How Mitzi Starkweather Nearly Doubled Her Photography Income by Hiring Her Husband

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

🗓️ 25 May 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever had to work alongside your significant other? You are not the only one! In this week's episode, host Nikki Closser interviews Mitzi Starkweather, a successful portrait photographer with a $2400 sales average who has always had a passion for photography since she was a child. After she decided to follow the SBE model and launch her business in 2016, she hired her husband to work alongside her. Mitzi shares with us the difficulties of working with somebody you share your life with, but also how it took her business to the next level. If you want to learn about the challenges and advantages of working with a significant other, 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.
0:32.6	You're listening to the Portrait System podcast.
0:36.4	So I think having someone, too, you can work with that you can just
0:40.1	be real with and you can have real conversations with because at the end of the day, it doesn't
0:44.3	matter how productive you are if you're productive in the wrong direction. Sometimes just us having
0:50.3	coffee for three hours on a Tuesday afternoon just sets up our whole quarter for way more
0:55.9	success than if I was just hammering out a bunch of retouching for those three hours, right?
1:00.5	And you can't even compare them.
1:04.0	This is the Portrait System podcast, a show that helps portrait photographers and people hoping
1:08.6	to become one, navigate the world of photography,
1:11.3	business, money, and so much more. We totally keep it real. We share stories about the incredible
1:16.3	ups and the very difficult downs when running a photography business. I'm your host,
1:20.3	Nikki Klosser, and the point of this podcast is for you to learn actionable steps that you can
1:24.6	take to grow your own business and also to feel inspired and
1:27.8	empowered by the stories you hear. Today's guest is Mitzi Starkweather and she takes us through her
1:33.2	story of graduating from college with an English degree and then deciding to go a completely
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