In this episode of Beyond the Image, host James Patrick chats with fellow commercial photographer Ian Spanier about the development of his career and brand.

Ian majored in photography in college and worked as a photo editor for a variety of publications in New York before he launched his own photo career. Self-taught as a photographer, he has gone on to work for clients including MTV, Comedy Central, HBO, Shape Magazine, Muscle & Fitness, Psychology Today, Oxygen Magazine, Time Inc. and more.

In addition, Ian has grown into a speaker and educator sharing his technical and business insights with appearances at PPA, NY Photo Expo, Canon and B&H Photo.

During this interview, James and Ian discuss the importance of learning the business side of photography, how to develop a visual identity as a creative professional and the importance of continuous brand development.

Ian Spanier’s upcoming speaking engagements include:
– Jan 29, Canon Costa Mesa
– Feb 12, Canon Burbank
– Feb 26, Canon Costa Mesa
– Mar 14-15, Salt Lake City at Pictureline
– Mar 25-29, Santa Fe Workshop

Fore more information on Ian, his work and his upcoming workshops please visit IanSpanier.com or check him out on Instagram @ianspanier

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In the new episode of the Beyond the Image Podcast, host James Patrick chats with the General Manager of Robert Irvine Magazine, Matt Tuthill. 

The two chat about Matt’s background as a journalist and his transition from working at a newspaper to working in magazines, his career at Muscle & Fitness Magazine and his work with chef Robert Irvine to launch Robert Irvine Magazine.

This episode covers the importance of storytelling in the media, the requirements of emotional labor in one’s work and what he looks for when hiring creatives including the need to solve problems, great passion and an endless curiosity to try new things. James and Matt also discuss how to build rapport with subjects on set, why a shoot day should not end when a call sheet (or publicist) says it does, and the shifting changes of print publishing in a digital world.

Listeners can pick up a copy of the new special print issue of Robert Irvine Magazine available wherever magazines are sold or check out the back issues of the publication at RobertIrvineMagazine.com – also be sure to check out Robert’s new book that Matt worked on at ChefIrvine.com

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In this episode of Beyond the Image, host James Patrick chats with director and producer Regan Rogerson of 208 Inc, a Toronto-based digital marketing agency which focuses on authentic brand building and disruptive campaigning primarily for the health and fitness industry.

Also a personal trainer and health club owner, Regan’s entry into the world of fitness marketing bordered on accidental after a primitive fitness video shot in 2006 became an overnight success selling 250,000 copies worldwide. From there the Journalism graduate found himself working behind the scenes creating commercial campaigns for the sports nutrition world and has built a personal clientele featuring some of top names in the health and fitness world.

This interview dives into the importance of being unique, genuine and authentic in the development of a creative career. Host James Patrick and guest Regan discuss the importance of helping clients solve problems, how to stay hungry, how to learn from mistakes, how to balance a creative vision with the needs of a client, the importance of passion and individuality and why you should not only know who your audience is, you should know who is not your audience.

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In this episode of Beyond the Image, host James Patrick discusses why content marketing needs to be a paramount strategy in your 2019 marketing efforts.

Specifically he addresses the importance of content marketing for audience growth, the various types of content marketing, effective strategies to implement content marketing and how to offer content that is seen as more valuable to your audience.

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In this episode of Beyond the Image, host James Patrick talks about when you should be ignoring someone. Our work as creatives is for an intended audience. When we shave off our edges to try to appease everyone, we are left with nothing left to define us.

This show discusses who our intended audiences are, why we should only focus on them and the dangers of listening to critics who do not matter.

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In this episode of Beyond the Image, host James Patrick discusses the various strategies you can implement to increase the revenue of your creative business in the new year.

The episode covers proactive marketing, picking up money left on the table, segmenting your audience, how to resell and upsell and, most importantly, why you should be reverse engineering your income goals.

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In this episode of Beyond the Image, host James Patrick chats with award-winning film and commercial director Nickolas Duarte.

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In this episode of Beyond the Image, host James Patrick discusses when it is okay for creatives to work for free.

The word “free” is perhaps the biggest F-word in all the creative industry. Artists, photographers, designers loathe the times when a client approaches them and expects free services.

This show discusses the three times when it is acceptable, and even encouraged, for a photographer to work for free.

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In this episode of Beyond the Image, host James Patrick discusses how to set up an effective e-mail marketing campaign.

Specifically the show covers how to drive traffic from social media to your website, how to leverage a lead magnet to collect e-mails, what strategies are for an autoresponder series, how to push e-mail subscribers towards purchasing, how to segment and clean lists and the importance of always adding value to your audience.

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In this episode of Beyond the Image, host James Patrick discusses why you should not rely on social media for your marketing efforts.

Although this is counterintuitive from what we tend to do, the reality is that we do not own our social media following. The ever-changing algorithms, or when the social media platforms crash (as they did today) means we need to have other means in which to connect to our audience.

This episode discusses the various methods listeners can use to diversify their marketing efforts.

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