Make More Money

Join me as I chat with Don Hileman about the importance of the Sales Appointment. We will talk about some ways to do a sales appointment, why it's so important, and how to overcome client resistance.

Join me as I chat with Dennis Hammon about Landscape Photography.

Join me as I chat with Erika Lyremark about the importance of cracking your Daily Whip List. I have personally worked with Erika and think she is the BOMB! You will really love this show! Erika Lyremark (LEAR-a-mark) helps women make money doing what they love. She started her own entrepreneurial track while working as an exotic dancer. After the pole, she went on to co-create a multi-million dollar commercial real estate company and launch Daily Whip, her coaching consultancy. She’s been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine, Forbes.com. Minneapolis/ St. Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Business Magazine, Metro Magazine, KSTP Channel 5 News, Twin Cities Live, The Michelle Tafoya show on WCCO radio and she even cracked the whip on a promotional video for Oprah’s Have Your Own Show!   Erika’s also author of the workbook “Revenue, Results & Red Carpet Dreams.” And forthcoming book “Think Like A Stripper: How To Hustle Your Business Like You Mean It!”

Join me as I chat with Jeff Johnson about his "Images From The Soul" project. This show is sure to be inspiring! Fine Art photography has been the very passion of my life. I have been fortunate in that I have made a living doing what I genuinely love. From creating timeless portraits of children & families, to capturing the spirit & emotion of a wedding, this has truly been a rewarding career. I couldn't imagine doing anything else.   Spending time in the “creative process” of capturing a fine art image, whether it be with Mother Nature or Mankind can be a spiritual experience. I’ve realized that my deepest desire is in the challenge of creating a visual impression of a mere moment in time. More than just an image of pleasing composition, but one that inspires, one that will spark an emotion and stimulate the viewer’s senses. Each of my images has it's own story. My hope is that each image will evoke an emotion, trigger a memory or inspire you in some way that creates or defines your own stories with my imagery. I trust that as you enjoy each image they become a part of your soul as they have mine.      “Images From The Soul” is more than a conceptual description of my fine art photographic collections. Each image is an expression of what I was feeling or experiencing at that moment, deep within my soul. Having been a professional photographer for over 30 years Jeff has earned the PPA Degrees of Master of Photography, Photographic Craftsman and Certified Professional Photographer. Jeff has also been honored with three Fellowship Degrees from the Professional Photographers of Colorado. Jeff has also been honored by several Loan Collection selections thru PPA.

Join me as I chat with photographer Mark McCall about working with the Thyristor Flash. Learn the advantages of using Thyristor over TTL. YOU WILL NEED THIS LINK TO FOLLOW ALONG: http://www.swppa.com/Marks%20folder/MetzWeb/index.html Mark McCall operates a boutique studio in downtown Lubbock specializing in wedding, portrait and commercial photography. Mark is a Master Photographer/Photographic Craftsman and one of only 30 photographers to hold the Full Fellowship Degree from TPPA. He has placed multiple images into Loan and Showcase Collections and is a three time PPA Photographer of the Year, Fuji Masterpiece Award winner and 5 time An-Ne Award winner for excellence in photographic marketing. Mark is the webmaster for Southwest Professional Photographers Assoc. as well as Texas School of Professional Photography and is TPPA's resident expert on digital capture, workflow and the technical issues facing digital photographers. Mark is currently serving as Secretary of the Texas Professional Photographers Assoc.  

Join me as I chat with Jared Bauman about his approach to Packaging and Branding. Jared Bauman has been speaking on business, specific to the photography industry, for multiple years and has been a professional in the industry for over ten years. He has given one of the highest rated WPPI presentations on business and continues to speak about his "Packaging & Pricing" topic around the country and all over the world, including Australia this summer. His presentations touch on how to advance your business, find productive solutions and gain revenue in the professional photography industry today 

join me as I chat with Business Coach Carolyn Herfurth about sales confidence! After helping launch 100 businesses in seven years, Carolyn Herfurth felt helpless as she watched 80% of her clients struggle with sales and saw the havoc it wreaked on their personal, financial and business lives. It pissed her off enough that she walked away from her multiple six-figure business to start The Biztruth http://thebiztruth.com. She now boosts the sales confidence of entrepreneurs who go on to earn an additional 4 to 5 figures each month. Carolyn specializes in working with small business owners who are super talented but need help figuring out how to sell themselves without feeling sleazy. She had to figure it out for herself when she made the transition from corporate America to starting her first business over 8 years ago, so  she “gets it” and shows you a way to simplify it. Her playful, smartass style is a breath of fresh air to those who believe business, like life, is meant to be enjoyed!

Join me as I chat with kalen henderson about how to price digital files. Kalen has an interesting perspective on how to price digital files and make money doing it! Kalen purchased her first studio in 1987 and grew it through four building expansions before selling it in 2006. Following that, she did some teaching and consulting for a few years, then decided that she hadn't gotten rid of the bug yet so I opted to start from scratch on a brand new studio, in a much smaller community just outside her previous market. She opened StudioK in June of 2010 and has been chugging along ever since.

Join me as I chat wtih Ty Fisher about implementing Minimum Orders.

Join me as I chat with photographer Carol Johnson from Visions by Carol as we discuss the importance of pricing yourself professionally. We will talk about how she created her price list, how she came up with the prices, and how it will set you apart from amatures.

Join me as I chat with husband and wife team Justin & Mary Marantz. We will discuss their journey of making the leap into full-time photography and how they did it and are making it WORK!

Join me as I chat with Paul Wingler about photographing schools and churches, and how he has changed his business structure to embrace this area of photography and is making more money!

Join me as I chat with Heather Lilly as we discuss knowing your bottom line. It is SO important to price yourself to make money, and most photographers (being the creatives that are) really don't understand how we need to price ourselves to cover all our expenses (including insurance, taxes, etc). It's going to be a GREAT show!

Join me as I chat with Jen Basford of 3 Girls Photography. We will discuss how to build a Senior Rep Program at your high schools and ways to get the students involved in selling your studio to their friends. Jen is a high-energy and intellegent woman who has given programs at the Joy Of Marketing. You will not want to miss this show if you shoot high school seniors or have been considering it!

PLEASE NOTE:  this show has been postponed until Thursday, May 5th due to Amy being sick!! Join me as I chat with David Grupa about the importance of joining professional organizations such as PPA and how education is so critical in our ever-changing profession. And why to network with other photographers in area and not treat them as "competition" but as "opportunity"!