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Free Photography Webinar with Catherine Connor

Posted By admin on March 8, 2013

FREE PHOTOGRAPHY WEBINAR

With the recent BBC TV program ‘The Fixer’ featuring a photography studio and highlighting how important it is in this day & age to brand, market , promote yourself to get new work and to keep existing customers coming back for more, SF Photo School are thrilled to bring this exciting free webinar with one of the country’s most influential photography tutor & expert.

Catherine Connor of Aspire Photography Training needs no introduction. Catherine has been at the forefront of educating & mentoring photographers and has helped over 3,000 photographers to successfully set up and thrive in their business.

During this webinar, Catherine talks about how to promote your business, why it is imperative that you over deliver and pricing for profitability.

Catherine will also be taking questions from the attendees and will answer them for you. Spaces are going to fill up very quickly and you are advised to reserve your place now by clicking on the link below.]

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER YOUR FREE SEAT

About Catherine Connor

Catherine Connor Managing Director of Aspire Photography Training has created a training company with an international reputation for excellence. Over 3000 photographers and some of the best in business have travel through the programs designed by Aspire Photography Training.

Catherine Connor left a corporate management career to pursue her own dreams and aspirations for how to teach business and photography training. She leapt into the photographic industry offering a fresh and dynamic approach to photography, photography training this revolution the industry and how we see it today .Her contagious energy, and up lifting manner is very motivational, acknowledge as one of the best motivational speakers with our UK industry. Her intuitive for business, and how to run a business is refreshing.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER YOUR FREE SEAT

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Foto SF v4 is here…

Posted By admin on October 26, 2012

After 2 years of hard work and listening to you, our clients, we’re proud to release the latest version of Foto SF, the award-winning studio management software for photographers.

There are some amazing new features & reports which makes using Foto SF up to 60% more faster than v3. This increase in productivity & time saving will enable you to be more efficient & organised, hence more profitable.

We’ve uploaded some videos here which will give you a good overview of the new version. So why not grab yourself a drink, sit back and take the Tour.

We invite you to take the Free Trial and see for yourself how powerful this new version is. Just enter your email & first name on the form (on the right sidebar) for an instant download. As always, we are here to help with our free & unlimited support should you have any questions, queries, issues or problems. Just submit a ticket via our Support page or pick up the phone..

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Masters of Wedding Photography

Posted By admin on October 4, 2012

We are pleased to bring this fantastic webinar series with 3 Masters of photography, Ray Lowe, Martin Grahame-Dunn & Kevin Wilson. They share their unique styles, experience & some of their best work, tips & techniques to take your wedding photography to the next level.

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During this 6 hour webinar series, you will learn:

how to pose couples
how to use ‘directional light’
composing your images
off-camera flash at weddings
use of reflectors at weddings
engagement photography
destination weddings
creating your ‘signature’ black & white image
marketing your business
organising your wedding photography
how to price your services
creating irresistible offers which your competitors are
afraid to offer
post processing workflow
and much much more…

About the speakers…

Kevin Wilson
The only photographer to hold multiple Fellowships in portraits & weddings. With over 30 years experience, Kevin will showcase his best wedding photography work to inspire you, shares some of his tips & tricks on how to use a simple reflector at weddings and how & where to see the light.

Martin Grahame-Dunn
Martin will cover the ‘Engagement Sessions’ and with his vast experience of tutoring around the world, he’ll talk about the different ways photographers around the world are ‘upselling’ additional products to generate more sales. A great advocate for selling digital files, Martin will show you how to price your digital files.
For the 1st time, Martin will share his ‘Romance Collection’. A new income stream for wedding photographers to make their weddings even more profitable.

Ray Lowe
‘Recession ? What recession!’ is what you’ll learn from Ray. Ray needs no introduction, running a very successful studio for over 37 years, he has hop, skipped & jump over 4 recessions, he will talk about the business side of weddings as well as sharing what to shoot, how to shoot at a wedding. You will be amazed at some incredible marketing tips which Ray will teach you.

If the above was not enough, we have special Discount Codes from onOne Software, Sim2000 & Foto SF to save you lots of £££.

Places are very limited and served on a first come first served basis. So book now to avoid disappointment.

Only $47 with the Early Bird Discount (Regular price $67).

