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This week in the Marketing Society we are chatting

This week in the Marketing Society we are chatting about Fall Minis. After 11 years in business, here are my Fall Mini Tips for fellow family photographers:
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🌲 if you don’t run your Fall minis like a well oiled machine, they will run you- right into the ground. Make a plan, hopefully NOW about how many you’ll do, at what price, what your boundaries are and stick to that plan.
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🍁 your Fall mini clients likely operate differently than your other clients. Do my mountain clients use their images on their holiday cards, yes. For many, that’s not the sole reason for the shoot. Different motivations, different systems, different messaging. Lean into the difference and serve their needs.
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🍂use online booking- this way you can create the available times, locations and price and sell those slots without talking personally to every single person. Your email inbox will thank you!
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🐿 leave time for you! Yes, many photographers make the majority of their income in Fall but don’t burn yourself out. If you want more Spring and Summer sessions, you can come up with a ways to grow interest in those sessions with more eyes on your business in Fall. If you work all year just to sell Fall, you’re leaving Spring and Summer opportunities on the table.
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🦌if you don’t want to do Fall minis, don’t! I went about 3 years with very very few Fall minis. I still do a very limited number. This year I’ll do a Seattle day, a Wenatchee day and some fun stuff in the studio. But I don’t want ONLY minis this Fall. Make a plan that works for YOU.
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Bottom line: figure out what you want Fall to look like now, create boundaries around that ideal client calendar and use tech to assist you ❤️

Here are the smattering of things left for Summer!

Here are the smattering of things left for Summer!
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🌲Mt. Baker Half Session
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🏔Olympic National Park or Rainier session
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DM for links! Payment plans are available ❤️

A little collection of saves for your Sunday ❤️

Hi! I added some last minute summer availability i

Hi! I added some last minute summer availability in my stories + to a highlight! Squeeze in a session before school starts.
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Lots of new faces here over the past few weeks, so an obligatory intro post is needed I think ❤️
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I’m Fiona, I’ve been a professional photographer for about 11 years. I’ve shot a little over 1,000 sessions. Over the past five years, many of those have taken place in some of the most beautiful places in the PNW.
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While I love that work, I’ll be slowly transitioning to fewer shoots overall and more education for other photographers. This job has opened up so many doors to dreams for me and I want that for you! But I know a lot of things; self-doubt, overwhelm, comparison, time management, work flow issues, marketing confusion can all make your work invisible to potential clients.
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I recently got a studio space in Bainbridge Island and I’m excited to shoot there, rent it to other photographers and host classes!
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I’m a mom of two girls (12 + 11) and fluffy girl Rooney and wife to my high school boyfriend (we hit 21 years of togetherness this year!).
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My favorite book is All the Light We Cannot See, my favorite movie is Legends of the Fall (although I recently saw Everything Everywhere All at Once and that was super good), my favorite song is God of Wine by third eye blind, I just started drinking coffee this year at 37 years old 😳 ☕️. I am extremely short (4’ 11” to be exact) so people often think I’m a weird wrinkly child and I also act like a 13 year old most of the time *she creates confusion wherever she goes*.
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Anyway, hi. Thanks for being here.

Washington State. You amaze me.
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Also, I still ha

Washington State. You amaze me.
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Also, I still have the last opening until July 2023 at this gorgeous spot on Aug 14! (This spot includes a mountain dirt road- but this fam had a mini van and they made it just fine ❤️)

Due to illness and such (poor clients - seems thos

Due to illness and such (poor clients - seems those who missed out on C earlier in the year are getting hit in the summer!)…
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I have an opening here Aug 14th!
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It requires a mountain dirt road drive :) start time 7:20pm
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If you are need a maternity session or have a baby under one, DM for a discount.

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