Using Craigslist to Get Work
Lesson 42 from: Launch a Successful Photography BusinessPhilip Ebiner, Will Carnahan
Using Craigslist to Get Work
Lesson 42 from: Launch a Successful Photography BusinessPhilip Ebiner, Will Carnahan
Lesson Info
42. Using Craigslist to Get Work
Lessons
Chapter 1: Introduction to Starting a Photography Business
1Welcome
02:26 2Why Do You Want to Start a Photography Business
04:40 3What Kind of Photography Business Do You Want to Start
05:38 4Important Personal Note from Instructor Will
02:25 5Case Study Starting a Photography Business
07:43 6Quiz - Chapter 1
Chapter 2: Basics of Starting a Photography Business
Introduction to Basics of Starting a Photography Business
00:52 8Choose Your Business Name
05:29 9Choose Your Business Structure
06:12 10Register Your Business Name
01:47 11Get Your Federal Tax ID
01:39 12Get Your Business License
01:16 13Get Your Business Bank Account
02:16 14Register Your Online Accounts
02:17 15Branding Your Business
02:18 16Set Your Prices
12:56 17The Photography Gear You Need to Start a Business
03:42 18Case Study - Business Basics
24:42 19Case Study - Equipment
10:05 20Quiz - Chapter 2
Chapter 3: Get Your First Paying Clients
21Intro to Getting Your First Paying Clients
00:44 22You Need to Prove Yourself
01:30 23The Best Place to Find Your First Clients
02:36 24What to Charge for Your First Clients
02:44 25On Set - Partnering with Other Creatives
01:57 26On Set - Getting Work in a Competitive Environment
02:38 27Use Your First Shoot Wisely
01:20 28Case Study - Getting Your First Clients
07:55 29Quiz - Chapter 3
Chapter 4: Create Your Photography Business Website
30Introduction to Create Your Photography Business Website
01:05 31Why You Need a Website and Platform Options
04:30 32What Needs to Be On Your Website
07:32 33Design the Perfect Portfolio
03:17 34Case Study - Looking at Photography Websites
12:56 35Quiz - Chapter 4
Chapter 5: Expanding Your Online Presence
36Introduction to Expanding Your Online Presence
00:55 37Use Instagram to Grow Your Business
02:29 38Use Facebook to Grow Your Business
01:21 39Get Listed on Google
03:53 40Get Listed on Yelp
03:20 41Get Listed on Review Sites
04:06 42Using Craigslist to Get Work
03:01 43Case Study - Expanding Your Online Presence
13:16 44Quiz - Chapter 5
Chapter 6: The Photography Business Workflow
45Introduction to the Photography Business Workflow
00:54 46Step 1 - Meeting Your Client
03:32 47Step 2 - Booking Your Client
05:53 48Step 3 - The Shoot
02:28 49Step 4 - Editing Your Photos
06:34 50Step 5 - Delivering Your Photos
01:05 51Case Study - Business Workflow
15:54 52On Set - the Shoot
02:50 53On Set - Backdrop Placement
01:13 54On Set - Paper Backdrop Rolls
02:01 55On Set - The Back Light
00:46 56On Set - Interacting with Clients
04:58 57Quiz - Chapter 6
Chapter 7:Scaling Your Business with Better Infrastructure
58Intro to Business Infrastructure and Continued Growth
00:46 59Productivity Tools to Make Your More Efficient
06:21 60Get Business Insurance
03:55 61Accounting Tools & Tips
04:20 62Business Tax Tips
03:38 63Scaling Your Prices Up
02:56 64Use Conventions and Meet Ups to Grow Your Business
04:01 65Case Study - Business Growth
11:04 66Quiz - Chapter 7
Chapter 8: Selling Your Prints
67Intro to the Selling Prints Section
00:56 68Why Should You Sell Your Prints
02:18 69Choose a Printer
02:59 70How to Price Your Prints
05:33 71Selling Your Prints Online
08:06 72Selling Your Prints in Person
02:38 73Wrapping up This Section
01:26 74Quiz - Chapter 8
Chapter 9: Conclusion
75Tips for Personal and Creative Well Being
04:38 76Conclusion
01:45Final Quiz
77Final Quiz
Lesson Info
Using Craigslist to Get Work
Welcome to this new lesson in this one. We want to talk about craigslist. Craigslist is probably a good way if you're just starting out to try to get some initial paying clients. So if you've kind of exhausted your family and friends and friends of friends and you don't see anything working out, you might want to go onto craigslist and post an ad. I will be honest though, a lot of the photography services that you'll find on craigslist are a little bit lower tier, lower quality, lower price, and so that's going to be the clientele that you find on craigslist that end up finding you. So, you want to be aware of that. Again, it's going to be something that you might want to do when you're just getting started out. So, I'm on the san luis Obispo page and you can see if I search for wedding photography that these are ads that photographers have posted. And just looking at here, I can see as a price point And that caught my eye. So maybe potentially having prices is good, but then it's als...
o, it's tough because you're starting to compete for the lowest price as you have a $275 package. Again, not the best place to make a full time living as a photographer, but to get build up your portfolio and to get started. Not a bad idea. You can go on, you can see the kinds of things people are posting this one is very simple. Just post some examples of the photos that they've done, let's look at another one, affordable, affordable wedding photography. Just one photo and people are on craigslist looking for wedding photographers. Let's just look at photography photographer, see this person posted that they're a professional portrait photographer but they don't have any images. So this is, this is something you could use as an example to do better from. And yeah, some of some of these I can tell are people that are getting started out and that's totally fine. And um just from the photos that I see on here already. But again, this one is pretty good though. Looks pretty good in terms of their quality. Yeah, it looks pretty good. Um, so again, just another place you can, you see that it shows them in kind of the most recent, but in the past month or so of listings. So put it on your calendar once a month. Just post an ad on craigslist, it's free to do. Um, I wouldn't go ahead and start paying for any sort of advertising. You can do that in some like local news papers and things that might work. But I would definitely recommend using all of the free services first and see if that works for you. And yeah, just put it on your calendar once a month, start doing it and see if you get any bites awesome. Thanks so much and we'll see you in another lesson
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