27 years ago, I made the decision to quit my well-paying job as a marketing director at an ad agency to become a full-time photographer.

That ended up being the best decision of my life.

Today, I'm founder of Photography Business Institute where I help establish portrait photographers build profitable businesses without sacrificing family time.

So if you're thinking about turning your part-time photography hustle into a full-time gig,

or maybe you're already full-time but you're struggling, these seven things could change

everything for your business. By the end, you'll know the secret that

let some photographers make $3,000 in 30 minutes while others work all weekend for 300.

Hey there, my name's Sarah Petty and I went from a stressed out, overworked mama with three babies

to be named one of America's most profitable photographers

without working my kids' lives away. Now I'm the founder of the Photography Business Institute

where we provide guided support from start to finish, whether you're a beginner photographer

dipping your toes in or a more advanced photographer with big income goals.

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 having a digital camera in their pocket.

Take the first step to adding more joy and profit to your life by downloading

your free photography business tools at photography business institute.com.

Number one, ditch the digitals. This first one is sometimes polarizing, but I'm going to say it

anyway. Selling high-res digital files in

your portrait business doesn't work if you want both profit and the ability to put your family

first. One caveat here. I'm not talking about wedding photography or commercial business portraits,

things like that because you're likely going to need digital files

there. I'm specifically talking about portrait photography. When you sell digital files,

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