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© 2026 Family Photographer Marketing Podcast
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Weekly marketing tips for Family Photographers hosted by Fiona Margo of Fiona Margo Photography! Fiona has been a family photographer for the last 13 years and a marketing educator since 2017.
The most common praise the podcast receives is "no fluff, solid advice". So if you are feeling stuck or overwhelmed with marketing, tune in!
https://www.fionamargo.com
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Helpful Links: One-On-One Mentorship on Marketing I dig into why a clear perspective beats trend chasing and how consistent offers, honest portfolios, and human copy build trust that books. How to incorporate your perspective into your marketing. • choosing one or two sustainable offers • monthly money habits that create bandwidth • popularity versus profitability perspective • trust through consistent work and messaging • aligning website tone with social voice • writing copy th...
I unpack how to move from feeling invisible to building steady visibility through clarity, consistency, and confidence. The goal: narrow focus to one channel, and rebuild trust with clear offers, simple paths, and calm brand authority. • why comparison skews perception and stalls action • the shift from vanity metrics to bookings • the three C’s and being findable, understandable, believable • one-channel focus with a six-week runway • rebuilding trust signals with clear offers and process •...
Helpful Links: Design Your Year- Jan 12th 9am Marketing Membership - $35/mo One-On-One Marketing Help I review the wins and pivots that made 2025 calmer and more profitable, from replacing road-heavy sessions with local work to running real six-week marketing tests. I share how booking paths, email, and simpler websites landed more clients while ditching engagement pods protected creative focus for family photographers I help. • shifting from travel-heavy sessions to local demand • adding se...
Helpful Links: Design Your Year Jan 12th We map a simple plan to prepare your photography business for 2026 by fixing pricing, cleaning systems, and protecting your time and energy. From a dual-card backup workflow to email list pruning and boundary resets, we focus on practical changes that reduce overwhelm and raise profit. • auditing cost of doing business and raising prices to match increases • calculating profit per hour by session type and finalizing 2026 rates • updating all client-fa...
Important Links: Join the Membership, $35/mo My Instagram I lay out a four-step reset for family photographers who want to pivot their brand toward sessions that feel true: ruthlessly cull, define the niche, curate the homepage, and announce the change with confident, specific offers. The goal is trust and consistency so the work you show matches the work you want to book. • Ruthless cull across all platforms to remove off-brand images • Keep, archive, delete or repurpose workflow to decide ...
Helpful Links: Design Your Year Waitlist - Jan 12th! My Instagram We share two themes that can run your entire 2026 marketing plan: make every step crystal clear and keep the promises you make to yourself and your clients. We map a booking path that reduces mental load, steadies visibility, and turns relief into trust and bookings. • clarity as a guiding principle across website, social, and email • the Ace Hardware greeter as a model for helpful marketing • removing old images, broken tech,...
Helpful Links: Website Lab Small Group Coaching $75 off with code BF26 We lay out a clear path for family photographers to grow in 2026: build a trustworthy website, add steady visibility, and keep momentum with weekly support. Courses alone go stale; a system plus community creates consistent bookings. • Black Friday context and 2026 offer overview • Why membership beats standalone courses for marketing • The website as the true foundation of trust • Small-group Website Lab struc...
We share 25 hard-won marketing lessons from 2025 that helped family photographers book faster with less friction. The through-line is trust: clearer sites, local proof, simple systems, and a human voice that makes your brand easy to choose. The Black Friday sale does include the Facebook ads small group class, the Pinterest Small Group Class, and the website small group class that are happening virtually in 2026. If you're not, you can go on the email list by getting any one of the freebies ...
We answer your most-asked questions on booking through the slow season, defining marketing, building an email list that converts, navigating comparison, and adapting to AI-era SEO. The throughline: pick one offer, build proof, show up often, and make it easy to book. • splitting the year into seasonal offers for steady income • building runway with model calls and BTS content • redefining marketing as visibility that converts • choosing outreach that fits your personality • creating engaging...
