Episode Details

What if the most profitable thing in your business isn't your highest-priced offer?

That's the question behind this episode - and the answer might surprise you. I brought in two photographers, Jenn Chen and Allison Maxwell, who have each built something I find genuinely fascinating: a lower-priced, accessible offer that sits at the front of their business and funnels clients into their higher-ticket work. Not as a loss leader or freebie, but as an actual profit center that also happens to grow their audience and warm up ideal clients.

Jenn runs a family and newborn photography business in California and started doing confetti mini sessions early in her business as a creative list-building strategy. Allison is based in central Arkansas and built her Playful Portraits offer out of necessity after an unexpected relocation.

In this episode, we dig into...

•   How both women made sure their accessible offer felt genuinely different from their full work (so it wouldn't cannibalize their regular bookings)
•   The soft, non-pushy way they convert mini clients into full-price clients over time    
•   Why Allison says 95% of her full-price work traces back to Playful Portraits - either directly or through referrals
•   What it actually looks like to be a "model mullet" - donkey in the front, unicorn in the back

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• Explore Allison Maxwell’s Photography Resources
• See Allison’s Work on Instagram 

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