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“Hope is not a strategy and success is not an accident.” – Unknown Preacher<\/em><\/p>\n

It has been a little over a year since I registered my business, Kumolu Studios, LLC. Working on my business haven’t been easy since then and I have been working hard at getting better at dealing with every aspect of the business. The truth is that I have actually thought about quitting several times in the past 1 year. However, some of the quotes that I learnt over the years from family, friends, church and my good ol’ days of being an avid self-help book reader \ud83d\ude42 have carried me through for now. “Your destiny is in your hands,” a quote my mom used to say when we were growing up is one of them. Other simple quotes like “Never Give Up,” “Keep on Keeping on,” \ud83d\ude42 and some of the others below have pulled me through.\u00a0Regardless of the challenges and my thoughts of quitting, I am loving it so far!!!<\/p>\n

\"winnersneverquit\"<\/a> \u00a0 \"cocacola25bottles\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Over the past 3 or 4 years, I have listened to several tutorials and classes on Photography and growing a Photography business. Last year, while listening to one, I found and wrote down 6 aspects of managing a photography business that have stayed on my office wall since then. These aspects also keep me motivated and challenge me to get better. Today, I am doing a much-needed tuneup of my business using these aspects.<\/p>\n

1) Financial Management
\nThis aspect is crucial and I have a lot of work to do here. I am working on being a million times better at itemizing all my expenses and revenue by the end of October. And thanks to one of my friends, I can now organize my receipts in files for each month. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

2) Shooting & Delivering Quality Work
\nMy biggest issue here is obsessing over the “close-to-perfection” editing of my clients’ photos. I try to make the photographs look as great as possible and deliver too many photos for weddings. Like one of my clients recently said after I told her I had over a 1000 photos from her wedding, “That is too many photos. I don’t want to see that many photos. People will get bored.” Since then, I have gotten a little better at taking less time to edit but frankly, I still have issues with selecting less photos to give clients. I just feel like I want my clients to see almost every moment of their day. \ud83d\ude42 I will keep working on doing better at taking less time to create the quality photos that I have learnt to create (and keep improving) and selecting enough \ud83d\ude42 photos for clients leading to delivering photos as scheduled at all times.<\/p>\n

3) Sales Sales Sales
\nSo far, I am making sales but of course, I need to make much more. \ud83d\ude42 I need to help clients see the need for photography in their families. They help preserve moments for generations and can be a source of strength and motivation in certain times in their lives. I love the power of photographs. They can change moods for the best without people even realizing it.<\/p>\n

4) Maintaining Steady Stream of Work
\nFor a 1-year old business, I am performing decently here but I have a looooong way to go and hoping to continue working hard and smart enough to create more steady stream of work.<\/p>\n

5) Time Management & Work\/Life Balance
\nThis right here is one of my biggest issues. So far, I spend over 70% of my time editing and that is definitely unsustainable. I need major improvement here! I need to spend less time editing and more time working on gigs, marketing, bookkeeping and spending time with friends and talking to my family much more than I currently do.<\/p>\n

6) Client Loyalty & Referrals
\nSo far, I have had quite a number of clients refer others to me. Frankly, since I started business, probably over 80% of my clients have been through word-of-mouth. However, I know I need to keep working on improving my service in order to ensure that every customer is very comfortable with referring me to others.<\/p>\n

I will use this opportunity to say a big THANKS to all my clients for their support so far. I really appreciate it and pray that you and your loved ones will be immeasurably blessed!!!<\/p>\n

Overall, I have learned a lot and have a lot of work to do and I am definitely working on improving every aspect of my business and service. So help me God as I help myself!! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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