Claire Marchand is a Connecticut-based photographer who makes a speciality of portrait, head shot, branding, and boudoir picture shoots. She additionally presents purchasers skilled wardrobe styling, hair and make-up, and extra. The truth is, she has been collaborating with wardrobe stylist Keely Lozier for a number of years, which has helped each their companies develop and likewise offers a wonderful shopper expertise. Right here, Marchand talks about her largest enterprise breakthroughs and the way constructing belief and confidence together with her purchasers has helped her model thrive.
Claire Marchand’s Enterprise Breakthroughs
What’s your common sale at the moment?
My present common sale throughout my portrait, branding, and boudoir enterprise is $3.5k.
Quite a lot of that you simply attribute to the relationships you construct together with your purchasers. How do you make lasting connections with them?
This comes down to at least one factor: belief. I’m assured in my work, and my purchasers really feel that from the second they meet me. I’m open, trustworthy, and reassuring, and so is my crew—we’re their rock throughout the expertise. As soon as we all know that we’ve earned their belief, we are able to push them out of their consolation zones, and they’ll love the expertise and their pictures much more for it. I’m additionally identified to leap up and down and make unintelligible sounds once I’m enthusiastic about what we’re creating which, in response to my purchasers, may be very endearing.
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What recommendation do you might have for somebody beginning out on their images journey ?
What you suppose is your largest weak spot is perhaps your secret weapon. I used to really feel extremely insecure that the texture of my work diverse a lot from shopper to shopper, however in the previous couple of years I’ve realized that my means to translate what every distinctive shopper envisions into pictures is a helpful ability in itself. Additionally, it’s by no means in regards to the cash. It’s all in regards to the belief you construct with every individual you meet. Those that love and worth what you create will discover a option to pay for it.
How did you push previous worry when constructing what you are promoting?
I attempt to use worry as gas as a result of it normally means I’m doing one thing new and attention-grabbing that may result in nice alternatives. That being stated, I all the time think about whether or not or not what I’m feeling is irrational anxiousness, or intestine intuition that I must make an adjustment (or scrap an concept solely.) As soon as I met Keely, this turned discussing no matter we’re attempting to do over espresso and ensuring each side is sensible. Say I’m adjusting what’s included in a set, or making a marketing campaign—does the value make sense from all angles? Can I reply any questions that come my manner confidently? I’m the type of one who prefers to know as many attainable eventualities, finest case and pitfalls, as I can earlier than I run into them.
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The place do you see what you are promoting within the subsequent 5 years?
I’d prefer to shift into the training area. After I’m round different photographers, I lose my voice answering questions on how Keely and I work collectively and plenty of different facets of our work. I need to construct that into one thing extra than simply informal dialog. I do know there may be immense worth in what Keely has taught me and what we’ve discovered collectively as a result of I’ve skilled it firsthand! After all, we’ll nonetheless be serving our purchasers. What I’m most enthusiastic about is that I do not know what the work will seem like in 5 years. Each session, we prime ourselves, and it’s such an unimaginable feeling.
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