Category Archives: Dollar$ and Sense
STOP DICKIN’ AROUND: THE 3 STRATEGIES THAT WILL GET YOUR BUSINESS SOARING
I’m still in India, getting my orphan-hug on! Since I’m in no condition to write a brilliant blog post — send Starbucks VIA stat — I’ll reveal the gift I begged my friend Karie Hill to give all of you. (Karie, remember? Cool substitute teacher? She helped you break up your personal and business money [...]
Quick to Click “Buy,” Too? Time for a Spending Detox!
Welcome back to week two! Do you miss Kristen yet? Last week, I had you list all of your business expenses to transfer them from your personal account to your business account. Did you find any monthly expenses that you either didn’t realize you were paying for or don’t need anymore? There may be old [...]
Personal + Business Money Break Up: Part I
While Kristen is away hugging orphans, we’re going to make her proud and get some work done. I’ll be the cool substitute teacher that lets you watch movies and chew gum if you do your work. Ready? If your personal and business finances are still together, it’s time to break them up! This is one [...]
Drowning in Lies: The Top 5 Sales Myths You’ve Been Forced to Believe
You don’t particularly enjoy selling your photography goods and services. (Making ‘em? Yes. Selling ‘em? No.) Worse, you’ve been forced to believe portrait and wedding sales sessions have to be long. Full of pressure. Awkward. Inconvenient. And expensive. Maybe you’ve given sales sessions a whirl and you wanted to poke your eyes out afterward because [...]
HOW TO GET EVERYONE YOU KNOW TO TAKE YOUR BUSINESS SERIOUSLY.
There’s no magic number. Not $10,000 or $30,000 or $100,000. Your mother will not suddenly sing your praises because your business grosses X thousand dollars. There’s no secret bell that’s going to ding; no whirligig that’s going to be delivered from the universe when you decide to bring home a paycheck and make your “cute” [...]
HOW TO GET PEOPLE BUYING AND BOOKING WHENEVER YOU WANT.
“I never discount my work!” is something my peeps say when I’m working with ‘em, but they usually don’t know an alternative to getting people to book in a timely fashion. The secret to enticing people to do what you want is called an incentive. No one is asking you to discount your work. I [...]
LOSE THE GUILT.
Meet my manuscript! I just said that in the Patti Stanger “Meet My Millionaires!” voice, in case your mind-reading skills aren’t in effect yet today. This little puppy has been the source of much joy, frustration, concentration, focus, determination, teamwork, and elation for the past ten months. Thing is, I hate printers. Not my publishing [...]
DOES YOUR INTENTION MATCH YOUR REALITY?
I was sitting there eating a buttercream cupcake and reading Clean Living magazine. Allow me to add emphasis for you: I was sitting there eating a buttercream cupcake and reading Clean Living magazine. It struck me, right then, that cupcakes and clean living are at opposite ends of the wellness spectrum. My intention (clean living [...]
PREPARE FOR THE MAIN (NETWORKING) EVENT
Last night, I had dreams of being pursued by deep water. I’m staying at a beach house and the water keeps rising. It sucks me off shore and my friends pull me back. I run to the attic of the beach house and the water is still pursuing me. It chases me no matter how [...]
CONFIDENCE IS KEY.
I called a local painting company to get a quote for painting a striped ceiling in my bedroom. (Solid colors are one thing, and stripes are another matter entirely, I think. I’m leaving it to a pro.) The nice businesswoman showed up and I led her to the space. She pulled out her quote book [...]
