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Top 10 Hair of the Dog Podcast Episodes for 2021
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How to Register Photos with the U.S. Copyright Office
In this tutorial, longtime dog photographer Margaret Bryan shares how you can register your pet photos with the U.S. Copyright Office. Listen to our Hair of the Dog Podcast episode with her here where she talks more about copyright and why it is...
The Secret Magical Ingredient
Behind the Scenes at BarkzealandI’m not crying…you’re crying. It all started a little over 3 years ago - I boarded a plane for Barcelona to meet in-person for the first time two colleagues - Kaylee Greer and Charlotte Reeves - to teach the very...
Streamlining My Client Booking Process with Dubsado
As you may know, I recently moved from Pittsburgh, PA to Charlotte, NC - and that was the perfect time to re-evaluate my client workflow. One of my main tools for my workflow is Dubsado, which you can check out here. One of the great things...
Travel for Free
MY TRAVELS IN THE PAST 30 MONTHS: 2017 - Ireland for 2 and Brazil for 4 2018 - British Virgin Islands for 2 - Croatia for 5 (3 in economy and 2 in business class) 2019 - Australia for 4 and 3 flights for 4 within Australia All of these…plus...
My Biggest Business Decision
’Tis the season for overwhelm….but it doesn’t have to be that way! Hair of the Dog resident editing and productivity ninja, Heather Lahtinen from the Flourish Academy, joined me for a recent Facebook Live. It was a great conversation in which we...
Instagram Hacks with Tori Mistick
You know that social media is an important part of your business in 2018 – but you are so overwhelmed with the whole process you become paralyzed. Does any of this sound familiar… You don’t have time to keep up. Instagram is changing all of the...
Exploring the World of Commercial Animal Photography
In this post, you'll learn all about the world of commercial animal photography. In the video, I share the screen with Jamie Piper of Cowbelly as we hold a Q & A session for pet photographers interested in commercial animal photography....
Breaking Down Money Blocks
What money sayings do you catch yourself saying regularly? “Money doesn’t grow on trees.” “You’ve got to work harder to make more.” “You can’t be successful without sacrifice.” “Rich people are greedy.” We all have them, whether conscious or...
Shaleena Jones Case Study
Starting a photography business has approximately 8,736 moving parts, approximately. 🙂 In order to grow quickly, you need to make sure that ALL 8,736 moving parts are working together - this involves your website, marketing materials, and pricing,...
Mini-Sessions do not have to equal mini-profits.
I’m addicted to education. I believe that we ALWAYS have more to learn and that we can pull nuggets of gold from many different areas. When one of my fellow Pittsburgh photographers was putting on a workshop on how she runs her Mermaid, Fairy,...
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