Today’s vendor in the spotlight is Esther de Boer from Radiant Photographer and ShootZilla! She will tell you more about the software ShootZilla that can increase your ability to handle and books shoots and save your life ;-).
‘I feel like I can work all day! My work is never done. There are always shoots in progress, photos to be edited, contracts to be made, clients to inform, orders to be checked and confirmed, etc etc.’
We all recognize this right? When you start the journey as a photographer and your clients are loving you and your business is taking off, there is never a moment without work.
I talked to a lot of photographers to see if I could provide a solution for that. And I did.
Because actually, you dó have some free time. You can not work all the time. It’s not healthy for you and for your friends and family who want a piece of you (and yes, trust me, you want a piece of them too, burying yourself in your work will only be fun for so long). Let’s say it’s just not sustainable.
So you start by setting boundaries or very clear deadlines that you can communicate with your clients. And suddenly, when you look at all your shoots in progress and at all the deadlines that you communicated, there IS time!
Free time to enjoy with friends and family, but maybe more importantly with yourself. Time to get to a yoga class, read a book, have a bath. Do some self-care.
ShootZilla is a system that helps you organize your business around those deadlines. You can create workflows where you can set all the milestones that you usually have with your clients and the deadlines that you communicate with them.
Mariska from Grotografie: “I am so much more professional towards my clients now. In the past, it happened that I send out my wedding survey a couple days before the wedding! That causes stress for the couple as well! Now ShootZilla reminds me to send it in time… and the fun part is, I only have to press send! ”
ShootZilla then offers a one of a kind dashboard where you see all your customers at a glance and a clear color indication if there is work that you need to do. When all your bars are green you are right on track, all clients are perfectly taken care off, and you don’t have to worry about a thing. You can shut down your desktop at 5 pm and enjoy an evening for you! Enjoy that dinner and snuggle up on the couch ;-).
Nadia from By Nadia: “There are only a few things in life more rewarding than seeing all those green bars, giving me compliments about how well I am running my business. Green bars that prove to me I am right on schedule. That I can go to that picnic without feeling guilty. I can convince my friends I’m alive by actually seeing them, and I discovered that having a social life is fun!”
Next to that ShootZilla is a CRM dedicated to photographers. All contacts are linked to jobs. So a bridesmaid that turns into bride will be one person that occurs in two different jobs.
Now, you can always retrieve information like: when did I work with this person before? Or wich floral designer did the flowers at this wedding?
No sweat. It’s all in your trusted system.
ShootZilla will also make you book more weddings.You know how many times people usually follow up after an inquiry? Most people send 1 follow up message. Just one. Because they don’t want to disturb people, or come across as spamming people. Or they feel like a failure because they don’t get a reply.
But the truth is, we are all busy. And so are your clients. So usually, you are doing them a favor by following up a couple of times more. Especially when you follow up with a little humor, or when you provide value in your follow up messages.
Just a friendly tip: don’t take it personal when you don’t get a reply. You are running a business, and it’s okay.
With ShootZilla, you can have your inquiries show up in ShootZilla automatically with an integrated contact form for your website. And then you can reply and follow up with messages and email templates that you will find in the system. You can simply tweak them to match your tone of voice.
Benny from Ottossonphoto: “Thanks to ShootZilla I can now upsell and market to my clients without having to think about it. I now make consistently 30-40% more revenue on every wedding.”
ShootZilla comes with workflows and email templates for weddings, newborn shoots, portraits and many more!
ShootZilla has many more features that I invite you to discover, but most of all ShootZilla is a system that all successful photographers need at some point if they want to grow their business.
If you are thinking about your business, clients, todo’s all the time, now is the time to invest in a system that does the thinking for you. Get some headspace and clear your mind. So you can be present when you are with your clients, with your family and all the time.
Simone from Simone weddingphotography: “ShootZilla exceeds my expectations. I really feel so much at ease now instead of the panic attacks that I used to have. ShootZilla changed the way I work. ShootZilla saves me time & gives me peace of mind. It sounds big to say it about an app but ShootZilla practically changed my life!”
ShootZilla’s monthly plan is $37 and when you pay for the year you get a 10% discount.
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