453: John Glaser – From photographer with a business to serious business owner

Premium Members, click here to access this interview in the premium area. John Glaser of www.johnglaserphotography.com has recently transitioned from a photographer with a business to a business operator who manages a photography studio. I first interviewed John a few months ago for episode 433. It was an eye-opening interview with a ton of positive feedback, and thanks to John for sharing his incredible results. I asked him back onto the podcast to follow up and hear how things are going. In an exchange of messages, he asked me… …just curious what you are thinking of wanting to cover in this interview…there is so much…I went over $500k for the year. I have my associate photographer doing most of our studio sessions, and my salesperson is making all of my sales. I currently have them as contractors and am about to make them actual employees. My salesperson did over $30K of sales in her first whole week on her own, which was a new studio one week record… to name some of the highlights since our last chat. A year and a half ago, I would have been thrilled to make this in 3-5 years! John went on to say… my business is doing its thing, and I am only shooting about 20% of the sessions and making none of the sales ? Well, that's” more than enough to talk about! It's great to have him back, and I know you'll love what John shares in this candid interview.  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. The biggest thing is client experience. If they have a bad experience, it doesn't matter how great the photos are, that's what they're going to remember. – John Glaser 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 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 John 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. I don't want to teach ataff the value of photography. If they can't internalize it from the beginning, it's going to be hard for me to get you to believe it and sell it to som...