From Bartender to Making $3200 per Photoshoot with a Full Fledged Studio with Cat Ford-Coates

The Portrait System Podcast

Sue Bryce Education

Education, Business, Photographer, Goal Setting, Creative, Female, Visual Arts, Photography, Start-up, Coaching, Self-employed, Portraits, Entrepreneur, Marketing, Artist, Arts, Finance, Wisdom, Small Business Owner, Motivation, Confidence, Leadership

4.9 • 659 Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Changing career can be a daunting thing. You constantly ask yourself if you're going to make it, while dealing with extraordinary financial pressure and wondering if you made the right decision. Today's guest knows all about this. Cat Ford-Coates now owns a successful photography business with a sales average of $3200 per photoshoot and two associate photographers, but before that, she was in a completely different industry. Cat was a bartender before she got her first studio in 2014. Listen in as Cat shares her story, its ups and downs, and how she successfully applied to SBE model to her business. If you're thinking about changing profession or having doubts about the big change you've made recently, then this episode is for you!

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's Nikki Klosser, and I want to let you know about an awesome free giveaway for people on our email list.
0:05.6	If you haven't already, click the link in our podcast description or go to the PortraitSystem.com
0:10.1	slash sign up to get on the list.
0:12.1	If you sign up, you'll get a free posing 101 PDF to jumpstart things.
0:16.2	It's an epic PDF, so you'll definitely want to get this. Also, just by being in our email community,
0:22.0	you'll get deals, sales, and information about any of our upcoming events and activities.
0:26.5	So head over to the portrait system.com slash sign up and sign up today.
0:32.2	You're listening to the Portrait System podcast. Because we were so broke, like almost lost our house broke. And I said,
0:40.9	you know what? If I'm going to make this photography thing work, then it's now or never. And I
0:45.4	legit spent the next three months so busy because I had been so consistent with networking
0:51.3	meetings and posting on my blog, being on social media, and hosting
0:55.8	events that all of the sudden, all of that work started to come to fruition. And I was like,
1:01.6	oh, it's about consistency, being consistent at what you're really great at.
1:07.6	This is the Portrait System podcast, a show that helps portrait photographers and people hoping to become one,
1:13.4	navigate the world of photography, business, money, and so much more.
1:17.1	We totally keep it real.
1:18.4	We share stories about the incredible ups and the very difficult downs when running a photography business.
1:23.3	I'm your host, Nikki Klosser, and the point of this podcast is for you to learn actionable steps that you can take to grow your own business and also to feel inspired and empowered
1:31.9	by the stories you hear.
1:34.2	Today's guest is Kat Ford Coates with Studio 828 Photography out of Asheville, North Carolina,
1:39.4	and she has a really interesting story.
1:41.9	So shortly before starting her photography business, Kat was pretty
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