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When

Webinar 1: 17 Oct at 1700 hrs UK time
Webinar 2: 18 Oct at 1700 hrs UK time
Webinar 3: 24 Oct at 1700 hrs UK time
Webinar 4: 25 Oct at 1700 hrs UK time
Webinar 5 : 29 Oct at 1700 hrs UK time
Webinar 6: 1 Nov at 1700 hrs UK time

Q&A

Q. What if I can’t attend all the webinars.
A. You will receive recordings for all 6 sessions so you can watch as many times as you wish.

Q. Can I join in from outside the UK ?
A. We have attendees from all over the world.

Q. What do I need to join in ?
A. All you need is a computer / laptop with speakers & a broadband connection.

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Free Photography Webinars: Know Your Numbers

Posted By admin on October 2, 2012

SF Photo School are proud to bring this exciting new webinar series solely aimed at how to know your numbers.

Many photographers invest only in attending seminars / workshops & events to learn how to take better pictures, how to edit & process images, but what they don’t educate themselves is on the most important part of the business i.e mastering the numbers, profit margins, generating leads, conversion rates, etc

Running a successful business requires you to know what your numbers are. You’ve got to know your numbers to see whether the business is heading in the right direction or not.

This online webinar series are aimed at improving your business acumen so you can take better control of your business and have systems in place from the initial enquiry, to sending a quotation, confirming the job, workflow processes, invoicing and delivery of the job.

You will learn how to :

* strategies for lead generation
* conversion rates
* profit margins
* understanding allowable acquisition costs
* lifetime value of customer
* investing or spending?
* how to qualify your leads
* cost per lead
* cost per sale
* what’s more important: branding or leads?
* the raving fans
* your blog as the newsletter
* what is drip marketing?
* closed door sales
* upsell / cross sell / down sell checklist
* perceived value offers
* and much much more…

Don’t Leave Your Business to Chance

Without testing and measuring everything you do, you are leaving too much to chance. If you don’t test and measure, you really don’t know what works and what is burning your resources & energy.

Join us for this exciting series of webinars, they’re completely free.

Webinar 3: Conversion Rates: What they are…

Conversion rates should always be a great focus for your business. Conversion rate comes down to great sales ability, service & value for money.
Learn how to increase your conversion rates in this webinar.

Date: Tues, 08 Oct 2012
Time: 1600 hrs – 1630 hrs UK time
Place: Online
Price: Free

Places are limited, so book your seat on the link below:

SIGN UP NOW

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Testimonial from UK

Posted By admin on March 13, 2012

Many thanks to Harry for sending in this lovely testimonial.

“Hi Uzair,

Just to let you know I’ve been working with your software for a week or so now and I’ve gone through all the video presentations.

I must say you have done a wonderful job with Filemaker. Being from a programming background, I know just how much work you have put into the program, it’s certainly making my life a lot easier. As I’m getting busier these days, I was looking for something that ticked all the right boxes for me and didn’t set me back an arm and a leg. Anyway, babbling now, thanks for a great product and I’m sure it is worth its weight in Gold“

Harry Radford
Radford Photography

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How to drive free traffic to your website

Posted By admin on February 28, 2012

Not sure how to take your business forward online ? Is your website not working as hard as you do ? Not sure what all this Twitter & Facebook is all about ? Are you totally confused as to where to start with online marketing?

If so, this is a 1-day seminar you can’t afford to miss. A seminar where you will see how to build up your blocks for online profits. You will learn how to turbo-charge your online marketing activities.

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Uzair Kharawala on stage at a recent internet marketing event in London

Here’s everything you need to know on how to generate FREE TARGETED TRAFFIC to your website. You’ll learn some cutting edge tips & tricks to get your website or blog optimised for higher rankings. You’ll also learn how to build relationships with your prospect and how to build a profitable database of subscribers. Best of all, what you will learn throughout the day does not require you to have any technical knowledge, geeky programming languages or any kind of expertise. Everything will be taught in simple language which is easy to follow.

Content includes:

Keyword Research

Most photographers start to blog or set up their website without doing any keyword research. They hope that magically, Google will place them on Page 1 !! This will not happen, you need to understand on-page optimization of key words & phrases. This is one of the most important process you MUST understand before you get your website online. Most small business owners leave it to their website designers to optimise their website with certain keywords. However, your web designer does not understand your business the way you do.You’ll learn how to research what kind of online competition you have and the amount of competing websites in your market / niche. Plus, you will learn how to research what people are searching for and how many people searched for your product or service in Google recently.

With these statistics, you will be miles ahead of the competition and on the way to being indexed in search engine result pages and being found by people looking for your product or service.

No keyword research = losing money.

Effective keyword research = more traffic + more money.

