NYC Persuasive Visual Storytelling Blog | This article shares how one customer has learned to create consistency in her smartphone self portrait efforts based on what she learned in the Shoot It Yourself online course.
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NYC Persuasive Visual Storytelling Blog |Don't bullshit your audience with a bunch of contrived and staged photos that illustrate your joy in life. Leverage image content that shows true joy and develops a deeper connection through honesty and relatability with your audience I talk more about this concept in this video.
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NYC Persuasive Visual Storytelling Blog | Who knew that new additions to my apartment would play a role in the virtual photography that I offer speakers, trainers, consultants and other expert-based business owners. This article shares how.
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NYC Persuasive Visual Storytelling Blog | One of the reasons why I enjoy working with speakers is because…well, they’re crazy…just like me, :) Well, it’s a lot more involved than that - and I talk about it with Maria Franzoni on her Speaking Business Podcast.
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NYC Persuasive Visual Storytelling Blog | Do virtual backgrounds look cool during your Zoom meetings? Sure they do - when the presenter has set themselves up to look good on a virtual background. More on that in this article.
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NYC Persuasive Visual Storytelling Blog | This article shares a conversation I had with Sher Downing on her EdTech Speaks Podcast about virtual photography, branded lifestyle portraits and persuasive visual storytelling.
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NYC Persuasive Visual Storytelling Blog | It’s one thing to leverage digital images to promote your book - it’s quite another when it’s photos of the actual book itself - more on that in this article. Offer inside!
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NYC Persuasive Visual Storytelling Blog | So you want to create a book pre-launch but it’s not printed yet? This article shares one easy way to get around that problem through the Showcase Your Book Photo Session.
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NYC Persuasive Visual Storytelling Blog | This article shares how my client, Phil M Jones, benefitted from the Showcase Your Book Photo session to help promote his book, Exactly What To Say.
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NYC Persuasive Visual Storytelling Blog | Many speakers and trainers spent their quarantine digging into writing a book. This article shares an important way to help promote that book now that it’s been published. Offer inside!
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NYC Persuasive Visual Storytelling Blog | In the past year, I can probably count on one hand the amount of times that I've turned my camera to shoot vertically oriented photos. Why so few? Because they suck. I talk more about why they suck in the following video.
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NYC Persuasive Visual Storytelling Blog | If you’re a business owner looking to expand your community, visual storytelling is an essential component to the process. I talk more about this on the Wealthy Speaker Podcast.
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NYC Branded Lifestyle Portrait Photography Blog | This article shares the first time that I learned about the concept of being passionate about what you do for a living.
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NYC Persuasive Visual Storytelling Blog | Words are not enough to gain the attention of those you serve. Hook em in emotionally by visually punctuating the sentiment of the stories you share. In this video, I show how a photo does just that to the top of my website homepage.
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NYC Persuasive Visual Storytelling Blog | In this article, I share my conversation with Jurgen Strauss of InnovaBiz that centered on talking about the power of persuasive visual storytelling.
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NYC Persuasive Visual Storytelling Blog | In a noisy online world, it’s easy to be thrown off your game and lose focus on what you need to do. This articles stresses the importance of being intentional with your time.
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NYC Persuasive Visual Storytelling Blog | This article shares a podcast interview related to persuasive visual storytelling with Milan of the Online Marketing and Media Podcast.
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NYC Persuasive Visual Storytelling Blog | This article shares my personal take on the Brant Menswar book, Black Sheep, and how it can help define your core values and help empower you to live the life of your dreams..
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NYC Persuasive Visual Storytelling Blog | Want to have more control over the final look and feel of your high quality, self portraits? This article shares how you have access on your phone to some powerful, and better, alternatives.
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NYC Persuasive Visual Storytelling Blog | Not sure how to take a well-composed self portrait? This article shares one tip that will go a long way to helping you figure out where to stand and create a compelling composition - and it’s only a couple taps of the screen away!
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