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  Market, Shoot And Sell

After many requests from photographers over the years, I am finally coming to North Queensland to do a seminar, and I am bringing with me a couple Australia’s most successful photographers.

After the fantastic success of the “A Day For Photographers” in Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth, we will be travelling to Cairns to help as many photographers as we can to help grow their photography business.Do you lie awake at night thinking how you can get more customers?

Wondering how to take better photographs?

How to build your photography business?

This 1 and 1/2 day event will focus on Photography – Marketing – Selling.

1. Developing Your Photography Into A Clear Brand.
2. Getting the Right Customers.
3. Developing A Conversion System To Convert Leads Into Customers.
4. Creating Your Price List To Maximise Sales.
5. Marketing for a Constant Flow of Customers.
6. Becoming a Master Photographer.
7. Facebook Marketing Strategies.

Monday 24 July 1pm – 4pm
Live demonstration with Murielle and Carol photographing families and children in their individual unique styles. Bring your cameras along and and learn some new techniqes.

Tuesday 25 July 9.30am – 4pm
A full day in learning all the business things that you need to know to create a successful photography business, from Facebook advertising to making big portrait sales….it will all be there!
Tuesday’s Presentations

Bernie Griffiths

5 Keys To Developing A Successful Photography Business
After having a successful wedding/portrait studio for over 40 years, Bernie transitioned into being a Photography Business Coach.

He is now the “go to” coach for those studios looking at taking their business to the next level.

His studio experience, expertise in Facebook Marketing, and down to earth approach to business, has enabled him to help and guide photographers in growing their business and generating more income.

He will help you build something that lasts, and guide you in growing your business and getting results.

You won’t hear the same old strategies you’ve heard a million times before!

Other photographers call him the world’s only 365 days, 24hours a day photography business coach, because coaching is his life.

Bernie is widely recognised as Australia’s Leading Photography Business Coach, and his presentation will be on the 5 most important things that a photographer should focus on to build a successful photography business.

Murielle Sassine

Getting Work/Life Balance In A Busy Home Studio
Murielle Sassine, owner and operator of Vivid Imaging and Blackbox Portraits, developed a passion for photography at a young age.

She pursued her interests in photography and obtained a degree in Visual Communication, establishing herself as a photo media specialist.

Murielle has run a successful photography business from home for over 17 years, and has achieved great success with her sales in the areas of portrait and glamour photography.

Her portrait sales this year have been “mind blowing” and she had a record turnover for her business, over the past 12 months.

She will talk about some of the many challenges facing photographers who work from home and how you can get a good work/life balance.

Carol Gibbons

How To Sustain A Profitable Photography Business
Sydney Master Photographer Carol Gibbons, has more than 25 years experience specialising in portrait photography of newborn babies, kids, pets and families of all ages.

Her shop front studio is based in the Northern Beaches area of Sydney, and she is celebrating 18 years in that location this year.

While studying Fine Art, Carol found photography was her passion and pursued further study in Art Photography, after completing her diploma.

She started her business in the early 90’s photographing Weddings as well as Portraits, and has continued to update her skills as well as judging at the State and National Awards for the AIPP.

Carol Gibbons is an Accredited Member and Licentiate of the Australian Institute of Professional Photography and has qualified as a Master of Photography many years ago, as well as winning a Grand Award for Portraiture at WPPI.

She believes that to survive in the portrait photography business, you have to develop your own style in photography as well as marketing, look after your customers, and give people a reason to pay us to create their portraits.

When : Monday 24 and Tuesday 25 July
Where : Pullman Cairns International 17 Abbott Street Cairns

MORE INFO……………………………

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Is Your Pricing Right?

Photography Pricing
In my experience in talking to, and consulting with hundreds of portrait photographers, the area of pricing their photographs, is the most difficult part of their business, that they have to contend with. If your prices are too low, you not only attract the wrong type of clientele, but you also may not make any money.

