The Podcast for Pet Photographers
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S9E11 | RESULTS: 2021 International Pet Photographer of the Year Awards
The annual Awards are an annual celebration of the artistry and skill of professional and emerging pet photographers from all around the globe. This year, more than 2500 pet portraits were submitted by pet photographers located in 52 countries. The top 100 shortlisted images were released first, followed by the Top 25, then the category winners and now, the overall International Pet Photographer of the Year, Veronika Šandorová from Slovakia.
S9E10 | Optimising your Instagram Account for more clients
Having thousands of Instagram followers is one thing- but having the right followers and then optimising your content to turn those followers into clients is a whole other project. Join Kirstie in this video episode as she shares her top nine tips for optimising your account- plus a special offer for an upcoming workshop at the end!
S9E09 | The Blogging Hack (the how and why you should combine your proof galleries and client blog posts)
Please tell me I’m not the only one who has always procrastinated writing my client blog posts! There seems to be a thousand other things to do in my business, so blogging inevitably gets pushed to the side and before I know it, it’s been months (years?!) since I last wrote a client session blog post. Which is really a shame because I know that these posts are a great resource to have on hand for enquiries AND an easy way to update and add new content to my website (you’re welcome SEO juice).
S9E08 | How to Use the Storybrand Website Framework in your Pet Photography Business with Ryan Toth
Have you heard of Storybrand? It’s a very popular and proven marketing strategy that helps businesses clarify their message and build a sales funnel into their website. In this 7-part framework, you cast your clients as the hero - rather than your website being all about YOU, your website tells a story that your client can relate to. Sounds intriguing, right? We interviewed website expert and certified Storybrand guide, Ryan Toth of Clearbrand to find out all about this powerful framework and how pet photographers can use it to improve their websites.
S9E07 | Creating Pre-Shoot Questionnaires to Skyrocket your Sales
Join The Pet Photographers Club co-host, Kirstie McConnell, for a free workshop to build a pre-shoot questionnaire that is actually useful AND easy for your clients in this replay of our live workshop, now available to Club members!
S9E06 | Pitching, Publicity and PR for Pet Photographers with Zoe Hiljemark
Tune into our interview with Zoe Hiljemark, a PR and Marketing expert who works exclusively with professional photographers. Her mission is to help photographers become ‘PR savvy’, gain visibility and grow a loyal audience - and she shares all her best tips in this episode. It’s time to get that head out of the sand and see how you can use PR strategies to grow your business!
S9E05 | Dog Brand Ambassadors, Book Launches and Maternity Leave - GoalTrackers Season 9
Today I was joined by Kelly Schulz of K Schulz Photography in Bloomington, Minnesota and Ina Jalil of Ina J Photography in Canberra for our season 9 Goal Trackers meeting.
Eavesdrop into our conversation about everything from book launches to doggy brand ambassadors and if you haven’t already, we’d love for YOU to share your Top Three Goals for the next three months over in the Mastermind Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/The.Pet.Photographers.Club
S9E04 | How to Add Digital Painting to Pet Photography Business with Lesley Davidson
Tune into this latest interview episode to find out everything you want to know about digital painting for pet photographers - whether it’s Lesley’s best tips for learning yourself, how you can hire a “ghost painter” if (like me) you’re not a digital painter and in the extended episode we brainstorm different ways that you could successful integrate this service into your existing business model.
S9E03 | Choosing Three Locations to Offer Your Clients (brought to you by nPhoto)
Are you an on-location pet photographer? In today’s special episode, with Pet Photographer of the Year awards sponsor nPhoto, we discussed the benefits of giving your clients just three set locations to pick from for their photoshoot. We recommend a park option, beach option and urban option - but of course, you could adjust these to suit your own environment. If you’re still leaving the location scouting up to your clients, this is a must-listen episode!
S9E02 | Thinking Outside the (Category) Box for the Awards with Saskia Rosebrock
With entries now open for the 2021 International Pet Photographer of the Year Awards, we thought it would be the perfect time to chat with the 2020 Category Winner, Saskia Rosebrock of SasR Photography. Saskia wowed the judges with her outside the box interpretation of the ‘Pets and their People’ category and in today’s episode she shares her own experience with entering - and winning - during the awards, plus her journey as a landscape-loving dog photographer.
S9E01 | Everything You Need to Know About the 2021 Pet Photography Awards
Have you submitted your entry for the annual International Pet Photographer of the Year Awards yet?
We’re halfway through May, which means there’s only a couple more weeks to go! These awards are open to all countries, 100% free to enter and there are so fantastic prizes up for grabs thanks to our generous sponsors. Tune into the latest podcast episode as Kirstie and Caitlin share everything that you need to know to enter - and win - the 2021 awards.