Premium Members, click here to access this interview in the premium area. Sarah Petty of www.sarahpetty.com and www.joyofmarketing.com says… I don't just teach the boutique business model; I use it daily in my photography business! Before life as a photographer, Sarah was a marketing director at a regional ad agency and in marketing at Coca-Cola. She opened her photography business two weeks before 9-11, as the economy fell apart, with three kids under three years old. She quickly discovered the new company was consuming her time and mental energy. On the verge of bur ..read more

Premium Members, click here to access this interview in the premium area. Michele Grenier of www.michelegrenierphoto.com is a full-time sports photographer specialising in high-performance and strength-related sports portraiture. She aims to help companies, brands, and event organisations share compelling visual stories worldwide. Take one look at her portfolio, and you'll see the work of a photographer who knows lighting, timing, editing, pain, commitment, speed, and pushing the limits. Her work has graced the cover of sports and photography magazines and feature articles and blogs ..read more

Premium Members, click here to access this interview in the premium area. Rebecca Sehn of www.rebeccasehn.com has been photographing for 15 years, 13 of them as a family photographer. Look at her website; you're greeted by beautifully laid out, vintage-inspired, gorgeous pages peppered with soft, low-contrast, professionally crafted images. But that's not the sole reason I asked her for this interview. It started with a post inside the PhotoBizX members Group where she said… I went from IPS to fully online galleries (I use Pixieset). I focus on selling albums, and my sales averages ..read more

Premium Members, click here to access this interview in the premium area. Jeff Brown of www.thephotographersmentor.com  is presenting a two-part course next week: How to build a photography website that works. All the details are here: https://learn.photobizx.com/website-course-registration/ The cost is $147 and doubles after next week. If your website isn't converting visitors and one client is worth more than $147, come and do this training. Jeff will be covering a lot, and his training is based around the Story Brand concepts combined with his conversion tactics learnt through ye ..read more

Premium Members, click here to access this interview in the premium area. Heather Wanninger of www.sweetlemonadephotography.com is today's guest. I was a little trepidatious when she told me about life being flipped upside down when her narcissistic husband had an affair, left her, and dragged her through the court system for ten years. I asked a few more questions to learn… She now has a multi-six-figure photography business focusing on seniors and corporate clients — headshot and branding photography. Interestingly, she lays a lot of her background on her about page, attracting cl ..read more

Premium Members, click here to access this interview in the premium area. John Glaser of www.johnglaserphotography.com is a repeat guest on the podcast, which means one thing… he keeps delivering the goods when it comes to interviewing content. And we love him for it! In this episode, John shares his strategies and ideas around lead generation and how good clients are made, not found. This single strategy is a complete deal maker for John, who spends thousands weekly on lead generation for his two studio-based portrait and pet studios in Texas and New York. As always, the conversation takes t ..read more

Premium Members, click here to access this interview in the premium area. Brendan Taylor of www.babyart.studio is an absolute powerhouse, and this is one interview, once recorded, I couldn't wait to share with you. After discovering photography when his baby daughter was born, he knew that's what he wanted to do. He quickly invested in lighting equipment and launched a mobile photography business, but the lack of security made it tough with a young family to support. Brendan then took on a job as a photographer at a branch of a famous photography studio in the UK, where he had a cha ..read more

Premium Members, click here to access this interview in the premium area.  Angela Schneider of www.bigwhitedogphotography.com is an adventure dog photographer who has decided to specialise in end-of-life dog portraits. I always had a hunch that one of the biggest markets for pet photographers is clients with older dogs. Anyone who owns or has owned a dog understands how they are part of our families and how important it is to feature them in photos. Angela has taken things to a new level and has become a certified grief coach. She's launched a podcast — One Last Network, focussed on ..read more

Premium Members, click here to access this interview in the premium area. Episode 500 of the Photography Business Xposed podcast was always about you, the Premium Members and listeners. I wanted a chance to make an episode dedicated to you and what you might have picked up and implemented as a result of listening to the interviews you have. I put the call out to Premium Members who have made the podcast possible from day one, ten years ago! In reality, as much as I love every podcast listener, it's the members I'm paying tribute to with this milestone of an episode. I've said from day one tha ..read more

Premium Members, click here to access this interview in the premium area. Gary Pope of www.lovelongandprosperphotography.com is a Connecticut-based wedding photographer in the USA. He started his wedding photography business in 2017 after learning photography and video in his stint as a board game YouTuber. Yes, you read that correctly — Gary was an influencer in the board game space on YouTube. Today, he clearly targets and serves geeky and introverted clients on his fantastically branded website. He is the self-proclaimed expert on posing awkward people and couples. His trades und ..read more