Earn More and Increase Your Value Though In-person Selling with Jenni Maroney.

Episode 09: Show Notes.

Most of us get into photography for the love of the art and not for the love of selling. Many photographers feel uncomfortable when it comes to selling their services. In this episode, we talk with Jenni Maroney, a successful newborn photographer who reveals how in-person selling (IPS) can help you earn more and develop stronger relationships with your clients without being sleazy. After sharing her story, Jenni talks about how IPS isn’t about squeezing dollars out of a client but about adding to the value that you provide as a photographer. We discuss how service offerings can be expanded beyond taking and editing hundreds of photos and then sending them to your clients — no one ever wants homework! As Jenni points out, many clients aren’t visually-minded, and they need assistance with curation, sizing, and printing. IPS is a way to hold their hands through the process and educate them about your offerings, all while increasing your income. Jenni shows that this is an easy and quick process that results in happier clients, increased referrals, or even doing such a good job that you become their life-long photographer. Listen to this episode to learn how to flip the script, maximize your offerings, and earn more money through IPS.

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Key Points From This Episode:

•   Jenni talks about her 20 years of photography experience.

•   How Jenni found her photography niche.

•   What led Jenni to innovate on her newborn photography service.

•   Jenni’s lesson; don’t give clients homework.

•   Why in-person sales are not hard sells.

•   The importance of forming relationships with clients.

•   Why IPS is about setting expectations and walking clients through service delivery.

•   That well integrated IPS is not time-consuming.

•   The benefit of IPS for clients; they might not be in a visual field — they need your guidance. 

•   Limiting your package numbers to streamline your offerings.

•   Hear Jenni’s advice on jumping into IPS.

•   How you can approach your clients so that increasing your offering benefits them.

•   Learn about Jenni’s method of delivering digital collections.

Notable Moments:

“I wanted my clients to be able to print something right after their session. I wanted them to be able to walk past a frame in the hallway and feel joy every single time they see it.” — Jenni Maroney [0:07:09]

“When you get an inquiry, the first thing I suggest doing is picking up the phone. Build a relationship from the very beginning and then you won’t get ghosted.” — Jenni Maroney  [0:08:17]

“I challenge all photographers out there to try in-person sales. I covered the cost of investment  in the very first IPS session I did.” — Jenni Maroney  [0:18:07]

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

 Cole’s Classroom

Jenni Maroney

ProSelect Software

ShootProof

Miller’s Professional Imaging

Jenni on Instagram

Jenni on Facebook

The Passive Income Boot Camp for Photographers

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