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Growing The VisionMonger
10 Things a Manager Can Teach You About Running & Growing Your Business
Corwin Hiebert is David duChemin’s secret weapon these days. A powerhouse of practical advice and know-how, he’s been managing David’s nuts and bolts so well we asked him to put some of it in writing. It’s not sexy stuff, it’s down and dirty day-to-day make-yer-business run better kind of stuff.
Whether your running a studio business or looking down the pipe at becoming a working photographer, it pays to learn management details not from a photographer, but from an accomplished manager who really gets it.
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Reviews and Comments
What a rare book. If it were paper, it would be dog-eared and underlined, pages torn out and stapled to the wall. I NEED this stuff! Thanks so much for publishing this one.
This book was full of lots of helpful links and suggested products for the business side of photography. I have yet to finish following up on all my notes and the suggestions that were given.
“Growing the Vision Monger” is a great read for the Hobbyiest to the working pro. The insightful tips on running a photography business will surely help in one way or another. Even if it’s just one tip that you get from this ebook, it’s more than worth the price. I enjoyed the marketing and the financial tips, a long with the recommended software. You won’t be disappointed. Enjoy.
Everyone needs a Corwin Hiebert of their own! Your work has value regardless if you intend to make money and many of the 10 points of this book also apply to the non-working professional.
“Growing the Vision Monger”. First, thank you Corwin for taking the time out to write this book!
Honestly, the ideas, advice, & council he shares are invaluable. If you want to be a successful photographer, here are practical hands on ideas designed to help you in that direction. I really appreciate the marketing & management advice… tops! This book isn’t just a must read its also a page turner, or clicker being an e-book.
Good advice for anyone wanting to make a living with Photography. I love that the advise is coupled with action items for both the professional and the “weekend warrior”. Corwin’s eBook coupled with David’s “Vision Monger” book are excellent tools for developing realistic expectations of Photography as a business. And I quote – “Never work for free…Don’t do it. EVER.”
About about managing your business that is actually entertaining to read, very refreshing. Sentences like:
“Meetings seem like a good place to clear up a disagreement – but that’s bogus.” or
“Meeting to build excitement is stupid.”
make the usually dry topic of managing a business almost entertaining.
Some topics may be controversial, for example the never ending discussion if working for free ever makes sense. You may disagree with the author, but listening to many different expert voices helps in building your own opinion.
indeed, addressing both the hobbyist and the working pro with distictly practical advice is possibly one of the greatest features of this book. I have read this book multiple times now, I keep a printed copy in my bag to mull over when I find myself in an idle moment. Great, great stuff.
For someone thinking about making money with their photography, or someone already running their own business there are some interesting suggestions in here. I particularly like that there are suggestions for “weekend warriors” separated from those for “working pros”. Definitely some things to think seriously about if you want to grow a photography business.
Photographers just want to go out and shoot, shoot, shoot. Some of us are terrible sellers, and never really have the time to understand the mechanics of it. Corwin Hiebert passes on that knowledge for free… almost. This was my second reading in the collection and the morning after I was doing some stuff I never really thought about before. Funny, the same afternoon I had some answers. This is not to say that this book will change your life, but it will make you change the way you do things. And Corwin just makes it easy to understand the basics of it. Marketing for photographers. As Brian Miller says on another post, this is not a book that many will pick. I think they should.
Ooooh, I’m first to comment here. I thought I might be. In the shower this morning I realized that this may be a book not many are interested in. However, it is full of fantastic information on how to stay organized and focused. Two key elements in photography, or any creative endeavor for that matter. Many of us have blogs and websites to showcase our work. Corwin helps with how to better showcase our work to our audience. Nuts and bolts aren’t particularly interesting items in themselves, but they are crucial to holding things together. This book will help you hold it together (well, perhaps not psychologically, but you get the point, right?) A great read, valuable advice and guidance, and lots of pretty pictures. All this for less than a latte…