499: Gary Pope – How to attract your perfect couples to photograph their weddings

Premium Members, click here to access this interview in the premium area. Gary Pope of www.lovelongandprosperphotography.com is a Connecticut-based wedding photographer in the USA. He started his wedding photography business in 2017 after learning photography and video in his stint as a board game YouTuber. Yes, you read that correctly — Gary was an influencer in the board game space on YouTube. Today, he clearly targets and serves geeky and introverted clients on his fantastically branded website. He is the self-proclaimed expert on posing awkward people and couples. His trades under the business name; Love Long and Prosper Photography. An obvious play (to those couples important to Gary) on the phrase made famous by Spock from Star Trek. In this interview, Gary shares how he identified his niche and curated the type of content to attract his perfect, geeky couples to photograph their weddings. 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 a fantastic back catalogue of interviews, and ALL future interviews delivered automatically to your phone or tablet. Plus, special member-only interviews. You are not a specialist when people first hire you. You learn it, then you become a specialist over time. – Gary Pope 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 in the group. You will not find more friendly, 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 Gary 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 your takeaways and what you plan to implement in your business due to what you heard in today's episode. Backlinks are extremely crucial. They're more important than you think. – Gary Pope If you have any questions I missed, a specific question you’d like to ask Gary or if you want to say thanks for coming on the show, feel free to add them in the comments area below. Upcoming Training to Transition into Pet Photography… Profitably THE REGISTRATION PAGE IS OPEN AND DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE UPCOMING TRAINING WITH KIRSTIE McCONNELL Details are here: https://photobizx.com/learnpetphotography The cost is only $97!