361: Brooke Mendenhall – How build a successful small town photography business

Premium Members, click here to access this interview in the premium area. Brooke Mendenhall of www.brookemendenhall.com will challenge almost everything you've heard from past guests on the podcast – photography business coaches and successful photographers – as she shares how to build a successful small-town photography business, in a way that genuinely feels right to her. I first heard of Brooke when I received this email from friend, previous interview guest, photographer and host of the Beginner Photography Podcast, Raymond Hatfield. He said… Hey Andrew! I just had had an incredible interview with newborn photographer, Brooke Mendenhall who I copied into this email. She’s killing in a small rural town – nowhere near a hospital. She's an inspiration. She also has an incredible marketing strategy where she partners with other business that blew me away! She would be a fantastic guest on PBX I wanted to introduce you two. Hope it works out! From there, Brooke and I have been chatting via email. Based in Texas USA, her website says she photographs pretty much anything but looking deeper, I see a large and gorgeous portfolio of newborn babies and seniors. She only works weekdays. All portrait sessions are free. And she has a successful business! Let's get started! 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. Since I see my target market as someone like me, I would feel bad taking just a whole lot of money from them. – Brooke Mendenhall 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 Brooke 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. If you have any questions that I missed,