Get Your Business Bank Account
Lesson 13 from: Launch a Successful Photography BusinessPhilip Ebiner, Will Carnahan
Get Your Business Bank Account
Lesson 13 from: Launch a Successful Photography BusinessPhilip Ebiner, Will Carnahan
Lessons
Chapter 1: Introduction to Starting a Photography Business
1Welcome
02:26 2Why Do You Want to Start a Photography Business
04:40 3What Kind of Photography Business Do You Want to Start
05:38 4Important Personal Note from Instructor Will
02:25 5Case Study Starting a Photography Business
07:43 6Quiz - Chapter 1
Chapter 2: Basics of Starting a Photography Business
Introduction to Basics of Starting a Photography Business
00:52 8Choose Your Business Name
05:29 9Choose Your Business Structure
06:12 10Register Your Business Name
01:47 11Get Your Federal Tax ID
01:39 12Get Your Business License
01:16 13Get Your Business Bank Account
02:16 14Register Your Online Accounts
02:17 15Branding Your Business
02:18 16Set Your Prices
12:56 17The Photography Gear You Need to Start a Business
03:42 18Case Study - Business Basics
24:42 19Case Study - Equipment
10:05 20Quiz - Chapter 2
Chapter 3: Get Your First Paying Clients
21Intro to Getting Your First Paying Clients
00:44 22You Need to Prove Yourself
01:30 23The Best Place to Find Your First Clients
02:36 24What to Charge for Your First Clients
02:44 25On Set - Partnering with Other Creatives
01:57 26On Set - Getting Work in a Competitive Environment
02:38 27Use Your First Shoot Wisely
01:20 28Case Study - Getting Your First Clients
07:55 29Quiz - Chapter 3
Chapter 4: Create Your Photography Business Website
30Introduction to Create Your Photography Business Website
01:05 31Why You Need a Website and Platform Options
04:30 32What Needs to Be On Your Website
07:32 33Design the Perfect Portfolio
03:17 34Case Study - Looking at Photography Websites
12:56 35Quiz - Chapter 4
Chapter 5: Expanding Your Online Presence
36Introduction to Expanding Your Online Presence
00:55 37Use Instagram to Grow Your Business
02:29 38Use Facebook to Grow Your Business
01:21 39Get Listed on Google
03:53 40Get Listed on Yelp
03:20 41Get Listed on Review Sites
04:06 42Using Craigslist to Get Work
03:01 43Case Study - Expanding Your Online Presence
13:16 44Quiz - Chapter 5
Chapter 6: The Photography Business Workflow
45Introduction to the Photography Business Workflow
00:54 46Step 1 - Meeting Your Client
03:32 47Step 2 - Booking Your Client
05:53 48Step 3 - The Shoot
02:28 49Step 4 - Editing Your Photos
06:34 50Step 5 - Delivering Your Photos
01:05 51Case Study - Business Workflow
15:54 52On Set - the Shoot
02:50 53On Set - Backdrop Placement
01:13 54On Set - Paper Backdrop Rolls
02:01 55On Set - The Back Light
00:46 56On Set - Interacting with Clients
04:58 57Quiz - Chapter 6
Chapter 7:Scaling Your Business with Better Infrastructure
58Intro to Business Infrastructure and Continued Growth
00:46 59Productivity Tools to Make Your More Efficient
06:21 60Get Business Insurance
03:55 61Accounting Tools & Tips
04:20 62Business Tax Tips
03:38 63Scaling Your Prices Up
02:56 64Use Conventions and Meet Ups to Grow Your Business
04:01 65Case Study - Business Growth
11:04 66Quiz - Chapter 7
Chapter 8: Selling Your Prints
67Intro to the Selling Prints Section
00:56 68Why Should You Sell Your Prints
02:18 69Choose a Printer
02:59 70How to Price Your Prints
05:33 71Selling Your Prints Online
08:06 72Selling Your Prints in Person
02:38 73Wrapping up This Section
01:26 74Quiz - Chapter 8
Chapter 9: Conclusion
75Tips for Personal and Creative Well Being
04:38 76Conclusion
01:45Final Quiz
77Final Quiz
Lesson Info
Get Your Business Bank Account
alright. We get to talk about money a little bit. So the best thing to do. And we're going to talk more about money structure later. But you need to start a bank account for your business. I highly highly highly highly recommend you have a separate business, accounting, bank account. And when you talk to your tax person, this will make everything easier when you go through taxes, when you go through payments. When you go through hiring people, it'll just make everything much easier when you separate it from your personal money. Um So in order to do that, you need to go to a bank, set up a business checking account. Um And savings account hopefully. But in order to do that, you need to have done everything else that we've talked about already. The bank account is gonna ask for your business license. They're gonna ask for your federal I. D. Or E. I. N. Number. If you're a sole proprietor, they're gonna ask if you've done a fictitious name. They're going to need all that stuff for you to ...
start a bank account. So you'll have to wait til all your paperwork's in until you get all your numbers. So you get all that information so that when you go in you'll have everything ready to go. It'll all physically be there. It'll make it much easier to start that bank account. Um It'll make your life way easy down the line as we get going. So I know this takes a lot of time before you get all that stuff in. But it'll be well worth it. And you'll be off and running as an official business with an official bank account. Uh and it's gonna make everything so much easier and exciting. Another benefit of having a bank account is, it'll make it easier when people are paying you, you can hook it up to Venmo Paypal. Um and when people write checks to you, they can write your business name versus your name and going into your personal account. It really is the best way to separate everything. It'll also allow you to pay for equipment or have money going in and out of an actual account so that you can track all your business expenses, all your money coming in and out, all your invoices, all that stuff. It'll just make things everything, it'll just make things so much easier to track and function. So for now go to a bank that you trust and get started. Um This is gonna be really great because sometimes starting a business account with certain banks will add on cool personal stuff or make you qualify for certain credit cards and stuff but get going take action and check that off your worksheet
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