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In Praise of Solo Photography Business Entrepreneurship

We are often told that to get into photography as a business is a very bad idea. On the contrary, it is the industry the most ripe for disruption and innovation:

How to approach it

Don’t approach it the basic way. For example, the “plumber” model or the photo-technician model seems to be something of the past. To just shoot headshots, weddings and corporate — this is a dying field.

I say instead:

  1. Photography workshops or courses designed to optimize foe creativity, and artistic flourishing
  2. Consulting and branding advice for photography enthusiasts to better get their work out there.
  3. NFT (non fungible tokens via Ethereum) as a new photography economy.
  4. Create some new photo platform like arsbeta.com
  5. Accept cryptocurrency or Bitcoin for your photo services or products.

Own your future.

Life is too short not to attempt it. Just declare yourself solo, and single-mindedly pursue that passion. You may fail, but remember the saying:

Lady fortune favors the bold!

ERIC

Until You Own Yourself You Can’t Be Free

Photography Entrepreneurship 101 by ERIC KIM

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  1. LONGEVITY, DURABILITY AND SUCCESS
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  3. YOU ARE THE PLATFORM
  4. JUST RISK IT.
  5. DON’T OPTIMIZE FOR THE ALGORITHM
  6. Scaleable Photography
  7. What Does it Mean to Become a Successful Photographer?
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  21. What is Your Creative Vision?
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  24. THE VALUE OF PHOTOS.
  25. How to Maximize Your Impact as a Photographer
  26. Why the World Needs More Bloggers
  27. DOMAIN EXPERTISE.
  28. The Joy of Speculation
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  30. Propogate
  31. Meaningful Advantage or Not?
  32. PHOTO CREATOR.
  33. NOW IS YOUR DECISIVE MOMENT.
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  37. Why 4K?
  38. Indirect Monetization
  39. The Future of Innovation in Photography
  40. Photography Innovation and Image Selection Idea: Let Google (YouTube) Suggested Thumbnail Pick Your Best Photo? 
  41. How to Identify Your Competitive Advantage
  42. In Praise of Insanely Fast Wifi
  43. DIGITAL PUBLISHING IS KING.
  44. The Stoic-Entrepreneurship Mindset
  45. Marketing Tips for Photographers
  46. STARK DIFFERENTIATION
  47. MAXIMALIST
  48. Visual Entrepreneurship
  49. On Becoming a Full-Stack Visual Entrepreneur
  50. Real Photographers Don’t Use Instagram
  51. Brave New World of Blogging
  52. Don’t Go to Photography School
  53. Mass Success is a Failure?
  54. How to Maximize Your Archimedes Lever in Life
  55. Maximize Your Archimedes Lever
  56. How to Create Value Out of Nothing
  57. The Best Brand is No Brand
  58. What Do We Entrepreneurs *Really* Want?
  59. You Were Destined to Do Great Things
  60. Just Share Your Photos on Your Own Blog
  61. Your Blog is the Ultimate Form of Social Media
  62. The Future of Websites and Blogs
  63. Create a Company
  64. Money Photography Project
  65. WHY IT IS GOOD TO CHARGE MONEY FOR YOUR SERVICES AND PRODUCTS
  66. Google and YouTube SEO (Search Engine Optimization) 101: How Would You Type It?
  67. WHY RIGHT NOW IS THE BEST TIME FOR YOU TO START YOUR SIDE HUSTLE
  68. Digital Photography is the Future
  69. NEVER STOP EXPERIMENTING!
  70. WHAT IS INNOVATION?
  71. A Non-Ownership Future
  72. CONTROL OVER MONEY
  73. Economic Constraints Are Creative Constraints
  74. Become a Sole-Proprietor
  75. Entrepreneurship is a Mindset
  76. How to Master Mac
  77. The Future of Lifestyle
  78. Necessity is the Mother of Innovation
  79. Once We Have an Easy Life, Then What?
  80. Why I Don’t Read Comments
  81. YouTube SEO (Search Engine Optimization) for Photographers
  82. How to Become a Self-Employed Photographer
  83. How to Live Big With Little Money
  84. Why Blogging, Vlogging and Internet Media is More Important than Ever
  85. No Marketing, No Future
  86. Photography Marketing 101
