Sunday Morning the 19th at 9am – WPPI Platform Class! “Engaging with the Engaged”

This is a 2 hour talk on how we have built our business grassroots style with clients being our biggest source of referral! You can PRE-BOARD HERE to be sure that you can get in by clicking “ADD TO PLANNER!”.

We have heard, but are not sure, that the pre-board for this this class may be full, so get in now if it isn’t! If you can’t pre-board, make sure that you show up for the class, then once all the pre-boarded peeps get in, if there is room left, you can then get in too! :) Be sure to check your schedule to know exactly where the class will be held.

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Sunday from 2 to 6pm - Get Engaged in Vegas with Zach & Jody – Workshop (sold-out)

For those of you that made it into this workshop, we have sent you the details and can’t wait to hang in our suite with you and shoot an amazingly hot couple on the streets of Vegas!

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Monday & Tuesday at 1pm – Top Barista Training – Zach Gray from Cafe-Z and many others!

I (Zach) as many of you know, LOVE espresso, so me and the awesome team at Showit United are putting on a few coffee-making workshops for those of you who love the brew! I am teaching two classes on how to create the perfect espresso and how to micro-foam milk so it looks like glass and tastes like heaven!

These classes are open to anyone (even though the entire Showit United conference is completely sold-out!) and will be held in the Signature hotel that is attached to the MGM Grand in Tower 3.  Click HERE then click on the coffee icon for more info!

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Monday 4pm - Showit United Panel Discussion – Creating New Clients

Jody and I will be sitting in on a Q and A panel exclusively for Showiteers (those who use Showit) answering questions on how to Create New Clients at the Signature hotel attached to the MGM! This class is completely sold-out, but for those of you who have a spot, be there early to get good seats!!

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Monday 7pm – 10pm – UNITE – A Time for Christian Photographers To Connect & Encourage – Signature at the MGM, Tower 2

This is now the 3rd year of UNITE at WPPI and last year it was standing room only (over 200 photographers!). This event is open to anyone and everyone.

If you are a Christian photographers or interested in talking more about what that means, then this is the place to be! It is about 3 hours long and there will be some discussion from some leaders in the industry, a time of singing songs (like you would at church) and a time to connect with other photographers in your area that want to run their businesses with integrity, honesty and figure out what God is calling them to do in this industry. It will be amazing!!

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Monday 8:30pm - creativeLIVE Meet-UP!

For those of you that saw us on creativeLIVE and love that platform, the team at CL is having a meet-up with some of their course presenters and YOU! If you want to come and hang with us and other creativeLIVE presenters, then this is the place to be!!

The location of the meet-up will be announced on Twitter by @creativeLIVE on SUNDAY the 19th, so be sure to check Twitter and make sure that you are following them! We will also tweet about it, but news will first come from them!

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Tuesday 11am – Westcott Booth Lighting Talk – TradeShow Floor Booth 1709 – Marquee Ballroom

We are doing a lighting demo at the Westcott Booth on the tradeshow floor from 11am to 11:45 and this is open to anyone! Want to learn some of our lighting techniques first hand by the company that we use to light our clients?? Then this is the place that you want to be!! Come and check it out!

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Wednesday 1pm – ShowitUnited Meet-up – Private Q & A

Is it just us, or is Showit United the place to be this year?? :) For those of you that have seats we are excited to hang! We are doing a private Q and A with us and you (15 photographers) for an hour at the Signature hotel. This event is also completely sold-out!

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Wednesday 2pm – 2:45pm – Showit United Conference Room B – 3 Steps to Bigger Sales

Jody and I are giving a talk on sales for Showit United, again, exclusively for Showiteers (those who use Showit), so if you have a ticket, be there early to get a good seat! This event is also sold-out.

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WPPI Survival  Guide!!!

New to WPPI or not sure what to do, bring and go to? Check out Karen Stott’s blog post HERE to get your ducks in a row!!  Definitely a must-read!

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Those are all of the official events that we are doing and we will be walking to and from various places and know that we will see and bump into many of you! See you all in Vegas!!!!

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We love going every year! Seeing friends, meeting new people, having fun, gaining knowledge – it’s just awesome :)

Last year we were invited to lead a Masterclass, and this year we are doing a Platform class!  Platform classes are open to all and it will be the same format like in the image below from our talk at New Orleans at the PPA convention.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS:
Sunday morning, 9AM is our platform class
(Yes, this is in the morning.  Sunday morning classes are new this year).

Title:
Engaging with the Engaged: Growing your business cost-free

It’s going to be a blast and we cannot wait to meet you all!

Classes are filling up so  make sure to add our class to your planner!

It gets even better because we use some AMAZING companies that we use and not only will we be giving away some goodies in our Platform class, but we are giving away some awesomeness THIS WEEK!

YOU CAN WIN:

#1: An Expo Disc by Expo Imaging (This will change your shooting & editing life forever! Read our blog post HERE about it)

#2: An 8 gig memory Vault

(A cool way to deliver your clients their images – tested to support data retention for up to 100 YEARS! Comes with custom cases and engraving)

How to Win:

Tweet the following message (maximum entry – 1 time per day)

Text for you to copy:
Don’t miss @ZachandJody’s Sunday 9:00am platform class at #WPPI! Pre-board & tweet to win free stuff! More info: http://tinyurl.com/88ean2b

Prize Redemption:
Winners will be contacted Friday, Feb 17th via a Twitter DM, and it will be the responsibility of the winners to respond back with their mailing address within 24 hours or new winners will be chosen.

Restrictions:
Prize cannot be redeemed for cash.

