I Need YOU! and Your Chance to Win a FREE MINI!

I am embarrassed that this post is the first post I have written in almost exactly a year.  I got to thinking that blogging was taking up a lot of my (valuable) work time and that people probably prefer to view my work, sneak previews, and overall updates on Facebook.  I am pretty sure I was wrong and my client numbers this year versus last year correlate with that theory.  So this is my vow to you, back to blogging!  I will TRY to do it on a regular basis (whatever that is, I'm not sure yet).

In the past year, while I've been working more than I ever have with this business, I spent some time getting to know some other photographers and how their business models all differ-- and also what seems a bit similar.  I plan to try out some new strategies and techniques that I've been seeing more of-- for instance some people use their Facebook business page almost as if it were there personal page-- posting personal updates, instead of just messages that relate only to photography.  For instance, my usual FB business post goes something like this:

"I had so much fun shooting K&K's wedding last weekend.  The weather was great and was able to catch some AWESOME images."

While now, I will take more time to update my KBP statuses, not just once a week (or once every two weeks), but many times a week with things that help me to interact with my "fans," with maybe messages like these:

"I had the best coffee from Dunkin' Donuts this morning.  Where do you prefer to get your coffee?"

OR

"My four year old son is driving me bananas today.  Does anyone have any awesome inside crafts or activities might help me from going to hide under the bed?"

The latter two "status updates" might be updates that I post on my personal page.  I think that posting more personal messages might help people who "like" my page see me as a real person with emotions, feelings, problems, and blessings rather than just a distant (kind of cold) business owner.  

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Here's your chance to be heard and perhaps win one of my upcoming beach mini sessions for FREE!

Leave me a comment either here or on facebook (I think Facebook is easier because you don't have to sign into google (let's face it-- you're already signed into FB!), but either will do.  In your comment, tell me your honest thoughts and opinions on this one of my new business theory.  Would it be fun to get to know me as a person-- some of my quirks, and maybe share with me in happy times, and not so happy times, sharing funny things that happen (or have happened) to me, asking for opinions on various topics, etc.  OR do you think it's best that I continue to stick to business as usual?  I guess what I am asking is it OK (or even fun) to bring a bit of my personal life and personality into my business?

I'm so interested in what you think that I will choose one of your comments RANDOMLY and NOT BASED ON WHAT THE COMMENT ITSELF SAYS by adding up the numbers and asking my husband to pick a number between one and fifty-two (or however many comments there are) and THAT is who will win the free session.

Now, let me share with you the details of the mini session event:

I will work with the winner to select a date/time out of the ones provided that works best for them, but understandably, I cannot move around already booked sessions.

FURTHER,  anyone who comments (either here on my blog) or on my Facebook post with this link in it will receive $25.00 off of their Beach Mini!  Everyone wins! 

Okay--- 1.....2.....3..... GO! And don't forget to be HONEST!!

LOL (lots of love),

Kara ;)