The question is this: How are photographers like you who are tired of giving away all of their hard work at rock-bottom prices, who long to stand out in markets that are getting more and more crowded by the day and want to run businesses that serve them, their clients and their families... How can those photographers pull all of this off, without sacrificing their family time, their clientbase and their integrity? If that's the question... then this podcast has the answers.
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The International Association of Professional Birth Photographers (IAPBP) was established to assist expectant birth persons who are in search of a professional birth photographer or videographer in their area. IAPBP has over 1,100 members in 52 countries and we are growing daily.We are a genuine community of talented artists eager to connect with expectant birth persons. Behind the scenes, our community of artists also support one another by sharing resources to grow themselves and their bus ...
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Mind Your Own Business — For Photographers Looking for Professional Success
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Mind Your Own Business is a podcast and Google Hangout hosted by Skip Cohen and Rich Harrington. Get practical advice to improve your photo business. This show is for photographers of all levels and other creative professionals looking for improved success.
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Beyond Birth Photography with Belle Verdiglione
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I’m so excited to be bringing you Belle Verdiglione. Belle is a former birth photographer, now a potent identity photographer, and a truly inspiring coach. Through her online community, Camera Queens, you can learn from experienced photographers, be surrounded by like-minded women (both online and in-person) and learn exactly how to operate and gro…
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Capturing Resilience: Trauma-Informed Birth Care with Tania Fragoso from The Grateful Doula
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I’m chatting with the remarkable Tania Fragosa from The Grateful Doula. Tania offers her clients doula and birth photography services and is passionate about walking alongside her clients while holding space, guiding and sharing knowledge with them throughout their journey. Tania is a mother of three beautiful daughters and her first birth was a ve…
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Intuition and power in birth with Lindsay Askins
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I am so excited to welcome Lindsay Askins onto the podcast today. Lindsay is a professional birth photographer, home birth and postpartum doula. Educated in animal science, she worked as a veterinary technician for a decade and later taught high school science. Spot of Serendity was launched in 2010 with a focus on capturing military homecomings fo…
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Advocating for trauma informed birth care and maternal mental health with Paulina Splechta
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I am truly delighted to be speaking with Paulina Splechta today, a passionate advocate for women with a deep understanding of working in the birth photography industry. Paulina is a full time on call birth photographer based in South Florida and fell in love with being a birth story teller after photographing her first birth in 2014. As a young mot…
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Connecting with your inner knowing and being informed for birth with Orsolya Elek
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Today we welcome Orsolya Elek, a Hungarian birth photographer living in France. Orsolya’s personal journey into motherhood led her to specialise in maternity and birth photography as well as doula work. She firmly believes in the power of images to change the social norms around birth photography and parenthood. Orsolya studied photojournalism and …
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Reflecting on Your Past to Shape Your Future with Belle Verdiglione
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Do you ever feel like you’ve become lost in your business? Your goals are fuzzy and you are not sure where you are going? Belle Verdiglione is here to chat with us about how to reflect on your past to shape the future of your business. She is a photography coach and has great advice on how to reevaluate your goals and reflect on your past to help m…
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Birth photography from a mother’s heart with Nora Dalmasso (Spanish)
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I’m excited to share this episode with Nora Dalmasso, a member of the International Association of Professional Birth Photographers who lives in Argentina. This episode is recorded in Spanish, with questions being asked by Elaina. This conversation centres around Nora’s journey into birth photography and how her love for her own children drives her…
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How to Make Your Business Work for YOU with Angie and Gina from Revealing the Narrative
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Do you ever feel lost in your business? Angie and Gina have been there and are here to discuss how they found their “North star", what that means and how they find happiness and fulfillment in their work. 🎙️What To Listen For: ➡️Learn how Angie and Gina found their “North star” (and what that means) ➡️How and why your ideal client might not be the …
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Finding Clarity in Your Business with Natalie Jennings
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Do you ever feel “stuck” in your business? Feeling like you have no idea what to focus on next? Have an endless to-do list? Or have too much on your plate that you resort to procrastinating instead of working? We’ve all been there and today Natalie Jennings from Photo Business Help walks us through how to get some clarity when our focus becomes blu…
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Capturing real life, birth and bereavement with documentary photographer Cyd Lapour
