Brooke Mendenhall's guest appearances

Brooke Mendenhall

The Beginner Photography Podcast

PhotoBizX The Ultimate Portrait and Wedding Photography Business Podcast

Vincent Pugliese

Nicole Begley

Adam Taylor

Allie Siarto

Nick Church

Jeff Brown

Dana Arnold

Luci Dumas

Andrew Hellmich

Phillip Blume

Ryan Welch

Dina Goldstein

Megan Breukelman

Megan DiPiero

Wendy Yalom

OwlTail

Premium Members, click here to access this interview in the premium area.Brooke Mendenhall of www.brookemendenhall.com will challenge almost everything you've heard from past guests on the podcast – photography business coaches and successful photographers – as she shares how to build a successful small-town photography business, in a way that genuinely feels right to her.I first heard of Brooke when I received this email from friend, previous interview guest, photographer and host of the Beginner Photography Podcast, Raymond Hatfield. He said…Hey Andrew!I just had had an incredible interview with newborn photographer, Brooke Mendenhall who I copied into this email.She’s killing in a small rural town – nowhere near a hospital. She's an inspiration.She also has an incredible marketing strategy where she partners with other business that blew me away!She would be a fantastic guest on PBX I wanted to introduce you two.Hope it works out!From there, Brooke and I have been chatting via email.Based in Texas USA, her website says she photographs pretty much anything but looking deeper, I see a large and gorgeous portfolio of newborn babies and seniors.She only works weekdays. All portrait sessions are free. And she has a successful business!Let's get started!Here's some more of what we cover in the interview: Utilising a $99 deposit to book photography sessions Dealing with booking cancellations and rescheduling The importance of charging booking deposits for your business How Brooke handles booking deposit payments How to protect your business when clients arrive late for their photoshoot appointments Life and work in a small town in the USA Brooke's ideal photography client Client's average spend Brooke's average number of sessions Brooke's revenue goals Ways to increase net profit Going to flea markets and creating DIY props What is money guilt and why Brooke avoids it Why Brooke feels bad about photographers charging higher session rates The product range Brooke sells to her clients What collection Brooke sells the most How clients find Brooke What are sneezers and how they can help your business How Brooke creates sneezers Brooke's reveal process The importance of creating small business groups to market your business Utilising gift vouchers in your photography business How often does Brooke meet up with her group? What happens at a business group meeting? How Brooke feels about getting below-average sales during reveal sessions Brooke's reasons for not being salesy Holding a fine art gallery exhibit to showcase your work Curating images for exhibits Dealing with limited edition prints How Brooke communicates between meetings with her group Where Brooke usually holds group meetings How business group meetings work and how they are run Brooke's fear of contact with people and overcoming it    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. Since I see my target market as someone like me, I would feel bad taking just a whole lot of money from them. – Brooke Mendenhall 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 Brooke 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 have any questions that I missed, a specific question you’d like to ask Brooke or if you just want to say thanks for coming on the show, feel free to add them in the comments area below.   6 Month Membership Special I recently announced a flash sale on the 6 month PhotoBizX Premium Membership. In light of the current circumstances, I'm be extending this offer. It's my attempt to make the education and motivation provided by the interview guests and other members inside the Facebook Group as affordable as possible. If you are an existing member who has already made a monthly payment this month, let me know after signing up for the 6-month membership, and I'll refund your $20 payment. Once you sign up for the 6 month membership, make sure you cancel your existing monthly payments via your automatic payments dashboard inside your PayPal account. For more info and to sign up, click this link —&gt;&gt; https://photobizx.com/sms New members are also welcome to sign up with this special offer.   