Reason #10: Your Customer Service is Awful This is the final post in a 10-part series called "10 Reasons Why You Aren't Getting More Clients." Here's a link to the rest of the series in case you missed it. Let's face it: most of us did not start our photography business because we love dealing with clients. We started it because we love photography. In fact, I find that the customer service skills of most freelance business owners out there (not just photographers) is painfully bad. Enough so that it drives clients away. People will pay more if they know.. - Continue Reading
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Reason #9: Your Social Media Efforts are Not Effective This is the 9th post in a 10-part series called "10 Reasons Why You Aren't Getting More Clients." Here's a link to the rest of the series in case you missed it. I don't even want to know how much time I spend on Facebook every day. Certainly more than I watch TV, edit, or do almost anything if I'm honest. And yes, it helps me grow my businesses. Yes, it helps me connect with people. But more often than not, I'm simply wasting my time. In fact, if Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, or.. - Continue Reading
Reason #8: You Aren't Making the Most of Your Website This is the eighth post in a 10-part series called "10 Reasons Why You Aren't Getting More Clients." Here's a link to the rest of the series in case you missed it. So, you've moved away from an amateurish website and finally got a professional looking website up and running. (You have, right? Don't put this one off! Go back and read that post if you haven't yet!) I'm proud of you. But now we've got to make this awesome new website of yours start bringing in the clients! Most.. - Continue Reading
Reason #7: You Haven't Networked with Other Business Owners This is the seventh post in a 10-part series called "10 Reasons Why You Aren't Getting More Clients." Here's a link to the rest of the series in case you missed it. Networking with other business owners is one of the best ways to get new ideal clients in the door, yet many photographers are afraid to do it. The benefits are huge, especially if you can network with other businesses that have the same target client base as you do and can get them to recommend you to their best.. - Continue Reading
Reason #6: You Are Not a Legal Business This is the sixth post in a 10-part series called "10 Reasons Why You Aren't Getting More Clients." Here's a link to the rest of the series in case you missed it. It seems more and more common that people just kind of find themselves running a photography business without having planned on doing so. In fact, this is how my own photography business started. I had a nice camera. I started taking lovely photos that my friends admired, and they started asking me to take photos for them. Suddenly, I had.. - Continue Reading
You are not Confident This is the fifth post in a 10-part series called "10 Reasons Why You Aren't Getting More Clients." Here's a link to part 1 of the series in case you missed it. Reason #5: You are not Confident I'm a confident person overall. However, when I first started my business, I wasn't very confident in my work as it wasn't where I wanted it to be yet. This can hurt your business in a variety of ways, keeping you from gaining the confidence you need to run a successful business and get more clients. If you're.. - Continue Reading
Your Low Prices are Hurting You, Not Helping You This is the fourth post in a 10-part series called "10 Reasons Why You Aren't Getting More Clients." Here's a link to part 1 of the series in case you missed it. One of most common things I hear photographers who are struggling to get clients but are still underpriced from where they need to be is that their market simply won't support higher prices. They're afraid to raise their prices because they have heard time and time again that they are too expensive, yet they're not even coming close enough.. - Continue Reading
Your Work Isn't That Good This is the third post in a 10-part series called "10 Reasons Why You Aren't Getting More Clients." Here's a link to part 1 and part 2 of the series in case you missed it. Our images are like children to us. We love them. We put lots of time and effort into producing them, and we're proud to show them to the world. We swell with pride when we read all the lovely Facebook comments people leave about how amazing our images are! Unfortunately, just like with our children, we tend to gloss over the negatives.. - Continue Reading
Your Website Screams "Amateur"! This is the second post in a 10-part series called "10 Reasons Why You Aren't Getting More Clients." Here's a link to part 1 of the series in case you missed it. Your website is often the first impression that people get of your business. You only have a few seconds to convince them that they should dig deeper and show that you are the right photographer for them. So if your blog screams "Amateur!!!!" at a glance, they'll simply click away and look at someone else. Here's two big places where I see photographers consistently failing to get the.. - Continue Reading
Remember back when you were a pre-teen? You weren't really a kid anymore, but you weren't quite old enough to be a teenager, and everything was awkward. You'll go through this exact same phase as a business. It's that awkward moment after you've decided to become a professional photographer, but still don't have an established client base. You've taken photographs of every family member and friend that will let you, and now you're looking for real paying clients that treat you like the business you want to be. This can be a frustrating time for your business. It can seem.. - Continue Reading