Helpful Links Design Your Year Waitlist Marketing Membership We map a practical path from burnout loops to steady bookings by swapping panic posts for a simple, repeatable marketing rhythm. We explore low-energy systems, seasonal urgency windows, and diversified channels that protect visibility beyond social algorithms. • overbooked vs underbooked burnout and why both go silent • the danger of panic posting and cooled audiences • treating marketing as a rhythm not a sprint • reducing relianc...
Links: Waitlist for Design Your Year 2026 My Membership + My Instagram A simple daily micro marketing system that fits creative brains, cuts stress, and compounds into real visibility and trust. Expect clear steps for a 15-minute Mon–Fri plan, practical tools to stay consistent, and eight mindset shifts that make it sustainable. • defining success on your own terms • why short daily actions beat marathon sessions • the five-day, 15-minute marketing framework • local relationship tactic...
Links: My Instagram Membership We break down a simple three-layer marketing ecosystem for working photographers navigating busy season: fast trust, steady visibility, and friction-free conversion. Real stories, clear exercises, and practical fixes turn scattered posting into a system you can actually run. • fast trust through alignment and consistency • visual and voice cohesion across site, email, and social • clarity on who you serve, where you are, and your process ...
Helpful links: My IG Membership We map a six-week plan to turn Black Friday into real bookings for early 2026, from defining a focused offer to testing links and writing emails ahead of time. We also talk mindset, visibility, and simple ways to stop hiding in stories and start selling with clarity. • why a single, limited offer converts better than “everything on sale” • how to align the bundle with 2026 goals • building the pathway: list, access rules, payments, scheduler, confirmatio...
My Instagram Join The Membership We unpack how to recover from an unhappy client without losing your confidence, and how to turn tough feedback into clearer marketing and better fit. We share scripts, boundaries, and system tweaks that protect your energy and attract the right families. • family photography as a mirror for dynamics and self‑image • regulating emotions before responding and seeking the right support • short, kind, professional replies that acknowledge feelings • defining fair...
Helpful Links: Portrait Mastery Talk- How to Create Demand Instead of Chasing it The Marketing Membership My Instagram The psychology behind booking decisions reveals that how your brand makes clients feel matters more than price, algorithms, or photography trends. Understanding the four pillars of influence( urgency, ease, trust, and emotion) transforms your booking process from complicated to magnetic. • Psychology plays a major role in both creating meaningful client connections and suc...
Helpful Links: Portrait Mastery Class! Local marketing strategies make the biggest difference when fall sessions aren't booking as expected. Shifting focus from global visibility to local presence creates genuine booking opportunities with people who can actually hire you. • Assess what's not working in your current marketing approach • Speak specifically to local clients rather than using generic messaging • Add urgency to your marketing communications • Optimize your Google Business Prof...
Membership Info My Insta Fall presents a unique opportunity for photographers to leverage increased attention on their brand, yet many go silent during this busy season. We can transform fall from a marketing dead zone into a powerful launchpad for next year's success. • Even in challenging economic times, clients are still booking photography sessions • Consistency in marketing is more important than perfection • Batching fall marketing tasks helps manage time effectively during busy period...
Fall Goal Setting Workshop 6/30! Join the Membership My Instagram Money mindset significantly shapes how we market our photography businesses and the stories we tell ourselves that limit our potential. Creative photographers often struggle with raising prices because we hold limiting beliefs about our own worth, leading to positioning ourselves as budget options rather than the trusted experts we truly are. • Money mindset issues manifest in five key ways: believing we're not worth charging ...
Ai Overview Class in Membership My IG Sixteen powerful mindset shifts that can transform your approach to marketing as a photographer and help you overcome feelings of frustration and hopelessness in your business journey. These thought adjustments address common challenges like market saturation fears, marketing discomfort, and self-doubt that prevent photographers from reaching their full potential. • Marketing is sharing solutions, not being "icky" or bothering people • Your unique perspe...
Helpful Links: Marketing Membership $35/mo My Instagram Episode Overview: The photography industry isn't dying, but it DOES requires a complete shift in marketing approach to meet changing client behaviors and economic realities. • Clients are taking longer to decide and often booking last minute, requiring photographers to adapt marketing strategies that speak to both • Low-priced competition has always existed—the real challenge is consumer behavior changes in uncertain economic time...
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