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Sonya Keenan of www.omnichannelmediagroup.com started her professional life as a photographer 30 odd years ago! Although a hobbyist photographer today, those early skills have been instrumental in setting up her content and publishing business.
In this interview, Sonya shares what it means to be a photographer who embraces digital marketing and how you can embrace the different channels to reach your perfect target client and generate more bookings. You'll learn why digital marketing is so much more than a Facebook ad and what you can do to get maximum benefit from your photography marketing.
Today, Sonya is the co-founder and managing director of Omni Chanel Media Group (OMG) with business partner Deborah Hutton. Her passion is helping people tell their story using all the opportunities available in the digital world to people who are interested – ie, our prospective clients.
I first heard Sonya on the Digital Marketer podcast talking about Implementation Paralysis. I immediately knew, I had to get her on the show.
Sonya has over 20 years experience in senior management and marketing positions within government corporations, private companies and ASX listed corporations. She has also owned, managed and sold a number of small businesses including most recently How to Cook, the Sunshine Coast’s premier boutique retail cooking store.
Here’s some more of what we cover in the interview:
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People put so much time into building this incredible website and then they just forget about the experience of when they physically see people. – Sonya Keenan
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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 Sonya 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.
Reviews and helping people to understand the type of person you are through your reviews, is really critical to marketing in service based businesses. – Sonya Keenan
If you have any questions that I missed, a specific question you’d like to ask Sonya 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!
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Alternatively, if you've left a review for PhotoBizX and are looking for more backlinks to help your SEO, leave a review for the new Photography Xperiment Podcast and email me your keywords or keyword phrase and where you'd like me to link to.
Here's the latest review:
Andrew is awesome! Love his podcast.
In iTunes by Sydney dog photographer, Jo Lyons from Australia on September 16, 2018
I've been a premium member of PhotobizX for most of this year and although I'm a pet photographer, I have learned so much from others who have been interviewed by Andrew, both inside and outside my genre.
I've just gone through the overwhelm stage and am starting to take action in a number of areas of my business.
I recently had a difficult situation with a prickly commercial enquiry and Andrew was amazing with his feedback. He guided me to all the relevant content to help me with my situation.
Although I'm still a little introverted within the private Facebook group, it is a great resource to check into from time to time… I'm getting braver by the day!
If you are looking for a great learning resource with authentic hosting and content… look no further.
Links to people, places and things mentioned in this episode:
Omnichannel Media Group on Facebook
Omnichannel Media Group on YouTube
Thank you!
Thanks again for listening and big thanks to Sonya for sharing her thoughts on business, attracting more clients, advertising and generally being better at what we do by avoiding implementation paralysis.
Once you start to teach people how hard it is to take a really good photograph, they actually value what you do better. – Sonya Keenan
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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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