Relationships Build Businesses

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There’s really nothing else to say about it… but I will. When it comes down to it, the relationships that you grow and foster each and every day help you to thrive in this entrepreneurial world. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As photographers there are several different relationships that you should be working to cultivate, but one of the most important is your vendor relationships. I’m not talking about just the wedding planners and venue hosts. I’m talking about your florists, bakers, dress makers.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">All of your vendors can be wonderful sources of referrals. Especially when you provide them vendor galleries for no additional charge. Let them know  that you’d LOVE them to tag you in any images they use, but if they don’t, oh well. That’s still your work and when asked they’ll tell others who took those photos.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Last but certainly not least you NEED to be attending conferences and in person events. The relationships that you make and thus build over time from those events are priceless. It doesn’t matter if they turn into clients now… in the very near future you will see the fruits of your labor. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Relationships are the lynchpin of small business. Don’t forget to love on yours.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>In This Episode:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[01:58] Learn one of the most important pieces of building a long-term business. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[04:43] One of the most amazing connections I made was at a retreat and I still talk to most of those ladies. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[05:48] If you’re a wedding photographer then you need to cultivate vendor relationships.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[08:26] Send galleries to your vendors PRIOR to them asking.</sp