Blogging Is Booming For Business … If You Do It The Right Way
Its easy to get caught up in the promise of big returns by using the latest social site – whatever that may be. Yet by jumping on the “latest and greatest” social networking site, you may be missing out on an opportunity that has been there all along. Blogs are sometimes overlooked as the strong...
Business Day Thursday: Best New Book Idea; & How To Grow Your Business Fast!
Good Afternoon Everybody, Just to let you know – I DID get through all the suggestions left by our loyal DPT following and, YES, we do have a winner for the best suggestions for my new book Make Your Lighting Exciting: A Practical Approach To Getting...
Creatives: Are You Killing Yourself on Price?
Are the fees or prices you’re charging for your creative services too low? I bet they are. Try doubling the money. You have to deliver the goods, of course, but that’s true in any work. Chances are that the clients you ditched needed ditching, the clients you carry forward and the new clients you land...
Rewatch of Guy Kawasaki On ChaseJarvis LIVE
Whether you caught the LIVE show or missed it, I recommend pressing play on the #cjLIVE rewatch video above. You’ll see why it was one of the most popular shows we’ve run. More than just funny and talented, Kawasaki is a fountain of knowledge on lofty topics like branding, marketing, and vision–down to really specific,...
How Photographers, Rockstars & Astronauts Actually Spend Their Time
This post should actually be called: “How People THINK Photographers Spend Their Time -VS- How They Actually Spend It — it’s not what you think and it’s not too late”. Come to think of it, perhaps I’ll find an even better title… [Done.] Experience tells me that non-photographers, or amateur photographers often have an idyllic...
Business Day Thursday: Creative Brand Building & Promotions
Good Morning Everybody, Hey guess what, it looks like I'm going to get my Business Day Thursday post up before I leave for Washington, D. C. in just a few hours. That's right, the bags are packed and ready to go. We should be landing in the city of che...
How to Ignite Your Creativity & Enchant Your Career — Guy Kawasaki is on #cjLIVE this Wed – March 21
——— UPDATE!! If you’re reading this now – the LIVE broadcast is TODAY. Read the post below, then be sure to tune into http://www.chasejarvis.com/live and enjoy the show. Giving away some serious prizes, below. See you on air in a few… ——- HUGE news here, friends. This coming Wednesday, March 21st, I am proud to...
Calculate Your CODB
Lincoln Barbour has a great post on Cost of Doing Business for Photographers. Being in business as a photographer, you have to know your CODB, because that’s how you set your Baseline Creative Fee (BCF). If you take jobs that are below your CODB, you are operating at a loss. You should also do your CODB every...
10 Essentials to Go the Extra Mile (for Your Clients + Crew)
Hello, readers! Megan here, Producer at Chase Jarvis Inc. We’ve just returned from an amazing 6-day shoot in Aspen, CO. You perhaps read about it here, here, or here. It got me thinking about client/crew relationships and customer service. One of the ways you can set yourself apart as a creative professional is to really...
Should Photo Contests Require Original Image Files?
Look at this photo. Shaofeng Xu’s photo of a protestor climbing a high-voltage electricity tower won Honorable Mention in the Contemporary Issues category of the World Press Photo 2012 contest. Look at it again as a thumbnail. If the subject of the image seems to be “popping,” that’s because it is. It is common to...
One Photographer’s Plan to Crush 2012
The 2012 Photo Business Plan Workbook has quickly become one of PhotoShelter’s most-downloaded guides. Nearly 20,000 photographers have accessed the workbook, and we’re guessing it’s because the topic is so universally important. Everyone wants to be better at business and we all want to know more smart steps to success. The workbook offers a comprehensive...
