Fill your schedule to reach your income goals while still working fewer evenings, weekends and holidays?
You don’t have to give up your family/social time to be profitable and have a full schedule!
And you don’t have to do it alone, you can get live help every step of the way!
You get daily coaching and guidance from an experienced brand photographer, no more guessing!
You can make in the ball park of $150 for every hour you put into on your business! (20 hours per week x $150 per hour = $12,000 per month)
Add a niche of photography that isn’t saturated and has an open market of potential clients in your area which creates a demand for your services.
Work 1 on 1 with female entrepreneurs like yourself. Your creativity is desired, respected and unleashed!
Make IPS income without selling a single print!
It’s a 4 month coaching coarse that will show you how to create a studio anywhere you need to go for your client’s session. You’ll learn how to set up a studio in your home, at their home, at a rented space or outdoors.
You don’t need any backdrops or fancy lighting equipment for your modern studio because I’ll show you how to create stunning studio images anywhere.
I’ll show you exactly how I utilize the light available along with some inexpensive studio lights or an on camera flash for indoor sessions.
I’ll also show you how to edit in backgrounds and backdrops digitally so you don’t have to store a million backdrops and you’ll have way more versatility with colors, textures and background. Because I know how important it is to have the full picture and not just editing techniques and not just lighting techniques, I’ve included every aspect of running a successful business to fill in all of the gaps to unsure that you see success in your business!
A four month group coaching program that will show you how to set up your studio at your home or on location, pose clients, edit digital backgrounds, market and rank #1 on Google to bring in clients, and provide an overall wonderful client experience that keeps them coming back.
“Sharisse is amazing! My photos are stunning. She really took the time to understand me as a person and my goals for my vision in my business. She was very patient and enthusiastic about making sure that she was creating the vision we had set. I really appreciated her love and care during this special time in my life. Sharisse was a huge part in creating my success story as a female entrepreneur. Thank you so much, Sharisse!”
In module 1 I’ll show you everything I’ve learned and experienced about having a healthy mindset and well thought out goals. When you have a positive mindset and defined goals, the rest of your journey will be much more likely to happen and you won’t put yourself at risk of self-sabotage with your own negative thinking. I’ll cover:
✔️The morning miracle and how to reap the benefits of it everyday
✔️I’ll show you my simple goal chart method and how it will help you stay on track and positive.
✔️ You’ll hear from my amazing friend who is a certified life coach. She will talk about “The Model” mindset method and help you utilize it to work through your own destructive thoughts and replace them with success promoting thoughts.
In module 2, we are going to deep dive into everything you need to know about setting up your own home branding studio. I’ll show you how to find an area of your home that will work with natural light and how to add some studio lighting or a flash depending on the lighting needs of your space. We’ll also cover flooring, digital backdrops and props & furniture.
✔️You’ll have access to a video of my own studio set up design and you can submit your own studio space for review.
✔️ You’ll have my detailed list of ideas and suggestions for inexpensive props and furniture for your studio.
✔️ I’ll show you how I balance natural light and studio lighting to get that flattering and professional look.
In module 3, we’ll cover editing digital backgrounds, skin smoothing and weightloss with Photoshop.
Most clients who hire you for headshots and branding will love that you can make them look like the best version of themselves. Most entrepreneurs are middle aged to older and are very self conscious of having their pictures taken. Having these editing skills will help you provide images your clients will love and tell everyone about you.
✔️You’ll have several editing videos to follow along with that cover, double chins, teeth straightening, bulge reduction, blemish removal and skin smoothing.
✔️You can submit your own edited images for critique
✔️I’ll give you my own preset that I use in all of my editing!
✔️I’ll give you my own preset that I use in all of my editing!
✔️I’ll show you my easy photoshopping method for replacing backgrounds with any color and any stock image
✔️You’ll get access to my library of background images
In module 4, I’ll show you how I pose and prompt clients during a photo session to produce authentic and appealing images. You’ll see the process I take my clients through before the session to create a blueprint for their photo shoot. Having a plan for your photo session makes it stress free and ensures you’ll get the images your clients are hoping for.
✔️You’ll get to watch me do a zoom meeting with a real branding client!
✔️You’ll get templates for my awesome headshots and branding questionnaires
✔️I’ll give you my session plan google doc to share with your client and use during the photo session
✔️You’ll get access to videos of my doing a branding session and a headshot session
In module 5, we’ll deep dive into marketing. I’ll teach you everything and have successfully used to become fully booked. We’ll cover attracting, finding and booking clients.
✔️You’ll learn how I rank #1 on Google in my area.
✔️You’ll get the template to my high conversion pamphlet that I take everywhere with me.
✔️You’ll share my templates for what to say on the inquiry phone
call to get them booked.
✔️I’ll share my own web page that I walk through with them while on the on the inquiry phone call
✔️You’ll see me roll play with others(and maybe you if you’d like) for the phone call and at BNI type groups.
In module 6, we’ll cover all the pieces to the puzzle for creating a wonderful client experience that positions them to enroll in your client membership program.
Having a great client experience is the foundation of bringing in future clients and bringing back past clients. It will bring you joy as well!
✔️You’ll get email templates for my workflow that builds trust and good communication.
