Photo Field Notes Podcast: Career Advice for Photographers

Last week on the podcast, I talked about why you should focus on mastering one marketing tactic at a time before putting all of your energy into social media. This week, I’m talking with photographer and photography social media educator, Cyrissa Carlson, about how she uses social media as the main mode of marketing her photography business.

Give it a listen, and weigh in with your thoughts. Send me a message through Instagram, and let me know what you think (you might hear your comment read in a future show). Should photographers hold off on going all in on social media until they’re mastered SEO, blogging and getting published, or should they jump full force into social media as the main photography marketing tactic?

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* One month of social media posts for your business

Find Cyrissa Online:

* @sparkle.society

* The Sparkle Society Community on Facebook

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Last week on the podcast, I talked about why you should focus on mastering one marketing tactic at a time before putting all of your energy into social media. This week, I'm talking with photographer and photography social media educator, Cyrissa Carlson, about how she uses social media as the main mode of marketing her photography business.

On last week’s podcast episode, I talked about why you should consider paid advertising to market your photography business. This week, I’m talking you through a marketing plan for using “free” tactics to grow your photo business. The main key is focus—no matter which marketing tactic you choose, make sure that you’re dedicating enough time to that tactic to really master it. If you dabble in everything, you’re less likely to do any of it well, so pick your focus, and really go for it.

Listen to the full episode for more details on which photography marketing tactics I recommend in which order, and be sure to download my free guide that includes an outline with tips and resources for marketing your photography business.

Thanks to this week’s contributors:

* @stephsmithweddings

* @emilycannataphotography

* @photographybylexim

Follow @photofieldnotes for quick tips, episode updates, and to be featured in a future episode. To get future episodes and other goodies, be sure to subscribe in iTunes, follow @photofieldnotes on Instagram, and sign up to get bonus guides, freebies, discounts and goodies below:

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On last week's podcast episode, I talked about why you should consider paid advertising to market your photography business. This week, I'm talking you through a marketing plan for using "free" tactics to grow your photo business. The main key is focus—no matter which marketing tactic you choose, make sure that you're dedicating enough time to that tactic to really master it. If you dabble in everything, you're less likely to do any of it well, so pick your focus, and really go for it.

Listen to the full episode for more details on which photography marketing tactics I recommend in which order, and be sure to download my free guide that includes an outline with tips and resources for marketing your photography business (search episode 103 on photofieldnotes.com).

On last week’s podcast episode, I talked about why you should consider paid advertising to market your photography business. This week, I’m talking you through a marketing plan for using “free” tactics to grow your photo business. The main key is focus—no matter which marketing tactic you choose, make sure that you’re dedicating enough time to that tactic to really master it. If you dabble in everything, you’re less likely to do any of it well, so pick your focus, and really go for it.

Listen to the full episode for more details on which photography marketing tactics I recommend in which order, and be sure to download my free guide that includes an outline with tips and resources for marketing your photography business.

Thanks to this week’s contributors:

* @stephsmithweddings

* @emilycannataphotography

* @photographybylexim

Follow @photofieldnotes for quick tips, episode updates, and to be featured in a future episode. To get future episodes and other goodies, be sure to subscribe in iTunes, follow @photofieldnotes on Instagram, and sign up to get bonus guides, freebies, discounts and goodies below:

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Based on a poll to the Photo Field Notes community on Instagram, only 35% of you are currently using advertising to market your photography business. Personally, I’ve used advertising from the beginning to grow and sustain my photography business, and today, I’m sharing with you the why behind paying for advertising along with the how.

How do you get started with advertising as a photographer? Where should you invest your money? What works? What’s a waste of money? Listen in to get some tips and ideas, and be sure to check back next week for a continuation on the conversation as I talk about how I approach the free marketing for my business.

Follow @photofieldnotes for quick tips, episode updates, and to be featured in a future episode.To get future episodes and other goodies, be sure to subscribe in iTunes, follow @photofieldnotes on Instagram, and sign up to get bonus guides, freebies, discounts and goodies below:

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Based on a poll to the Photo Field Notes community on Instagram, only 35% of you are currently using advertising to market your photography business. Personally, I've used advertising from the beginning to grow and sustain my photography business, and today, I'm sharing with you the why behind paying for advertising along with the how.

How do you get started with advertising as a photographer? Where should you invest your money? What works? What's a waste of money? Listen in to get some tips and ideas, and be sure to check back next week for a continuation on the conversation as I talk about how I approach the free marketing for my business.

Based on a poll to the Photo Field Notes community on Instagram, only 35% of you are currently using advertising to market your photography business. Personally, I’ve used advertising from the beginning to grow and sustain my photography business, and today, I’m sharing with you the why behind paying for advertising along with the how.

How do you get started with advertising as a photographer? Where should you invest your money? What works? What’s a waste of money? Listen in to get some tips and ideas, and be sure to check back next week for a continuation on the conversation as I talk about how I approach the free marketing for my business.

Follow @photofieldnotes for quick tips, episode updates, and to be featured in a future episode.To get future episodes and other goodies, be sure to subscribe in iTunes, follow @photofieldnotes on Instagram, and sign up to get bonus guides, freebies, discounts and goodies below:

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A week ago, I had a complete computer meltdown, and I thought that I was going to have to resort to my emergency photo backup system to get all of my files back. Luckily, I was able to fix the problem and get everything back without too much trouble (just five hours wasted from a perfectly good work day), but it made me think - what if my computer really had lost everything, and what if I hadn't had emergency systems in place?

That experience inspired today's topic - my photography backup workflow. Today I'm talking about all of the systems I have in place to back up my photography work so I never have to worry about losing client photos or my own personal work.

If you're interested in learning more about my favorite cloud backup system for photos and other files, check out out Backblaze here (this is an affiliate link, so your sign up will help support future episodes of this show).

Thanks to my Instagram contributors this week:

@chaneydayparade

@raeleneschulmeisterphotography

@flossheaphotography

@maddiepeschong

Follow @photofieldnotes to be featured in a future episode.

A week ago, I had a complete computer meltdown, and I thought that I was going to have to resort to my emergency photo backup system to get all of my files back. Luckily, I was able to fix the problem and get everything back without too much trouble (just five hours wasted from a perfectly good work day), but it made me think – what if my computer really had lost everything, and what if I hadn’t had emergency systems in place?

That experience inspired today’s topic – my photography backup workflow. Today I’m talking about all of the systems I have in place to back up my photography work so I never have to worry about losing client photos or my own personal work.

If you’re interested in learning more about my favorite cloud backup system for photos and other files, check out out Backblaze here (this is an affiliate link, so your sign up will help support future episodes of this show).

Thanks to my Instagram contributors this week:

* @chaneydayparade

* @raeleneschulmeisterphotography

* @flossheaphotography

* @maddiepeschong

Follow @photofieldnotes to be featured in a future episode.

To get future episodes and other goodies, be sure to subscribe in iTunes, follow @photofieldnotes on Instagram, and sign up to get bonus guides, freebies, discounts and goodies below:

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