66: Stop Marketing Your Photography Business Like a Hot Mess
Get Booked: A Photography Marketing Podcast · Alison Bell, Melissa Arlena
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Show Notes
Ever scramble to throw together a mini session at the last minute and then hate your life while trying to market it? Yeah, we've all been there. And honestly? It's exhausting, stressful, and completely avoidable.
_*]:min-w-0">Marketing your photography business doesn't have to feel like a constant fire drill. In this episode, Melissa and Alison are pulling back the curtain on the ONE thing that will transform your entire approach to marketing your photography business: an actual annual marketing calendar.
_*]:min-w-0">We know, we know - you've heard you need to be "marketing all the time." But that's not what we're talking about here. We're talking about sitting down with a calendar (yes, like pen and paper), reverse-engineering your year, and creating a marketing runway that has you booking clients WEEKS before your sessions instead of panicking days before.
_*]:min-w-0">Here's what you'll learn in this episode:
_*]:min-w-0">- Why planning your marketing calendar 8-12 weeks in advance will save your sanity (and get you fully booked faster)
- The exact timeline you need for marketing Santa sessions, fall minis, and other seasonal events
- How to reverse-engineer your marketing runway so you're never scrambling again
- Why blocking off editing time is just as important as blocking off shooting dates
- The VIP waitlist strategy that lets you test offers before you fully commit
- How to batch your marketing content so you're not reinventing the wheel every week
- Why your clients NEED that long lead time (hint: they hate figuring out what to wear too)
- How to plan around PCS dates, deployments, school schedules, and family life
Plus, Melissa and Alison share their own "oops" moments of last-minute planning and what they learned from being reactive instead of proactive.
_*]:min-w-0">Resources Mentioned:
- Kat Schmoyer giant quarterly calendar
- Target $5 annual wall calendars (July to July)
- Plum Paper planners
- Flodesk for VIP list forms
- Google Calendar for marketing planning
- The Motherhood Anthology
- The Blogging Club
Ready to stop the marketing madness? Block off 2 hours this week to audit what worked last year, dump out all your event ideas, and start putting actual dates on the calendar. Then tag us on Instagram @keepitmovingpod with #keepitmovingpod - we want to see your planning process!
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