All Angles Photography Podcast

Have you heard about my programs and wondered what your life could look like if you were to join? Well, I'm doing something I've never done before! I'm bringing on one of my students, Tara to share her experience while she was in my mentorship program, Book It.

Her story is guaranteed to inspire the heck out of you! Not only did she go full-time and make $62k in her first 6 months, but she was also able to pay off over $10k in debt. Tara also raised her prices, created systems that up-leveled her client experience, and became more confident in the industry.

During our conversation, Tara opens up about her journey with going full-time and taking the leap which gave her the opportunity to make that $62k in her first 6 months of business. She says that networking and connecting with other vendors has been a huge part of what she considers to have made her successful, along with my program Book It.

I hope this episode gives you inspiration and encouragement after hearing where she was and where she is now.

In this episode, we cover:

• Tara's background as a nurse
• The goals Tara had and why she ultimately decided to join Book It
• What her first month in Book It looked like - including raising her prices from $1500 to $5000!
• How Book It has helped set Tara up for success
• Where Tara is now in her photography business

SHOW NOTES: https://clairehunt.co/blog/student-reviews/how-tara-paid-off-over-10k-in-debt-and-went-full-time-in-book-it/

RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

Book It Mentorship Program

Accomplishments Tracker

Connect with Tara:

Instagram: @taradawn.photo

Website: taradawnphoto.com

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1:1 Mentoring

Book It Mentorship Program

The Shop

The Amazon Storefront

The Secret to Scaling Your Photography Business Freebie

Attract and Book Dream Couples Free Workshop

Hook Inquiries - Email Templates

Top 10 Resources You Need

Do you communicate with your couples once the wedding is over? In the past, I have talked about the pre-booking client experience and even the client experience while you're actively serving your couple. However, I've never actually talked about how to continue to give a client experience after the event is over.

In this snapshots episode, I'm sharing my strategies for maintaining a client relationship after the wedding, including delivering previews, engaging on social media, and sending personalized notes and gifts. Your post-client communication doesn't have to be overwhelming. You can keep it simple and effective without being overly extravagant.

In this episode, we cover:

• What my album workflow process looks like
• Maintaining client relationships even long after the wedding
• Keeping the communication simple

RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

Get on the waitlist for Scale It

Submit your questions for the next Snapshots episode

SHOW NOTES: https://clairehunt.co/blog/a-look-into-my-post-event-client-experience/

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Email Templates

1:1 Mentoring

Book It Mentorship Program

The Shop

The Amazon Storefront

The Secret to Scaling Your Photography Business Freebie

Attract and Book Dream Couples Free Workshop

Hook Inquiries - Email Templates

Top 10 Resources You Need

The thought of raising your prices can feel daunting, especially if you don't know where to begin. You may be asking yourself, "When is it time to raise prices?" "How much do I raise my prices?" "Am I worth charging this much?" My guest today, Nathan Chanski, is an expert on raising your prices and maximizing your demand as a photographer.

Nathan is a wedding photographer, a business coach, and a course creator based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He runs a full-time photography business, education, and coaching platform for photographers. He's also the host of The Passion with Purpose Podcast, a podcast for photographers and creators. His primary passion is always centered around glorifying God through everything he does, building a life with his wife, Kayla, and inspiring individuals to create the life and career of their full potential.

Nathan has talked about pricing quite a bit and I love the perspective he brings. We talk a lot about maximizing your demand and how to increase demand around your brand specifically. We also talk about the value of how you're presenting yourself.

There is so much we cover and you will find so much value from my conversation with Nathan.

In this episode, we cover:

• Nathan's business journey
• How long it took Nathan to get to the place he's at now in his business
• Setting your prices with confidence
• When to know it's time to raise your prices
• Analyzing bottlenecks
• How demand has an impact on how much you can charge
• Overcoming scarcity and fear around raising your prices

SHOW NOTES: https://clairehunt.co/blog/raising-your-pricing-and-maximizing-demand-for-photographers/

RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

Passion With Purpose Podcast - How to Move Your Business to a New State Successfully With Claire Hunt

Connect with Nathan:

Passion With Purpose Podcast

Nathan's Instagram

Nathan's Website

Claire's Instagram

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Email Templates

1:1 Mentoring

Book It Mentorship Program

The Shop

The Amazon Storefront

The Secret to Scaling Your Photography Business Freebie

Attract and Book Dream Couples Free Workshop

Hook Inquiries - Email Templates

Top 10 Resources You Need

If you struggle with talking about yourself, knowing what sets you apart, understanding your why, and how to communicate these things effectively to clients, then you're going to want to listen to today's episode. I'm doing something a little different and sharing an interview I did on The Gold Biz Podcast where we dive into discovering and marketing your unique selling point.

