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Get Your Business Bank Account

Lesson 13 from: Launch a Successful Photography Business

Philip Ebiner, Will Carnahan

Get Your Business Bank Account

Lesson 13 from: Launch a Successful Photography Business

Philip Ebiner, Will Carnahan

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Lesson Info

13. Get Your Business Bank Account

Lessons

Class Trailer

Chapter 1: Introduction to Starting a Photography Business

1

Welcome

02:26
2

Why Do You Want to Start a Photography Business

04:40
3

What Kind of Photography Business Do You Want to Start

05:38
4

Important Personal Note from Instructor Will

02:25
5

Case Study Starting a Photography Business

07:43
6

Quiz - Chapter 1

Chapter 2: Basics of Starting a Photography Business

7

Introduction to Basics of Starting a Photography Business

00:52
8

Choose Your Business Name

05:29
9

Choose Your Business Structure

06:12
10

Register Your Business Name

01:47
11

Get Your Federal Tax ID

01:39
12

Get Your Business License

01:16
13

Get Your Business Bank Account

02:16
14

Register Your Online Accounts

02:17
15

Branding Your Business

02:18
16

Set Your Prices

12:56
17

The Photography Gear You Need to Start a Business

03:42
18

Case Study - Business Basics

24:42
19

Case Study - Equipment

10:05
20

Quiz - Chapter 2

Chapter 3: Get Your First Paying Clients

21

Intro to Getting Your First Paying Clients

00:44
22

You Need to Prove Yourself

01:30
23

The Best Place to Find Your First Clients

02:36
24

What to Charge for Your First Clients

02:44
25

On Set - Partnering with Other Creatives

01:57
26

On Set - Getting Work in a Competitive Environment

02:38
27

Use Your First Shoot Wisely

01:20
28

Case Study - Getting Your First Clients

07:55
29

Quiz - Chapter 3

Chapter 4: Create Your Photography Business Website

30

Introduction to Create Your Photography Business Website

01:05
31

Why You Need a Website and Platform Options

04:30
32

What Needs to Be On Your Website

07:32
33

Design the Perfect Portfolio

03:17
34

Case Study - Looking at Photography Websites

12:56
35

Quiz - Chapter 4

Chapter 5: Expanding Your Online Presence

36

Introduction to Expanding Your Online Presence

00:55
37

Use Instagram to Grow Your Business

02:29
38

Use Facebook to Grow Your Business

01:21
39

Get Listed on Google

03:53
40

Get Listed on Yelp

03:20
41

Get Listed on Review Sites

04:06
42

Using Craigslist to Get Work

03:01
43

Case Study - Expanding Your Online Presence

13:16
44

Quiz - Chapter 5

Chapter 6: The Photography Business Workflow

45

Introduction to the Photography Business Workflow

00:54
46

Step 1 - Meeting Your Client

03:32
47

Step 2 - Booking Your Client

05:53
48

Step 3 - The Shoot

02:28
49

Step 4 - Editing Your Photos

06:34
50

Step 5 - Delivering Your Photos

01:05
51

Case Study - Business Workflow

15:54
52

On Set - the Shoot

02:50
53

On Set - Backdrop Placement

01:13
54

On Set - Paper Backdrop Rolls

02:01
55

On Set - The Back Light

00:46
56

On Set - Interacting with Clients

04:58
57

Quiz - Chapter 6

Chapter 7:Scaling Your Business with Better Infrastructure

58

Intro to Business Infrastructure and Continued Growth

00:46
59

Productivity Tools to Make Your More Efficient

06:21
60

Get Business Insurance

03:55
61

Accounting Tools & Tips

04:20
62

Business Tax Tips

03:38
63

Scaling Your Prices Up

02:56
64

Use Conventions and Meet Ups to Grow Your Business

04:01
65

Case Study - Business Growth

11:04
66

Quiz - Chapter 7

Chapter 8: Selling Your Prints

67

Intro to the Selling Prints Section

00:56
68

Why Should You Sell Your Prints

02:18
69

Choose a Printer

02:59
70

How to Price Your Prints

05:33
71

Selling Your Prints Online

08:06
72

Selling Your Prints in Person

02:38
73

Wrapping up This Section

01:26
74

Quiz - Chapter 8

Chapter 9: Conclusion

75

Tips for Personal and Creative Well Being

04:38
76

Conclusion

01:45

Final Quiz

77

Final 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

Class Materials

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15 Tips: How Your Photography Business can be Adapted to Online Services
Start a Photography Business
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