This year, as part of the Skip’s Summer School program, I want to do something no other workshops have done. Thinking about what’s the most critical marketing component of every photographer’s business, I decided it was time to do a website review.  This year every attendee gets a website review as part of their registration. [...]

I’m finding myself inspired by lots of great quotes lately. They’re not particularly heavy concepts, but they get me thinking about my business and often my life. Here’s one I ran across recently,
He that will not sail till all dangers are over must never put to sea. Thomas Fuller
So what kind of photographer and business [...]

If you ain’t the lead dog, the scenery never changes!

Okay, I confess, it’s inspiration from a t-shirt somebody was wearing on Siesta Key Beach yesterday.  It’s only one stop above quotes from refrigerator magnets, but forget about the source and just think about the statement.
As a photographer and business owner one of your most important [...]

A short time ago I found a quote I really liked. It was listed as an American proverb.
It doesn’t work to leap a twenty-foot chasm in two ten-foot jumps.
Well, it got me thinking about how some people take on new projects.  I’m talking about people who take forever to make a decision. They plan, analyze, [...]

You’re either back from WPPI already or headed back today. A key part of any convention is networking, but if you procrastinate, before you know it, the relationships you just built will start to disappear.  I’ve written a lot about the care and feeding of your network and the time to add those new building [...]

I was in a bind this morning. Nothing to write about and a little unprepared since we’re flying out early and headed home after WPPI. But then like magic, my good buddy Terry Clark sent me an email in response to yesterday’s post about their being no shortcuts to building your business.
 
After 20+ years in [...]

Being at WPPI this week I’ve had a chance to talk with a lot of photographers, both old friends and new ones. Most people are optimistic about this year and many are already seeing slight changes in their business, all in the right direction. However, there are some common themes.

If anybody tells me they had [...]

Years ago I read a great article written by Donald Libey, a business consultant on the east coast.  He talked about Consumer Bundling, which was simply non-competing companies working together to hit a common target.  Over my years at Hasselblad you saw promotions and advertising we did with Kodak, Bogen Photo, Polaroid and even L.L. [...]

It’s Friday morning and one of those days where I’ve simply got too many things going through my head.  Looking for a little inspiration I went to one of my favorite quote sites to get a new perspective on things. I found four great quotes and just want to share them with everybody. 
For those of you relatively new [...]

I didn’t plan things this way, but there’s a lesson in this post and it’s followed me most of my career. Here it is…When something doesn’t go as planned you need to be honest with people, readjust and then move on.  It accomplishes nothing to point fingers at other people and create a lot of lame [...]