You can in fact lose money. If the prices are too high, you may not get any customers at all. Both of these scenarios are of course not acceptable.

So how do you determine your prices? To help us get to this, you should first ask yourself this simple question. How must should I charge? I will answer this for you. As much as possible!

One of the most important things that you have to do in your business is to set your prices. Most photographers totally get their prices wrong, and have price lists that are too confusing, and far too detailed.

Getting your pricing right will be crucial to your business success. Your prices for your imagery will determine what market you will attract, your brand, your competition, and the amount of money that you will earn.

Because this such a crucial part of your planning, make sure that you follow carefully the steps in this book.

Photography Business Coach

Being a photography business coach I have learnt that to develop your price list, the first thing that you need to do, is start to think differently. You probably set up your price list by guessing at numbers, or worse than that , you may have obtained a copy of a competitors price list and then made your prices cheaper! This is the exact opposite of what you should be doing.

A badly thought out price list will cost you money, and may even bring your business into debt. It will force you to work many hours without pay, and may even destroy your love of photography. Compiling a well thought out, and realistic price structure, will help to drive your passion, attract good customers, and help you achieve the financial success that you deserve.

Over the many years that I have worked on my business, getting the price list right, was always high on my list of things to do.

I have built a guide to building a solid portrait price list that you will constantly revisit over the years. But the price list that you are about to structure, will be your default. It will be the foundation of your business.

It has worked for many photographers from a variety of backgrounds and in many different locations.

Everyone’s pricing is different and it is up to you to determine what is right for your business.

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The Millionaire Photographer

The Millionaire Photographer

I am an admirer of Bradford Rowney, known as The Millionaire Photographer.

Like myself he has turned over millions of dollars in his photography studio.

Below is an extract from his recent blog post, all of which I agree with, but I would like to add a couple of things.

After having a successful wedding/portrait studio for over 40 years, and now being a full time Photography Business Coach for over the past five years, there is one thing that I have learned.

Every photographer is different!

They have different backgrounds, different photography skill levels, different everyday lives, different family and friends, different wants and needs, different personalities, they live in different parts of the world, with different cultures, and different communities.

But they do have one thing in common.

They all love photography!

Those wishing to take their business to higher levels, generally don’t like as much the business side of things….Marketing, Selling, Bookwork, Social Media etc.

This is where a Business Coach comes in, to help the photographer to understand, implement, and learn to enjoy the business side of things.

Personally, I have always loved the business side of things more than the photography.

I loved the challenge of having my own photography business and all of the rewards that it has brought me, and now the challenges of being the best Photography Business Coach that I can be.

From Bradley Rowney’s Blog……http://www.milliondollarphotographer.com/dont-hire-a-photography.html

Don’t Hire a Photography Business Coach Until You Do This!

“There is an old saying: “Those who can, do, and those who can’t, teach.”

This certainly isn’t true in every case – there are some amazing teachers out there (for example, Tony Robbins) – but with so many photographers turned teachers, it does make you wonder if this statement is true in at least some cases. In fact, I often get this accusation made against me.

Some say I must be teaching because I can’t make it in my business anymore (I’ll answer that one throughout the article).

Having a business coach is important. One could even say it is essential. Whether it’s Michael Jordan or Tiger Woods, virtually every person who has dominated their field has had some form of coaching.

But with all the choices, especially where photographers turned teachers are concerned, how do you decide who will give you the most explosive results for your money and time?

Below are four things you can do to help protect yourself and make sure you are truly getting someone who is an expert at getting results, who actually walks the talk, not someone who is just a well-known name in the industry (which happens all too often).

If you are hiring one of the 17,500 coaches outside the photography industry and they have a proven track record for results, no problem.

If, however, it is someone inside the industry who advertises themselves as having a successful photography business and is using this claim as their credentials for teaching you and sharing their secrets, these steps will help you learn if they are truly running a successful business that also offers teaching, or if they are making most of their money from teaching while merely creating the illusion of a successful business.

