Curate Your Dream Portfolio: Strategies for Attracting Your Ideal Clients
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What to expect on this episode of the Hey, Thriver Podcast:
Curate Your Dream Portfolio: Strategies for Attracting Your Ideal Clients
🎙️ In this episode of the Hey, Thriver podcast, Devin and Shay chat about:
Why Your Portfolio is Your Sales Pitch: How showcasing the right work helps attract your dream clients.
The Power of Styled Shoots: Why styled shoots are the fastest way to fill gaps and elevate your portfolio.
Steps to Build a Dream Portfolio: Actionable tips for curating a cohesive portfolio that reflects the work you want to book.
Thrive: Glacier Retreat: How this retreat gives you portfolio-ready content through styled shoots in stunning locations.
Curate Your Dream Portfolio: Strategies for Attracting Your Ideal Clients
Your portfolio isn’t just a gallery—it’s your sales pitch. It’s the first thing dream clients look at when deciding if you’re the right fit for their wedding, elopement, or event. In this episode, we’re diving into how photographers and videographers can intentionally curate a portfolio that attracts the work they love, aligns with their style, and speaks directly to their ideal clients.
What We Cover in This Episode:
1. Why Your Portfolio is Key to Booking Dream Clients
Why clients book the work they see in your portfolio.
How to audit your current portfolio and identify gaps that need to be filled.
Real-life examples of how Devin and Shay transformed their bookings by showcasing the right work.
2. Styled Shoots: The Fast-Track to a Portfolio You Love
Why styled shoots offer total creative control to showcase your dream aesthetic.
How shooting with real couples and curated details can instantly elevate your portfolio.
A sneak peek into the styled shoots planned for the Thrive: Glacier Retreat, including:
A detail-rich, intimate micro-wedding shoot.
A permit-ready elopement shoot in Glacier National Park.
A lifestyle shoot designed for hybrid shooters.
3. Steps to Curate Your Portfolio
Step 1: Audit your current portfolio to identify areas that don’t align with your goals.
Step 2: Define your dream clients and the style of work you want to attract.
Step 3: Invest in styled shoots or retreats to create the work you want to book.
Step 4: Show it off intentionally—update your website, post consistently, and tag vendors and locations.
Resources Mentioned:
🎯 Thrive: Glacier Retreat Waitlist: Create portfolio magic with styled shoots in one of the most stunning locations in the world. Join the waitlist for early access: heythriver.com/in-person-events.
🎯 Become a Wedding Videographer by This Weekend ($27): Learn to add video services to your photography business and start earning more: heythriver.com/learnvideo.
🎯 Thrive: Social Club ($27/month): Learn the Thrive Content Marketing System and cowork weekly with like-minded creatives: heythriver.com/socialclub.
🎯 Free Resources to Help You Thrive:
ELOPE Framework: Build your destination wedding and elopement business: heythriver.com/elope.
Financial Goals Marketing Sheet: Plan your revenue and marketing strategy: heythriver.com/financial-goals-marketing.
Take Action:
Audit your current portfolio to ensure it reflects the clients you want to attract.
Join the Thrive: Glacier Retreat to create portfolio-ready content in stunning, curated shoots.
Share your updated portfolio and tag vendors and locations to expand your reach.
Let’s Thrive Together:
Curating your dream portfolio isn’t just about showing your work—it’s about attracting the work you love. Take the time to build a portfolio that reflects your ideal clients, and watch your bookings transform. DM us @heythriver and let us know how you’re creating your dream portfolio for 2025!
xx Devin + Shay