How I Turned a Free Travel Offer into a Paid Photo Project

Here’s the deets 👇 🛑 But first Comment “997” if you want to learn how to land high ticket paid content projects for yourself. The TLDR is I sold 18 photos + limited commercial licensing. Here’s how I got the gig. So because I have a fairly large audience, resorts and travel companies offer me free stays from time to time. Typically I don’t even respond unless they have shown initiative in covering travel costs (because at least I know I can negotiate) and this was one such case. Essentially they wanted to fly me out and give me a 4 night stay at a new resort in exchange for a few posts on my IG. Sounded like a decent deal until you realize the opportunity cost of giving up a week of time (time I could have spent doing a job I would get paid for). Working for free for a week didn’t seem as appealing. So my job became to find a win/win scenario 🫡 I wanted to get paid, and I knew the client needed ad assets. So that’s what I pitched. We had a short chat where I learned that they’ve actually been needing new assets and didn’t realize I owned a content agency. I mentioned some work I’ve done before, ideas, and they asked for a quote. I did the math and based on where they wanted to use the content we settled on 18 assets at 400 average per photo. They agreed to comp my travel and here’s what happened… Within about 2 weeks of launch, they said the new assets outperformed their previous ads by a landslide!! I got what I wanted and the brand 1000% got what they wanted. 👉 If you want to learn how to do this for yourself comment “997” and I’ll send you a video that breaks everything down. Be blessed and stay stoked 😎🤙