Maximizing Profits (eBook)

A Practical Guide for Portrait Photographers

Lori Nordstrom (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2015
128 Seiten
Amherst Media (Verlag)
978-1-60895-853-5 (ISBN)

Infos

If youve got great camera skills and want to take the plunge and make your passion a career, youll need to build a solid business foundation from which your passion and creativity can take flight. If youre like most artists, the business side of things seems a bit dryand it may be something you dread. Fortunately, Lori Nordstrom takes the sting out of your studies and gives you all of the skills you need to plan your business, attract the attention of the clientele you want to serve, recruit a staff that supports your creative and financial objectives, create a top-notch customer-service experience, and show and sell your unique images to happy clients, time after time.Lori Nordstrom is an award-winning photographer and an active lecturer and blogger who inspires other photographers to make smart business decisions that positively impact the children-and-family portrait industry as a whole. In this book, shes compiled her hard-won tips, sharing clear, simple ideas for developing your personal style; identifying your ideal client base, creating a referral system, constructing displays, getting media coverage, and hosting events. Shell also help you understand how to hire a staff, create a budget, schedule your time, manage your workflow, and establish a sense of value and a cost structure that allows for a nice profit.Because all of your pre-session efforts should lead to a successful photographic experience for your clients, special attention is given to cultivating a standout studio experience that allows clients to feel relaxed, happy, and yes, pampered. Nordstrom also helps readers work through some issues that are notoriously challenging for photographersbreaking free of pricing set points, selling their products, and overcoming client objections to close the sale.This book offers a fresh, exciting, and friendly approach to building a sustainable business that affords photographers the opportunity to confidently createand make a great living.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.3.2015
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Fotografieren / Filmen
• ISBN-10: 1-60895-853-1 / 1608958531
• ISBN-13: 978-1-60895-853-5 / 9781608958535