431: Rick Liston – Become a wedding venue promoter and watch your photography business boom

Premium Members, click here to access this interview in the premium area. Rick Liston of www.rickliston.com and www.weddingworkflows.com is an Aussie based wedding photographer who photographs, on average, 90 weddings each year. In the last year, it was 115 weddings! On average, his client spend over $4000! Because of the large number of weddings, he has focused on his systems and post-wedding workflow to allow him more time with his family. The secret to his success and how you can do the same… become a wedding venue promoter and watch your photography business boom! In addition to his weddings, he has created the Yarra Valley Wedding Guide, which looks like a professionally designed and printed magazine for couples looking for inside info on venues, accommodation, vendors and wedding photography ideas for couples planning their Yarra Valley wedding. This magazine alone looks like it'd be a marketing and booking machine for Rick's wedding photography business. Here's some more of what we cover in the interview: What’s on Offer for Premium Members If you’re a premium member, you should have received an email with links to your version of this interview – the full length and more revealing version where you hear the absolute best tips and advice from every guest. If you’re on the fence about becoming a premium member, join with the $1 trial today and get access to the FULL interviews each week, get access to an amazing back catalogue of interviews and ALL future interviews delivered automatically to your phone or tablet. Plus special member-only interviews. If you're helping them [wedding venues] earn money, you're becoming a vital part of their business. Not just another functional photographer. – Rick Liston You'll also receive access to the members-only Secret Facebook Group where you can connect with other Premium Members and interview guests to help, support and motivate you to take ideas you hear in each episode and put them into action. There are also FB live video tutorials, role-play interviews and special live interviews happening in the group. You will not find more friendly, more motivated, caring and sharing photographers online. Seriously, that's not all. In addition to everything above, you'll get access to and instructions on forming or joining a MasterMind Group with other premium members. These groups are super motivating, make you accountable and build friendships with other pro photographers with similar motives to you – to build a more successful photography business. What is your big takeaway? Following this interview, I’d love to know if you're taking anything away from what Rick shared. Is there something you heard that excited or motivated you to the point where you thought, yeah, I'm going to do that! If so, let me know by leaving your thoughts in the comments below, let me know what your takeaways were, what you plan to implement in your business as a result of what you heard in today's episode. A big part of shooting a high volume of weddings for me is automation and outsourcing. – Rick Liston If you have any questions that I missed, a specific question you’d like to ask Rick or if you just want to say thanks for coming on the show, feel free to add them in the comments area below. iTunes Reviews and Shout-outs Each week I check for any new iTunes reviews and it's always a buzz to receive these… for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it's confirmation that I'm on the right track with the interviews a...