Nikki Closser Shares Her Story: From Burned Out Social Worker to Successful Photographer

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

🗓️ 18 May 2020

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Today is a special episode! Our host, Nikki Closser, becomes a guest and shares how she went from burned out social worker to successful photographer with two studios (in two different states) using the SBE model. Kristina Houser, one of the first guests of the Portrait System, comes back to interview Nikki and the two talk about the challenges and successes Nikki experienced while transitioning to her new career. Listen in as Nikki hides nothing about how she dealt with debt and self confidence issues to ultimately grow her business to make it where she is today. If you want to know about the business of portrait photography and are looking to be uplifted by an incredibly inspirational story, 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.
0:32.1	You're listening to The Portrait System podcast.
0:35.7	I feel like I was just trying to fix everyone else, but I wasn't
0:40.9	fixing myself. Like I wasn't helping myself. And so here I was trying to do all this stuff for
0:46.6	other people when I was the one that wasn't truly happy with what I was doing. So it was like this
0:51.7	switch. Like, okay, I think I'm done for now. That sounds so bad. I'm
0:56.6	done helping other people. It wasn't so, like, it wasn't so cut and dry, but I knew I needed
1:01.9	to really shift my focus to me as opposed to other people for a while. And I just decided
1:08.9	photography was going to be how I would do it.
1:13.6	This is the Portrait System podcast, a show that helps portrait photographers and people
1:18.2	hoping to become one, navigate the world of photography, business, money, and so much more.
1:23.2	We totally keep it real. We share stories about the incredible ups and the very difficult downs when running a photography business.
1:29.6	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 by the stories you hear.
1:40.0	Hi, everyone. So today's guest is actually me. So we had some people reach out to us asking if I would be sharing my own story. And we invited back the lovely Christina Hauser, who was in episode number three. And she's here to interview me. So we end up talking a lot about just, you know, my whole journey going from quitting my social work job to becoming a photographer.
2:02.7	And we also get into what it's like running a business with two little kids and also how I
2:08.6	manage two photography studios in two different states across the country. So yeah, lots of good
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