Google the photographer/teacher.

What comes up first? Is it their photography studio, or is it all about teaching photographers and educational materials for sale?

If it’s the latter, be careful. If their website is mainly geared to photographers, that is a big hint that they make the majority (if not all) of their money from teaching, not photography.

Again, this is fine if it’s how they represent themselves, but if they represent themselves as having a successful photography business as their credentials for teaching, then be careful.

Ask the photographer/teacher what percentage they make from teaching versus photography.

Ask the photographer/teacher to provide the names of people they have taught who have made significant increases as a result of their teachings.

Experience does not matter. Industry accolades and awards do not matter. The ONLY thing that matters is results!

Hiring a coach may be one of the best business decisions you can make.

The questions above are good ones to ask to make sure you are employing someone who has a proven track record of achieving great results for themselves, and who is able to translate their skills into helping you achieve great results for yourself!”

Put Up Your Hand

If you need help in your Photography Business don’t be afraid to put up your hand and ask for help.

Follow Bradford’s advice, and as he says…… Hiring a coach may be one of the best business decisions you can make.

Put up your hand if you need help. You don’t have to do it alone.

I only Coach “one on one,” and my coaching services start at just $130 a month.

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Are You Working Too Hard?

Stop Working So Hard.

It appears that in today’s busy society, we are led to believe that the more appointments that we can cram into our day and ultimately our week, and the more time we spend working, the more money we will make.

But is that really true?

In my many years of business, I have experienced the opposite to be true.

By consolidating certain tasks on certain days, like photographing only on Wednesdays to Saturday mornings, and doing sales sessions at the same times but alternate weeks, you could just work four and a half days a week.

Afternoons could be spent doing post production and compiling orders ready for collection.

You could have Monday off, and Tuesday would be committed to working on your Marketing, Social Media, Blog, and Networking.

The key of course is to be disciplined with the structure of your working hours.

If you don’t stick to your rules, obviously you will fall back into those old bad habits that will once again steal your valuable time.

Most experienced photography business owners know that if your customers are allowed to dictate what hours you work, they will have you working 24 hours a day!

Being in control of your own business, I believe is one the most fulfilling feelings that a business owner can experience.

It is fulfilling in that it brings together all of the reasons that we wanted to have our own business in the first place..…loving what we do, more freedom, more time with the family, more money, and pride in our achievements.

Let’s Do The Numbers

Business is all about numbers, so let us throw a few numbers around in the case of a portrait studio.

With this example you would be working a 36 hour week.

If we allocate one day a week, every week, to put some Marketing strategies into place, we should be able to create a minimum of 4 photography sessions a week…yes?

Now let us assume that we do face to face ordering sessions, and with our well thought out products, combined with our strategically crafted price list, we have an average sale of $1,000.

That equates to $16,000 per month.

If this scenario happens for 10 months of the year, taking into account that there are holidays, and other incidentals that could get in the way of our working life, that would be a turnover of $160,000 a year.

Would you be happy with this?

Is it possible though?

The numbers say it is possible.

Consolidating your time will give you more time to live life.

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9 Things That Are Stalling Your Photography Business

In the forty plus years that I had my studio, and in the last few years that I have spent coaching other photographers as a Photography Business Coach, there are certain traits that I have learned hold us back from reaching the success in growing our business.

Below are 9 lessons that I have learned as a Photography Business Coach.

  1. Instant results don’t always come.

Too quickly you think “this is a waste of time, I am not going to do it anymore.” Give new strategies a chance to blossom before you stop doing them. Test and measure for a realistic amount of time. Success is always just around the corner. Be patient, persistent, and give yourself a realistic timeline to achieve the results you want.

  1. Don’t compare yourself to others.

It’s your business, and you can look at others who are much further down the road from you, but don’t compare and wish that you had their business. You only have a perceived value of the success of their business anyway, unless you have access to their profit/loss statements. You shouldn’t feel inadequate, discouraged, or lacking something. Focus instead to where you are now compared to yesterday and, totally focus on where you are going.

