The Steps You Should Take to Turn Your Hobby Into a Business – PS

In this Episode, Erica and Connor Discuss The changes coming to the podcast's format before having a conversation concerning the overall steps a person interested in taking their portrait photography hobby and turning it in to a business.

GENERAL STEPS FOR TURNING YOUR HOBBY INTO A BUSINESS:
Step 1 Ask: What kind of Portrait business do you want?

Step 2 Establish a legal entity.

Step 3 Accounting & Finances

Step 4 Portfolio Building and culling

Step 5 Pricing yourself

Step 6 Business Model/Customer experience

Step 7 Portfolio Display and Branding

Step 8 Building an Organic web presence

Step 9 Develop additional marketing strategies

Step 10 Finding Success: How to manage a transition to a job as a photographer

STICKING POINTS
During sticking points, Connor sits down with Kaden from 365th Street Photography to discuss his struggle with writing blog and social media posts that speak with a voice that feels genuine without being overly repetitive along with some general tips for finding effective keywords for blogging and hash tagging.

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5 photographers (Brent Bergherm, Jeff Harmon, Connor Hibbs, Erica Kay, Brian McGuckin) take turns covering listener questions, photography news, and the famous photography "doodads" of the week with each round table discussion episode. This is the podcast for enthusiast and professional photography nerds who want to level up and master their photography--without the fluff of a "talk show." The team has a special skill for covering advanced level photography techniques in a way that less experienced photographers can understand. They don't talk down to newer photographers yet provide tips that help advanced photographers. Come join us as we all work to master our photography together!