Comments on: [Business] The Best Business Advice For The Working Photographer

By: hop

hop — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:39:00 +0000

I totally agree. Sure, there is value in pinpointing things that are common sense – and yet get forgotten while you’re there, in the interview room or in a client meeting. But to sell it as revolutionary? I guess the biggest lesson (not that it’s anything new either) is that speaking with uberconfidence, repeating things enough times and giving them catchy names can make people believe your ideas are unique.
And as to a generation thing – I’m in my 20, but it took me about 2 interviews to figure out you have to come prepared and know clients/employers needs. But maybe I’m unique. Scratch that. I AM unique. I am UNIQUE.

By: Adam Sund

Adam Sund — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:52:00 +0000

Well, that made my next year

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 06:07:00 +0000

How anyone could tolerate the sound and actually sit and listen to this is beyond me.

By: Björn Terlegård

Björn Terlegård — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:52:00 +0000

This video is distilled wisdom and even if I’m in my twenties, I do not have to work for 20 years or so before I “get it”. I can go out tomorrow and start practicing. Ramit is very generous to openly lay out his many years of research for us. Great video!

By: Chuck Navarro

Chuck Navarro — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:45:00 +0000

That’s exactly what I was thinking. Hell a compressor would cost nothing yet fix that problem hugely!

By: Chuck Navarro

Chuck Navarro — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:45:00 +0000

That’s exactly what I was thinking. Hell a compressor would cost nothing yet fix that problem hugely!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:28:00 +0000

This interview was very informative, Chase hit it out of the park again. Ramit, definitively laid out the information in a way that could be easily adapted to any business situation. Patrick, keep them coming. This one challenges the way we do things on a daily bases, especially the simple things we take for granted, and how to turn them into winning situations.

By: James Darden

James Darden — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:29:00 +0000

Some of what he says is good stuff but it’s hardly revolutionary. Maybe it’s a generational thing that gives the impression that this is new stuff. But if you’ve been in the working world for 20+ years, none of this is mind blowing information. Even the interview scenarios aren’t new. Your job in an interview is to understand your prospective employer’s or client’s problems and convey to them that you have some idea(s) on how to solve them. If you’ve done your homework, you are prepared and ahead of other people they have interviewed. This technique is hardly new. It’s been around for generations. If you’re in your 20s or 30s, you may be having an epiphany. Even the information about interviewing people to find out why they used someone’s services is nothing earth shattering. It’s been written about. He just brings it to their attention in a different way.

It’s all about understanding social styles and knowing what THEY need. Most sales people who are professional, ethical and are about helping the other person know this.Zack Arias also talked about being different and using that as a means of people finding you. It wasn’t a matter of being better necessarily.Act as if you don’t need them.

By: Chris Blizzard

Chris Blizzard — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:00:00 +0000

Thanks for posting this, I trie watching the live stream but it was so choppy, I was missing about 2/3rds of the audio (I could have handled having no video…) and what I did hear was chopped up… I had to give up on it because it was just confusing me even more… great to have the rewatch.

By: Wyatt Michalek

Wyatt Michalek — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:50:00 +0000

Seriously just put this information to use. I have a meeting with a Creative Director at an ad agency next week…. Take notes Create a plan for yourself using this as guidelines and you are golden! It begins to get fun after a while.