The Black Friday Plan I Am Building Right Now

If a quiet January makes your stomach drop, pull up a chair. I am giving you a behind-the-scenes peek at the session I recorded for the 2026 Black Friday Summit, which runs August 25 through August 27, and my session takes a different angle than most of the others you will see there. The other speakers walk you through a Black Friday that already happened. I am walking you through the plan I am building right now for my own photography business, before the cart ever opens.

Here is the tough love I lead with: panic marketing is a pricing problem wearing a marketing costume. Quarter one is slower than molasses for most of us, and when January shows up with an empty calendar and no plan, we start slashing prices to get somebody, anybody, on the books. Thinking ahead is a skill you can train, not a personality trait you were born with, so in this episode I am spilling the tea on the seven steps I am working through for my own branding photography sale.

Mostly, go grab your seat at the summit so you can catch the full session plus every other speaker! https://blackfridaysummit.com/

What you'll learn in this episodeWhy panic marketing in January is a planning problem, not a marketing problemThe two money questions to answer before you choose a single Black Friday offerWhy I am selling ONE offer this year instead of discounting my whole menuThe booking chain I build and test by early September so I never answer an availability emailAnd so much more!

Resources & Links Mentioned In This Episode▸ Read the full blog post that goes with this episode (that way, you get all the links mentioned): https://systemsandworkflowmagic.com/black-friday-plan-for-photographers/

▸ Get your free ticket to the Black Friday Virtual Summit: https://blackfridaysummit.com/

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