Building a successful business takes time, dedication, and drive. Building a successful business while still in high school? That takes grit and determination as well. Hope Taylor was able to build a successful photography business, right out of high school, and she’s sharing it all.
Hope started her photography business as a junior in high school, but senior year it really started to take off. She was doing senior portraits for her peers and realized that she loved it. After convincing her parents that this was the path she wanted to take, she registered her business and things really took off.
She has since moved into wedding photography and has built a successful course to help other photographers start their business off right. It hasn’t been easy, but it has been one hundred percent worth it.
In 2019 she moved from her hometown of Fredericksburg, VA to Charleston, SC and essentially had to start from scratch. She was able to do it by strategically using social media and dialing in her marketing strategies.
Listen as Hope shares more about her journey, all of her transitions, and what it has taken to pursue a full-time business right out of high school. She’s been doing this for years now and has so much to say on what it takes to build a business right now. You won’t want to miss this!
In This Episode:
[01:34] Welcome to the show, Hope!
[02:43] Hope was a senior in high school when she first started her photography business.
[06:20] How she managed to get her dad on board with starting a business versus going to college.
[07:49] Listen, as Hope discusses transitioning to a new area where people didn’t know who she was and how she built her company back up.
[12:11] Hope believes there has to be a strategy behind networking.
[15:23] Hope doesn’t use Pinterest as much as she does Instagram.
[16:51] Educating is something that Hope has always done because she likes to help photographers pursue their dreams.
[19:58] Hope shares that they have completely revamped her course, and it will reopen the first week of November 2020.
[20:47] Her course is a complete from start to finish course of her senior portrait client experience.
[23:19] Hope gives her best tips for people who want to be a senior photographer.
[24:54] HoneyBook is Hope’s favorite business tool.
[25:37] Hope shares a couple of her favorite quotes.
[26:41] If we were to grab a drink in Charleston, where would we go, and what would we drink?
[27:56] Thank you for being on the show!
Links and Resources
Find Hope:
Instagram | YouTube | Pinterest
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@successbeyondthelens
@successbeyondthelenspodcast
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