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I'm Hope Taylor. A photographer, educator and business coach serving joyful clients for almost a decade. I began my business when I was just 16 years old, and now I help you grow yours from my home in Savannah, GA!
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Last week, I shared a super fun PERSONAL episode on my Youtube channel to celebrate my 10TH episode!!!It was so highly requested and SO fun to film…but this week we are back to regularly scheduled programming! For the rest of the month of April, I am going to be sharing about MARKETING for photographers. I have […]
Happy APRIL!!! And April Fools Day!!! 🙂 To celebrate a new month and the 10TH episode of Happy Hour with Hope…today’s episode is a little different!! Instead of diving straight into a new educational topic…I’m sharing a PERSONAl episode!!! I’ve had tons of requests for this so I’m PUMPED to share! I asked you on […]
As you are reading this on Monday morning, I am on a flight home from Kentucky!!! I just finished giving a keynote presentation to hundreds of photographers at the Reset Conference and I LOVED it! I had such a blast spending time with all the amazing business owners hustling so hard for their dreams. Even […]
During the month of March we are talking all about OFF-SEASON: the tasks you can do in your slow season of business to set your business up for success. In toady’s episode, we are talking all about streamlining your client experience. I’m breaking down all the ways you can streamline your booking process and improve […]
Kicking off the second week of March with an episode that I LOVE. This month, we are talking all about OFF-SEASON and how to use your time wisely to build your business for success when busy season rolls back around. Today I’m sharing all about refreshing your WEBSITE: 5 things that you should do during off-season […]
On Tuesday you got to see a behind-the-scenes look into last weekend’s workshop…and today you get to see ALL the pretty!!! One of the best parts of each workshop experience is the styled shoot. I spent the entire first half of day one teaching the attendees all about shooting, posing, lighting, camera settings, detail styling […]
Normally I host 3-4 workshops each year, but I only hosted one in 2018. At this point I’ve mentioned it a few times, but I was really sick throughout last year and was in the hospital right before teaching that workshop. I knew I had to take a break and get my health back on […]
It’s officially a brand new month of Happy Hour with Hope…which means a brand new topic!!! In the month of March, I am sharing all about OFF-SEASON!!! Each week I will be breaking down a task that you can complete during the slow seasons of your business to set yourself up for SUCCESS and ORGANIZATION […]
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