Become A Banana
By: Ashley Diamond Siegert, CPP, Cr.Photog
Are you a newborn photographer struggling to become profitable?
You feel like you are working ALL the time and your bank account doesn’t reflect it. I get it. I have been there.
When you talk to the most successful photographers about this, they will all tell you some similar strategies to improve your profitability.
They will tell you to stop giving away digital files and start selling prints and products in person.
They will tell you to raise your prices to reflect your costs, plus your time, plus your talent. (Plus Taxes!!)
They will tell you to invest in education to become better at your craft so that you can personally feel good about what you are charging.
And guess what? They are right. They are right about all of it. These strategies are all super important if you actually want to make a living as a photographer.
However, there is one more major challenge that you keep running into right? You need to know...