Selling Your Prints in Person
Lesson 72 from: Launch a Successful Photography BusinessPhilip Ebiner, Will Carnahan
Selling Your Prints in Person
Lesson 72 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
Selling Your Prints in Person
So where are the best place to sell these prints will immediately. The very first physical spot to sell them is a local market place. A lot of places around the world will have small setups like swap meets and fairs and art exhibits and stuff like that. Where you can kinda go and set up a booth and sell your prints there. And the cool thing about that is that you can really target your area. Like I said if you're trying to sell near a beach and sell a lot of beachy photos, you might look up a festival or an art walk or a block party where you can set up a booth and sell your photos. The pluses to this is that you actually interact with people and you'll get to be able to sell and see people buy your images and have have the excitement there in front of you. It's like a really fun market place to do it. And something I highly recommend you do. The downside is that you can't really, you can't really uh sell it quickly. You kind of have to go through the process set up and wait for a day.
You have to sometimes get business permits for certain fares. You have to apply. Sometimes you have to pay for the space so it's a lot of time and money to invest and where you may or may not sell a decent amount of products. I've seen places where they'll just put up a tent, put up all the prints inside and then you'll just take orders and you'll go make them that way you're not putting in extra money to stuff that you may not celery or you can sell the priest is on the walls for a little bit extra. That's a really fun way to sell your prints and you get to be outside and interacting with people. The next place I've seen a lot of people selling is actually local coffee shops. I've seen a lot of mom and pop stores, mom and pop coffee shops where if you go in, you get to know the owners, you talk to them and you ask them if you can put your photography on their walls. Sometimes they'll let you do it and they'll let you put little prices in the corner. A lot of coffee shops in Los Angeles and in bigger cities will sponsor different photographers for like a month. If you give them a cut of the, of the takeaway or you pay them a little bit to put up your photos, you're gonna exposure every day every day every day. You can have an opening night. Um, it's a really cool way to sort of find a way to locally sell your prince. And I think if you're in a small city or a small town and you can partner up with a coffee shop like that and create a theme that looks really nice in the coffee shop. I think it's a really good way to not only learn about getting new clients, but also learn about selling prints in a live spot. I think it'd be really fun to do. And I've done it a couple times before, back when I was starting out and I've always had really great experiences with it. But I did know the coffee shop owners so see if you could talk to local shops, it doesn't have to be a coffee shop. It could be anything that's mom and pop on that is willing to put up your work.
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