#194: How Carmen, the Small-Town Mom, Turned $150 Sessions into $2,000 Triumphs!
Worth Every Penny Joycast
Sarah Petty
5.0 • 3.6K Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2024
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Think your town is TOO SMALL for you to get BIG ORDERS with boutique photography?
It's not! And I'll prove it….
Mom-of-two Carmen was living in a teeny tiny forest town in New Hampshire with just 2,000 residents when she started her photography business.
So how did she go from a $150 average to $2,000 orders without moving to the big city?
Press play to find out!
(P.S. - You can do EXACTLY what she did, no matter where you live!)
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| 0:00.0 | If you are a small town photographer who thinks no one around here will pay that much for photography, |
| 0:07.0 | then you've got to meet Carmen Hazleton. |
| 0:10.0 | She's a mom of two, lives in a small forest town of about 2,000 people in New Hampshire, |
| 0:17.0 | and was selling three digital files for $150. |
| 0:24.4 | She was looking at what other photographers in her area were doing and thought that was just what photographers made. |
| 0:29.1 | Today you'll hear her story of going from digital disappointment |
| 0:33.0 | to $2,000 orders. |
| 0:37.7 | Hey there, my name's Sarah Petty, and I went from a stressed out, overworked mama with |
| 0:42.7 | three babies to be named one of America's most profitable photographers without working |
| 0:48.7 | my kids' lives away. |
| 0:50.6 | Now I'm the founder of the Photography Business Institute where we provide guided support from start to finish, |
| 0:57.0 | whether you're a beginner photographer dipping your toes in or a more advanced photographer with big income goals. |
| 1:04.0 | Each week on this podcast, I'll show you how to find and serve photography clients in a world where we can keep it free thanks to everyone |
| 1:12.9 | having a digital camera in their pocket. Take the first step to adding more joy and profit to your |
| 1:19.1 | life by downloading your free photography business tools at photography business institute.com. |
| 1:26.9 | Welcome, Carmen. |
| 1:28.3 | Hi, hi. |
| 1:30.3 | It's all true. |
| 1:32.3 | It's all true. |
| 1:34.3 | Well, gosh, what I love about your story is so many people say, oh, I just can't be a boutique photographer. |
| 1:40.3 | My town's too small. |
| 1:42.3 | You know, no one will hire me and you're just proof that you |
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