✔️I’ll share with you my proven way to get 5 star reviews over and over.
In module 7, I’ll show you how I do pricing and the equation I use to determine how much to charge for the different kinds of sessions that I offer for headshots and branding.
My goal is to show you how to make $100-$200+ per hour that you put into your business. This mindset is different than the ideal client methodology. I’ll show you why.
✔️You’ll get my worksheets for calculating your time and costs of doing business to determine how much to charge for your sessions to ensure you are getting paid $100-$200 per hour.
✔️I’ll give you my studio schedule and show you how to create a schedule for your studio that works for your family life.
In module 8, We’ll talk about email nurture sequences and how they keep your clients coming or how they help fence sitters to come on board.
✔️I’ll share my list of ideas on capturing emails from potential and past clients.
✔️You’ll get my email nurturing sequence with my social media tips
✔️I’ll show you how I use Mailerlite to capture emails and send by-weekly emails to your clients
In module 9, we’ll deep dive into memberships and how adding them to your business builds consistent income.
It’s awesome to have clients during the day and coming during slow season and not being overwhelmed during the usual busy season. But, to make things even better I’m going to show you how to ensure you have consistent money coming in every month with memberships!
✔️You’ll learn how I present, price and convert current clients to become my recurring client with a monthly or quarterly membership.
✔️You’ll get me emails templates to present this option
✔️I’ll show you how to bill for this automatically instead of asking for payment every time.
Once a week you’ll have access to a zoom meeting with me and the other members of this course for lessons and Q and A. This is a the perfect time to get feedback and ask questions.
Templates, scripts and video tutorials will all be available for everything you need to run this program smoothly. I even have a free website template ready for you to plug and play!
Get your questions answered weekdays in between zoom meetings through video, audio or written posts. Our community group will support you and you’ll a response to your questions within 24 hours.
It’s a 4 month coaching course for photographers that are ready to consistently fill their schedule with headshots and branding sessions at their home studio, a rented studio, their clients’ location or outdoors.
The the name “The Modern Branding Studio” fits perfectly!
Modern: up to date, in style, current, fashionable, new ideas.
It’s time to go beyond the JCPenney type studio norms and bring out The Modern Branding Studio!!
✔️You’ll have constant help to maintain a healthy mindset. This will help you avoid self-sabotage so you can reach your full potential as a photographer!
✔️You’ll be ready to wow your clients so they will respect you as a brand photographer, they’ll love their images and spread the word about you!
✔️You’ll be able to set up your “studio” at many locations as well as your own home
✔️You’ll be ready to edit with digital backgrounds that take your images to the next level so you can stand out from other photographers!
✔️You’ll know all the right poses and ways to instruct your clients through the photo session without any more stress and your clients will feel more comfortable!
✔️You’ll have plug and play scripts and templates for creating a wonderful client experience that will give you rave reviews and bring your clients back again and again.
✔️You’ll know how to price your different sessions so that you are sure to make $150 per hour that you put into your business.
✔️You’ll have an email sequence and newsletters ready to keep your past clients on board and potential clients prepped to book with you and ready to jump off the fence.
✔️You’ll have the tools you need to enroll your favorite clients in your membership program filling your schedule with clients who love you. This will create a dependable base income that creates income stability.
PAYMENT PLANS WITH MORE THAN 1 PAYMENT HAVE SOME INTEREST INCLUDED (already included in the above pricing)
ONE: Close this page and keep doing what you’ve been doing... having few sessions in January to April and continue to figure it out on your own with no guidance.
TWO: Apply for The Modern Branding Studio Coaching course and take the first giant step towards having a unique business niche that brings you high paying bookings year round, work less nights and weekends and get all the guidance and accountability that you need to get to where you want to go.
You know which option I’m voting for.
Because…
In 2 months, you could have your versatile home or on location studio set up and ready for your first headshot which means more time freedom and more income.
In 2 months, you could already be making more money and you'll be filled with confidence and hope for a better work life balance and more income.
By next year, you could be fully booked January, February, March and all year long because you are so skilled and confident in your new home studio adding several thousand more per month to your income!
But that’s ONLY IF you choose option 2 and get The Modern Branding Studio Coaching course and all of the tools, strategies, accountability, AND support that you need to make your dreams a reality.
Q: What if I can’t make the coaching calls?
A: I’ll have them at different times during the day so that students living in all time zones can make it to the coaching calls. You can submit a question ahead of time and I’ll answer it in the coaching call and watch it later if it’s impossible for you to be there live.
Q: What if I don’t get everything done in 6 months?
A: You’ll have lifetime access to the contents of the course and the option to add on more months of Q and A coaching calls.
Q: What happens after I sign up?
A: As soon as you enroll in The Modern Branding Studio, you’ll have access to the 9 modules packed with course content. You’ll receive emails from me the link for you to enter the course portal and create your own username and password.
Q: I’m not really great with techy stuff. Will this still work for me?
A: You will love my easy step-by-step tutorials then! In these lessons and tutorials I’ll explain to you exactly how I do everything!
Q: I’ve taken online courses before and I never finish them. How will this be different?
A: You have a lifetime access so you can finish them whenever you’d like. The content in this course works and build as you go, so the momentum will help you stay motivated to finish the course.