Last year's in the midst of the pandemic I had the pleasure to interview Bernadette Chapman, the founder of AWP in the UK, the association of wedding planners. It was originally made for our members inside our membership program and we are making it available for the first time for the wider community to listen to. Before we get started. As many of you know we have been coaching wedding photographers inside our program TPC for the last 15 months or so. There have been some great success...

It is often overlooked, but how we look after our money and the health of our business is a huge part of making a career out of our photography. Join me whilst I share some principles you can utilise in your own business to enable growth and reduce and feeling of financial insecurity that can easily crop up when running our own business. -- Are you looking for new ways to grow your wedding photography business? Sign up for our FREE new masterclass training designed to help you get...

In the middle of this busy season, Stam and I discuss some of our favourite strategies before, on and after the wedding day that make our workflow and experience stress free and enjoyable for us and our couples. Our 7 steps for a stress-free wedding workflow is the topic of this week's episode. -- Are you looking for new ways to grow your wedding photography business? Sign up for our FREE new masterclass training designed to help you get consistent bookings each month without needing those...

Did you know that over 90% of what we say is non-verbal? How we communicate with our couples matters greatly to building trust with them. In this episode, we talk about why some photographers seem to have a magnetic quality that attracts the best clients and how we can improve our communication by looking more closely at three specific non-verbal communication techniques when we meet our couples or talk to them over video call. -- Are you looking for new ways to grow your wedding...

IOS 14 has changed the game in many ways for everyone using traditional online tools like Facebook and Instagram Ads, Google Search and analytics or Pinterest. This is partly due to privacy and making it harder to track people when they visit your website. Facebook does have the ability to collect entries for us on their platform and this potentially helps us to mitigate the IOS14 changes and reduce the amount of steps people need to take when seeing our ads to get in touch with us. Today, I...

Julian Wainwright is a wedding photographer but he leant his craft as a press photo journalist and has covered some remarkable events including the Beijing Olympics. His work is very distinctive and he's a wonderful teacher and person to spend time with. I personally went to his workshop in Vietnam and it was fantastic. This episode is from the archives as it was recorded for my members of The Photographers Collective in the middle of the pandemic. Whilst things are looking brighter now...

Social media is supposed to be. well, social! In this information age, we can be overloaded by content and content marketing strategies. That is why we created a personality quiz for brides to cut through the noise, and the results have been incredible. Today, I talk to you about how we use it in our business to generate bookings and move our couples into direct communication with us that ultimately leads to bookings and revenue. -- Are you looking for new ways to grow your wedding...

Looking after ourselves when we are busy serving our couples and running our business can be low on the priority list. It shouldn't be, as producing our best work and giving our couples the ultimate experience is very much intertwined with our internal state, levels of stress and ability to communicate the way we want to. In this episode, I discuss self care and some of things I do in my daily routine to manage stress and thrive creatively during busy times. --- If you enjoyed this...

Ami Robertson (The Woman And The Wolf) talks to me about her thriving personal brand business, entering the Taylor Wessing Portrait Competition and helps us understand the definition of a cockwomble among other hilarious put downs. Essential listening if you are serious about diversifying your photography business and building sustainable success. You can find out more about her work...

In this episode, I give you 5 ways to be more effective and less busy in your photography business so you can focus more on working with your couples and enjoying your creativity. --- If you enjoyed this episode, we would be really grateful for your feedback.  Please head to Love the Podcast and give us a rating and a review. It helps other photographers, like you, get the help they are looking for in their business. Join the community on Facebook. We help photographers combine the...

Enrolment Open for the Photographers Collective until July 5th: DETAILS HERE. You can also watch the replay of our masterclass until July 5th: How to book consistent clients each month without expensive wedding fairs and listings - HERE. Today's episode is all about Instagram in 2021 and how we can use the features available to us (like Instagram Reels) to really improve our organic reach. --- If you enjoyed this episode, we would be really grateful for your feedback.  Please head to Love...

