How I Know What a Client Will Spend Before They See Their Photos

If you've ever had a client ghost you after the session, or show up to their ordering appointment completely shocked by the pricing, this episode is going to hit close to home.

Because here's the thing: the problem usually isn't the ordering appointment itself. It's everything that came before it.

In this solo episode, Ina walks through her full client process from first enquiry through to ordering appointment, and explains exactly how she's consistently getting clients spending $2,000 to $4,000 even during a cost of living crunch, with more than half of those clients coming in as giveaway clients.

The process is not complicated, but the sequencing matters. And most photographers are missing a step somewhere along the way.

What's covered in this episode:

00:00 Why clients get shocked at pricing (and what's actually causing it)

02:30 How Ina's website is set up to educate clients before the consultation even starts

06:00 What happens at the consultation, and why Ina spends most of it talking about the dog, not the pricing

10:00 The one question she asks that tells her almost everything about what a client will spend

13:00 How she introduces pricing without handing over a price list

15:30 The questionnaire and pre-session planning call, and why both matter more than most photographers realise

19:00 How she books the ordering appointment on the way back to the car after the session

21:00 Two real examples from recent ordering appointments, including a $3,200 prepaid session and a client who doubled his own planned spend

25:00 The key takeaway: the ordering appointment is not where the sale happens, it's where it lands

Resources mentioned:

Consultation That Sells Workshop Waitlist: https://www.inajphotography.com.au/consultation-that-sells-waitlist

Free Consistent Bookings Audit: https://www.inajphotography.com/consistent-booking-audit

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