145: How to Build an Associate Photographers Team and Scale Your Business with Grace Troutman

Today we’re talking straight to you, photographers! If you’ve ever felt stuck in your photography business and wondered how to continue to scale and grow or if you’re a photographer feeling overwhelmed or exhausted by all the behind-the-scenes business portions of the job and just wanting to go out and do what you love: SHOO! Today’s episode is a freaking goldmine of information. We’re chatting: Associate Photography Teams with the incredible Grace Troutman!!!   Now if you don’t know her, Grace is a Midwest-based destination wedding photographer and business educator, who’s traveled to Iceland, Ireland, Hawaii, Colorado, California, and Washington to shooting destination weddings. Over the years as she desired to scale her photography business, she slowly built a powerful team of associate photographers to shoot under her business Grace Troutman Photography. When she’s not out shooting with her team or teaching other creatives, she’s typically sipping sour beer with my husband or playing with her two-year-old daughter, Pfeiffer.    Grace is such a gem and on today’s show, she firehosed tips, tools, information, and ideas on how to scale a photography business by building an associate photography team. She covered how she got into associate photography in the first place, the mindset hurdles you have to overcome, where to find quality and trustworthy team members, what to look for in them, how to train them to match your client experience, and how to market them to potential clients in a way that adds value to your overall experience.   This is a JAM-PACKED episode, and we’re so excited for you to learn from the queen herself. So if you’ve ever wondered how to get out of the hamster wheel cycle of trading your time for money, we’re about to dive into how to build a team of photographers who shoot under your brand so you can serve even more clients while scaling your photography business.   Show notes: https://theheartuniversity.com/145-how-to-build-an-associate-photographers-team-and-scale-your-business-with-grace-troutman   The Heart Shop Apparel: www.theheartuniversity.com/apparel    Follow along with Grace:  www.instagram.com/gracetphotography  www.gracetphotography.com www.gracetphotography.com/associate-course Associates Course, use code “heart” to get 25% off!    If you want to connect with us and other listeners in the Heart and Hustle community join our Facebook group here.   Follow along: www.instagram.com/mrslindseyroman www.instagram.com/evierupp www.instagram.com/theheartuniversity