Website / Blogs

A website or a blog should work hard for you 24/7 365 days a year. You will learn good ‘house keeping’ for your site so it ticks all the boxes for the search engines resulting in higher page rankings.

You’ll learn why a blog is so important for your business and how to keep it updated with relevant and fresh content. Did you know that search engines penalise sites which are static and reward sites which are dynamic and updated with fresh content on a regular basis?

Using the correct keywords & phrases are vital for any site to be indexed, once you’ve done the keyword research, you won’t be wasting time & energy over less profitable keywords.

Marketing Your Website

With the explosion in social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Stumble Upon, Digg to name a few, you’ll discover how easy it is to get free and targeted traffic to your website.

Most business owners don’t use the power of You Tube to market their product or services.

I promise you won’t have to spend hours and hours on end on Facebook, Twitter, You Tube, etc to generate traffic to your site. In fact, I’ll share with you my ’1-click’ process which will create your online presence on some of the world’s top ranking websites.

Find out how a funny & crazy video below helped me get a lucrative contract with one of UK’s leading online retailers.

Email Marketing

When it comes to business, time really is money. Email marketing can be extremely effective; however, do you really have the time to make contact with every single potential client or previous client to offer new deals and services? Most busy business owners don’t have the time to do this, and this is where email marketing comes into play.

Email marketing effectively & automatically sends out marketing emails, auto-replies and follow-up sales letters on your behalf. This is pretty much a miracle in modern marketing techniques because it can effectively bring in sales on auto pilot, as well as make sure your clients don’t forget you. What are you waiting for? Set your sales machine on auto-pilot and start seeing results.

Testimonials

From a 1-day workshop held recently. (Please note this is a seminar and not a practical workshop as shown in the video below. However, the content covered is similar).

If you are struggling to get higher rankings for your site, then this is a seminar which you must attend to improve & enhance your online presence. Whether you have an existing business or are thinking about starting a new business or a website, I invite you to attend this workshop to clear all the myths of internet marketing.

What’s included:
– Tea / Coffee
– Lunch

What you need to bring along:
– Pen / paper and an open mind !

When
16 April 2012

Where
Sim2000, Hatfield, Herts

Times
10.00am to 4.00pm
(Registration at 9.30am)

Maximum Delegates
This workshop is restricted to only 20 delegates.

You also receive a fantastic…
20% Off Discount Voucher from Sim2000

A few words from my mentor…

Price: only £50 + VAT

£75 + VAT
Early Bird Discount expires soon : Use the code ‘sim2000‘ & save £25.00

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How to buy a Photography Studio Software…

Posted By admin on January 3, 2012

Being a good or great photographer just isn’t enough to bring in the work. Just like you use various softwares for post-processing & editing, you need a dedicated photography studio software to streamline your photography business. If you currently use spreadsheets, then you are not alone. Thousands of photographers use them daily. Spreadsheets are a good starting point, however, they are great at number crunching rather than analysing data to give you a bird’s eye view of your business.

Before deciding on which software to invest in, you should consider these options carefully:

Productivity

You need to work smarter rather than harder to streamline your workflow. A good & robust photography studio software should be able to effortlessly handle the day to day of running the business, reminders & things to do, sending quotations, making bookings, keeping track of clients & suppliers, setting up a series of workflow things for various jobs be it weddings, portraits, commercial or sporting events, updating & keeping track of all your events in one place.

Pricing & Support

Pricing & after sales support is extremely important. First decide how much you wish to spend on a photography studio software. Then make a list of 3-4 products and then see what the Support is offered after you purchase the software. Some offer a 30-day support, with some companies you need to go and attend expensive day workshops & seminars just to learn the software and get to grips with it and some offer unlimited free support. Also see on the website whether they have a phone number listed as very few websites offer this.

Marketing

You need to turbo charge your marketing efforts in these tough economic climate. One of the best and under-used marketing tools by photographers is Email Marketing. Every marketeer will say this ‘The money is in the list’. So the sooner you start to build an email list, the sooner you can start making money. Email marketing is something

Book Keeping

As a photographer you want a simple photography studio software to help you run your business which gives you a bird’s eye view of your business on a daily basis. What you want is an easy to use book keeping system to help you with your sales & purchases with a powerful enough reporting system to help you see where your business is heading.

I hope this gives you some ideas as to which photography studio software is right for you. I would welcome you to try Foto SF for free and see how it can help you to turbo charge your business.