During this episode, I share practical tips for discovering your unique selling point, infusing it into your brand, and leveraging it to stand out from the crowd.

In this episode, we cover:

• What your unique selling point means and why it's important
• The first step in finding your unique selling point
• Ways to communicate your unique selling point
• Mapping out your marketing strategy once you've discovered your unique selling point
• Making things easy and being yourself

SHOW NOTES: https://clairehunt.co/blog/discovering-and-marketing-your-unique-selling-point/

Claire's Instagram

Notion Template

Email Templates

1:1 Mentoring

Book It Mentorship Program

The Shop

The Amazon Storefront

The Secret to Scaling Your Photography Business Freebie

Attract and Book Dream Couples Free Workshop

Hook Inquiries - Email Templates

Top 10 Resources You Need

Marketing is consistently changing, and the days of being able to make a post on Instagram and see a bunch of inquiries come in is just not the reality anymore. We have to start learning how to build our business marketing strategies that go beyond just being present on social media.

My guest today, Rachel Traxler, a wedding photographer, business coach, and podcaster, shares her tips on how to generate leads without relying on showing up on social media every single day.

In this episode, we cover:

• How Rachel started to generate leads beyond social media
• Rachel's 5 favorite ways to generate leads without social media
• The importance of networking and putting yourself out there
• Grab Rachel's freebie where she shares her 10 favorite ways to generate leads

SHOW NOTES: https://clairehunt.co/blog/becoming-a-lead-generation-machine-without-social-media/

Resources Mentioned in this Episode

• Lead Generation Freebie - racheltraxler.com/lead-generation-freebie
• Gold Biz Podcast - Finding Your Unique Selling Point with Claire Hunt

Connect with Rachel:

• Website: Racheltraxler.com
• Instagram: @racheltraxler
• Podcast: Gold Biz Podcast

Claire's Instagram

Notion Template

Email Templates

1:1 Mentoring

Book It Mentorship Program

The Shop

The Amazon Storefront

The Secret to Scaling Your Photography Business Freebie

Attract and Book Dream Couples Free Workshop

Hook Inquiries - Email Templates

Top 10 Resources You Need

In this snapshots episode, we are covering a question that was submitted by quite a few of you and that was how to lead a discovery call. Discovery calls have the ability to make or break your sales process, so I understand why so many of you asked this question.

By the time a client gets to the point of inquiring with you and booking a discovery call with you, they are in that second phase of the marketing funnel, so this call really is the final step before a couple gets to the third phase, which is hiring you.

We are diving into why discovery calls matter in the first place, how I view discovery calls, how I remain the leader of the conversation during those calls, and how I measure the success of a discovery call.

In this episode, we cover:

• Why discovery calls matter in the first place
• How to remain the leader of the conversation
• The 3 pillars to remain the leader - Connection, Communication, Confidence
• My favorite question to ask during a discovery call
• How to measure success during your discovery calls

SHOW NOTES: https://clairehunt.co/blog/how-i-lead-a-discovery-call-as-a-photographer/

RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

• Book It Mentorship Program

• Discovery Call Template - Get 10% off with the code PODSQUAD

• Episode 14 - How Client Experience Could Be Impacting Your Inquiries and Bookings

• Submit your questions for the next Snapshots episode

Claire's Instagram

Notion Template

Email Templates

1:1 Mentoring

Book It Mentorship Program

The Shop

The Amazon Storefront

The Secret to Scaling Your Photography Business Freebie

Attract and Book Dream Couples Free Workshop

Hook Inquiries - Email Templates

Top 10 Resources You Need

A huge goal for so many photographers is to reach six figures, whether that just looks like a hundred thousand or you actually have the goal to profit six figures, which I personally do yearly. As someone who has gone from charging $2K for weddings to charging $5K for weddings, and then now up to $10K for weddings, I want to share what some of those differences might look like between the $2K range and the $5K range. I'm also talking about how to get from one tier to the other.

A lot of this does depend on your location, expertise, and experience. So, we're going to talk through all of these things as well as reverse engineer what your goal is and what would be needed from you to be able to reach that goal.

