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Worth Every Penny Joycast

#167: I Bargained for a better price at an Art Fair. Here's what happened.

Worth Every Penny Joycast

Sarah Petty

Entrepreneurship, Business

5.03.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

There's nothing more terrifying than when someone asks you for a discount on your photography. 

Do you freeze?

Stumble over your words, unsure what to say? 

Cave in and give them the discount on your photography? 

PHOTOGRAPHERS, WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS! 

The key is to be prepared when photography clients ask this question. I recently asked a local artist for a discount and his response was the best I've ever heard. Hit play to learn what he said (and you can too) when someone asks you for a discount on y our photography services.  

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Transcript

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0:00.0

There's nothing more terrifying than when someone asks you for a discount on your photography

0:07.3

Do you agree you do?

0:09.3

Do frees? Do stumble over your words?

0:12.9

Unsure of what to say maybe you cave in and give them a huge discount here. Have it all

0:18.5

photographers. We don't have to do this

0:22.4

Hang with me for a story that may get you pumped up to actually be asked for a discount

0:30.6

So the real question is how are portrait photographers like us able to run a profitable business and still put our families first

0:39.9

Without selling digital files for cheap and working all the time

0:44.0

I'm Sarah Petty your host of the worth every penny joycast and I went from a stressed out overworked mama with

0:51.6

Three babies to being named one of America's most profitable photographers without working my kids lives away

0:58.9

Each week I'll show you how to find and serve

1:01.8

Routique portrait photography clients in a world where we compete with free thanks to everyone having a digital camera in their pocket

1:09.4

Take the first step to adding more joy and profit to your life by downloading your free photography business tools at joy of

1:17.3

Marketing.com

1:18.8

forward slash podcast

1:20.8

I

1:25.2

Get it it's scary to be asked about your prices or challenged on them or be asked for a discount or a special

1:34.0

the panic sets in and

1:36.0

I know that feeling where you just want to throw in something or maybe everything but the kitchen's thing

1:43.3

Don't beat yourself up if you've done this, but now you're going to know what to do when it happens next time

1:50.1

Here's the thing. I think the biggest key is to know that eventually

1:54.7

Someone is going to ask you for a discount on your photography

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