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Today we are featuring our member Cyd Lapour, a full time photographer focused on photojournalism and documenting real life moments, based in Louisiana As an area coordinator for Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep, she serves an average of 3-4 families a month who have to say goodbye to their littlest angels, in addition to her regular birth clients. Despi…
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Mindset Tips and Tricks to Survive Busy Season With Renee Bowen
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We've all been there...it's October and the sessions are rolling. You have more sessions in the next 3 months than you've had all year. What's more important than the sessions or money you are making, is your mental health. Busy season is no joke and if you don't take time for yourself or work on mindset during that time, you could end up burnt out…
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Documenting and demystifying birth with Eva Walther
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This episode we are joined by Eva Walther, a German award winning and self-taught family and birth photographer who lives in Denmark. After a life-long corporate career in advertising and software, Eva changed to work as a full-time photographer, online educator and mentor for upcoming lifestyle photographers in 2019. Eva’s own birth experiences in…
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How Soft Proofing Can Save Your Business with Kate Hejde
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Have you ever felt overwhelmed with your business? Burnt out from spending so much time editing? Kate Hejde is here to talk to us about how soft proofing saved her business. She was questioning if she even wanted to be in business anymore because the work she was doing was taking so much time from life and I wasn't profitable enough to make it wort…
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Niching Down to Scale Up Your Photography Business with Joe Hendricks
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Joe Hendricks joins us today to talk about niching down to scale your photography business. He is a landscape photographer turned elopement photographer and he walks us thought how and why his business has grown so much over the past few years. Joe and his wife own Elope Telluride and they do it all, from the photography to planning and location sc…
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A life-changing VBAC birth and how empowered birth changes our story with Jamie Scearcy
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I am super excited to be sitting down with Jamie Scearcy today. She is a mother of three, military spouse, a VBAC mum, a childbirth educator, photographer and doula. After having her own healing birth experience with the support of a doula, Jamie knew that birth work was where she wanted to be. Jamie has learned women are empowered in birth when th…
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Reclaiming Your Life Through In Person Sales
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Maggie Robinson of IPS Academy chats with us about how to make IPS work for you. "On behalf of all the photographers, I would say we start business thinking we're gonna do photography to have this amazing life around our family. And then a year in, it takes over the family life. We work in the day we work at night. We're literally like on call 24, …
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Successful High-Volume School Photos with Katlin Roten
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Kaitlin Roten is here to talk to us about high volume school photos. When she realized that doing family photo sessions were taking up too much of her family time, she decided to start doing school photos so that she could work while her kids were in school. https://thosephotoladies.com/ Want to sell more products to your clients? Try Swift Galleri…
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Bookkeeping and Tax Basics for Photographers
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Do you ever get overwhelmed with the backend work of running your photography business? Angelica breaks down some MUST KNOW topics around bookkeeping and taxes so you can keep your business running legally. https://www.instagram.com/openroadsbkkg/ https://openroadsbkkg.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/printm…
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Shooting to Sell Products to Your Photography Clients
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Jessica Vallia is a Colorado Springs based photographer specializing in heirloom portraiture for families and high school seniors. She explains her client experience and why the conversations with her clients before the session are so important! Want to sell more products to your clients? Try Swift Galleries free for 14 days, no credit card needed.…
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The journey into birth photography and power of attention with Jessica Rinehart
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Hello and welcome to our very first episode! We hope these conversations will help our wider community come to know our incredible network of photographers, as well as giving our members a chance to ‘meet’ their colleagues. For our inaugural episode we are so excited to be in conversation with Jessica Rinehart. Jessica is a wife, mum of two and an …
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How to Sell More Albums to your Photography Clients by Using "The Stack"
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In this interview with Shaun Gordon, Co-Founder and CEO of KISS Books, Chris and Shaun discuss simple strategies for selling more albums and books to your photography clients. Shaun dives into his framework he calls "The Stack" and breaks it down piece by piece to help you get more books into more clients' homes. Catch the video episode as well as …
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Photographer to Follow: LaJune King
