some thoughts on business

the following is some excerpts of things i wrote from a IM conversation i had a little bit ago, i was sharing some of my thoughts on business, and thought i'd post them up here in case they're useful to someone else.

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12:00
Something i've learned is that having your own business takes allot of time and effort spent learning and choosing the best options for your business. if you don't have the time to put into it, it may be hard to make it successful
12:05
the thing i see people try to do is just do the same as others they see. when really everyone you look at does things differently. for example pictage may not be right for me, but sarah seems happy using them. and she's been pretty successful. of course that's her full time job, she has lots of business flowing through. i on the other hand am doing a whole bunch of varied things and not a high volume of weddings.
12:17
what's fun is each one of us has a different set of skills and talents which makes us unique, this is why you see such a huge variety of ways of doing the same business, two people may do the same business in completely opposite ways and both be very successful and happy with how things are.
so the reason i'm always pointing at ways of learning the answer to your question instead of just giving you some answer. is cause i know for you to develop your business into something truly successful, you're going to have to spend time learning what things are best for your unique business.
12:25
i hope i'm not discouraging you in any way. i just felt it important to point out that there aren't any formulas or presets to make your business take off. i've seen people who waste of ton of time and money trying to find those formulas, and never make it very far. for example i'm willing to bet that there are people out there who try to do everything exactly the same as david jay, and are wondering why it's not working.
12:26
of course take all i say with grain of salt, as i've only booked and shot one wedding on my own.
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