Chumming the Price Waters
Lesson 83 from: How to Start a Photography BusinessPye Jirsa
Chumming the Price Waters
Lesson 83 from: How to Start a Photography BusinessPye Jirsa
Lesson Info
83. Chumming the Price Waters
Summary (Generated from Transcript)
The lesson is about how to effectively handle price inquiries in a photography business and how to use website design and communication to attract potential clients and discuss pricing.
Q&A:
What percentage of buyers want to discuss the price first?
60% of buyers want to discuss the price first.
How can you handle a price inquiry on the phone?
Instead of immediately giving the price, ask the client what they want out of the photographs and try to understand their needs before discussing the price.
How can you use your website to attract clients and discuss pricing?
You can place your pricing information on the Contact Us page and state that collections start at a certain price, encouraging potential clients to reach out to discuss their needs. Alternatively, you can have a separate Pricing page that potential clients are more likely to click on, and use an instant chat plugin to initiate a conversation with them.
What is the purpose of redirecting a price concern and establishing value?
By redirecting a price concern, you can address the client's initial question while also emphasizing the value and benefits they will receive from your services.
What are some tools you can use to engage potential clients on your website?
You can use instant chat plugins that allow you to start a conversation with potential clients when they are on the pricing page, and only receive a message if they respond.
Lessons
Class Introduction
13:12 2Common Myths & Unknown Truths
11:42 3The Road Ahead
13:03 4Find Your Passion
06:06 5The Lin & Jirsa Journey
13:54 6Part-time, Full-time, Employed, Partners?
03:51 7Stop Wasting Time & Money
06:07 8Your 12 Week Roadmap
04:33Great Plans Still Fail
06:01 10Strategy Vs. Planning
04:16 11Mind Mapping
07:25 12Select a Focus
14:16 13Competitor Research
09:34 14S.W.O.T. Analysis
13:54 15Strategy & Long Term Goals
03:50 16Values, Vision & Mission
27:49 17Effectively Managing Your Time
15:05 18Artistic Development
07:30 19Create Your Plan
13:12 20What's Your Product
10:51 21Luxury vs Consumer Products & Experiences
11:44 22Quick Break for Econ 101
16:31 23Your Target Market & Brand Message
21:25 24What's in a Name
09:20 25Your Client 'Why'
05:43 26Crafting the Why Experience
24:17 27Document the Client Experience
08:29 28Business Administration Basics
27:03 29Book Keeping Management
06:51 30Create the Logo & Branding
07:04 31Portfolio Design
15:11 32Design Your Services & Packages
18:51 33Pricing Fears & Myths
08:46 34Three Pricing Methods
25:39 35Package Pricing Psychology & Design
06:15 36Psychology of Numbers
07:29 37Pricing Q&A
23:51 38Grass Roots Marketing
09:36 39The Empty Party
07:03 40Friends & Family Test Shoots
16:28 41Join Groups
04:32 42Second Shooting Etiquette
07:44 43The Listing & Classified Hustle
14:10 44Make Instagram Simple
13:55 45Your Automated Pinterest Plan
08:01 46Facebook Because You Must
07:37 47Giveaway & Styled Shoots
12:17 48Content Marketing & SEO
08:12 49The Monster: SEO
07:26 50Selecting Your Keywords
05:45 51Testing Your Keywords
07:53 52Grouping Main & Niche Goals
12:39 53Your Content Road Map
11:47 54Content Marketing Q&A
10:45 55Inspiration to Keep Working
07:45 56How to Craft Your Content
15:03 57Internal Linking Basics
05:30 58Back Link Building Basics
04:55 59Link Value Factos
14:38 60Measuring Link Value
04:24 61Link Building Strategy & Plan
06:10 62Link Building Plan: Vendors & Guest Writing
06:45 63Link Building Plan: Features, Directories, Comments
03:11 64Link Building: Shortcuts & One Simple Tool
14:44 65What is Sales? Show Me!
