Register Your Online Accounts
Lesson 14 from: Launch a Successful Photography BusinessPhilip Ebiner, Will Carnahan
Register Your Online Accounts
Lesson 14 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
Register Your Online Accounts
So we're going to dive deeper into websites and social media instagrams. But for now we want to make sure you're set up with it. So I'm sure you've already looked up your business name and made sure that was free on instagram or on the World Wide Web. So you can start a website now it's time to make sure you sign up. If you haven't already sign up for instagram, sign up for twitter, sign up for your business on facebook, get your website going. Your website is very important because it's gonna allow you to have an email address. Now you may already have like a gmail or an ICloud or you know whatever a well account. But the thing with your website is it will allow you to have your own email address at your business name. So it'll be will at Will Carnahan photography or will at will see photography. Now with some businesses, you may not want to start a website, you may not want to pay for it. So you could start a gmail account or you could start another account like for example with will...
see photography I have will dot c dot photo at gmail dot com. It allows me to separate all my business stuff from my personal stuff. Again, it makes it look a little bit more professional but the website email is going to make you look way more professional Will at will see photo dot com or whatever your website is. So get going, this is going to allow you to help communication and really get going with starting your business. So just to clarify, buying a domain name is different than hosting and building out your website. We recommend you go through a website similar to go daddy dot com to buy the domain name because you want it to be clean. Now. Later on, we can go through companies like squarespace or Wix or Wordpress where you take the domain that you've purchased and you apply it to a place where you can host it and create and build your beautiful website. There are also other photography sites like zen folio and sites similar to that where you can have a location if you pay for it, but it will have a zen folio or the name of it attached if you don't have your own domain name. So I want you to start by buying a domain name if that's where you're gonna go now. And we'll worry about building out and hosting and putting all your pretty photos on later. If you want to skip to that right away, there's another section on how to build out your build your website and you can skip ahead to that now. But in the meantime, get that domain name, get that instagram handle. Get going
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