In this episode, we cover:

• The nuances when it comes to pricing
• The different pricing tiers and what each of those photographers looks like
• Changes a $2K photographer should make if they want to reach $100K a year
• Viewing yourself as a business owner first and finding a mentor

SHOW NOTES: https://clairehunt.co/blog/the-difference-between-a-2k-and-5k-wedding-photographer/

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• Book It Mentorship Program

Follow Claire:

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OFFERINGS:

Notion Template

Email Templates

Book It Mentorship Program

Scale It Mentorship Program

1:1 Mentoring

The Shop

The Amazon Storefront

FREE OFFERINGS:

The Secret to Scaling Your Photography Business Freebie

Attract and Book Dream Couples Free Workshop

Hook Inquiries - Email Templates

Top 10 Resources You Need

This is the first Snapshots episode, and today, we are diving into a question about associate teams. This question was submitted by Cassie, and she asked, "What was the biggest lesson you learned through having an associate team?"

I started my associate team in 2022 and it has been one of the most rewarding ways I have scaled. There are definitely lessons that have come with it, and it's something I teach in-depth inside of my mentorship program Scale It, but today, I plan to share some positive lessons I've learned, as well as some not-so-great lessons.

My hope is that it will help you avoid some of the common mistakes and pitfalls that I've made in my own business so you can scale in a way that feels easy because that's what it's all about, my friend.

In this episode, we cover:

• Snapshots question: What was the biggest lesson you learned through having an associate team?
• The work that's still on you as the lead photographer
• How bringing on a team can bring in more revenue
• Getting your time back to do more of what you love
• Join the waitlist for Scale It - Doors open November 2024

SHOW NOTES: https://clairehunt.co/blog/biggest-lessons-for-building-a-photography-associate-team/

RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

• Submit your questions for the next Snapshots episode

• Scale It Mentorship Program

• Episode 30 - When It's Time to Scale Your Photography Business

• Episode 31 - 5 Modern Ways to Scale Your Photography Business

• Episode 32 - How I Took an Entire Month Off and Still Made 5 Figures

• Episode 33 - Avoiding Short Term Thinking and Planning Long Term Growth

• Episode 34 - 5 Myths on Scaling Your Photography Business

Follow Claire:

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OFFERINGS:

Notion Template

Email Templates

Book It Mentorship Program

Scale It Mentorship Program

1:1 Mentoring

The Shop

The Amazon Storefront

FREE OFFERINGS:

The Secret to Scaling Your Photography Business Freebie

Attract and Book Dream Couples Free Workshop

Hook Inquiries - Email Templates

Top 10 Resources You Need

All Angles is officially 2 years old! I cannot believe it! When I started this podcast in May of 2022, I had no idea how much I would love podcasting, how much this would grow, and how much fulfillment it would bring into my life.

So, today, thinking about the future of All Angles and my education brand as well, I want to share an update about what you can expect from here on out and what's to come, because they are very exciting, including some that you are welcome to take part in literally right now!

In this episode, we cover:

• A huge thank you to all of my amazing listeners!
• How the podcast structure will change
• Why I would like to invite more guests onto the show
• How you can be involved in these changes
• More newsletters coming your way!

SHOW NOTES: https://clairehunt.co/blog/all-angles-is-2-years-old/

Follow Claire:

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OFFERINGS:

Notion Template

Email Templates

Book It Mentorship Program

Scale It

1:1 Mentoring

The Shop

The Amazon Storefront

FREE OFFERINGS:

The Secret to Scaling Your Photography Business Freebie

Attract and Book Dream Couples Free Workshop

Hook Inquiries - Email Templates

Top 10 Resources You Need

Inquiries and bookings seem to be slower and you're getting ghosted more than ever? If this is happening to you, you aren't alone, and your feelings are valid.

BUT this episode is here to give you some real things to think about, to ponder on, because what got you where you are now isn't going to get you where you want to be. You CAN move forward out of this rut and have clear direction for your business.

In this episode, we cover:

• What to do about bookings being different
• Why you need to stop focusing on who isn't booking and start focusing on who is
• The reason desperate energy is repelling
• What happens when you ghost your business
• Fixed mindset vs. growth mindset
• The wedding boom being over and what that means for you
• Questions to ask yourself for clear steps forward

SHOW NOTES: https://clairehunt.co/blog/bookings-are-different-this-year-lets-talk-about-it/

• Needing to increase inquiries and get booked consistently? Learn more about Book It Mentorship Program here
• Watch the free Booked + Valued Workshop - Learn The Client Connection System for attracting dream clients at premium prices
• Getting ghosted when a dream client inquires? Hook more of your inquiries with these FREE 4 inquiry email templates.
• Wanting to increase your booking rate and convert more discovery calls? Get the discovery call script here

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