  1. Be busy doing the important.

Ok I am guilty. I used to spent too many hours tweaking my website, reading other blogs, and playing with new apps, and “magic wand” software. Hours turned into days, as I sat at my desk appearing very busy but actually doing nothing constructive at all. Eventually I learned what the “right” things were to focus on my business. Are you doing the same?

  1. Always take action.

Are you a list and plan maker? You spent a lot of time planning and then don’t act on anything to bring those plans to reality? Any action may be imperfect, but it will be much more useful than all your lists and plans, without any action. In fact your actions may change all the plans you made in the first place, so spend most of your time on acting, not planning, if you want to progress your business.

  1. Don’t ask yourself the wrong questions.

You spend your time and energy wondering if you are doing the right thing. Why not change these uncertainties in your head to how, who and what, in relation to actions. Get help me and spend your energy finding answers to the right questions, that will ultimately help you take increasing steps closer to success.

  1. The right time is now.

Do you procrastinate and keep putting something off because you don’t feel that you are ready? Maybe you tell yourself that you need to make a few changes, wait until the kids have grown, or leave it until next year when you have more time. Your mind is playing delay tactics and it is winning. Start now! Do something! If you start you will quickly discover what else needs to be done, and you will progress toward your dreams much sooner.

  1. You really are worthy.

You may think that you are lacking in some way, and that maybe you should not try too hard to set too high an expectation, in case you fail. So you aim a little lower or even try something easier. Don’t let your head play tricks on you. Everything gets easier the more you do it. Be persistent and you will discover that this is one of the secrets to success. Work at it and stick to it, and you will find the success you were looking for will come to you. You are indeed worthy.

  1. Listen to your heart.

If you are new at something and you want to learn how to be better, don’t you think that you should seek advice? Unfortunately you assume everyone you speak to knows what they’re talking about. Sometimes though the problem is that the wrong advice can take you in so many different directions that you’re mind gets confused, and that confusion stops you from taking any actions. Listen to the voices within. Let them guide you.

  1. You need professional help.

Getting help is not a sign of weakness. It is more a sign of sensibility. Yes you have this grand idea that you want to succeed on your own. But the reality is that we all can do better if you get the right help. Reaching out and getting experienced guidance can skyrocket your photography business. It surprises a lot of people when they learn that I have a business coach to guide me in my own business. It is the best value money that I spend. It is an investment for my future. Without my coach, I know that my business will not reach its full potential.

Making Money With Facebook

Don’t worry we recorded the webinar “Facebook For Photographers”, with Social Media expert Loren Bartley, owner of Imactiv8……http://www.impactiv8.com.au

Here is the link…..   https://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hstSEVr0eC8

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Photography Business Coach

Profit Is Not A Dirty Word

 

Do You Feel Guilty Making A Massive Profit?   

Your photography business is about making money.

There I’ve said it!

In fact ANY business is about making money….as much money as possible.

Do you limit the amount of money that you want to earn?

While giving a presentation to a group of photographers in Atlanta Georgia recently, I asked a photographer how much he wanted to earn?

“70,000 dollars” was his reply.

“Why 70,000 dollars” I asked?

He replied “Because then I would be happy”.

I know that there is a perception within the photography industry that earning $70,000 a year would put a lot of photographers in a happy place.

From my perspective as a photography business coach, the reality is that any photographer who is willing to work hard on doing the “right” things and has time to implement solid Marketing strategies, can earn many times this amount.

I have said countless times before that your photography business is all about numbers.

But there is only one number that matters at the end of each financial year, and that’s the amount of Profit that you made, or the amount of loss that you made.

To achieve a Profit there are a few basic business fundementals that you should do.

Minimise all of your overheads.

Get Portrait and Wedding clients to pay up front.

