531: Nik Buttigieg – How to relocate your photography business and get profitable fast

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Today's guest is Albury Wodonga Family Photographer Buttigieg, who needs almost no introduction for long-time listeners and Premium Members.

I first interviewed him as part of The Coaching Diaries when he was working with Photography Business Coach Johl Dunn. At that time, he was on track to take his small, part-time business to full-time and highly profitable.

In the subsequent interviews, we heard how a total shift in mindset had put him on that path. He was full-time, profitable, supporting his family with photography… life was good in the small town he was living and working in.

Then, at the end of the third and most recent members-only interview, when things are going better than ever, he reveals that he's packing up and moving across the country to start over.

It's been around a year now, and I thought it'd be the perfect time to check in and see if a photography business and its lead generation and sales tactics are as easily transferable as we'd like to believe.

Here's some more of what we covered in the interview:

• Why Nik relocated to a different location
• Preparations to consider before relocating your photography business
• Marketing strategies to implement when moving to a new location
• The need to update your website and socials to reflect your new location
• Do you need to change your pricing when relocating your business
• Is it necessary to have a photography studio to have a successful business
• The pros and cons of studio sessions vs. outdoor sessions
• Having a formula for studio photography sessions
• Dealing with the stress of doing studio sessions for the first time
• Benefits of hiring a business coach
• How to have a fun and memorable experience when doing family sessions
• Why it's important to speak with dads before family portrait sessions
• How to respond to clients who ask for average spend
• Dealing with clients who cancel after learning the cost
• How to make dads open up and express emotions
• How to handle the influx of customers coming into your business
• Is it better to increase pricing or hire more photographers
• What's the one task that Nik wants to outsource to lighten his load
• Nik's thoughts on hiring another photographer
• Nik's online viewing process
• Work-life balance as a photographer
• How to determine the best brand name for your business
• Nik's long-term goal for his photography business
• Creating a business to sell
• What Nik will do differently if he needs to relocate again
• Nik's advice for people who want to relocate their business
• The key to Nik's success
• Should you focus more on getting a lead or converting a lead
• The need to create an avatar for your photography business
• Nik's goals for the next 12 months

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I'm a big believer in sticking to what's working and then making little changes alongside of that. – Nik Buttigieg

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What is your big takeaway?

Following this interview, I’d love to know if you're taking anything from what Nik 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, leave your thoughts in the comments below; let me know your takeaways and what you plan to implement in your business due to what you heard in today's episode.

There's a lot of dads that really love talking about their kids. – Nik Buttigieg

If you have any questions I missed, a specific question you’d like to ask Nik or if you 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:

Nik Buttigieg Photography

Nik Buttigieg Photography on Facebook

Nik Buttigieg on Instagram

Episode 330: Johl Dunn – How to create a money making portrait photography business

Episode 396: Nik Buttigieg – The Coaching Diaries with Johl Dunn

026 Premium Only Episode: Nik Buttigieg – From strength to incredible strength with his small town photography business

025 Premium Only Episode: Johl Dunn – Facebook Ad tactics with competitions and third party alliances

Episode 436: Nik Buttigieg – Change your mindset for photography sales success

Episode 425: Jeff Brown – How to use LinkedIn for photography lead generation

Episode 348: Steve Saporito – How to excite and delight your portrait clients to better sales

Thank you!

Thanks again for listening, and thanks to Nik for coming back to share his thoughts, ideas, tactics, and processes for relocating to a new location and hitting the ground running with his family photography business.

It's good to have always other people around, who in the thick of it, they're doing things. You can run off each other and just have support from a lot of other people is super important. – Nik Buttigieg

That’s it for me this week; I hope everything is going well for you in life and business!

Thanks, and speak soon
Andrew

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