About Us
Forever Me Photography has been in business since 2010 and has serviced well over 10,000 clients! We are a full-service photography company and offer photography sessions in our spacious commercial studio or at your desired location throughout all of central Illinois and beyond. Our areas of specialty include newborns, children, high school seniors, families, professional head shots, school pictures, day cares, dance teams and sport teams. Our sessions are custom-created to fit each individual client. Our goal is to provide our clients with a well-organized, custom experience and amazing portraits.
How We Got Started
Forever Me Photography started with one camera...and a dream. During the past 7 years we have continued to build our business and perfect our craft. We've turned the camera and dream into over 10,000 satisfied customers and a spacious 1,400 square foot studio housed with beautiful backdrops, props and professional grade camera and lighting equipment.
The products and services we offer
Products & Services
Sessions are offered in our spacious commercial studio or ub tge comfort of your own home.
Sessions are offered in our spacious commercial studio or at your desired location.
Sessions are offered in our spacious commercial studio or at your desired location.
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The best use of the best networking tool?
Your client.
Provide an amazing service, a quality product, a wonderful experience and a fair price. Your client's mouth will be your best networking tool for you.
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The best use of the best networking tool?
Your client.
Provide an amazing service, a quality product, a wonderful experience and a fair price. Your client's mouth will be your best networking tool for you.
;)
It's too soon to tell for me. I think it really depends on your genre, too. For example, I think it can be a powerful tool if you offer business head shots. You are connecting with other businesses who are your ideal client. If you're looking for stay-at-home moms for child portraits, it might...
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It's too soon to tell for me. I think it really depends on your genre, too. For example, I think it can be a powerful tool if you offer business head shots. You are connecting with other businesses who are your ideal client. If you're looking for stay-at-home moms for child portraits, it might not be a good fit. Personally, I shoot school portraits, daycare portraits, dance teams, sport teams, events and head shots. I also photograph families, babies, children and high school seniors. I don't expect to find the latter clients in Alignable...but I do hope to find the first genres I posted. Time will only tell. Worst case scenario, it's a great place to come to put our heads together on different subjects (marketing, advertising, social media, etc.). It's a great resource for that, I believe.
I've done quite a few Facebook ads. The thing about photography is, unless you're promoting a special event or a special service (that has an expiration date), it's hard to determine how much you're truly converting. I've promoted many ads just to get my brand out there. I've had a lot of "likes"...
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I've done quite a few Facebook ads. The thing about photography is, unless you're promoting a special event or a special service (that has an expiration date), it's hard to determine how much you're truly converting. I've promoted many ads just to get my brand out there. I've had a lot of "likes" from those ads. They don't book right away, but it keeps me in their eyes and eventually they do look to me for photography. How many of them started that way? I'm not sure. I promoted approximately 2 ads per month. When people call I will ask how they heard about me and 99% of the time they say "on Facebook".
I own my own business...and I primarily do everything. So, as you can imagine, every minute of my day counts. I have "no-solicitation" signs on my doors and I treat phone calls the same. As soon as I sense that it might be a sales call, I state "I'm not interested and please take me off your...
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I own my own business...and I primarily do everything. So, as you can imagine, every minute of my day counts. I have "no-solicitation" signs on my doors and I treat phone calls the same. As soon as I sense that it might be a sales call, I state "I'm not interested and please take me off your calling list"...and then I hang up. I'm not trying to be rude, but I get a ton of calls every day. I don't feel that telephone sales work any longer. In a world of social media, there are so many ways to market to individuals without having to take up so much of their valuable time. Every minute I allow to be wasted is that much more time that gets pulled from my family.
I have had some of my work hung in local businesses before. The best piece of advice I can give you is, make sure where you hang your work has the clientele you wish to attract. For example, being a newborn photographer...a great place for me to hang my work might be a gynecologist's office. I'm...
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I have had some of my work hung in local businesses before. The best piece of advice I can give you is, make sure where you hang your work has the clientele you wish to attract. For example, being a newborn photographer...a great place for me to hang my work might be a gynecologist's office. I'm not sure what types of artwork you create, but spend some time deciding who your ideal client is and learning where they hang out. From there, approach those businesses with your win/win opportunity. Sell them on "free decor for their office" in exchange for exposure. Good luck!