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Every few weeks I ask for Flying Solo questions and this weeks line of them had a recurring theme. \xa0The majority of the questions had to do with how do you make it as a photographer. \xa0How do you get more Facebook interactions. \xa0How do you do better SEO. \xa0How do you get more people to want to pay you. \xa0No 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. \xa0Quality work trumps all!!!!

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If there is one so called Secret Rule to being successful at photography it would be that Quality Work Trumps ALL. \xa0Everything starts with quality work. \xa0If your work is subpar it will not resonate with people. \xa0So no matter how much SEO, Facebook advertising, begging and pleading you do, if your work is not quality you will not get the job. \xa0

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Please do not be scared away by that statement because for the longest time I myself was doing subpar work. \xa0The 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. \xa0Yet is the key word there, it took me a good 8-10 years of shooting to actually start producing \u201cQuality\u201d work. \xa0If you thought the jobs would just show up a few months after starting you are mistaken. \xa0There are always those few that bust through quickly but for every one of those there are thousands who have to take the long road.\xa0

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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? \xa0Like I said in RAW talk this guide won\u2019t tell you the \u201csecret method to being a success\u201d as I don\u2019t think anything like that exists. \xa0But 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.\xa0

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