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You know how some people seem to light up any room they enter? That's not LaJune. She doesn't light up rooms, she dazzles them. So grab a beverage and block off some time to join us in a somewhat meandering conversation covering everything from race and diversity and inclusion to sales and branding and market positioning. Want to catch the entire v…
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3 Core Photography Business Systems with Meghan Doll, The Art of the Sale
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Meghan is a portrait photographer based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota and has been in the photography industry for 20 years. Today she is bringing us her guidance and wisdom on what she calls the three pillars. These pillars are the foundation that hold up your photography business and without them your business could be in danger. Learn more about…
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Last week we started collecting data to track the various steps of our funnel. Here’s what to do with those data. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/printmaker/message
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Wondering where to focus your attention when you start optimizing your funnel? Well, first we need to figure out what data to track so we're not just guessing when we start fixing things. Here's what to track... Let's connect on Instagram! Follow us at https://instagram.com/swiftgalleries and leave a comment on any post so we can follow you, too! -…
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How do we turn strangers on the internet into engaged "Shut Up and Take My Money" photography clients? This episode of Funnel Friday is how we start. Want more content like this? Join us at https://swiftgalleries.com/facebook --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/printmaker/message…
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In this episode of Funnel Friday we'll start talking about organizing our traffic into groups so we can share the right types of content with the right groups of people (at the right time in the client journey with our businesses). Want more education like this? Be sure to join our free Facebook Group at https://swiftgalleries.com/facebook --- Send…
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"Chain-Reaction Marketing" for Photographers with Ben Hartley
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Do you find yourself constantly trying to stay up with the latest marketing trends in hopes that it will help skyrocket your business? Always searching for the latest tactic that will bring in more clients? We’ve all been there and done that. In today's episode, Ben Hartley talks to us about chain reaction marketing and why sound, sustainable pract…
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In this short episode, the first in a weekly series, we'll introduce the concept of marketing funnels for photographers and why they're (incredibly) important for your photography business. Want more education like this? Join our free Facebook group for wedding and portrait photographers at https://facebook.com/groups/printsales --- Send in a voice…
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Our host, Lacey takes us through what you can expect from this podcast, when we will publish episodes, and the kinds of things we will be talking about with our featured photographers. If you'd like to become a member, you can join here. We would love to have you as part of our community!Kirjoittanut IAPBP
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Do you ever feel like what we do isn't really all that important or that your work can't really be worth thousands of dollars? Give this quick 30ish Second Sales Tip a listen and I think it'll completely change your mind, just like it did mine. Three Ways We Can Help You Grow Your Photography Business: Join our free Product Sales for Pro Photograph…
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This one simple strategy will help consistently build your clients' excitement for printed products, in a way that never feels sleazy. Check it out in today's 30 Second Sales Tip! Three Ways We Can Help You Grow Your Photography Business: Join our free Product Sales for Pro Photographers community at https://facebook.com/groups/printsales Schedule …
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Last week we talked about Cost of Goods Sold. Today we cover the other side of the coin (pun?) - General Expenses. Don't worry, it's only like a minute long, you can do this... let's dive in. Three Ways We Can Help You Grow Your Photography Business: Join our free Product Sales for Pro Photographers community at https://facebook.com/groups/printsal…
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Hey, just popping into your ears real quick again this week to let you know that the Swift Galleries Black Friday deal is LIVE. Between the discount you'll get on Swift Galleries and the 10 MAJOR new features we've added over the last 30 days, there's never been a better time to become a Swift Galleries member! Check out all of the details at https…
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In today's 30SST we'll talk about COGS, what is it and why it's vitally important that you know it. Three Ways We Can Help You Grow Your Photography Business: Join our free Product Sales for Pro Photographers community at https://facebook.com/groups/printsales Schedule a FREE Strategy Call to discuss your business and how we can help you grow at ht…
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30(ish) Second Sales Tip: You're "Showing It To Sell It" All Wrong (Here's How To Do It Right)
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Stop me if you've heard this one... "You have to show it to sell it". That photographer who told you that? They meant well. But they're doing it all wrong. Here's the right way to "Show it to sell it"... Three Ways We Can Help You Grow Your Photography Business: Join our free Product Sales for Pro Photographers community at https://facebook.com/gro…
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Growing our business from barely-scraping-by to $120,000 in product sales in just 9 months completely changed our lives... but it also almost broke us. In today's 30SST you'll learn the ONE thing we added to our business that saved us from having to shut it all down. Three Ways We Can Help You Grow Your Photography Business: Join our free Product S…
