The "Secret" to making it as a photographer revealed - RAWtalk 111

Every few weeks I ask for Flying Solo questions and this weeks line of them had a recurring theme.  The majority of the questions had to do with how do you make it as a photographer.  How do you get more Facebook interactions.  How do you do better SEO.  How do you get more people to want to pay you.  No one said photography was going to be easy but there is one surefire way to get people to pay attention and that is to do quality work.  Quality work trumps all!!!!   If there is one so called Secret Rule to being successful at photography it would be that Quality Work Trumps ALL.  Everything starts with quality work.  If your work is subpar it will not resonate with people.  So no matter how much SEO, Facebook advertising, begging and pleading you do, if your work is not quality you will not get the job.     Please do not be scared away by that statement because for the longest time I myself was doing subpar work.  The first few years I was shooting no one would hire me not because of my age but because my work was not up to par, yet.  Yet is the key word there, it took me a good 8-10 years of shooting to actually start producing “Quality” work.  If you thought the jobs would just show up a few months after starting you are mistaken.  There are always those few that bust through quickly but for every one of those there are thousands who have to take the long road.    One of the questions I posed to you guys is would you like me to put together some sort of guide to help you navigate the business side of photography?  Like I said in RAW talk this guide won’t tell you the “secret method to being a success” as I don’t think anything like that exists.  But what it will do is give you the tops and tricks I personally use day in and day out to try and make it as a photographer.    The FroKnowsPhoto 2014 Holiday Contest and SALE is in FULL SWING and you can take advantage of that right here http://bit.ly/fro2014sale .  All t-shirts are on sale for only $11.99 each and each order will come with a Wheel Of FRO Scratch off card for your chance to WIN one of 47 prizes valued at over $7,000.   As always we had Photo News, Gear Of the WEEK and the Wheel Of FRO.     Thank you to RODE Microphones, ATOMOS, everyone on the Wheel Of FRO and you guys for your support.