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 p.1 #17 · How did you get your name out to start shooting? | |
I second... word of mouth.
We started by shooting weddings for a couple of friends within our church. They showed their pictures to their friends. With good timing, we started a summer special (basically a shoot and burn) for only $750. Those friends booked us and told their friends. Now, as our prices go up, so too does our client list.
A quick story on how important word of mouth really is: We recently booked a couple based on what they had seen from another client's wedding. They told us that they loved our style and received a good recommendation about us in general. About a week later, we received a call for another wedding. We go to the meeting, meet the mom and start discussing wedding details. It turns out, the bride we just met and booked, overheard this couple sitting at a ball game and discussing wedding plans. She immediately asked if they had found a photographer and when they said no...our name got put to the top of their list. We now are doing both weddings this October, one week right after the next.
A personal recommendation will outweigh any advertisement you can put together and any money you could ever spend. We have only advertised once and never received a single callback based on it.
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