OH MY GOSH!!! Having that review button is a game changer. I had no idea I could do this with my cloudspot. I also love the idea of making a "favorites" folder. Thanks for the tips!
I upgraded to Cloudspot this past season due to your channel and can confirm that having a favorites folder makes a difference. Thank-you for sharing your wisdom!
I love that you added the pricing for your two different locations on your page. I just moved also and was stuck on how to price for the two different markets. Love it! Also super excited for your new guide !!
Your videos are so informative!! I’m 15 and possibly getting a new camera soon, and I’m super interested in photography as a business! I’ve been watching so many of your videos and they’ve helped me so much!! ❤️
Thanks for this (and the many others!) super informative and helpful videos! A question about the location options that you're adding to your new session guide.... I'm in the midwest where there are locations that look their best only at certain times of year. I have a roadside area that's great for mid-July and late-July wildflowers, and other locations that are good for August wildflowers (after the July ones are spent). I'd love to give my clients some location options so they can get a feel for their aesthetic, but with all these changing locations, I'm not sure how! Do you have to accommodate locations that change throughout the year? If so, how do you think you'll handle it in the new session guide? Thanks for your guidance!
Absolutely! We have a ton of areas in Charleston that are famous for being in bloom during a specific time of year. I would break down your guide to be month-by-month (or season by season) and outline the location options accordingly!
Hey! Detroit area photog here- I’m in my second senior season and I raised my prices from $250 last year to $400 this year. As a high school coach and social savvy person I was able to grow my bookings a ton this year and I am booked up completely for a month straight. I just raised prices 50-75$ for the fall- should I be nervous about a mid-season price increase? Fall colors around me are in such high demand that I don’t want to shoot a bunch of hour long (my mini) sessions for boys at a super reduced rate compared to my full two hour session that I generally do with girls in the summer.
That is AMAZING, Rebekah! Congrats to you! I would not be worried about a price increase affecting bookings - if you have that much demand, an increase is definitely what needed to happen! Instead, I would personally remove the mini session option from your website. I only offer mini sessions for the guys, but I only tell them that package is available when they inquire. So, otherwise, people think I only have one starting price. It removes the issue of people only booking/requesting minis if they don't know they exist!
Great idea to revamp the senior style guide. I just watched an other video of someone who did this with wedding bookings. I am just starting out so. this is great advice. I would be very interested in buying your template if you are selling.
I am now adding a "Favorites" folder to every gallery! I do have a silly question about the call to action button. I am in the process of adding that to my galleries as well but I have no idea what to put in the "button link" section when adding it. Can you help??
Fantastic advice - I appreciate the insight into how you run your business. The supply and demand criteria for pricing sounds very sensible.
Thanks so much for watching! Thrilled to hear you enjoyed it!
OH MY GOSH!!! Having that review button is a game changer. I had no idea I could do this with my cloudspot. I also love the idea of making a "favorites" folder. Thanks for the tips!
YAY! So glad it was helpful, Lisa! Thanks for watching!
I upgraded to Cloudspot this past season due to your channel and can confirm that having a favorites folder makes a difference. Thank-you for sharing your wisdom!
Love hearing this, Eric! Thanks so much for watching!
I love that you added the pricing for your two different locations on your page. I just moved also and was stuck on how to price for the two different markets. Love it! Also super excited for your new guide !!
YAY!! SO glad it was helpful! Thanks for being here!
Keep going. Ur crushing it
Great tips! I plan to include a favorites folder, I use Pixieset, which is similar! Can’t wait to see your new guide! Love your excitement!
YAY! Thanks for watching, Stephanie!
Your videos are so informative!! I’m 15 and possibly getting a new camera soon, and I’m super interested in photography as a business! I’ve been watching so many of your videos and they’ve helped me so much!! ❤️
That is AMAZING! I started my business at 15 and am SO proud of you for doing this! Thank you so much for being here!
Thanks for this (and the many others!) super informative and helpful videos! A question about the location options that you're adding to your new session guide.... I'm in the midwest where there are locations that look their best only at certain times of year. I have a roadside area that's great for mid-July and late-July wildflowers, and other locations that are good for August wildflowers (after the July ones are spent). I'd love to give my clients some location options so they can get a feel for their aesthetic, but with all these changing locations, I'm not sure how! Do you have to accommodate locations that change throughout the year? If so, how do you think you'll handle it in the new session guide? Thanks for your guidance!
Absolutely! We have a ton of areas in Charleston that are famous for being in bloom during a specific time of year. I would break down your guide to be month-by-month (or season by season) and outline the location options accordingly!
Hey! Detroit area photog here- I’m in my second senior season and I raised my prices from $250 last year to $400 this year. As a high school coach and social savvy person I was able to grow my bookings a ton this year and I am booked up completely for a month straight. I just raised prices 50-75$ for the fall- should I be nervous about a mid-season price increase? Fall colors around me are in such high demand that I don’t want to shoot a bunch of hour long (my mini) sessions for boys at a super reduced rate compared to my full two hour session that I generally do with girls in the summer.
That is AMAZING, Rebekah! Congrats to you! I would not be worried about a price increase affecting bookings - if you have that much demand, an increase is definitely what needed to happen! Instead, I would personally remove the mini session option from your website. I only offer mini sessions for the guys, but I only tell them that package is available when they inquire. So, otherwise, people think I only have one starting price. It removes the issue of people only booking/requesting minis if they don't know they exist!
Great idea to revamp the senior style guide. I just watched an other video of someone who did this with wedding bookings. I am just starting out so. this is great advice. I would be very interested in buying your template if you are selling.
Thanks so much, Donna - so thrilled to hear you found it helpful! The guide will be available for purchase starting September 12th and we can't wait!
I am now adding a "Favorites" folder to every gallery! I do have a silly question about the call to action button. I am in the process of adding that to my galleries as well but I have no idea what to put in the "button link" section when adding it. Can you help??
I link directly to my “Google My Business” page!!!
I clicked on the download link, but never received a download.
I’m on my iPhone I don’t see the link to the guide - thanks in advance!
Here you go: freebies.hopetaylor.com/senior-style-guide!
Also - what about a video style guide rather than a document? You'd get RUclips views as a bonus.
I have a few videos on the channel about what we include - but it is actually SO huge (65+ pages) that it would be a VERY long video!
Do you put the Favorite images still in the rest of the gallery? So technically they are in the gallery twice.
Yes! Exactly :)
This is great but about a style guide for males?
We are actually in the process of creating one now - it is over 40 pages long! It will be available in our shop starting Sept. 12th :)
@@HopeTaylor awesome!!
Keep going. Ur crushing it
Thanks so much!