c.cloudwalker
TPF Noob!
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Is photography a side job for you? If you are doing this full time, in LA, you should be making way way more than 20k a year. If not, you really need a rep. I do realize you said you were new to the LA area. That doesn't help business as a big chunk of it usually comes from relationships. The old networking thing.
And if you are just starting in the business, that's ok too. Some reps are just starting too. That's how I got mine. The guy had a lot of contacts in my field but he had never done it. We made a deal.
The only thing I can't really tell you is how to go about finding one because I personally got lucky. We got introduced by a common friend.
I used a lead company for another business and, frankly, it didn't do much for us. I can see it, maybe, for what I call retail photography (weddings, portraiture, and such) but not for commercial photography. Just can't imagine the big players going thru a lead company.
And if you are just starting in the business, that's ok too. Some reps are just starting too. That's how I got mine. The guy had a lot of contacts in my field but he had never done it. We made a deal.
The only thing I can't really tell you is how to go about finding one because I personally got lucky. We got introduced by a common friend.
I used a lead company for another business and, frankly, it didn't do much for us. I can see it, maybe, for what I call retail photography (weddings, portraiture, and such) but not for commercial photography. Just can't imagine the big players going thru a lead company.