Prepare for the quieter months by having money in the bank.

Keep adjusting your pricing to ensure that you are maximising every sale.

Constantly change your photography to separate you from competitors.

Target your Marketing to get the right customers.

If you employ staff make sure you know how much they are actually costing you.

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ONLINE COURSES

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CASHTOGRAPHY PODCAST

Rants Raves and Myths in The Photography Industry

http://www.cashtography.com/podcast/21berniegriffiths

How To Market Your Photography Business

http://www.cashtography.com/podcast/2016/1/24/e5-how-to-market-your-photography-biz-for-success-with-bernie-griffiths

PHOTOPROFIT PODCAST

How A Single Mum With 5 Kids Went From Broke To Making Over $1000 Per Photo Shoot

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SPROUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

Getting Clients In The Door

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Can’t Move Forward In Your Photography Business?    

I have come across many photographers who are past the portfolio-building stage, and still doing photography part time, and surviving by having a separate full time job.

Other family responsibilities keep them from being able to go full-time with their business, but still they dream, that one day they will be a full time professional photographer.

They find themselves at that awkward in-between stage as they don’t have enough clients, and enough cash flow to make the transition to full time professional photographer.

They know that they need to be charging a lot more for their photography and need to do some Marketing.

The catch is that they need more clients before they can go full time, but they struggle because they need more time if they get more clients, to generate the income they need to go full time.

The whole scenario can be very frustrating, and quite stressful.

The sad thing is that they are not only missing out on their family, but have no financial reward to show for their hard efforts.

So what is the solution?

Watch this recorded Webinar  where I talk to photographer Sarah Streets about her journey going from frustrated “wanna be” to full time professional photographer.

The first thing that she did when going full time was to get a coach.

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Facebook Ads Go Crazy !

Working with Photographers around he world we are having big results with Facebook Marketing.

There is a right and wrong way of doing a Facebook ad.

In testing and measuring with lots of my clients we have found a successful formula that brings them in lots of new customers.

Here is what a few of my coaching clients have said this week………………

“I have already had 60 leads from my Facebook ad- 23 weren’t in target market, and

I have booked 25 so far just waiting for signed contracts, so should be 31 in total.

Pretty good start with 9 days of promoting

I am currently at 69 photography sessions booked in advance.. definitely made it past my aim of 50.”……Kate

“I just booked in 32 clients from a Facebook/Instagram targeted post that Bernie helped me do too.” …..Murielle

“I’m loving the Facebook “Boost” posts also.. I had 59 enquiries from one I did last week and booked 21 sessions so far !!!….Sarah

“I did a voucher promo on Facebook recently for Mother’s Day and I booked over 30 sessions in 24hours”…..Sara

If you are not using Facebook as part of your Marketing mix, you are missing out on a great opportunity to create extra income.

National Family Portrait Month

If you would like to help me in reaching the fundraising $10,000 target for The Womens Cancer Foundation, you can register by going to…

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/national-family-portrait-month-photographers-tickets-25187877620

QUESTIONS OR QUERIES….

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Happy Face..Sad Face

 

Photography Business Coach Puts On A Happy Face

What a fantastic couple of weeks it has been for myself, and some of the photographers that I have been coaching as a photography business coach.

Some of the success stories……………..

A massive $9,200 portrait sale for one photographer, but the amazing thing was that the client only purchased a bg bunch of prints in just 5×7 and 10×8 inch sizes.

20 plus Mothers Day vouchers sold by another photographer.

Facebook Ads done the right way, are bringing in lots of photography sessions.

Corporate Headshots are still a booming market, with some photographers charging over $300 per file.

Photographer with over 100 engaged couples responding to a Facebook post.

And this email from a photographer who had just one single Skype session with me..exciting because she went out and acted upon my suggestions.

“I just thought I would send you a quick email to give you a bit of an update on my progress since you helped me…

Firstly, I want to say a big THANK YOU for all you taught me and how you opened up my eyes to a lot of things in regards to marketing and business that I could not see.

