As I do consultations with and meet new photo and prop stylists ~ I get the question:  What should I do first when starting my styling business? Recently got the question:  If you were to start your c...

The road to success is not a path you find ~ but a trail you blaze, right!?  Sometimes, It seems in business you are either blazen that trail OR you’re out there worrying about those Potholes & Bump...

Goal has always been to develop a style so recognizable that people would see the image and know IMMEDIATELY that I styled it.  I was interviewed by Creative Director and when looking at my promo ca...

Much of Photo Stylists and Photographers world is intertwined.  We are Teammates. While our jobs are different ~ we relate to one another and can learn from each other. (Also, some Photographers do ...

Consulting and those short "Work with Me", discovery call sessions you do can be a opportunity to get testimonials for your business.  Anytime you provide value and make a difference for someone is an...

One of the best ways to get testimonials is to ask for “feedback” ;) rather than a testimonial. I know asking for testimonials always gives off that “tell me how great I am vibe” and it’s difficult to...

Need testimonials about your business? We all do, right!?  (We all want them. We all need them.) When working with photo and prop styling coaching clients, the biggest things I see is “fear of asking”...

What we come to realize as we start progressing in our photo styling career is that we need a variety of skills to build a successful business.  You learn to look at your styling assignments in a "tot...

If you are new to photo styling OR if you have been styling for awhile, we have to as stylists continually add to and evolve in our portfolio.  It's usually our work that garners us a photo styling as...

The question I get ALOT is:  “Do you charge a different rate depending on the assignment”?  Nope.  You are not being payed by the hour to do a task. You are not a Shopper with a props list to to check...

Ohhhh . . . those Shiny Objects!  Shiny Object Syndrome.  It can stop your scroll, suck up an entire block of your time and get you thinking, “that’s what I REALLY want to do”, let me . . .

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Are you bending over backwards for your clients? Have you felt like this?  It may be because of a real, genuine PITA (Pain in the A**) ;) client OR it could be YOU just trying to please your client an...