Ad scripts ready to film. A full VSL script ready to record. Campaign strategy with budget and testing roadmap. Built from 14+ hours of research into your business, your competitors, and your market.
Kyle, you have built something most photography coaches never get close to. 1,300+ photographers coached. Real, measurable results. Students doubling income, quitting day jobs, hitting first-page Google rankings. The Elevate Mastermind works. But your marketing system has two gaps that are costing you growth. This package fixes both of them.
We found two Facebook pixels on kylegoldie.com. Pixel ID 126685321311995 and Pixel ID 1053363719401401. PixelYourSite managing both. Server-side event tracking configured. Google Tag Manager container GTM-N6D4CR8 firing on every page.
You are running paid traffic. Your entire brand says "Book More Premium Clients Without Ads." But you have dual-pixel infrastructure with advanced matching and server-side events on your site. That is not accidental.
Here is the problem: there is no ad system behind it. No dedicated landing pages built for cold traffic. Your ads likely point to your homepage or coaching page, both designed for warm visitors who already know you. No evidence of structured creative testing. No multiple angles being split-tested. No paid attribution tools tracking what is actually working.
Your Elevate Mastermind coaching page is text. Top to bottom. Testimonials, feature bullets, pricing tiers, enrollment CTAs. It is thorough. But there is no video walking a prospect through the transformation.
No VSL showing them who you are, why your approach works, what results look like, and what they get when they enroll. For a high-ticket coaching program, this is the single biggest conversion lever you are not pulling.
Your competitors in the photography coaching space are using video. Jasmine Star has video funnels. Katelyn James has video content driving enrollment. You already have the credibility. 14 years. Coach, Harper's Bazaar, Esquire, Maxim, Adidas. 1,300+ photographers. But none of that hits the way it should when it is just text on a page.
Core message: You are an incredible photographer. Your work is beautiful. But nobody can find you online. You are invisible to the clients who would pay you what you are worth.
Target audience: Photographers with 1-5 years in business who rely on word of mouth and social media to get clients. They post on Instagram, they share in Facebook groups, they wait. Some months are good. Most are not.
Emotional driver: Frustration. They see other photographers (often less talented) fully booked while they struggle to fill their calendar. They know their work is good enough. They just cannot figure out how to get in front of the right people.
Hook framework: Lead with the painful truth that talent alone does not fill calendars. The gap between being a great photographer and being a booked photographer is marketing. Not Instagram marketing. Not hashtag marketing. Real, search-based marketing that puts you in front of clients who are actively looking for exactly what you do.
Core message: Referrals are great. Until they dry up. You built your business on word of mouth, and it worked. But now you need consistent bookings every month and referrals come in waves. Some months you are scrambling, other months you are overbooked. There is no system.
Target audience: Photographers doing $30K-$80K/year who are good at their craft but dependent on referrals. They have been in business 3-10 years. They have reviews, repeat clients, word of mouth. But no predictable way to generate new inquiries.
Emotional driver: Anxiety about the next booking. The feast-or-famine cycle. Checking email every morning hoping for an inquiry. The stress of not knowing where next month's income is coming from.
Hook framework: Lead with the question every referral-dependent photographer asks: "What happens when the referrals stop?" Position SEO as the system that runs whether you post on Instagram or not. Whether you are on vacation or not.
Format: Talking head to camera. Kyle speaking directly.
Length: 45-60 seconds.
Platform: Meta (Facebook/Instagram feed + stories).
One of my students went from making $40,000 a year to $80,000 in five months.
Her name is Kendra. She is a photographer in Boise. Before she joined my program, she was shooting everything for everyone. No clear pricing. No real website strategy. Just hoping clients would find her.
We did three things. Fixed her website so it actually converts visitors into inquiries. Did her SEO keyword research so the right clients could find her on Google. And gave her a pricing and sales workflow so she stopped undercharging.
Five months later she doubled her income. Not because she got luckier. Because she had a system.
I coach photographers through this exact process step by step. Link is below if you want to see how it works.
Format: Talking head, casual setting (desk or home office).
Length: 30-45 seconds.
