348: Steve Saporito – How to excite and delight your portrait clients to better sales

Premium Members, click here to access this interview in the premium area. Steve Saporito of  www.stevesaporitoeducation.com has appeared on the PhotoBizX podcast a number of times. I used to introduce him as “The Doctor of Portrait Photography success.” He specialises in teaching photographers how to excite and delight portrait clients to bigger and better sales. He's a photography business coach who doesn't pull punches, isn't afraid to push and challenge you, to the point of tears – as he tears down your limiting beliefs and starts rebuilding your business from the ground up. Based in Australia and with clients all around the world – his specialty is helping clients build super successful portrait photography studios. And his focus is getting you to create artwork that excites your clients, giving you more time to enjoy your life and making more money with your photography. He's owned and run a successful studio himself and he's assisted hundreds of other studio owners to do the same. Here’s some more of what we cover in the interview: What’s on Offer for Premium Members If you’re a premium member, you should have received an email with links to your version of this interview – the full length and more revealing version where you hear the absolute best tips and advice from every guest. If you’re on the fence about becoming a premium member, join with the $1 trial today and get access to the FULL interviews each week, get access to an amazing back catalogue of interviews and ALL future interviews delivered automatically to your phone or tablet. Plus special member-only interviews. When we focus on what people want, and we're able to help them reconnect as a family, then three and a half thousand for them isn't a lot of money. – Steve Saporito You'll also receive access to the members-only Secret Facebook Group where you can connect with other Premium Members and interview guests to help, support and motivate you to take ideas you hear in each episode and put them into action. There are also FB live video tutorials, role-play interviews and special live interviews happening in the group. You will not find more friendly, more motivated, caring and sharing photographers online. Joining a Mastermind Group (encouraged by Andrew) has been incredibly valuable and fun, I look forward to connecting with my group members every week. Jina Zheng, Premium Member and Melbourne Children photographer. Seriously, that's not all. In addition to everything above, you'll get access to and instructions on forming or joining a MasterMind Group with other premium members. These groups are super motivating, make you accountable and build friendships with other pro photographers with similar motives to you – to build a more successful photography business. What is your big takeaway? Following this interview, I’d love to know if you're taking anything away from what Steve shared. Is there something you heard that excited or motivated you to the point where you thought, yeah, I'm going to do that! If so, let me know by leaving your thoughts in the comments below, let me know what your takeaways were, what you plan to implement in your business as a result of what you heard in today's episode. Our business is really easy because we are an industry that focuses on helping people discover who is important to them and what's important to them, and when we do that and we're able to showcase that in some beautiful artwork for them, it's a no-brainer; people just want it. – Steve Saporito If you have any questions that I missed,