iTunes Reviews and Shout-outs Each week I check for any new iTunes reviews and it's always a buzz to receive these… for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it's confirmation that I'm on the right track with the interviews and that they really are helping you improve your photography business. That's awesome! Secondly, iTunes is the biggest search engine when it comes to podcasts and it's your reviews and ratings that help other photographers find PhotoBizX. More listeners mean more interviews and ultimately a better show. I set my lowest package very low because I didn't want people to feel like they couldn't come to me. – Brooke Mendenhall If you have left a review in the past, thank you! If you haven't and you'd like to, head to https://photobizx.com/itunes and you can leave some honest feedback and a rating which will help both me and the show and I'll be sure to thank you on the show and add a link to your website or blog if you let me know the URL of your website and your name. Alternatively, if you've left a review for PhotoBizX and are looking for more backlinks to help your SEO, leave a review for the new Photography Xperiment Podcast and email me your keywords or keyword phrase and where you'd like me to link to. Another great way to get a backlink to your site is to send a video testimonial. It doesn't need to be fancy and your phone will be perfect. Click record and tell me how PhotoBizX has made a difference to you and your photography business. Here's the latest review…  A big thanks for the video testimonial (above) by UK based Wedding Photographer in Essex,  Lindsey Roberston on April 30, 2020.   Teach Photography Online A great way to keep your clients engaged – and to generate some additional income – is to teach your clients photography online.  Professional photographer Louise Downham has created two easy-to-use online sessions which you can share with your clients: taking your DSLR off auto mode, and a crash course in composition.  Each online session includes a bonus kids photo challenge, to help keep little ones occupied and creative during lockdown.   These online training sessions are each designed to be delivered in 1 hour. Present the online sessions directly from the presentation website, or the files can be provided to you as a pdf, a Powerpoint presentation, or even embedded into your website. These sessions have been created using Louise's years of experience teaching photography both in 1:1 sessions, group workshops at galleries and lecturing at universities. The content is fun and easily digestible.   Each online session costs just £75, and the sessions can be used to teach an unlimited number of clients  Access the training here: https://louiserosephotography.com/teaching-photography-online-zoom-presentations-for-photographers/   Links to people, places and things mentioned in this episode: Brooke Mendenhall Website Brooke Mendenhall on Facebook Brooke Mendenhall on Instagram FREE Digital Backdrops + Brooke Mendenhall Photography Education Facebook Group WHCC – Image Blocks Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable by Seth Godin Ken Duncan Flawless! The Ten Most Common Character Flaws and What You Can Do about Them by Louis A. Tartaglia How to Win Friends &amp; Influence People by Dale Carnegie Episode 128: Raymond Hatfield – Making the Leap to Full Time Photographer Episode 087: Sue Bryce – How to Make Real Money From Your Photography Business Right Now Coronavirus Resource page Louise Downham's Teach Photography Online Courses   Thank you! Thanks again for listening and thanks to Brooke for coming on and sharing her thoughts and ideas for marketing, pricing, networking and building a successful photography business in a small town. If you treat people well in a really small community, they will remember that. – Brooke Mendenhall If you have any suggestions, comments or questions about this episode, please be sure to leave them below in the comment section of this post, and if you liked the episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post! That’s it for me this week, hope everything is going well for you in life and business! Thanks and speak soon Andrew The post 361: Brooke Mendenhall – How build a successful small town photography business appeared first on Photography Business Xposed - Photography Podcast - how to build and market your portrait and wedding photography business.