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In today's 30SST you'll learn that "Feel Felt Found" framework, a simple framework for handling client objections. Three Ways We Can Help You Grow Your Photography Business: Join our free Product Sales for Pro Photographers community at https://facebook.com/groups/printsales Schedule a FREE Strategy Call to discuss your business and how we can help…
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Learn the 5 words a mentor taught me that completely changed how I approached sales, pricing and positioning in our photography market. Three Ways We Can Help You Grow Your Photography Business: Join our free Product Sales for Pro Photographers community at https://facebook.com/groups/printsales Schedule a FREE Strategy Call to discuss your busines…
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Quick update on why The Printmaker Podcast has gone silent... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/printmaker/message
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Ep 042: What's the Best Photography Print Sales and Gallery Design Tool
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Want to read or refer back to this? Check this episode out in blog post form at https://swiftgalleries.com/software There’s a lot to consider when choosing gallery wall design and print sales software for your photography business, so much so that many photographers “don’t even know what they don’t know”. So this episode is a deep dive into the rig…
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EP 041 - Why knowing your photography business numbers is the NUMBER ONE key to success
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In this episode I’m talking to Colorado Springs photographer Amanda Lamb about her journey from being ‘too afraid to charge what she’s worth’ to leading her clients to spending more (and of course getting them what they want). We will be diving into the mindset shifts Amanda has had to experience and the importance of really knowing your numbers - …
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EP 040 - 8 Simple Tips for Increasing Your Photography Business Profits
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Let's get super practical today with 8 different strategies you can start using RIGHT NOW to bring in (or keep) more money in your photography business. Want this full list to reference any time? Grab it free at https://swiftgalleries.com/maximizing-profits. Want to start implementing everything you're learning (without paying a penny)? Start a FRE…
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EP 039 - How To Design Gallery Walls Your Photography Clients Will Love (And Buy)!
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I'm back! I'm kicking off Season Two with a Wall Art series, starting with today's episode on designing gallery walls that sell! If you've ever felt you were "faking it 'til you made it" when it comes to creating wall art galleries your clients will fall in love with, well, today's episode is what you've been waiting for! We'll walk through everyth…
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Ready to finally kick Shoot & Burn to the curb and make the switch to IPS once and for all? Today's episode is for you! Schedule a FREE strategy call with me at https://SwitchToIPS.com so we can talk about your business, your goals and come up with a step-by-step plan to help you reach them! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.c…
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EP 037 – How Elizabeth Wins Big With High-End Photography Clients
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It’s the one photography client we’ve all dreamt about having: the high-end one who’ll happily pay for the real value of the art you make for them. Yep, they exist, and Elizabeth S. is winning in the luxury market! In today’s episode, you’ll hear about how she does it all: sells an experience rather than a product, gets 80% of her clients to come b…
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EP 036 – How Photographers Can Crush SEO to Bag New Clients
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First of all, what the heck is SEO? And why should it matter to you? In this exciting podcast, we talk to Sara Dunn, self-proclaimed ‘geeky best friend’ to photographers and find out what you can do right now so new clients can easily find you on Google.If you’ve wanted to get in on the SEO game but it seemed too techy for you, then listen in, beca…
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EP 035 – What NOT To Do When Switching Your Photography Business To Print Sales
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Shoot & burn photographer Kaitlin Roten was making peanuts shooting for other families while not even getting time with her own. In today’s down-to-earth and brutally honest chat, she shares all the mistakes she made in transitioning to print sales, and how she’s now able to get ten times the revenue while working only a third of the amount of time…
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EP 034 - How to Pick and Choose Your Own Photography Clients
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In today's episode you'll hear from Australian photographer Tania G. on how she went from shooting and burning, to generating more than $100,000 in sales through delivering a service that truly makes her clients feel special. She has gone from being interviewed by clients to interviewing them and choosing to work with only 1-2 families a week - all…
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EP 033 - Let's Make You A Wall Art Product Expert In The Next 15 Minutes...
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"Faking it 'till you make it" when recommending wall art products to your clients? Well, let's get you to "make it" status in the next 15 minutes. In today's episode I'm going to walk you through all of the various wall art product types available to you today and explain the pros and cons of each and give you everything you need to know to be able…
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