Business Inspiration Photography Education Anything is Possible Intro by Skip Cohen Today’s post from Suzette Allen’s archives isn’t about imaging specifically but every challenge we take on in business and our personal lives. She originally titled it #Possible. Years ago I discovered a quote that became my mantra and it’s never changed. I do it because I can. I can because I […] Written by Suzette Allen June 27, 2023May 18, 2023
Business Inspiration Photography Education The Cost of NOT Going After Your Dreams While today’s post is an introduction to Sarah Petty’s Quick Boutique Breakthrough Workshop, she makes a great point about doing business the same way, year after year. Just as technology keeps changing, so does consumer behavior, trends in style, and consumer demand. What worked in marketing just a few years ago, may not be successful […] Written by Sarah Petty June 22, 2023May 17, 2023
Business Marketing Photography Education What is Your Uniqueness? There was a great article in the April 2023 PPA Magazine titled “Reading the Room – How Ed Carreon Gets to the Heart of His Clients’ Needs” By Jeff Kent. It’s on pages 68 – 77. I give it my highest recommendation to read. After reading this article it reminded me again of the importance […] Written by Mark Weber June 20, 2023May 8, 2023
Inspiration Lifestyle Photography Education What it Takes to Have a Healthy Business I wanted to share with you my thoughts on a HEALTHY business. Being healthy (personally) plays an important role in how things happen in our lives, including in our businesses. The habits that we develop for ourselves play a key role in our performance, both in business and in life. We form habits around […] Written by Lori Nordstrom June 20, 2023May 4, 2023
Inspiration Lifestyle Photography Education Planning the Perfect Vacation – A Five-Week Plan Intro by Skip Cohen This is a little longer than the regular posts we share. Still, my good buddy Bryan Caporicci, founder of Sprout Studio, wrote some of the best advice I’ve ever read for photographers and business owners. While we shared his post many years ago, it’s even more relevant today. The two years […] Written by Bryan Caporicci June 15, 2023May 1, 2023
Business Inspiration Photography Education Building a Stronger Business With the Help of Your Peers Intro by Skip Cohen This post by Robert Nowell, co-founder of Sprout Studio, is out of their archives and really hit home for me. It’s all about how you can bring 5-6 individual business owners from your community together to create a Mastermind group. For years I’ve been writing about networking luncheons, bringing together a […] Written by Robert Nowell June 13, 2023May 4, 2023
Inspiration Photography Education Social Media Stop Taking on Trolls Just recently a good friend was attacked by a couple of trolls on Facebook, and it got me thinking about the blessing and curse of social media. The blessing is how it keeps all together, sort of like the mortar between a wall of bricks. We’re able to communicate and stay in touch. For example, […] Written by Skip Cohen June 8, 2023May 1, 2023
Inspiration Photography How to Implement Psychogeography Photography The term ‘psychogeography’ was invented by the French writer, poet, and philosopher Guy Debord in 1957. He defined it as the study of an environment’s specific effects on individuals’ emotions and actions. It is the intersection of psychology and geography. In other words, psychogeography is about how we feel and act when we are in […] Written by Carly Sullens M. Artist, CPP June 6, 2023April 19, 2023
Photography Photography Education How to Photograph the Starry Skies with Any Camera Astrophotography is fun and inspiring. It never gets old seeing the images pop up on the back of the camera after a time exposure and seeing all these stars that your eyes can’t see. I got into astrophotography a couple of years ago on my own terms. What do I mean by that? I didn’t […] Written by Mark Weber June 1, 2023May 1, 2023
Customer Satisfaction Photography Education How to Handle Upset Customers It happens to all of us. No matter how hard we try sometimes we are going to have upset clients. Could be it’s an issue beyond our control. Could be we simply screwed up. But whatever the reason Mrs. Jones is MAD! The catastrophe for your business is not that something bad happened, it’s if […] Written by Holly Howe May 30, 2023April 12, 2023