<a href="https://photobizx.com/PBX361-Premium-Brooke-Mendenhall" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Premium Members, click here to access this interview in the premium area.</a>Brooke Mendenhall of <a href="https://www.brookemendenhall.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">www.brookemendenhall.com</a> will challenge almost everything you've heard from past guests on the podcast – photography business coaches and successful photographers – as she shares how to build a successful small-town photography business, in a way that genuinely feels right to her.I first heard of Brooke when I received this email from friend, previous interview guest, photographer and host of the Beginner Photography Podcast, Raymond Hatfield. He said…Hey Andrew!I just had had an incredible interview with newborn photographer, Brooke Mendenhall who I copied into this email.She’s killing in a small rural town – nowhere near a hospital. She's an inspiration.She also has an incredible marketing strategy where she partners with other business that blew me away!She would be a fantastic guest on PBX I wanted to introduce you two.Hope it works out!From there, Brooke and I have been chatting via email.Based in Texas USA, her website says she photographs pretty much anything but looking deeper, I see a large and gorgeous portfolio of newborn babies and seniors.She only works weekdays. All portrait sessions are free. And she has a successful business!Let's get started!<h3>Here's some more of what we cover in the interview:</h3><ul> <li>Utilising a $99 deposit to book photography sessions</li> <li>Dealing with booking cancellations and rescheduling</li> <li>The importance of charging booking deposits for your business</li> <li>How Brooke handles booking deposit payments</li> <li>How to protect your business when clients arrive late for their photoshoot appointments</li> <li>Life and work in a small town in the USA</li> <li>Brooke's ideal photography client</li> <li>Client's average spend</li> <li>Brooke's average number of sessions</li> <li>Brooke's revenue goals</li> <li>Ways to increase net profit</li> <li>Going to flea markets and creating DIY props</li> <li>What is money guilt and why Brooke avoids it</li> <li>Why Brooke feels bad about photographers charging higher session rates</li> <li>The product range Brooke sells to her clients</li> <li>What collection Brooke sells the most</li> <li>How clients find Brooke</li> <li>What are sneezers and how they can help your business</li> <li>How Brooke creates sneezers</li> <li>Brooke's reveal process</li> <li>The importance of creating small business groups to market your business</li> <li>Utilising gift vouchers in your photography business</li> <li>How often does Brooke meet up with her group?</li> <li>What happens at a business group meeting?</li> <li>How Brooke feels about getting below-average sales during reveal sessions</li> <li>Brooke's reasons for not being salesy</li> <li>Holding a fine art gallery exhibit to showcase your work</li> <li>Curating images for exhibits</li> <li>Dealing with limited edition prints</li> <li>How Brooke communicates between meetings with her group</li> <li>Where Brooke usually holds group meetings</li> <li>How business group meetings work and how they are run</li> <li>Brooke's fear of contact with people and overcoming it</li> </ul> <h3>What’s on Offer for Premium Members</h3> 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 <a href="https://photobizx.com/try" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">$1 trial today</a> 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. <blockquote>Since I see my target market as someone like me, I would feel bad taking just a whole lot of money from them. – Brooke Mendenhall</blockquote> 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. <blockquote>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.</blockquote> 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. <h3>What is your big takeaway?</h3> Following this interview, I’d love to know if you're taking anything away from what Brooke 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 have any questions that I missed, a specific question you’d like to ask Brooke or if you just want to say thanks for coming on the show, feel free to add them in the comments area below. <h3>6 Month Membership Special</h3> I recently announced a flash sale on the 6 month PhotoBizX Premium Membership. In light of the current circumstances, I'm be extending this offer. It's my attempt to make the education and motivation provided by the interview guests and other members inside the Facebook Group as affordable as possible. If you are an existing member who has already made a monthly payment this month, let me know after signing up for the 6-month membership, and I'll refund your $20 payment. Once you sign up for the 6 month membership, make sure you cancel your existing monthly payments via your automatic payments dashboard inside your PayPal account. For more info and to sign up, click this link —&gt;&gt; <a href="https://el2.convertkit-mail.com/c/preview/22h2h9ur/aHR0cHM6Ly9waG90b2JpenguY29tL3Ntcw==" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://photobizx.com/sms</a> New members are also welcome to sign up with this special offer. <h3>iTunes Reviews and Shout-outs</h3> Each week I check for any new iTunes reviews and it's always a buzz to receive these… for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it's confirmation that I'm on the right track with the interviews and that they really are helping you improve your photography business. That's awesome! Secondly, iTunes is the biggest search engine when it comes to podcasts and it's your reviews and ratings that help other photographers find PhotoBizX. More listeners mean more interviews and ultimately a better show. <blockquote>I set my lowest package very low because I didn't want people to feel like they couldn't come to me. – Brooke Mendenhall</blockquote> If you have left a review in the past, thank you! If you haven't and