Scaling Your Photography Business: Time Management & Virtual Assistants with Rick Liston

About this episode

Dan and Laura Pinckard discuss time management and the benefits of hiring virtual assistants with Rick Liston.

What is your biggest weakness as a photographer? Most photographers start their business to create art, but quickly find themselves drowning in a sea of unread emails, chaotic time management, and 70-hour work weeks where they feel like they haven't gotten anything done. In this episode of Shoot Bigger , Dan and Laura Pinckard sit down with Rick Liston, founder of Wedding Workflows , to discuss the "unfair advantage" of running a sustainable, organized business over being a "gifted" but disorganized artist. Want to hire a VA? Use code " thepinckards " or " danpinckard " when signing up for Wedding Workflows for your first week FREE. Key Takeaways from this Episode: The "Accounting" Mindset: How viewing your business through risk, return, and opportunity cost can lead to massive growth. The Math of Delegation: Why ignoring a lead costs you $8,000, while a trained VA costs only $10/hr. Eradicate, Automate, Delegate: Rick’s 3-step framework for reclaiming your life and mental clarity. Future-Proofing Your Brand: How to document SOPs so your business can run without you. The Grant Study: Why the quality of your relationships is the #1 indicator of success at age 80—and how your inbox…

People in this episode

Hosts: Dan Pinckard, Laura Pinckard

Guest: Rick Liston

Topics covered

• time management
• virtual assistants
• business growth
• delegation
• sustainable business

Keywords

• photography business
• time management
• virtual assistants
• delegation
• business growth

Sponsors

Wedding Workflows, Wedding Workflows

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wedding Workflows

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