#46: How Debra Sold $10k of Portraits in 45 Days During a Pandemic
Before the pandemic, she was shooting 550 sessions a year and running a $100k+ photography business. But what Debra wanted more than anything was time with her growing family. She'd been a professiona...
16 Maalis 202128min
#45: 6 Ways to Grow Thicker Skin When You Worry About Every Scenario
Ever find yourself worrying about every possible outcome? Recently, a photographer asked me How to grow thicker skin so she could stop worrying so much. I think it's something that many of us struggle...
9 Maalis 202115min
#44: The Top Secrets to Reaching $100K From My Yay Award Winners (Part 2)
How the heck did they do it? Here's part 2 of our advice series with my $100k Yay Award Winning boutique photographers. You'll hear directly from them their #1 piece of advice for getting to $100k a y...
2 Maalis 202117min
#43: The Top Secrets to Reaching $100K From My Yay Award Winners (Part 1)
As you're listening to this episode, I'm in Charlotte, NC getting ready to step on stage in front of 1200 boutique photographers for our once a year, 3-day event, Go Boutique Live. One of my favorite ...
23 Helmi 202121min
#42: From Losing Her House to Selling $45,000 of Photography 3 Months. Here's How.
As if it wasn't bad enough that her husband left her for another woman, COVID hit and Colleen Carlson was stuck with a huge mortgage, back taxes and had to return $20,000 in wedding and mitzva deposit...
16 Helmi 202149min
#41: How I Find Amazing Interns
If I were to credit a key decision that has helped my business grow, it would be the decision to hire interns. I've always loved mentoring teenagers, especially teenage girls. Back in my ad agency da...
9 Helmi 202132min
#40: How Allison Rebuilt Her Photography Business After Losing 75% of Her Clients
When Allison Gallagher made the switch from digital files to boutique, she lost 75% of her clients and the rejection and self-doubt floodgates swung open. She wanted so badly to be a good example to h...
2 Helmi 202133min
#39: How to Set the Timeline for a Boutique Portrait Order
I have often heard from photographers that they feel tremendous pressure to turn their client artwork around quickly. It seems like you are overserving your clients the faster you deliver their photos...
26 Tammi 202115min