you'd like to, head to <a href="https://photobizx.com/itunes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://photobizx.com/itunes</a> and you can leave some honest feedback and a rating which will help both me and the show and I'll be sure to thank you on the show and add a link to your website or blog if you let me know the URL of your website and your name. Alternatively, if you've left a review for PhotoBizX and are looking for more backlinks to help your SEO, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/photography-xperiment-podcast/id1116983755" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">leave a review for the new Photography Xperiment Podcast</a> and email me your keywords or keyword phrase and where you'd like me to link to. Another great way to get a backlink to your site is to send a video testimonial. It doesn't need to be fancy and your phone will be perfect. Click record and tell me how PhotoBizX has made a difference to you and your photography business. Here's the latest review… A big thanks for the video testimonial (above) by UK based <a href="https://lnzphoto.com/weddings" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Wedding Photographer in Essex</a>,  Lindsey Roberston on April 30, 2020. <h3>Teach Photography Online</h3> A great way to keep your clients engaged – and to generate some additional income – is to teach your clients photography online. Professional photographer Louise Downham has created two easy-to-use online sessions which you can share with your clients: taking your DSLR off auto mode, and a crash course in composition. Each online session includes a bonus kids photo challenge, to help keep little ones occupied and creative during lockdown. These online training sessions are each designed to be delivered in 1 hour. Present the online sessions directly from the presentation website, or the files can be provided to you as a pdf, a Powerpoint presentation, or even embedded into your website. These sessions have been created using Louise's years of experience teaching photography both in 1:1 sessions, group workshops at galleries and lecturing at universities. The content is fun and easily digestible. Each online session costs just £75, and the sessions can be used to teach an unlimited number of clients Access the training here: <a href="https://louiserosephotography.com/teaching-photography-online-zoom-presentations-for-photographers/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://louiserosephotography.com/teaching-photography-online-zoom-presentations-for-photographers/</a> <h3>Links to people, places and things mentioned in this episode:</h3> <a href="https://www.brookemendenhall.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Brooke Mendenhall Website</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BrookeMendenhallPhotography/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Brooke Mendenhall on Facebook</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/brooke.mendenhall.photography" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Brooke Mendenhall on Instagram</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/310121429641412/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">FREE Digital Backdrops + Brooke Mendenhall Photography Education Facebook Group</a> <a href="https://www.whcc.com/products/wall-displays/image-blocks" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">WHCC – Image Blocks</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Purple-Cow-Transform-Business-Remarkable/dp/014101640X" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable</a> by Seth Godin <a href="https://kenduncan.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Ken Duncan</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0688175910/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Flawless! The Ten Most Common Character Flaws and What You Can Do about Them</a> by Louis A. Tartaglia <a href="https://www.amazon.com/How-Win-Friends-Influence-People/dp/0671027034" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">How to Win Friends &amp; Influence People</a> by Dale Carnegie <a href="http://photobizx.com/Making+the+Leap+to+Full+Time+Photographer" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 128: Raymond Hatfield – Making the Leap to Full Time Photographer</a> <a href="http://photobizx.com/how-to-make-real-money-from-your-photography-business-sue-bryce/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 087: Sue Bryce – How to Make Real Money From Your Photography Business Right Now</a> <a href="https://photobizx.com/cvr" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Coronavirus Resource page</a> <a href="https://louiserosephotography.com/teaching-photography-online-zoom-presentations-for-photographers/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Louise Downham's Teach Photography Online Courses</a> <h3>Thank you!</h3> Thanks again for listening and thanks to Brooke for coming on and sharing her thoughts and ideas for marketing, pricing, networking and building a successful photography business in a small town. <blockquote>If you treat people well in a really small community, they will remember that. – Brooke Mendenhall</blockquote> If you have any suggestions, comments or questions about this episode, please be sure to leave them below in the comment section of this post, and if you liked the episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post! That’s it for me this week, hope everything is going well for you in life and business! Thanks and speak soon Andrew The post <a href="https://photobizx.com/361+Brooke+Mendenhall+how+build+a+successful+small+town+photography+business" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">361: Brooke Mendenhall – How build a successful small town photography business</a> appeared first on <a href="https://photobizx.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography Business Xposed - Photography Podcast - how to build and market your portrait and wedding photography business</a>.

