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Rick Liston of www.rickliston.com and www.weddingworkflows.com is an Aussie based wedding photographer who photographs, on average, 90 weddings each year. In the last year, it was 115 weddings!
On average, his client spend over $4000!
Because of the large number of weddings, he has focused on his systems and post-wedding workflow to allow him more time with his family.
The secret to his success and how you can do the same… become a wedding venue promoter and watch your photography business boom!
In addition to his weddings, he has created the Yarra Valley Wedding Guide, which looks like a professionally designed and printed magazine for couples looking for inside info on venues, accommodation, vendors and wedding photography ideas for couples planning their Yarra Valley wedding.
This magazine alone looks like it'd be a marketing and booking machine for Rick's wedding photography business.
Here's some more of what we cover in the interview:
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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 Rick 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.
A big part of shooting a high volume of weddings for me is automation and outsourcing. – Rick Liston
If you have any questions that I missed, a specific question you’d like to ask Rick or if you just want to say thanks for coming on the show, feel free to add them in the comments area below.
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Links to people, places and things mentioned in this episode:
Wedding Work Flows Website — use promo code PhotoBizX to save 10%.
Wedding Work Flows on Instagram
Yara Valley Wedding Guide by Rick Liston
Thank you!
Thanks again for listening and thanks to Rick for coming on to share his thoughts, ideas and experience on creating and maintaining a super successful wedding photography business during restriction and all with some fantastic networking and thinking outside the box.
There's a world of opportunities out there in terms of making more money with your time. – Rick Liston
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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