12:58 66Your First Massive Failure
05:17 67The Sales Process
07:31 68Your Second Massive Failure
05:23 69Understand Buyer Psychology
10:00 70Step 0: Building Rapport & Trust
15:14 71Step 1: Identify Need or Want
15:39 72Cognitive Dissonance
12:01 73Steps 2 & 3: Value Proposition & The Solution
14:21 74Step 4 : Close, Make the Ask
04:32 75Step 5: Follow Up & Resolve Concerns
06:13 76Family Photography Hot Seat
12:06 77Business Example Hot Seat
15:52 78Boudoir Photography Hot Seat
16:09 79The Best Sales Person
07:45 80Your Mindset, Vibrations & Frequency
06:56 81Always Positive, Always Affirming
11:55 82The Second Money & Dual Process
07:39 83Chumming the Price Waters
03:57 84Creating Want or Scarcity
09:54 85Timeless Advice on Being Likable
11:53 86Selling Over The Phone
10:59 87Forbidden Words in Sales
11:40Lesson Info
Chumming the Price Waters
Chumming the Price Waters. We've briefly mentioned this throughout. We've talked about this multiple times. 60% of buyers want to discuss the price first. And now if I asked anybody here if 60% want to and they come to you on the phone. Who am I gonna pick on? Tori grab the mic. If I called you on the phone, and I said, Tori, what's your price? what's the line now? I'd like to know what you want out of the photographs. Tori, I don't even know if I can afford the photographs. (laughs nervously) This is harder. Some of our customers pay about $600 per shoot, but I really wanna understand what you want out of these, or what kind of pictures you wanna have. Perfect. You went back to it. Perfect. Have a seat. That was amazing. Now, this is the beauty of this, had I asked that three segments ago, you probably wouldn't have been able to answer, even if I asked during the hot seats, you wouldn't have been able to answer, but now that you saw the hot seats, you're like, Okay, now at lea...
st I can answer this. Now you're gonna practice it until you believe it. Right? You're gonna give them the, let them have their bone, give them that piece so they can let go, and then present your value. But what else are we doing to chum our price waters? What else are we doing to make people want to come to us and talk about price only? That's where the website comes back in to play. How do we display it on the website? Do we have too much information on the website? Do we ask them to talk to us? Do we give them a starting place and then simply try and get them on the phone? 'Cause that's what you should be doing. If you're sending out price lists, if you're sending out... if you're putting out information into the world of, like, packages and all that kind of stuff, no. Just remove all of that. Let's not train them to come to us just on price. Okay. So the theory, the thought behind this, any time there's a price concern, I want you to solve the price concern, I want you to redirect and then to establish the value. That's simple enough. Yes, Haldis? What's a good place to put the pricing on your website? The info page, about page? And when I say pricing, I mean, starting at X. Is it-- I would honestly say, there's no right or wrong here, but I would think Contact Us might be the best place to place your pricing info because you want them to reach out to you. And then simply stating, Collections start at this. We'd love to discuss your needs. And then phone number. If you wanna have a pricing, that's fine too. People generally click Pricing more than they do Contact, so in terms of website heat, it's called a heat map, where does a person click the most, it's on Pricing. So if you want them to simply click Pricing, fine. Do the same thing: Starting at... Let's talk right now. And you know what you can get for your website? You can actually get these little aids. There like little plug-ins, basically, that you can install on your website, that lets you start up a dialogue with them, like an instant chat message. So when they're on the pricing page, it could pop up an instant chat, and a little automated message will say, Hey, this is Haldis. How can I help you? And if they respond to that, it comes to you. Hey, Haldis, there's someone new on the site. Talk to them right now. Kind of cool, right? If they don't respond to it, you don't get a new message. So only if they respond, does it tune you in.
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Armstrong Su
This class and materials are to the point and eye-opening on the business side of photography. Pye Jirsa is an amazing and fun teacher as well! Most photographers need more business classes offered to bring us who love to create art back to reality for a more successful business that makes a living on it's own. This course will definately get you started in the right direction and so cheap too! Great investment! armstrong outdoor tv case outdoortvcase Pye Jirsa is one of the best instructors that I have the pleasure to learn from. He and his team have given me so much more than they'll ever realize. Knowledge, wisdom, training, friendship, mentoring, inspiration, joy... I cannot thank Pye enough for changing my life for the better. I owe them more than they'll ever realize. Thank you, Pye Jirsa!!!
Angela Sanchez
This class has been an eye opener for me; a point of change in my vision as photographer. Pye is and AMAZING, INSPIRING, GENEROUS instructor, with an, authentic desire to help people and to share with them the best of his knowledge. I will not have enough words to say thanks to Pye Jirsa, as a teacher and as a human being, and thanks to Creative Live who allows us to benefit from the experience of such a knowledgeable, educated, well-versed photographer and instructor. 1000% recommended!
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Been following this guy forever. Pye Jirsa may be well known in the wedding & portrait photography world and if there is something that this guy knows it is how to create a business, a sustainable one. The workbook he provided is comprehensive, and I honestly wish I had this when I first started out as a photographer! I love that he talks about his failures, keeping it real and honest for anyone starting out. He is definitely one of the best instructors around, super humble, down to earth and with a sense of humor to boot. The course is worth it! THE WORKBOOK is AMAZING! SUPER DETAILED!
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