Whenever I tell people that my dad is a photographer, they always respond by saying something like, “Cool!” or “That must be so much fun!” or “Awesome”.  They assume he’s “living the dream”.  I guess to a certain extent, he is.  But, that’s the question I’m raising to you today &#» Read the rest

Have you nailed down your New Year’s Resolutions?  Even if you have, let me suggest a few things.  Its easy to focus on resolutions that may improve your work, but make sure you have resolutions that improve your business as well.  Here are a few things that photographers need to focus on in 2009.

• First and foremost, use social media (primarily your b

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Technology and the internet are rapidly changing just about every industry and photography is no exception.  Here’s what I think you need to do to succeed in 2009:

• Successful photographers will embrace social media to connect and tell their story.  They’ll use blogs, social networks like LinkedIn, Facebook, etc, they’ll also use s

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If you’re like most photographers, you probably haven’t spent much time thinking about WHO your tarketg market is? If you really want to be successful, you need to define a very specific target and go after it with everything you’ve got. If you’ve never done this before, here are some basic steps to take in order to get started.

That may seem a little crazy for me to say since this blog is all about helping artists make money, but its the absolute truth.
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An artist by definition creates art.  That’s it.  Art does not sell itself.
A marketer can take that art and tell i