Have you ever dreamed of starting a photo business? If so, there are a few things you will want to do.

Obviously, you have to study photography. But, you don’t need to be as good as you may think. A very nice living can be made, by just being competent.

What’s more important to your overall success, is your knowledge of marketing and how to find people to actually buy your pictures. Surprisingly, you can pick up a lot of good marketing tips just by going to the movies.

One of the longest running Broadway plays of all time, “Hello Dolly” was made into a movie in 1968. (Before most of you were born.) It’s one of my favorites and one of the biggest marketing training resources I’ve ever discovered.

In this movie, Dolly Levi, is an entrepreneur. She has tons of businesses. Whenever she runs into anyone who has any sort of need, she instantly gives them a business card promoting one of her businesses. One that specializes in that exact area.

It becomes a running gag during the whole movie.

I was able to learn two valuable marketing lessons by watching Dolly Levi.

First, pass out your business cards! If no one knows you are around, how can they call? Dolly must have passed out over a hundred business cards before the opening credits finished. How many do you pass out? If you aren’t going through at least a thousand cards a month – you aren’t even trying!

“If you have to live from hand to mouth, you’d best be ambidextrous.” Was the reply Dolly gave when someone asked her why she ran so many businesses.

Obviously I’m not suggesting that you start a ton of businesses, but how many of us get caught up doing the same things, the same way, all the time. Try to branch out. Learn new ways of taking pictures. Discover new markets, learn new ways to sell to them. That’s when the money you’ve been dreaming about will start to roll in.

At last, you’ll have enough money so that you can ________________. How would you fill in the blank? I’m sure there is SOME reason why you want to make money with your camera! It really is easier than you think. Just stop dreaming and go for it. For a free mini course that will show you tons of ways to make money with your camera, check out my website.

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