How do you stand out in one of the most saturated photo booth markets in the country — and hit $143K in under 3 years, while keeping your day job? EJ Dizon, owner of A Snap Bay Area, did exactly that.

Based in the Bay Area (San Francisco/Silicon Valley), EJ started his photo booth business in 2023 and has already crossed six figures — all as a side hustle. In this episode, EJ breaks down the exact pivot that changed everything: ditching the race-to-the-bottom pricing, niching down to luxury weddings and corporate events, and building a review system that took him from 48 Google reviews to 442 five-star reviews in under a year. He also shares the AI tools he uses to run his business in just a few hours a night — including how he generates a fully personalized client proposal in under 3 minutes.

What you'll learn:

• Why doing "all types of events" was holding his business back

• How niching into weddings and corporate changed his pricing power

• The review system behind his 442 five-star Google reviews

• The AI tools he uses to run a business on a 6:30–10pm schedule

• Why he has a 48% repeat booking rate on the corporate side

• His goal for 2026: leaving his 9-to-5 for good

Connect with EJ: Instagram: @AwSnapBayArea

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