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How to Instantly Upgrade Your Current Photoshoots So You Can Level up Your Next Booking with Wendy Yalom

1h 14m · Build and Bloom Photography Podcast With Jessica Whitaker · 14 Jun 20:19

In this episode of the Build and Bloom photography podcast, we’re joined by Wendy Yalom, the OG of premium personal brand photoshoots. She is going to teach on so many things, from how to offer high-ticket photoshoot packages, improve your customer service, and easy ways to INSTANTLY upgrade your CURRENT photoshoots so you can level up your next booking.

In Wendy's 20-year career as a photographer, she’s traveled the world, building a successful career creating full-service Personal Brand Photoshoots for speakers, authors, executives, coaches, and online educators. She’s had the great fortune of working with many industry leaders and having her work featured on book covers, billboards, countless websites, and publications, among them the New York Times, Forbes, Cosmopolitan, Marie-Claire, Town & Country, Wall Street Journal, and more.

View the show notes & blog post for this episode here: https://www.jessicawhitaker.co/blog?category=podcast

This podcast episode is a replay of a live stream Wendy did with me in the ⁠Build and Bloom Facebook group⁠.

  • Wendy's Instagram: ⁠https://instagram.com/wendykyalom⁠
  • Wendy’s website: ⁠www.wendy.photo⁠
  • Wendy’s mentoring: ⁠www.personalbrandphotography.school⁠

WHAT’S NEXT:

  • Join The B+B Facebook group: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/buildandbloomjessicawhitaker/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
  • Follow Jessica on Instagram:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/jessicawhitaker⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
  • Follow the Podcast Instagram:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/buildandbloom/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

This podcast has been made possible by:

  • Business Basics:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.jessicawhitaker.co/photography-business-basics-course⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
  • Honeybook, the ultimate client management program:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.jessicawhitaker.co/photography-tool-honeybook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
  • Narrative, the $6 photo culling software:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.jessicawhitaker.co/photography-blog-tool⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
  • Contractista, reliable lawyer-drafted Photography Contracts:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.jessicawhitaker.co/photography-contract-template

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