site […] Written by Skip Cohen September 30, 2020September 30, 2020
Business The Best Ways to Lose Customers – Part One SARCASM ALERT: This post is dedicated to those who seem to make a hobby out of losing clients and then blame the trend on everything and everybody except the face in the mirror. Hunkering down on your business: Hunkering down is all about your health and physical distancing, but there’s no reason for you to disappear. Keep […] Written by Skip Cohen September 29, 2020September 29, 2020
Inspiration Lifestyle Staying Focused on Your Attitude and Choosing Joy Intro by Skip Cohen The challenge for all of us these days goes far deeper than just social distancing and staying safe, but to our attitude with everything we do. It’s not easy staying upbeat as the pandemic challenges virtually all aspects of business, especially interacting with clients. The good news is the “social” in […] Written by Beverly Walden September 23, 2020September 23, 2020
Business Inspiration Marketing Just Shake It off I published a big part of this post at the beginning of the year on my own blog. It was the start of the traditional “slow season,” and photographers were split down the middle – half worried about dealing with the business’s downturn and the other half wanting to kick back, relax, and start thinking […] Written by Skip Cohen September 21, 2020September 21, 2020
Business Marketing Making Time for a Non-Plan Plan Intro by Skip Cohen Sarah Petty is without question a leader in marketing education and, more important, inspiration in our industry. Everything she writes and talks about in her podcasts gets me thinking about something I could be doing better. The post below was an email to me about a recent podcast she was doing. […] Written by Sarah Petty September 14, 2020September 14, 2020
Business Marketing Five Essential Ingredients for a Photography Business Intro by Skip Cohen Robert Nowell, together with Bryan Caporicci and I have been friends for a long time. Our friendship was born out of respect for the way they both work to help the imaging community and the attention given to their own clients. There’s a new norm the pandemic has created in photography, […] Written by Robert Nowell September 2, 2020September 2, 2020