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Black Friday 40% Off Sale

Posted By admin on November 25, 2011

We are pleased to announce our fantastic ‘Black Friday 40% Off Sale. To receive your discount, please use the following discount code on any of the products below at the checkout:

Discount Code: bf4011

Portraits for Profits

Are you someone looking to earn a living from Portraits ? Want to run a profitable home-run photography business to suit your lifestyle ? Here is an online photography course you cannot afford to miss out on! Learn how to run a profitable & successful portrait photography business, lead generation techniques, pricing, promotions, products, selling & closing the deal. setting up a mobile studio, how to make Google friendly content for your website, editing, post-processing and more. With Bonuses worth over £240.00! you cannot afford to miss out on this one!

Normal Price: £125 +VAT

BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL: only £75 + VAT

Click here for more info

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Build Your Online Profits

Normal Price: £95 + VAT

BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL: only £57.00 + VAT

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Award-winning studio photography management software to help you organise & steamline the day to day or running your photography business. Keep track of all your contacts, quotations, jobs, sales, purchases, email marketing, sending letters and equipment. Powerful & simple reporting helps you keep a bird’s eye view of your business.

Normal Price: £60 + VAT

BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL: only £36 + VAT

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The Masters of Light Webinar Series

6 hour webinar series with Kevin Wilson, Martin Grahame-Dunn & Uzair Kharawala. Webinar content consists of Essential Elements of Composition, Lighting Essentials, Elements of Posing, How to Use YouTube to Market your Business, Off-Camera Flash and how to Get Free Traffic to Your Website.

Normal Price: £60 + VAT

BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL: only £36.00 + VAT

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Mystical & Fantasy Portrait Photography Webinar Series

Are you a portrait or commercial photographer and looking to inject some creative flair to your photography business ? Do you want to offer something new & unique to your clients to add a new dimension to your business, but don’t know how & what to do. Here is a webinar with a difference. Multi-award winning photographers Vincent O’Byrne & Clare Louise showcase their talent, work and their creative thought process in this ‘unmissable’ webinar series.

Normal Price: £60 + VAT

BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL: only £36.00 + VAT

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The Beginners Guide to Wedding Photography

Do you aspire to become a wedding photographer but don’t know how to get started on setting up a wedding photography business? Webinar content includes the basics & foundation of setting up a business, contracts, prices, products, equipment, camera, lenses, software, branding, advertising, marketing, how not to forget key shots at a wedding, using off-camera flash, editing, post-processing workflow and more. 6 hour webinar series.

Normal Price: £60 + VAT

BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL: only £36.00 + VAT

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The Art of Wedding Photography

A unique & intriguing wedding photography webinar series presented and co-hosted by Uzair Kharawala, Jayce Clarke & Crash Taylor. 3 different photographers showcasing three different & unique styles to photograph a wedding. Over 360 minutes of high quality tuition in the comfort of your own home! Download videos right onto your computer.

Normal Price: £60 + VAT

BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL: only £36.00 + VAT

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Happy Thanks Giving…

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Video Marketing Seminar

Posted By admin on June 3, 2011

Ever wondered why video is the ‘buzz’ word when it comes to marketing your business online. I’m proud to present this very exciting and brand new seminar with Calumet and co-hosted with Martyn Greswolde.

The beauty of video marketing is you do the work once and keep getting free traffic / visitors to your website or blog…forever! Video marketing is fun and is one of the easiest ways to build relationships with your prospects and getting your message across at very low and quite often at zero cost to you.

CLICK HERE TO BOOK

In this seminar, you’ll learn:

- simple ways to get started in video marketing without shooting a video!!
– what equipment & software you need
– how to story board your video
– write scripts and planning your slides
– creating slideshows
– using software
– shooting & editing workflow
– how to use video on a DSLR
– lighting & audio tips & tricks
– using Green Screen
– how to promote your video to go viral
– using You Tube correctly to drive traffic to your site
– and much, much more…

Here are some examples of viral videos and putting your message across for free!!

This video has been viewed over 12,700 times

This video has been viewed over 4,800 times

This video has been viewed over 2,700 times…

Can you feel the power of video marketing. This is powerful stuff and now you have the opportunity to get your video marketing campaign off to a flying start. Join me & Martyn and we’ll show you all the tips, techniques & tricks you need to know.

CLICK HERE TO BOOK

Look forward to seeing you at Calumet soon.

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Beginners Guide to Wedding Photography

Posted By admin on June 3, 2011

Do you aspire to become a wedding photographer but don’t know how to get started on setting up a wedding photography business?