361: Brooke Mendenhall – How build a successful small town photography business

Brooke Mendenhall is a relatively new to the photography business who has gone from begging clients for a modest $75 for a session to now charging 10x that and keeping her calendar booked all while living in a small town. Today she shares some of her best tips to grow as well as how to get into the right mindset to make money.  In this weeks episode you'll learn: How Brooke got into photography How Brooke went from making pennys to being fully booked and opening a studio in just 2 years Why you should focus less on the technicals and more on your client experiance Why Brooke says she wasnt booking clients even though she was cheaper than her compitition How Brooke shoots for free and makes more money than she ever has before Why hobbiest photographers have a hard time getting in the mindset of making money Why Brooke doesnt give the digital files until her clients buy prints How to make a better experience for your photography clients How a photography webinar on in person sales changed her bussiness for the best and why she wouldnt recommend it.  Resources: Brookes Website Brookes Facebook Brookes Instagram Purple Cow By Seth Godin The Sprouting Photographer Podcast   Quotes: When I got the camera I had no idea there was such a thing as Manual mode If I don't please my clients, why should they pay me? I didn't even have a camera when I first started photographing people Not having a studio space is no excuse to not do in person sales We need people to sneeze on their friends for us Check out more at www.BeginnerPhotographyPodcast.com Have A Question? Reach out to us on social Facebook: www.Facebook.com/BeginnerPhotographyPodcast.com Instagram: www.Instagtam.com/BeginnerPhotoPodcast Or Email us at: BeginnerPhotographyPodcast@gmail.comBe apart of the 400th episode of the Beginner Photography Podcast by heading to https://beginnerphotopod.com/400 and share with me how the Podcast has helped you on your Photo Journey! Connect with the Beginner Photography Podcast!   Join the free Beginner Photography Podcast Community at https://beginnerphotopod.com/group  Email me at BeginnerPhotographyPodcast@gmail.com  Send in your Photo Questions to get answered on the show - https://beginnerphotopod.com/qa  Grab your free camera setting cheatsheet - https://perfectcamerasettings.com/   Thanks for listening &amp; keep shooting!

Brooke Mendenhall is a relatively new to the photography business who has gone from begging clients for a modest $75 for a session to now charging 10x that and keeping her calendar booked all while living in a small town. Today she shares some of her best tips to grow as well as how to get into the right mindset to make money.  In this weeks episode you'll learn: How Brooke got into photography How Brooke went from making pennys to being fully booked and opening a studio in just 2 years Why you should focus less on the technicals and more on your client experiance Why Brooke says she wasnt booking clients even though she was cheaper than her compitition How Brooke shoots for free and makes more money than she ever has before Why hobbiest photographers have a hard time getting in the mindset of making money Why Brooke doesnt give the digital files until her clients buy prints How to make a better experience for your photography clients How a photography webinar on in person sales changed her bussiness for the best and why she wouldnt recommend it.  Resources: Brookes Website Brookes Facebook Brookes Instagram Purple Cow By Seth Godin The Sprouting Photographer Podcast   Quotes: When I got the camera I had no idea there was such a thing as Manual mode If I don't please my clients, why should they pay me? I didn't even have a camera when I first started photographing people Not having a studio space is no excuse to not do in person sales We need people to sneeze on their friends for us Check out more at <a href="http://www.BeginnerPhotographyPodcast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.BeginnerPhotographyPodcast.com</a> Have A Question? Reach out to us on social Facebook: <a href="http://www.Facebook.com/BeginnerPhotographyPodcast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.Facebook.com/BeginnerPhotographyPodcast.com</a> Instagram: <a href="http://www.Instagtam.com/BeginnerPhotoPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.Instagtam.com/BeginnerPhotoPodcast</a> Or Email us at: BeginnerPhotographyPodcast@gmail.comBe apart of the 400th episode of the Beginner Photography Podcast by heading to <a href="https://beginnerphotopod.com/400" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://beginnerphotopod.com/400</a> and share with me how the Podcast has helped you on your Photo Journey! Connect with the Beginner Photography Podcast! <ul> <li>Join the free Beginner Photography Podcast Community at <a href="https://beginnerphotopod.com/group" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://beginnerphotopod.com/group</a> </li> <li>Email me at <a href="mailto:%20BeginnerPhotographyPodcast@gmail.com">BeginnerPhotographyPodcast@gmail.com</a> </li> <li>Send in your Photo Questions to get answered on the show - <a href="https://beginnerphotopod.com/qa" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://beginnerphotopod.com/qa</a> </li> <li>Grab your free camera setting cheatsheet - <a href="https://perfectcamerasettings.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://perfectcamerasettings.com/</a> </li> </ul> Thanks for listening &amp; keep shooting!

072: Brooke Mendenhall - From Begging for Photo Clients to Fully Booked