363: Bernie Griffiths – Business growth for wedding and portrait photographers

Premium Members, click here to access this interview in the premium area. Bernie Griffiths of www.berniegriffiths.com is a photography business coach, well known to the PhotoBizX community. The plan for this interview was to discuss what feels like stumbling blocks when it comes to utilising Facebook ads to generate leads, bookings and good sales. It turns out, everything Bernie was planning to share, was already covered in an earlier interview here: Episode 198: Bernie Griffiths – Facebook Ads and The Missing Link To Successful Sales. Instead, we threw caution to the wind, explored some rabbit holes to uncover some hidden gems to help you grow and improve your photography business. 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. Photographers think they lead boring lives. They don't. They live exciting lives. – Bernie Griffiths 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 Bernie 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 want to be a local legend, get out there and make yourself a legend. – Bernie Griffiths If you have any questions that I missed, a specific question you’d like to ask Bernie or if you just want to say thanks for coming on the show, feel free to add them in the comments area below. Daily Vlog Challenge – starts June 1st Do you find when you get to have a face to face meeting with prospective clients, they usually book you? That's how it is for me, and I'm pretty sure most of us. Did you know you can shortcut this whole process and get in front of and connect with ideal clients before your...