Platform: Meta (Instagram reels + stories).
If your booking calendar has more empty slots than full ones, keep watching.
You are posting on Instagram. You are sharing in Facebook groups. You are asking friends to refer you. And some months it works. But most months you are refreshing your inbox wondering where the inquiries went.
The problem is not your work. Your photos are good. The problem is that when someone in your area searches Google for the exact type of photographer you are, you do not show up.
I have helped over 1,300 photographers fix this. Not with ads. Not with hashtags. With a system that gets your website in front of the clients who are already looking for you.
Link below. Free discovery call. Let me show you what is possible.
Format: Screen recording + talking head hybrid.
Length: 45-60 seconds.
Platform: Meta (Facebook feed + Instagram reels).
Your website is gorgeous. And nobody sees it.
You spent thousands on a beautiful website. The photos are stunning. The design is clean. You are proud of it. But when someone in your city searches "wedding photographer near me" or "family photographer [your city]", you are not on the first page. You are not on the second page. You are invisible.
A beautiful website with no traffic is a billboard in the desert. It does not matter how good it looks if the right people never see it.
I do your SEO keyword research for you. I audit your website page by page. I show you exactly which keywords to target, which pages to fix, and how to get Google sending you clients on autopilot. Over 1,300 photographers have done this with me.
Grab a free discovery call. Link is below.
Format: Talking head, personal and direct.
Length: 60-75 seconds.
Platform: Meta (Facebook feed).
I have been a photographer since 2008. I know what it feels like to wonder where the next booking is coming from.
I started as a fashion photographer. Shot for Coach, Maxim, Esquire, Adidas. Then moved into weddings. Built a six-figure photography business. And eventually realized that the thing I was best at was not just taking photos. It was building the business behind the photos.
That is why I became a coach. Because I watched talented photographers struggle with the business side. Great work. Empty calendars. No system. No strategy. Just hoping the next referral comes in.
I have coached over 1,300 photographers in 14 countries. Students who doubled their income in months. Students who quit their day jobs. Students who went from $800 weddings to $8,000 weddings. Not because of luck. Because of a system.
My program is called the Elevate Mastermind. I will personally coach you through everything. SEO, website conversion, pricing, sales, client communication. Step by step. Link is below for a free discovery call.
Recommended starting budget: $50-$75/day ($1,500-$2,250/month)
Meta (Facebook + Instagram) first. Your audience lives on Instagram. Facebook's targeting for interest-based audiences (photography, wedding industry, Showit, Honeybook) is strong. Expand to YouTube ads after Meta is profitable.
Do NOT send ads to the current coaching page. Build a dedicated VSL landing page optimized for cold traffic. Short headline, VSL video, 3-5 bullet points, one CTA. See the VSL script and funnel map below.
Step 1: Meta Ad (one of the 4 scripts above) targets photographers
Step 2: Ad clicks through to a NEW dedicated VSL landing page
Step 3: CTA links to your existing discovery call booking page (kylegoldie.com/help)
Step 4: Discovery call with Kyle
Step 5: Enrollment into Elevate Mastermind
Your current coaching page is long, detailed, and designed for warm visitors who are comparing options. Cold traffic from ads needs a focused experience. One video. One message. One action. The VSL page strips away everything except the video and the CTA. After they book the call, you can send them to the full coaching page for details.
Total length: 10-12 minutes
Format: Talking head with occasional b-roll cuts (photography work, student screenshots, website examples)
If you are a photographer and you have ever refreshed your inbox wondering where the next inquiry is going to come from, this video is for you.
I am going to show you the exact system that over 1,300 photographers have used to book more of their ideal clients. Consistently. Without running ads. Without posting on Instagram every day. Without hoping that someone refers you.
My name is Kyle Goldie. I have been a photographer since 2008 and a photography business coach for the last 8 years. What I am about to share is not theory. It is the same step-by-step process I used to build my own six-figure photography business, and the same process that has helped photographers in 14 countries do the same.
Stay until the end because I am going to show you how to get started with a free discovery call where I will personally look at your business and tell you exactly what to fix first.
Here is what most photographers deal with.
