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Photography Website Review on YouTube Channel

Jan 31st, 2021 42s

Studio Builder on YouTubeVisit the Studio Builder YouTube channel to see my full review of fashion and beauty photographer Kris Fulk's website. I also offer her advice on how she can take her commercial photography website to the next level.

Getting Started with Video Editing, from Beginner to Pro

Jan 26th, 2021 10m 25s

#42 | So you’re starting to shoot video and you’ve got some footage but now you need to put it all together and create an edited video. In this episode, I’m going to talk about the programs that are available to you from basic, entry-level edit

The Gear You Need to Start Shooting Video (and the Gear You Don’t)

Jan 19th, 2021 7m 30s

#41 | On the last episode, I issued a challenge for you to create 20 videos this year and outlined why video should be an important part of your photography business in 2021. In this episode, I tell you what you need to get started shooting vid

Why You Need to Have Video in Your Portfolio

Jan 15th, 2021 10m 6s

#40 | In 2021, it is going to be more important than ever to have a motion section in your portfolio and to offer video services to your clients. In this episode, I talk about why you need video in your portfolio and what you need to do this ye

3 Habits You Need to Start Doing Today

Jan 12th, 2021 10m 20s

#39 | Outside of straight-up business goals, I always make sure to set personal goals. I’m not a big fan of resolutions but I do believe in the power of habits. In this episode, I take a look at three habits Warren Buffett recommends to help yo

Best Website Platforms for Consumer Photographers

Jan 8th, 2021 15m 30s

#38 | There are a lot of website options out there for consumer photographers. In this episode, I outline my picks for the best three website platforms for consumer photographers.Best Website Platforms for Consumer PhotographersSEO for Photogra

2021 and the Future of Photography

Jan 4th, 2021 16m 1s

#37 | In this episode, I take a look forward to what’s in store for 2021, for this show, for Studio Builder, and photography as a profession and an industry.2021 and the Future of PhotographyLinksLuminarStudio Builder on YouTubeStudio Builder C

Best Website Platforms for Commercial Photographers

Dec 19th, 2020 15m 10s

#36 | There are a lot of options out there for photographers to put websites together. I’m going to outline the key features needed for a commercial photography website, what the best options are out there.Best Website Platforms for Commercial

How Many Websites Should You Have?

Dec 15th, 2020 8m 35s

#35 | If you’re considering expanding into other genres and markets, you need to think about how to market your new work. Should you add a section to your website? Should you build a whole new website? Should you create a whole new brand identi

Get SMART with Your Goals

Dec 11th, 2020 9m 9s

#34 | With the new year fast approaching, we’re all thinking about what business is going to look like next year. We’ve got questions. We probably all have an idea about what we want our year to look like and we’re thinking about resolutions, f

November 2020

Dec 9th, 2020 4m 1s

#33 | I took a couple of weeks off and quick frankly I needed it. We’re a week into December and somehow 2020 has felt simultaneously like the longest and shortest year of my life. Thanks, COVID.November 2020Links:Resources for PhotographersStu

Is This Helping or Hurting?

Nov 23rd, 2020 11m 59s

#32 | Every business has seasonal cycles, either due to weather, holidays, or other external factors beyond our control. These troughs in our business cycles are the perfect times and opportunities to focus our attention inward for a change, to

Best Laid Plans

Nov 13th, 2020 12m 50s

#31 | I love to have a plan for my photoshoots. But I also have enough experience to know that things don’t always go to plan. So, when I plan for a shoot, I plan for two things: success and failure.Best Laid PlansLinks:Resources for Photograph

How to Identify Your Ideal Photography Client

Nov 11th, 2020 9m

#30 | We want to work with people who want to work with us. I’d argue that we want to work with people who are fans of what we do, who love what we do, and who want us to have a positive impact on their lives. It’s why we need to define our ide

Why You Need to Define Your Goals

Nov 9th, 2020 9m 20s

#29 | In order to improve my business and quality of life, I want to make sure I’m focused on serving my ideal clients. Before we can determine who our ideal clients are, we need to first determine what our goals are. We need to think about and

Why You Need to Define Your Ideal Client

Nov 6th, 2020 10m 52s

#28 | If you know who your ideal client is, you know who to target in your copy, your designs, your emails, your brand colours, brand voice, and every aspect of your marketing. You need to know who to target because we can’t be everything to ev

Take Care of Your Body

Nov 2nd, 2020 11m 41s

#27 | We don’t talk enough about the physical toll our bodies endure as photographers. Long days, often with little or no breaks — bending, slouching, squatting, lying, hovering, twisting, and more. In this episode, I look at how I've overcome

October 2020

Oct 30th, 2020 5m 2s

#26 | In this recap of October 2020, I reflect on recent episodes, shooting a wedding for 20 people, and address how some changes I’m making to my pricing. I would love it if you take a minute to review Studio Builder on Apple Podcasts, Podchas

The Facebook Pixel

Oct 28th, 2020 11m 45s

#25 | Love it or hate it as a social media outlet, Facebook undeniably has the best advertising platform in the world right now. It also has a few other great tools you might not know about. In order to take advantage of any of them, you first

3 Ways to Harness Your Blog for Social Media

Oct 26th, 2020 11m 10s

#24 | Now that you’ve got a kick-ass blog that’s great for SEO and your clients, in this episode I give you three ways you can use the power of your blog to harness your social media content strategy without actually having to do much work.Link

How to Maximize Your Photography Blog’s Potential

Oct 23rd, 2020 16m 30s

#23 | A major part of my SEO strategy, and something I think should be part of your SEO strategy, is blogging. In this episode, I outline some awesome ways to maximize your blog’s potential and how to create posts that automatically update them

Creating Content for Your Photography Blog

Oct 21st, 2020 14m 18s

#22 | When you’re creating posts for your blogs, you want to do so in a way that creates value for potential clients and also improves your position in search results and increases the number of impressions your website gets. This doesn’t need

Why Your Photography Website Should Have a Blog

Oct 19th, 2020 12m 25s

#21 | As photographers, our websites are image-heavy, but Google indexes images differently than it indexes text. So, we want to make sure we also feed the search engines some text to inform it about which keyword phrases to rank us for. That's

SEO Best Practices for Photography Websites

Oct 16th, 2020 15m 15s

#20 | How do you develop best practices for creating and maintaining good SEO for your photography website? It's actually pretty simple. In this episode, I outline five things you need to do to develop a good SEO practice for your website.Links