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Jessica Carrillo of www.artandsouleventsla.com is obsessed with weddings but isn't a photographer – she's a wedding planner and expert user of Pinterest for getting in front of her perfect target clients and attracting them to her website, work and to book her services.
Jessica is the life and soul behind her business – Art and Soul Events where she plans and designs weddings for her bold, rebellious and creative clients.
Based in Los Angeles but working all over California and from everything I've seen online, her work and design sense is as bold and creative as the clients who hire her.
So why contact Jessica to join us to talk business and marketing for photographers?
Pinterest is a powerful search engine rather than social media. – Jessica Carrillo
Because she's attracting the same clients we are – in her own way and with a different approach than most photographers are using… Pinterest.
She has Instagram and Facebook down pat and is rocking Pinterest like no one I've had on the show… with over 350,000 monthly views!
In this interview, she shares exactly how to get started with Pinterest for Photographers.
Here’s some more of what we cover in the interview:
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I always think about how am I providing value to whoever's following me so, if I'm only showing my own content, I don't feel like that is the most valuable. – Jessica Carrillo
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What is your big takeaway?
Following this interview, I’d love to know if you're taking anything away from what Jessica shared. Is there something you heard that excited or motivated you to the point where you thought, yeah, I'm going to do that! If so, let me know by leaving your thoughts in the comments below, let me know what your takeaways were, what you plan to implement in your business as a result of what you heard in today's episode.
I share things that inspire me or that would inspire my couples or that would inspire my Pinterest followers and then I also pin content that is my own. – Jessica Carrillo
If you have any questions that I missed, a specific question you’d like to ask Jessica or if you just want to say thanks for coming on the show, feel free to add them in the comments area below.
iTunes Reviews and Shout-outs
Each week I check for any new iTunes reviews and it's always a buzz to receive these… for a couple of reasons.
Firstly, it's confirmation that I'm on the right track with the interviews and that they really are helping you improve your photography business. That's awesome!
Secondly, iTunes is the biggest search engine when it comes to podcasts and it's your reviews and ratings that help other photographers find PhotoBizX. More listeners mean more interviews and ultimately a better show.
If you have left a review in the past, thank you!
If you haven't and you'd like to, head to https://photobizx.com/itunes and you can leave some honest feedback and a rating which will help both me and the show and I'll be sure to thank you on the show and add a link to your website or blog if you let me know the URL of your website and your name.
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Episode #300 is Coming Up! And the focus is YOU!
With episode 300 fast approaching, the plan is to do something different and make the episode about you.
I'd love for you to record one thing you've implemented, taken away, used or shaped to suit you in your business as a result of what you've heard on the podcast. It can be anything!
Record yourself on any app – your phone in a quiet room is perfect.
Email your audio file (.mp3 is easiest) to andrew@photobizx.com and in the email, let me know your URL and the anchor text you'd like me to use to link to you from that episodes show notes.
With your anchor text, to keep this simple, let's go with your location and the genre of photography you specialise in.
For example:
Attach .mp3 file
URL: http://impact-images.com.au
Anchor Text: Central Coast wedding photographer
Which will become: Central Coast wedding photographer
Any questions, post in the comments below, in the members FB Group or email me directly.
Let's make episode 300 one to remember and all about you and what you've learnt and used from the interviews you've heard.
Links to people, places and things mentioned in this episode:
Art and Soul Events on Pinterest
Art and Soul Events on Facebook
Art and Soul Events on Instagram
Art and Soul Events Creative Haven
Art and Soul Events Pinterest Class
Thank you!
Thanks again for listening and big thanks to Jessica for sharing her thoughts on utilising Pinterest to grow your photography business by attracting your perfect clients and utilising the SEO effects of the search engine that is Pinterest.
Consistency is so important that I don't want a sudden drop off for a few days without content, so I just go in and pin a few images that I want to share from my gallery. – Jessica Carrillo
If you have any suggestions, comments or questions about this episode, please be sure to leave them below in the comment section of this post, and if you liked the episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post!
That’s it for me this week, hope everything is going well for you in life and business!
Thanks and speak soon
Andrew
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