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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

Business
Marketing

Educating Your Clients From the First Call

Intro by Skip Cohen There’s so much helpful content in the archives of different websites and blogs. Out for a scroll this week, I stumbled on this one from Robert Nowell. Written in 2014, it’s more relevant than ever! The pandemic has changed the approach to everything we do, especially in sales for photographers. It’s […]

Written by Robert Nowell June 29, 2020June 29, 2020

Business

Taking the Fear Out of Sales

Intro by Skip Cohen It’s another excellent post from the Sprouting Photographer archives. This time Rob Nowell joins us with a terrific look at getting fear out of the selling scenario. At every conference, one of the most popular business programs is always about selling and especially closing the sale. So many photographers are afraid […]

Written by Robert Nowell December 2, 2019December 2, 2019

Business
Lifestyle

The Myth of Multitasking

Intro by Skip Cohen I love the way Rob Nowell shatters the myth that multi-tasking is the ultimate answer to getting more done! Seriously, we’ve all learned to do it. We all take on multiple challenges all day long and so often wind up at the end of the day questioning what you really accomplished. […]

Written by Robert Nowell September 4, 2019September 4, 2019

Business
Marketing

Stop Under-Estimating the Value of Your Phone

Intro by Skip Cohen Rob Nowell hits another one out of the park with today’s post! We live in an impersonal world with everybody on a quest for new and faster ways to communicate. That’s given everyone, including your clients, the ability to have the kind of reach only magazines and newspapers had a decade […]

Written by Robert Nowell August 7, 2019August 7, 2019

Business
Marketing

Your Public Image

Intro by Skip Cohen Wandering through Sprouting Photographer, I came across this archived post by Robert Nowell. It’s so old school, and at the same time, it’s so EXACTLY the wakeup call, many photographers need to hear. I taught several workshops at a conference a few months back where so many of the attendees looked […]

Written by Robert Nowell July 1, 2019July 1, 2019

Inspiration
Lifestyle

Your Ego: Undermining or Supportive?

Your Ego: Undermining or Supportive? Intro by Skip Cohen We don’t usually get into the self-help side of our lives very often on the Marathon blog, but I loved this past post from my buddy Rob Nowell. We typically think of “ego” as it relates to arrogance, but as Rob points out, there are so […]

Written by Robert Nowell June 3, 2019June 3, 2019

Business
Marketing

Building Your Business with Repeat Customers

Intro by Skip Cohen Looking through the archives of SproutingPhotographer.com I came across this post by my good buddy Robert Nowell. In virtually every workshop, class or presentation I’ve spoken at in the last several years I’ve spent time on the importance of repeat business. But, it doesn’t happen by accident and it’s so important […]

Written by Robert Nowell May 21, 2019May 21, 2019

Business

Thinking Like Your Target Audience When Pricing Your Work

Intro by Skip Cohen Robert Nowell might be new to the Marathon Blog, but he’s certainly not new to photography and helping all of us do a better job of creating a stronger customer experience. In this archived post from SproutingPhotographer.com, I loved his approach of suggesting we think more like consumers when pricing our […]

Written by Robert Nowell May 6, 2019May 6, 2019

Inspiration
Techniques

From Inspiration to Perspiration to Building a Stronger Brand

Intro by Skip Cohen I love this post out of the Sprouting Photographer archives because it not only hits on a reminder of technique but reinforces the importance of stepping outside your comfort zone. You’ve got to practice, experiment and keep pushing the edge of the creative envelope. Years ago, my good buddy Tony Corbell […]

Written by Robert Nowell April 17, 2019April 17, 2019

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