Join Facebook Groups Specific to Your Type of Business
Facebook Groups give you access to guidance from other professionals in your same line of work. You can learn from each others experiences, and quickly get an answer to questions you have from people that have more experience than you.
For Video related things, the group I get the best tips and advice from is How to Film Weddings (HTFW) by John Bunn & Nick Miller. It has proven to be incredibly helpful, ever since diving into film-making. Ps. They also have an awesome podcast! What a gift it is to have access to advice from so many industry leaders. They are really great about answering your questions. I love that the world has changed from guarding secrets to wanting others to succeed along with them.
KJ Education is the most helpful Facebook group I'm in for Photography. It's made by a really talented photographer and educator, Katelyn James + her team. To get access to this group I did have to buy one of her classes (I have taken 4 courses from her at this point) or be apart of her "All Access" where you watch her throughout a whole wedding day or an engagement session each month. All her education is well worth whatever you pay and then some. In her group, you can get advice from hundreds of the other students/photography professionals in the group who are really careful about responding in encouraging ways and not attacking like you may elsewhere on facebook. (HTFW is good about keeping things kind as well)
2. Get a Client Management System
This has made my job so tremendously easier. I'm not big on some of these tedious, not creative, but necessary tasks that go with running a business. Think sending contracts , scheduling, and gosh did I struggle with keeping a consistent workflow. Until I got Dubsado. They make it so easy to send all forms safely over the internet, contracts are signed electronically, all my forms are saved in one place and easy to edit to fit specific clients and services. I can send questionnaires, style guides, etc. and design all these forms quickly and in a professional design. They even have some ready made forms and questionnaires. I really like making my own though. Dubsado I highly recommend. They're running a sale right now actually! If you use my affiliate link it gives you a discount as well as me! https://www.dubsado.com/?c=3685 The code is 3685 if it asks, but I think all you need to do use is that link for the discount. :)
3. Schedule Your Social Media Content
Is it wrong to post one that I am not currently doing a good job at? Even so, I want to mention it. If you can pick a certain day to schedule your social media content for the week, or even a couple weeks, it can really make it easier to stay on track with posting as often as you should. You want your business to stay fresh in your clients minds. It can be hard to stop what you're doing every couple days and think of something to post. If you schedule a time each week to plan out a bunch of posts it can make things a lot easier. For a time I used Planoly. Time to end this post and and make sure I take my own advice with this 3rd tip! As well as test out Planoly's current features, or find the best app for scheduling posts so I can let you guys in on it! Let me know if you already have one you love!
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