50 Ways to Grow Your Photography Business During Coronavirus

50 Things You Can Do For Your Photography Business During Coronavirus

These 50 things you can do for your photography business during coronavirus will help to prepare your business for the flood after this drought. With the COVID-19 limitations preventing wedding photographers, portrait photographers, fashion photographers and more from gathering and getting work done, here are some things to do. There are plenty of other ways you can serve your photography business and your clients during coronavirus.This article contains affiliate links for platforms and products that I have tried, tested and genuinely endorse. 

1. Sell gift cards
2. Sell prints to previous photography clients
3. Sell wedding albums
4. Write new blog posts about recent sessions
5. Write new educational blog posts for your clients
6. Catch up on Instagram scheduling
7. Catch up on Pinterest scheduling with Tailwind
8. Join a social platform you’re not on (TikTok, Twitter)
9. Create email campaigns to funnel clients through (and get 50% off Flodesk!)
10. Update your Facebook Page cover photo, profile picture, about section
11. Update your portfolio website
12. Do some Facebook advertising A/B tests
13. Organize your hard drives
14. Organize your film negatives
15. Take an online course to improve your business
16. Listen to podcasts about photography
17. Practice lighting on household objects, family members, pets
18. Sell Lightroom presets
19. Sell InDesign templates
20. Sell Photoshop actions
21. Prepare pitches to potential brand collaborators
22. Prepare pitches to podcasts you may be a helpful guest to
23. Prepare pitches for guest blogging opportunities on sites in your niche
24. Join affiliate programs to promote products you appreciate for additional income
25. Submit your photography to magazines
26. Think up a giveaway to help your community
27. Start using a CRM for your business
28. Ensure your contracts are up to date
29. Ensure your insurances are up to date
30. Get caught up on your bookkeeping and expenses
31. Update your web and social copy to be more inclusive
32. Write an ebook for other photographers on something you are passionate/knowledgable about
33. Host a webinar for other photographers to teach them and let them get to know your brand
34. Practice food photography and still life photography
35. Apply for grants that are applicable to your niche
36. Enter your work into photography competitions
37. Do a competitive analysis on photographers in your market
38. Host a video meeting for some of your favorite local vendors
39. Start a Facebook group for local vendors in your area and build community
40. Create a highlight reel video for your photography business
41. Try an iPhone photography project
42. Do a FaceTime portrait photoshoot
43. Update your business cards
44. Redesign your website
45. Sell stock photos
46. Do interviews with local wedding vendors for your blog
47. Find ways to improve your web SEO by adding metadata, links, etc.
48. Add your business to local registries and listing sites
49. Ask previous clients to write reviews for your business
50. Hop on Instagram Live and show up for your clients

Any other ideas for what photographers can do during coronavirus?

Let me know in the comments what you’re doing in your photo business to grow during coronavirus. The most important thing to remember is to give yourself time to rest and recharge. It is a very strange and unprecedented time, and it’s perfectly normal to not be functional when things are dysfunctional. Just remember not to give up on yourself or your photography business during coronavirus.