  87. Google and YouTube are King
  88. Why I’m So Suspicious of Everyone Online and on the Internet
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  96. NEVER STOP POSTING
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  113. Entrepreneurship is Best During Uncertain Times
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  155. HOW TO DIFFERENTIATE YOURSELF FROM OTHERS
  156. YOU CHOOSE YOU
  157. My Life Photography Entrepreneurship Story
  158. WHY I DON’T BELIEVE IN COLLABORATION
  159. My Entrepreneurship Mindset
  160. YOU’RE THE HERO IN THIS GAME OF LIFE
  161. My Money Philosophy
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  175. Sole Proprietorship
  176. Just Build It.
  177. VIA NEGATIVA
  178. PROMOTE YOURSELF
  179. Become a Full-Stack Entrepreneur
  180. How to Entertain Others
  181. My Experience Teaching My First Online Photography Creativity Workshop on Zoom
  182. Humans Aren’t Lazy
  183. One Shot.
  184. THE BRAVE SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH
  185. The Brave New COVID Lifestyle
  186. Start Your Own Business
  187. Minimum Viable Income ( MVI)
  188. TRAINING.
  189. WHY VIDEO?
  190. How to Become Bolder
  191. You’ve Always Already Been a Photography Entrepreneur!
  192. The Future is All Digital Everything
  193. Digital Sharecropping
  194. DO IT FOR YOUR PAST AND FUTURE SELF
  195. In Praise of Buffer and Redundancy
  196. ASKING FOR PERMISSION IS FOR SUCKERS.
  197. POST-MONETARY SOCIETY.
  198. Advertise Your Own Stuff
  199. THE FUTURE IS DIGITAL.
  200. Simulated Universal Basic Income
  201. Is Losing Followers a Good Thing?
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  204. MONEY IS MOVEMENT
  205. Anything is Possible
  206. BRAVE NEW WORLD OF DIGITAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
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  208. How to Profit from Calamity
  209. Capitalism 2.0
  210. WHY I’M SO PASSIONATE ABOUT INFORMATION
  211. SOCIETY 2.0
  212. PHOENIX ENTREPENEURSHIP
  213. How to Make Art from Home
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  215. JUST BLOG IT.
  216. MARKET YOURSELF
  217. EXPENSIVE TALK
  218. SOCIAL MEDIA SLAVERY
  219. Who Are Your Ideal Followers?
  220. Why I Blog, Vlog, and Log
  221. Your Perspective is Irrefutable
  222. What are Your Hidden Powers?
  223. IMPACT MAXIMIZATION, not Profit Maximization
  224. Our Desire to Maximize Impact and Change
  225. 10 Rich Tips How to Make Money from Photography
  226. Create What You Would Love to Consume
  227. Publish is Pleasure
  228. Retire Now
  229. Do You Desire to Become the Best?
  230. Solo Entrepreneurship
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  232. PUT YOUR NAME ON IT
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  238. Individuals over Companies
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  241. Why You Shouldn’t Go to Photography or Art School
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  244. Can You Handle Extreme Freedom?
  245. Boutique or Mass Market?
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  248. Build a Company You’d Never Sell
  249. Play the Long Game
  250. Entrepreneurship and Art
  251. What is the Source of our Strength?
  252. What’s the Future for Photography?
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  255. What is Your Unfair Advantage?
  256. Substance Marketing
  257. Share Your Dopeness with Others
  258. Frugality is Freedom
  259. Minimum Viable Product (MVP) for Entrepreneurship
  260. Don’t Follow or Predict Trends, Start Your Own Trend!
  261. If You’re Not Busy Growing, You’re Busy Dying
  262. Entrepreneurship born from Superabundance, not Need/Necessity
  263. Photography Entrepreneurship Philosophy
  264. How to Master Marketing in Photography
  265. Photography Entrepreneurship Tips and Ideas
  266. Is Hustle Sufficient Unto Success?
  267. Don’t do it for the money
  268. DIGITAL MARXISM
  269. Zen Entrepreneurship
  270. BOLDER IS BETTER.
  271. Streamers Shall Inherit the Earth

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