As you said yourself, I was doing a lot of things right but the things that I was doing wrong and I have changed have definitely changed my business for the better 🙂

I no longer do online galleries…

Every customer now comes back to look at their gallery in-person and I haven’t had one person complain 🙂 I have found this a massive change – not only does it make the whole process easier and quicker, I feel it offers better customer service (as I can discuss and offer solutions to questions on the spot) and my sales have definitely increased.

Yes I definitely still have the odd customer here and there that is adamant they will not spend more than originally planned (just want digital images!) but I’d say at least 50% upgrade to prints as well.

I now have a credit card/ eftpos facility. That has been a major game-changer!

Sales on-the-spot and no chasing customers. Yay!

I am still doing my adwords advertising. After a month or so of trial-and-error with different types of ads we seem to have created ones that are attracting the right customers and enquiries are pretty good.

I know they could still be better but hopefully with time. For now I’m pretty happy!

The adwords is still costing a lot (as I know you mentioned) but it’s returning a profit and I feel it’s worth it as I’m reaching people who I would never reach through word-of-mouth.

My vouchers have started rolling out. I have linked up with a few people who have local small businesses who attract a similar customer. Fitness trainer, pilates instructor (pregnancy classes), mortgage broker, Tupperware representative, birth/children acupuncturist.

I took your advise and told them to only hand the vouchers out as a ‘reward’ so it is valued.

In return for these people, I promote their businesses and offer a free photo shoot if I receive a lot of sales through them.

Fingers crossed the ball will start rolling more with the roll-out of vouchers and business will pick up.

But for now I’m definitely much happier than I was back when I spoke to you, things are looking much better!

Thank you again :)”   Michelle

Why My Sad Face

There are so many photographers who would like to create a better income from their photography.

The sad fact is that only a small percent ever will.

They read books, watch webinar relays, listen to podcasts, have some great ideas, ask other photographers advice, but never act on anything that they have learned.

My sad face.

Michelle is the reason I do what I do…she is serious in walking the path toward success.

Are you like Michelle?

Will you act on some solid proven Marketing strategies to propell your business forward.

Rants Raves And Myths

It was great to be invited back by Michael Coy onto his Cashtography Podcast.

We ranted and raved about some of the misguided information that is being put out into the photography business world.

Pricing, wall art, and the reality of how long it takes to go full time in a photography business, were some of the  topics that we became “fired up” about.

You want the truth….here it is.

Put on your headphones and tune in at http://www.cashtography.com/podcast/21berniegriffiths

Need help in your photography business….

email me on on info@berniegriffiths.com or call 0418509228.

I Couldn’t Believe It.

I Couldn’t Believe It

I had a massive response from my last newsletter about selling prints not pixels.

Everyone agreed that selling printed product was he only way to achieve a sustainable and profitable business, and of course maximise your portrait sales.

While I was sitting having my early morning coffee I received this email from a photographer that I knew………………..

” Hi Bernie….

Good to see you are encouraging the printed medium. It seems that those starting off in the industry don’t have the confidence, and I guess if you don’t entirely depend on photography to make your living, then selling only digital files becomes an easy option. The pity of this, is the spin off that encourages the general public out there to ask or demand digital files.

I recently photographed a family for the 3rd time. Nowadays they have grandchildren, so the shoot expanded a bit. However the $33,000 order made it pretty worthwhile!! Canvases, albums and prints made up the order, and he even spontaneously paid me $100 travel money when he discovered I had travelled 2 hours from a weekend break.”IMG_2474Wow!  I nearly spilt my coffee.

I didn’t believe it, so I replied asking whether he had made a mistake and it should have been $3,300, but he replied that the $33,000 figure was correct.

This certainly is the highest portrait sale that I have heard of in the last couple of years, and it smashes the previous $22,000 record sale that one of my clients did last year.

