A successful image is not created in a burst of light at 1/60th of a second. It is manufactured over time through conversation, with attention to details and a depth of photography experience. David McCammon has been a pro for over 30 years and shares his business knowledge and experiences as an entrepreneur through his book “Image Power: Balancing Passion and Profit in Business”.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
- David’s Wife
- Mentor from Blackheart Books
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I basically did my time learning for several years before I started developing clients just by observing. Because we are doing something that we love to do, and this would apply to any entrepreneur, we almost have a reluctance to charge for it. You know we don’t see our value so much, because we are how can I charge for something I love to do. So that was sort of a hurdle but I Had to get over… another challenge that I faced along the way was digital… the Internet change things dramatically for how we interact with people. I was a phone guy or an in-person guy, I connected with people. And I had trouble initially, you know somebody would send me an email, how do I get across my passion, my interest in an email versus over the phone”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation Book by Parker J. Palmer
- Jeffrey Gitomer’s Little Red Book of Selling: 12.5 Principles fo sales greatness: How to make sales FOREVER Book by Jeffrey Gitomer
- Portrait in Light and Shadow: The Life of Yousuf Karsh Book by Maria Tippett
Favourite Quote:
- ‘You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.’ Maya Angelou
- “he not busy being born is busy dying,” Bob Dylan
- “if you dont know where you are going it is unlikely that you are going to end up there” Ryan Holiday
Recommended Online Resources:
Seth Godin’s Blog on marketing, tribes and respect
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Build relationships and key one try to put yourself in your client’s shoes. We have a tendency to look at things from our own perspective. Put yourself in your client shoes, how are they going to receive this, how can you serve them, and how can you solve their pain?”…[Listen for More]
More About David McCammon:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
Anthony T. Hincks “The angel inside of me may have all the right answers, but it’s the devil inside of me who has all the fun.”
Other Quotes From the Chat with David McCammon:
- “You have to have that open mind to succeed in business”
- “I would say the biggest mistake I made early on was not charging enough. Not recognising the value of what I was doing”
- “you have to explore, you have to talk to people in the field that you are involved in”
- “I would encourage you to take business and marketing courses”
- “Two heads are better than one”
- “ one of the things that is challenging about being an entrepreneur is being a lone wolf and that can be lonely sometimes”
- “the biggest thing was business courses. Just getting those foundational ideas earlier on would have been useful”
- “sometimes it is even more useful to get business ideas from a different perspective and figure out how you might be able to apply some of those ideas to your particular business”
- “you just have to keep focused on what you are doing and creating a roadmap for yourself, setting goals”
- “The more you challenge yourself and think and Grow on certain ideas the more creative you are, it just grows, is not something you use up, it’s huge”
- “That constant need to learn, grow and challenge yourself in your business, in your craft whatever that looks like for you. Don’t sit stagnant because it will dry up on your”
- “if you don’t make a plan and you don’t set goals you aren’t going to go anywhere”
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