481: Shannyn Lee – How to win without pitching in your photography business

Premium Members, click here to access this interview in the premium area. Shannyn Lee of www.winwithoutpitching.com is the perfect interview guest if you'd love to be charging more for your work, feel icky talking about money and hate the idea of selling. She has spent over a decade in marketing, then business development, and worked on the front lines attracting great customers and generating fantastic sales. Today, her focus is on helping clients translate the Win Without Pitching ideals into their businesses to sell more effectively, charge what they're worth, talk comfortably about money and learn to love how to sell. If you're not familiar with the Win Without Pitching goals… it's to help Creative Entrepreneurs learn how to eliminate pitching for jobs and apply value-based pricing with lower costs of sale for better work and happier clients. This interview teaches how to win more clients without pitching in your photography business. Plus, how to get comfortable talking about money, when to bring up prices (and how) and the simple way to learn if a client is a good fit for you.  Here's some more of what we covered 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. You don't want to waste your time, get all the way to the end of the sale and find they really don't have that money to spend. – Shannyn Lee 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 Shannyn 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 and what you plan to implement in your business as a result of what you heard in today's episode. That closing the loop email or message is something that can really get a quick response because it's you detaching emotionally and letting them know, “Hey, since I haven't heard from you, just assuming things have changed and you've moved on. You know where to find me if you need me in the future.” It will get a quick response rate. – Shannyn Lee If you have any questions that I missed, a specific question you’d like to ask Shannyn or if you just want to say thanks for coming on the show,