If you’re a real estate or architectural photographer, what can you do to keep your clients? In this video I’ll share five things you can do to keep your clients and reduce the risk of your photography business shrinking. Video transcript: Real estate photographers: how do you keep your clients? Now a few weeks back I talked about the issues …
Real estate photographers: How to make 2022 your best year ever
In this live event we looked at five practical things real estate photographers can do to make 2022 their best year ever PLUS I giveaway a $100 voucher for Samy’s Camera to a lucky photographer during the show.Video transcript: How to make 2022 your best year ever What are you going to start doing differently to make 2022 your best …
Real estate photographers: 10 reasons why you don’t get new clients
In this live event we looked at some of the reasons why real estate photographers aren’t getting new clients, or why you’re not getting as many as you’d like. Now obviously we talked about pricing and differentiation because they’re the big ones, but we also looked at a few less obvious reasons that might spark a new idea for you. …
Real estate photographer website reviews
In this video I reviewed the websites of three real estate photographers, ranking each of them for things like brand alignment, SEO and site design.Here’s what we covered in this episode (you can jump to the different sections in the video timeline): 0:00 – Intro 1:56 – Review: Monica from Washington 10:41 – Review: Rick from Texas 14:41 – Review: …
Real estate photographers: Take your business to the next level
In this video we looked at the four levels of a real estate photography business: 1. Start up 2. Growth 3. Team-building 4. Scale I’ll help you identify which level you’re at right now, and by the end of the video you’ll have a clear picture of the changes you need to make if you want to step up to …
15 things I wish I knew before I started doing real estate photography
In this live event I shared 15 things I wish I knew before I started doing real estate photography, and these lessons come from the combined experience of running my own photography business for 17 years and from coaching over 200 photographers around the world. I covered photography, marketing, pricing, hiring team members and more, spread across 15 simple lessons …
Photographers: Here’s your weekly activity checklist to build your business
When you run a real estate or architectural photography business it’s easy to get caught up in the creative side of things, but you’ll only find real success when you focus long-term on the business. In this live event I shared the core activities you need to be working on each week if you want to grow. I walked through …
Real estate photographers: How to earn at least 20 percent more
In this video I’ll share a few ideas you can use if you’re a real estate photographer to increase your annual revenue by 20% to 90% … or more! These ideas aren’t groundbreaking, but what I want to do is present them in a way that sets off a little spark of an idea in your head. Sometimes we just need …
Real estate photographers: Which business model is best?
In this video we’ll take a look at two different business models used by photographers to see how you would implement each of them when it comes to pricing, image quality, client acquisition, time per shoot and more. Of course, you might sit somewhere between these two models so we’ll consider those options as well, and I’ll let you know …
Photographers: how your accountability determines your success
Why accountability is important for photographers. / An example of an accountability session. / The 6-step process to improve your level of self-accountability. / The $44,000 impact from a tiny change any photographer can make.
Real estate photographers: Do you want more commercial clients?
If you typically shoot real estate but you’d like to be doing more photo shoots for builders, architects, hotels and interior designers, then I’d like to share eight things you can do to bring more diversity to your client mix.Here’s what we covered in this episode (you can jump to the different sections in the video timeline): 0:00 – Intro 3:08 …
Marketing for real estate and architectural photographers
If you’re a real estate photographer or an architectural photographer then at some point you’ve probably asked this question: “How do I get more clients?” I’ve been involved in real estate and architectural photography for over 20 years, and in that time I’ve learned that there are some steps every photographer needs to take before they make an offer to …
Photographers: Managing clients with unrealistic expectations
If you’re a real estate photographer or architectural photographer – How do you manage those clients that have unrealistic expectations? In this video I’m going to walk you through the 3 areas of your business you’ll want to work on so you’re thoroughly prepared for anything they might throw at you: setting boundaries, preparing your resources and knowing how to engage with a client.
Real estate photographers: How to build your team
So your real estate photography business is growing and you’re wondering if you should hire some extra team members. It can be a daunting prospect and one that you might be tempted to put off just because it looks like it’ll be too big to manage … “Should I hire someone now or wait until I get busier? And how …
Photographers: You need more patience in your marketing
Let’s have another chat about marketing your architectural or real estate photography business and I’d like to talk about something that I think you need at the foundation of any marketing campaign you do in 2021. If you include this in your marketing then it’s going to have a significant impact on the ‘what’ and the ‘when’ of your marketing, …
Procrastination, perfectionism and photography
Do you procrastinate on things? Are you a perfectionist? Do you ever have doubts about your ability as a photographer? There’s a lot of stuff online for real estate photographers about shooting and editing, but I’d like to dig into some of the underlying mindset issues that hold a lot of photographers back and I’ll share some things you can …
Real estate photographers – too busy? This is how you fix it.
For the real estate photographers out there – are you so crazy busy working on photo shoots for your clients that you barely get time for anything else? That sounds like a great problem to have, but it could be a sign of some systemic issues in your business that you need to get fixed ASAP. In this episode I …
Photographers: 3 things the corporate world does better than you
In this episode of The Build A Photography Business Show I talk about 3 things the corporate world does better than you … or at least better than a lot of real estate photographers and architectural photographers. However, if you can turn things around by also pursuing excellence in these three areas – and we’ll talk about how you can …
Real estate photographers: How to get paid what you’re worth
If you’re a real estate photographer, what do you need to do to get paid what you’re worth? In episode 12 of The Build A Photography Business Show I shared a formula for pricing your real estate photography packages, and in this episode we’ll go to the next step and talk about how you command higher fees. If going up against …
What should you charge for real estate photography?
What should you charge for real estate photography? If you struggle with real estate photography pricing then I’d like to share a process you can use to price any service in any market, whether it’s photography, video or a 360 tour. This process is reasonably simple to use and I’m confident you’ll find it super helpful.Here’s what I covered in …