We are pleased to announce this very exciting six-part webinar series with one of UK’s leading photography retailers Warehouse Express. Each session will run for 60 minutes – that’s 360 minutes of high quality tuition in the comfort of your own home!

Who should attend?

If you are a beginner and are looking to set up a wedding photography business then this is an online webinar series you cannot afford to miss out on. You will learn everything you need to know to get ahead in this very highly competitive market.

Photography Webinar

What you’ll learn:

Webinar 1: The Business Getting the basics and foundation right is critical for the success of any business. You’ll learn how to assist other pro photographers, get your portfolio ready, setting up your contracts, legal documents, price lists & products, equipment, camera, lenses, software. You’ll also see and learn how to handle enquiries, sending quotations, bookings, sales and purchases, how to create a workflow so you will never forget your tasks and much, much more.

Webinar 2: Branding, Advertising & Marketing You’ll learn how to ‘brand’ yourself and your company. Why branding is so important, how to advertise your business through magazines, bridal fairs, online and Google. You’ll also learn some very handy tips and tricks on how to turbo charge your website and blog so you get indexed in search results above your competitors for free traffic.

Webinar 3: Story Telling Part I You need to document a complete and beautiful story of someone’s best day of their lives. It is a challenge to capture those important moments each and every time without having to be lucky! You’ll learn Oz’s shooting process as to how effortlessly you’ll shoot a wedding from start to finish to capture those magical moments for your clients.

Webinar 4: Story Telling Part II You’ll see how to shoot a wedding right from the bridal preparations up to the first dance, getting the ‘safe’ shots in the bag first and also creating some masterpieces along the way.

Webinar 5: Off-camera flash A flashgun is one of the most creative tools in your kit bag, use it right and you’ll achieve results like you’ve never achieved before. Oz is truly a master at off-camera flash. He’ll share with you all his secrets on how to set up and shoot incredible images that have the ‘wow’ factor. You will truly be inspired to get started on off-camera flash.

Webinar 6: Editing, Post-Processing & Workflow – 3rd July 2011 6pm A lot of photographers waste too much time in front of the computer. There is a very fine line between making a profit or a loss. You’ll learn some very simple editing, post-processing workflow tips & tricks which will save your hours on end in front of the computer.

Photography Webinar

The Schedule:

Webinar 1: Tuesday 21st June 2011, 6pm-7pm

Webinar 2: Thursday 23rd June 2011, 6pm-7pm

Webinar 3: Sunday 26th June 2011, 6pm-7pm

Webinar 4: Monday 27th June 2011, 6pm-7pm

Webinar 5: Tuesday 28th June 2011, 6pm – 7pm

Webinar 6: Sunday 3rd July 2011, 6pm-7pm

If you are unable to attend any of the live sessions or you’d like to re-watch them, don’t worry! Every webinar will be recorded and available to download at the end of the series.

Photography Webinar

About the host

Based in Leighton Buzzard, Beds. Uzair along with his wife Farzana runs SF Digital Photography. He is currently one of Nikon UK’s ‘Evangelists’ and is a regular guest speaker at major photography conventions, trade shows & fairs in the UK, at Apple’s flagship store in Regent Street London, Focus on Imaging and has previously presented for all major photographic bodies. Uzair has photographed weddings from the sub zero freezing conditions at the Ice Hotel Sweden to the hot temperatures of Borneo, Malaysia. Quite often shooting huge weddings of up to 800 guests!!

“King of Cool“ – Photo Pro Magazine

“Master of the art of wireless flash” – Digital SLR Magazine

Visit Warehouse Express to book your place!

FAQs

If you have any questions about the webinar series, feel free to leave them in the comments below, send us a tweet or leave a message on our Facebook page. We will be adding to this section over the coming weeks.

Is the webinar interactive?

Yes! You’ll be able to ask questions along the way. Uzair will answer some questions during the session and will address all other questions at the end of the webinar.

Is the price £36 per webinar or for all 6 sessions?

You will have access to all 6 webinar sessions for the listed price of £36.

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FREE PHOTOGRAPHY WEBINAR

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About the speakers…

Webinar 3: Conversion Rates: What they are…

Content includes:

Keyword Research

Website / Blogs

Marketing Your Website

Email Marketing

Testimonials

Price: only £50 + VAT

Productivity

Pricing & Support

Marketing

Book Keeping

Discount Code: bf4011

Happy Thanks Giving…

Who should attend?

What you’ll learn:

The Schedule:

About the host

FAQs

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