371: Tanya Goodall Smith – How to build a branding photography business from scratch

Premium Members, click here to access this interview in the premium area. Tanya Goodall Smith of www.workstoryphotography.com is a US-based brand photographer who only works with business clients. Businesses hire her to create storytelling content to sell their products and services. On her website homepage, it's obvious who her clients are and what she offers; corporate branding, personal branding, headshots, video production, content creation and social media management. Tanya was originally a Graphic Designer, and after ten years, she walked away from it all to pursue her love of photography. Her photography sessions are on location where she captures candid moments throughout the day for her clients. Tanya is also a writer and educator at SLR Lounge and Layers Magazine the official magazine for Adobe software. In this interview, Tanya shares how to build a branding photography business from scratch. 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. Plus special member-only interviews. Having to constantly make a sale is so time-consuming. So I'd rather have a few clients that use me all the time and then I am spending more of my time creating for them rather than going out and getting another client. – Tanya Goodall Smith 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. 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 Tanya 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. I will always try to keep in mind, you know, the reason I'm doing this is so that I can be there for my kids. – Tanya Goodall Smith If you have any questions that I missed, a specific question you’d like to ask Tanya 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 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 h...