ANNOUNCEMENT: We have a live training on June 29th at 11am for WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS ''How to get consistent bookings each month without expensive wedding fairs and listings'' To join this FREE training, please use the register here and we look forward to seeing you on the 29th. This week's quick tip we explain the thinking behind our latest training and why it is important to start thinking differently when running a photography business in 2021. ENJOY THE SHOW! --- If you enjoyed this...

ANNOUNCEMENT: We have a live training on June 29th at 11am for WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS ''How to get consistent bookings each month without expensive wedding fairs and listings'' To join this FREE training, please use the registration link provided and we look forward to seeing you on the 29th. This week's episode is an interview with a good friend and mentor of ours, Ben Chrisman of Chrisman Studios, he is an amazing wedding photographer and pioneer of the creative documentary style so many...

Acquiring new clients is the hardest thing you will do as a professional wedding and portrait photographer and that is why we need to offer the clients we do have more ways to work with us. One of the best ways of doing that is understanding how print and album sales can dramatically increase the revenue you make per client and give your clients huge benefits they may not have known about. Join me for a quick tip episode on how to add value AND revenue to your couples with fantastic albums...

Often the things that keep us stuck are centered in our mind not the situation we are finding challenging. But what can we do to overcome beliefs that are holding us back? Join Stam and Liam as they discuss 7 mindset strategies that will help you reach your long term goals as professional photographers. --- If you enjoyed this episode, we would be really grateful for your feedback.  Please head to Love the Podcast and give us a rating and a review. It helps other photographers, like you,...

Paid traffic is a controversial topic for some photographers, as many feel they have tried it and wasted money doing so. In this episode, we look at what paid traffic is and why it's an incredibly effective tool for your business when it's used correctly. I also give you 4 reasons you should be using as part of a balanced marketing strategy as a photographer in 2021. --- If you enjoyed this episode, we would be really grateful for your feedback.  Please head to Love the Podcast and give us...

Pricing on or off your website? It is a common question amongst photographers. There isn’t a right or wrong answer but what about the reasons? In this episode, we explain the thinking behind the choices, so you can make the right decision for your business and audience. --- If you enjoyed this episode, we would be really grateful for your feedback.  Please head to Love the Podcast and give us a rating and a review. It helps other photographers, like you, get the help they are looking for...

This week on the podcast, I chat to Ash Davenport from MIKI studios. Ash is a self taught SEO magician who ranks 1st for over 50 keyword search terms. In the episode, we discuss how you can start to implement some of the fundamentals needed to run a successful wedding and portrait photography business harnessing the power of SEO. To find out more, head to his dedicated SEO training page. --- If you enjoyed this episode, we would be really grateful for your feedback.  Please head to Love...

Face-to-face meetings or increasingly, video calls, are the single most important hour you’ll get to build trust, credibility and excitement with your potential couples, but many photographers struggle to know how to best structure a call so their clients are left feeling excited about booking them. In this episode, we discuss five essential ingredients to think about when speaking to your clients that will help you get more bookings with your ideal people. --- If you enjoyed this episode,...

We often think we are not being productive and progressing our photography business because we are lazy, but the reality it's quite different. In this episode, I discuss the real reasons we put off the important things that really make the difference. --- If you enjoyed this episode, we would be really grateful for your feedback.  Please head to Love the Podcast and give us a rating and a review. It helps other photographers, like you, get the help they are looking for in their...

Connecting with our clients with our images is one thing most of us understand is important, but what about our messaging we put out there about who we are and how we work? It's often overlooked but is essential to communicating your unique photography...

In this episode, I break down the secrets to being productive as a creative entrepreneur and photographer. In the episode I discuss the biggest change we need to make right now to be more productive, the big mistakes we often see, how to keep things...

The biggest changes to online marketing are coming soon and they are going to affect every photographer that leverages online channels like Facebook, Instagram, and Google to reach their ideal audience.Join me whilst I break down the impact of the...

As photographers, we often find ourselves struggling to make the revenue we want or know how to value our work, but there are some simple steps we can take to add huge value to what we offer our clients AND increase our own revenue at the same...