How to get BETTER inquiries, using Meta Ads. (with Peyton Helm)
Passion With Purpose - Photography Podcast, Creative Business, Six Figure Photographer
Nathan Chanski - Photography Business Coach
5.0 • 572 Ratings
🗓️ 4 March 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Peyton Helm (Meta Ads WIZARD) and I getting real about what’s changing in the wedding industry in 2026.
If you’ve noticed more ghosting, more hesitation, tighter budgets, and a whole lot more “shopping around”… you’re not crazy. Peyton breaks down what he’s seeing across hundreds of photographers and filmmakers — and what to do about it.
We talk about the shift toward trust + transparency, how to stop attracting tire kickers, and the behind-the-scenes funnel changes that can make inquiries feel way more “ready to book.”
If you want more consistent, higher-quality leads in 2026 — this episode will help you adapt fast.
What we cover
- Why the $3–4k market is getting squeezed (and what’s rising instead)
- Gen Z’s demand for transparency (especially pricing)
- Where to show price without killing your ability to sell
- How to qualify leads before you waste time on calls
- Running ads vs. referrals vs. organic — and what each is best for
- The “backend selling” strategy that increases show-up + close rates
- Confirmation pages, video, and pre-framing (so calls aren’t uphill battles)
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Work with Peyton: https://fulltimeweddingpro.com/
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, welcome back to the Passion with Purpose podcast, everybody. |
| 0:04.8 | I'm your host, Nathan Chansky. |
| 0:06.5 | Very excited today because we have a returning guest with us, Peyton Helm, |
| 0:10.6 | and Peyton's podcast last time, knocked it out of the park. |
| 0:14.4 | People absolutely loved what he had to say. |
| 0:16.7 | And so we have him back on because it's 2026. |
| 0:20.8 | 2026. |
| 0:28.7 | 2026 comes with its own changes in the industry and realizations and hurdles and all the things. |
| 0:33.8 | And I think Peyton has a very unique perspective on all of that. |
| 0:35.7 | And I really respect his voice in the industry. |
| 0:41.7 | So before we get too far, Peyton, if someone hasn't heard of you before or didn't listen to the last episode, give us like an elevator pitch on who Peyton Helm is and why we should listen to you. Honestly, flex a little bit. |
| 0:49.3 | Yeah. Thank you. I appreciate the warm welcome on that, by the way. And it's cool that the last podcast helped a lot of people. |
| 0:55.3 | So yeah, what I do is I'm essentially a meta ads coach for wedding photographers and filmmakers. |
| 1:01.4 | I have my own wedding business. I'm admittedly shooting less weddings now than I used to because I've just been, I've been full send straight into coaching and diving into business things and everything. |
| 1:10.9 | But we have a program called full-time wedding pro. |
| 1:13.3 | We've got about 500 and some members in there right now, wedding photographers and |
| 1:17.8 | biographers in every different individual niche in the wedding industry, charging all |
| 1:22.6 | types of numbers. |
| 1:23.8 | And we pretty much teach ads. |
| 1:25.6 | And I don't make a ton of organic content. And this is |
| 1:29.1 | you know, me doing more of that being here, which is great because I want to share a lot of |
| 1:33.6 | things on how I'm seeing the industry change in 2026. And a lot of the challenges that my clients |
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