{"id":1022,"date":"2012-12-12T12:56:29","date_gmt":"2012-12-12T17:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allebach.goodgallery.com\/blog\/?p=1022"},"modified":"2012-12-12T12:57:02","modified_gmt":"2012-12-12T17:57:02","slug":"successful-photographers-vs-starving-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/successful-photographers-vs-starving-artists\/","title":{"rendered":"Successful Photographers vs. Starving Artists"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Talking to new wedding photographers can be scary.\u00a0 I see them making the same mistakes I made.\u00a0 Charging to little (to make a profit).\u00a0 Not getting help when they need it.\u00a0 Not outsourcing when they really should and trying to do it all.\u00a0 After reading The Four Hour Work Week<\/a> ,\u00a0The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It<\/a> & StandOut: The Groundbreaking New Strengths Assessment from the Leader of the Strengths Revolution<\/a> .\u00a0 I have come to the conclusion that Successful Photographer Entrepreneurs do a few things.\u00a0 The most important of those things is letting go of certain tasks to focus on jobs only you can do.<\/p>\n

It is my hope that you’ll get something out of the graphic above.<\/p>\n

Remember, if you aren’t charging enough for someone else to do a part of your job, you AREN’T charging enough for you to do that part of your business.<\/p>\n

Please share!<\/p>\n

xoxo,<\/p>\n

Mike Allebach<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Talking to new wedding photographers can be scary.\u00a0 I see them making the same mistakes I made.\u00a0 Charging to little (to make a profit).\u00a0 Not getting help when they need it.\u00a0 Not outsourcing when they really should and trying to do it all.\u00a0 After reading The Four Hour Work Week ,\u00a0The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most … <\/p>\n

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