A Family Photographer's Guide to Building Your First Workflow
The Systems and Workflow Magic PodcastShow Notes
Can you answer this question right now, off the top of your head: what happens from the moment a client fills out your contact form to the moment you deliver their gallery? Every single step? If you're blanking (or cringing a little), this episode is your wake-up call, and I mean that with so much love. In this episode of the Systems and Workflow Magic Podcast, I'm revisiting one of my oldest episodes from over five years ago and giving it a major refresh, because we need to get back to the foundations. I'm walking you through five concrete steps to building your very first business workflow as a family photographer, and I'm sharing the embarrassing SD card story that made me realize my business was running on memory and prayers instead of actual systems. I decided to redo this episode because I've worked with hundreds of family photographers (especially inside my membership, The Family Photographers Marketing Society), and I keep seeing the same pattern: you know your process, you've done it dozens of times, but it's all trapped in your head. And when everything lives in your brain, things get dropped. This episode is your permission slip to start with just one workflow and build from there.
What you'll learn in this episode The real reason family photographers resist building workflows (hint: it's not laziness, it's an unspoken belief about creativity) My SD card horror story and the missing SOP that caused it How to brain dump your entire client journey for one service in 30 minutes The four natural phases hiding inside every client workflow What "rinse and repeat" looks like in practice and why most photographers skip this step And So Much More!
Resources & Links Mentioned In This Episode ▸ Read the full blog post that goes with this episode (that way, you get all the links mentioned): https://systemsandworkflowmagic.com/family-photographer-workflow/ ▸ The Family Photographer's Marketing Society: https://systemsandworkflowmagic.com/the-family-photographers-marketing-society ▸ Grab the FREE Family Photographers Marketing Trends Report: https://systemsandworkflowmagic.com/family-photography-marketing-trends ▸ Apply HERE to work with me to be your 1:1 marketer for your family photography business!
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