What is the highest portrait sale you have heard of?

Are You Trying To Grow Your Business?

Over the past few months I have met a lot of photographers who are just starting out, but are tired of struggling to make any impact on growing their photography business?

What’s stopping you from taking your business to the next level – to its full potential – whatever you feel that is?

How many hours in the year do you think that you are wasting trying to get your business up to the next level?

When is the last time you invested money in seriously trying to grow your business?

Are you committed to making changes and going forward toward your happiness?

Anyone who has achieved success usually has paid a price or made a commitment of money and time?

You do need customers?

Customers are like the petrol in a car.

If you have no customers just like in a car your business will stall.

And if it stays in the one place for long enough it will rust.

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You need the right products, that your customers find irresistable.

You need a good pricing structure to encourage customers to maximise the sale.

You need help and guidance from someone who has been where you want to go.

You have the tools for your photography, now you need the business tools to fill your business with customers.

Is it time for you to take the next step in your business?

Your Time To Shine?

Welcome to my BRAND NEW ONLINE COURSE called “CREATE A PHOTOGRAPHY BUSINESS.”

For just $97 a month, or about the cost of 5 cups of coffee a week, you can move forward in your business with my BRAND NEW START UP PROGRAM that could have you on your way to achieving the happiness that you are struggling for.

You need a minimum of 5 hours a week to achieve success in the program.

Expect to make a minimum of $35,000 in the 12 months from your photography.

It’s ok to make a little money from your photography passion.

Like to know more?

Email me on on info@berniegriffiths.com or call 0418509228 for all the info.

https://www.berniegriffiths.com

Same Time Next Year

The start of another year….are you excited?

Have you written your business plan for the year?

Do you have your Marketing Strategies ready to go?

Have you planned your holidays yet and scrubbed those dates out of your diary?

Have you reflected on your business from last year and looked at what you can improve on?

Have you reviewed your website to see if it is the lead generating magnet that it should be?

Have you done a time analysis on the jobs that maybe are taking far too long, and looked at ways of doing them quicker or outsourcing them?

Have you set some financial goals as a target that you can aim for?

If you haven’t done a few of these you may already be behind in creating success for your business this year.

But don’t panic.

Here’s what you can do.

This is the way I plan the year.

Imagine that you have a Time Machine.

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Sit in it and press the button marked “This Time Next Year” and be transported to this time next year. Get it?

Now write yourself a letter describing the year that was 2016.

Here is mine after my Time Machine journey.

“Wow! Another year has seemingly flown by and it’s the first week of 2017.

What an amazing year I had last year.

Some of the many highlights were……

In January I was able to increase my database of photographers around the world to over 10,000, and through my regular weekly newsletters I built up a waiting list of photographers who want me to coach them.

To facilitate this, the creation of my brand new online course has enabled me to help a much bigger number of photographers move forward in their businesses.

Wendy and I spent the whole month of March in New York and it was totally amazing. We had never been there before and were both totally blown away with, well, everything.

Great to catch up with Millionaire photographer Bradley Rowley. He spent a lot of time with me in his New York studio, and I came away super inspired, and with a lot more understanding about the high end portrait market.

National Family Portrait Month in May was an even bigger success than last year, with over 100 A.I.P.P. members participating in raising over $10,000 for the Women’s Cancer Foundation. Many families now have a family photograph, that they probably would not have had done but for this promotion.

I have generated well over $500,000 new income for my clients, via my proven Marketing Strategies.

The decision to get a coach for my business early in the year proved to be one of the best major decisions that I made for the year, (yes coaches have coaches too.)

My golf game since my friends bought me a new set of golf clubs, has improved so much that I am thinking of taking it up professionally. Ha ha…no way……………………………”

Get the idea?

Write it down and send it to me, or your partner or a friend, and become accountable.

Or even print it, stick it in an envelope and open it “THIS TIME NEXT YEAR.”

Ever Success……You Really Do Deserve It.

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