321: Allie Siarto – How to book, shoot and sell portrait photography successfully

Premium Members, click here to access this interview in the premium area. Allie Siarto of  www.alliesiarto.com is immersed in the business and marketing side of photography! With a background in Public Relations, she is now a wedding, portrait, branding and lifestyle photographer from East Lansing, Michigan where she runs a multi photographer studio. From what I can see, Allie is all about selling products and wall-art to her clients which feature heavily on her beautiful website and Instagram account. She is also the host of the Photo Field Notes Podcast where she focuses on business growth by interviewing other successful photographers. She's a leader in The Rising Tide Society – a group that brings local creative entrepreneurs together to promote community over competition. In this episode, Allie goes into detail about how she sells so much wall art and has built a profitable, successful business as a result – in addition to having a wonderful work, life balance. Here’s some more of what we cover in the interview: 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. For every time something happens with clients where a client might be a little unhappy or things go a little bit wrong, instead of dwelling on it I just use it as learning opportunity and I use it to improve my business. – Allie Siarto Plus special member-only interviews. 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. And that's not all… you get a set of steak knives… I'm kidding! Seriously though, 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 Allie 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 Allie or if you just want to say thanks for coming on the show, feel free to add them in the comments area below. iTunes Reviews and Shout-outs