Happy tweeting and see you all THIS SUNDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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It has been a little over 48 hours since we said goodbye live and on air to all of you. It’s been hard for us to put into words what we experienced on creativeLIVE and we have to say that all of you tuning in made this one of the best and most fulfilling things we have ever done.

The students…Kris,  Samantha, Janelle, Valentina.

We were so motivated and encouraged by all of you who had a HUGE hunger to learn and were forsaking sleep, meals to your family and even carrying us around with you on your mobile devices throughout your day as you took to the tasks that you couldn’t avoid. You are committed, and if you keep up that intensity and hunger to learn, you will do great things.

As an internet viewer, you don’t get to see a lot of what happens behind-the-scenes, but let us tell l you – the people running show behind the curtain are amazing people. We cannot thank enough Craig Swanson (@CraigMSwanson) for taking the chance on bringing us out and having this course on-location (so much more work than we think!), Celeste (@CelesteLIVE) the production manager who worked out ALL of the crazy logistics of putting this together and responding to our emails late in the night to make sure that all of our details were taken care of, the sweet Kenna (@KennaKphoto ), one of the fabulous chat hosts who fed us the questions coming from all of you, who is so giving and has such a great spirit that anyone would want to be her friend, Kate (@katehailey) for monitoring the packed out chat rooms with her team and making sure that your questions were heard and that you guys received giveaways, all the way down to Adam & Nikko and their fabulous team who headed up all of the amazing techo-mumbo-jumbo stuff, making it possible to air live and not complaining when we wanted to shoot in different rooms and locations, which of course, made their job way harder =D So much goes on behind-the-scenes, and it was really cool to witness what goes on to pull off a production like creativeLIVE.

Of course, a huge thanks goes to our fab sponsors who made things way exciting by giving away free stuff!! Westcott Lighting, Lens Rentals, Melissa Love Design, SanDisk, KISSbooks, SWATdesigner, Showit, PASS, Expo Imaging, and JoyOfMarketing.

A +site (designed by Melissa Love, and built with Showit – www.creativeLIVE.zachandjody.com) was put together for all of you who tuned into creativeLIVE. On the site you can see the images we shot when streaming live, behind the scenes images from the in-studio students as well as creativeLIVE staff, and also all of the sponsor promo codes and giveaways are also there, AND you can also read about the personal experiences of our 4 in-studio audience members – Kris, Janelle, Samantha, and Valentina.

(click below to visit the +site)

For those of you who missed out on the weekend, you are able to purchase the 3-day course for only $149. This is an absolute STEAL and your purchase helps supports creativeLIVE and enables them to keep bringing out amazing photographers for you to learn from for FREE when watching live.

It was a pleasure spending three days with you all online (thanks for all of your twitter & FB comments and love!), a pleasure to hang with our in-studio audience, and an absolute joy to work with the creativeLIVE team.

(us with the fab Celeste & Craig!)

Until next time… see you all in Vegas at WPPI (Sunday, 9AM is our platform)!

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Here is some more info on the gig!

Where: Adorama | New York, New York

When: January 31st, 5:30 to 8pm

What: Do you feel your market is flooded with photographers and you’re having trouble standing out?   We will be speaking on differentiating yourself and growing your business in today’s crowded marketplace.  See full description here.

Cost: Essentially free.  To reserve your seat, the cost is only $25, and then you receive $25 gift card to buy gear at Adorama!

(The Adorama NY workshop studios!)

We hope to see all of you there and if you are ready to sign up and get in on the goodness (seating is limited and this baby is going to sell out fast!) then sign up right HERE!

See you in the Big Apple!

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We are pumped to finally disclose to you that we are a part of another FREE learning event and what’s even more exciting is that it is THIS month!

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We are honored to share that our friends at The Joy of Marketing and WHCC have invited us to join with TEN other successful wedding photographers to share our most important strategies that have helped us achieve success, and we’d love for you to join us right from your computer!

Register HERE for free.

We will be sharing how we have kept our business thriving without spending one dollar on traditional advertising (advertisements, bridal shows, etc.).

On December 28, January 4, and January 11, from 11 am – 3 pm CST each day, you can tune in to the I Do Wedding event for F-R-E-E to learn the must-have info you need to be successful (11 hours total!)- all thank to The Joy of Marketing and WHCC.

For those of you who are not familiar with The Joy of Marketing, it is an online resource started by marketing guru & photographer Sarah Petty to not only share her small business marketing ideas – but to gather other successful photographers and give them another platform to share their success tools as well!

This Joy of Marketing I Do event, is the first wedding event ever and we’re thrilled to be a part of it!!!

Some of the things you’ll learn include:

• How to attract the right clients (who won’t banter you on price).

• Creating the perfect wedding album your clients will HAVE to have.

• Pricing your photography so you come out profitable every time.

• Getting your phone ringing with an easy, no-cost marketing technique.

• And much, much more!

To attend, all you have to do is once again, register here for F-R-E-E! If you can’t make all the dates, you can grab all 11 hours of the event ahead of time

Looking forward to sharing with you!

P.S. The I Do online wedding marketing event for photographers is F-R-E-E Dec. 28, Jan. 4, and Jan. 11 thanks to The Joy of Marketing and WHCC. But, if you can’t make it, you can purchase all of the recordings right now for the current price of only $79!

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For those of you who have asked us if we plan on doing a shooting workshop in Vegas, we are holding off announcing our plans until the New Year, but we’ll at least say this now – make sure to arrive in Vegas before noon on Sunday Feb 19th and reserve your afternoon… … :)

Also, we have a platform class that morning! Can’t wait to see you all.

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