027 Skip Cohen

Published: May 29, 2015, 7:30 a.m.

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Today\\u2019s featured guest is Skip Cohen.

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Skip is the president and founder of Skip Cohen University. His approach to education in business, marketing, social media, and networking influences the ability to \\u201cthrive not just survive\\u201d in one\\u2019s own photography business. SCU is a radical difference from your typical educational options. The site alone has a rich saturation of information through their blog, videos, podcast, and the Skip Cohen University community at large.

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Skip Cohen is President/Founder of Marketing Essentials International, a marketing consulting firm\\xa0specializing in projects dedicated to education, primarily in photography, along with social media support\\xa0across a variety of different marketing/business platforms. He\\u2019s been actively involved in the photographic\\xa0industry his entire career and previously served as President of Rangefinder/WPPI and earlier,\\xa0Hasselblad USA.

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He founded SkipCohenUniversity.com in January, 2013. It\\u2019s considered one of the fastest growing\\xa0educational sites and blogs in professional photography. The site is a resource center for aspiring and\\xa0working professional photographers. The faculty includes over fifty of the industry\\u2019s finest artists.

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He has been a guest editor and consultant for Photo District News, educational consultant for PhotoPlus\\xa0Expo programming and has contributed editorial to PDN magazine. Other clients have included PMA and\\xa0PhotoShop World. He currently writes ongoing features for both Resource Magazine and Shutter\\xa0Magazine; is a co-host on SPTV.me; is the anchor on the Weekend Wisdom podcast and is co-host for\\xa0\\u201cMind Your Own Business\\u201d a monthly webcast with Photofocus.com. He has co-authored six books on\\xa0photography, The Art of Wedding Photography, The Art of the Digital Wedding, The Art of People\\xa0Photography, Don Blair\\u2019s Guide to Posing and Lighting Body Parts, Wedding Photography from the Heart\\xa0and GoingPro, released in 2011.

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