I’m reading Start with Why by Simon Sinek. If you haven’t read this book yet, I don’t even want you to finish reading this post. Just go read the book. …
There are EXACTLY 62.5 Cracks in the Sidewalk
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Ready? Aim, Aim, Aim…
What They Don’t Tell You in Business
“You don’t have to feel like you 100% can do this, try doing it anyway. And so many times you’ll prove yourself right.” –Sheryl Sandberg In this sense, I am …
What Worked in Our Business in 2016
(and What Totally Didn’t)
When it comes to vision-planning, reflecting and goal setting, you gotta get REAL! When Jeff and I were wrapping up our revenue numbers at the turn of this year, we were SO stinkin’ …
Our Journey of Growth
When I look back at 2016, the word that immediately comes to my mind is GROWTH. Jeff and I spent the past three years leading up to 2016 building our …
In Pursuit of Dreams… and Community
** I posted this same post over on our main wedding photography blog, but I just had to share it here, too. All of you – the down-in-the-trenches creative entrepreneurs …
The ROI FUNK
Return on Investment. As a creative entrepreneur, I feel like this phrase should cross my mind more than it does… I feel like I should be asking myself – clinically and …
Completion Not Perfection
“HOW IN THE WORLD AM I SUPPOSED TO KEEP UP WITH THESE EXPECTATIONS?” It was the first time I had said the words out loud to someone other than our cat, …
Want the Best Kept Secret of Effective Marketing?
As wedding photographer, your clients are consumers – not businesses or corporations – so they don’t make decisions the same way that corporations do. Corporations make decisions based on ROI – …
The Secret to Our Success
In this Reader FAQ, we answer:
What do you think is the biggest secret to your success?
What are the most important things you got from reading Fast Track Photographer, and how have you incorporated them into your lives/business?
Ira Glass on the First Creative Years
For anyone who has ever been a creative, my question to you: Does it ever happen? Or is there always going to be a (healthy) disappointment? Whatever the answer may …
The Dark Side of the Lens
I found this video a while ago, and if I’m being honest, I go back and watch it all the time. But only if I’m being honest… It’s a promo …
On Success and “Making It”
We’ve finally “made it.” Okay, not really. But we had an experience a few years ago that I debated about sharing, but in the end decided that it might be helpful …