You got into photography because you love it. The creative work. The connection with clients. The art. But somewhere along the way you realized that being a great photographer and running a great photography business are two completely different things.
You are talented. Your portfolio is beautiful. Clients who work with you love you. But your calendar has gaps. Some months you are fully booked. Other months you are wondering what went wrong.
So you try things. You post on Instagram. You share in Facebook groups. You ask past clients to refer you. You buy a pretty website template. Maybe you even take a course or two.
And some of it works. For a while. But none of it creates a system. None of it gives you a predictable flow of inquiries from the right kinds of clients. The ones who value your work and pay what you are worth.
You end up in this cycle. Good month, bad month, good month, bad month. And the stress of not knowing where the next booking is coming from starts to wear on you. You start saying yes to clients you should say no to. You start undercharging because you need the work. You start questioning whether this business is even sustainable.
I know this because I lived it. And because I have had this exact conversation with over 1,300 photographers.
Let me guess what you have already tried.
You took a course on Instagram marketing. You learned about hashtags and reels and engagement pods. And maybe it got you a few followers. But followers do not pay your mortgage.
You invested in a beautiful website. You paid a designer or you bought a Showit template. And it looks incredible. But it sits there. A gorgeous storefront on a street with no foot traffic.
You tried networking. You joined Facebook groups. You went to wedding expos. You handed out business cards. And you picked up a few clients here and there. But it is not consistent. It is not scalable. And it takes all of your time.
Here is what nobody told you. The problem is not your photography. The problem is not even your marketing. The problem is that you are doing marketing activities instead of building a marketing system.
Activities give you random results. A system gives you predictable results.
The system is built on one thing. Getting found by the clients who are already looking for you.
Right now, in your city, someone is typing "wedding photographer near me" into Google. Someone else is searching "family photographer [your city]." Someone is looking for exactly what you do, exactly where you do it.
The question is: do they find you? Or do they find your competitor?
That is what SEO does. Search Engine Optimization. And I know what you are thinking. SEO sounds technical. SEO sounds complicated. SEO sounds like something you need a degree in computer science to figure out.
It is not. Not the way I teach it.
Here is what my program does. Step one, I do your keyword research for you. I find the exact search terms that your ideal clients are using in your specific market. Not generic keywords. The actual phrases people in your area type into Google when they are ready to hire a photographer.
Step two, I audit your website page by page. I record a personalized video showing you exactly what needs to change on every single page so your site converts visitors into inquiries.
Step three, I coach you through implementation. Three times a week, you get on a call with me and other photographers going through the same process. You ask questions. I give you the exact next step. No guessing. No figuring it out on your own.
And step four, you get lifetime access to over 100 recorded lessons covering everything from pricing and sales to client communication and time management. So you are not just getting found online. You are building a real business that works without you being involved in every detail.
Let me show you what this looks like in practice.
Kendra is a photographer in Boise, Idaho. Before she joined, she was making $40,000 a year. Good work. Loyal clients. But no system for getting new ones. Within five months of starting the program, she doubled her income to $80,000. Not because she got better at photography. Because she got better at being found.
Stephanie is a photographer in Austin, Texas. She booked over $20,000 in a single month after implementing the system. Same market. Same competition. She just started showing up where her clients were searching.
Wes is a photographer in Toronto. He was shooting weddings on the side while working a full-time job. After going through the program, he quit his day job and went full-time in photography.
One student went from $800 weddings to $4,500 to $8,000 weddings in two years. Not because she raised her prices and hoped for the best. Because she positioned her brand, optimized her website, and started attracting the right clients.
These are not flukes. These are the results that happen when you stop guessing and start following a system.
1,300+ photographers. 14 countries. The system works whether you shoot weddings, portraits, families, headshots, or fine art. It works because the fundamentals are the same. Get found. Convert visitors. Book clients. Repeat.
Here is exactly what the Elevate Mastermind includes.
First, done-for-you SEO keyword research. Not a DIY tutorial. I actually do the research for your specific market and hand you the keywords. You know exactly what to target from day one.
Second, a done-for-you website audit. I record a video walking through every page of your site, showing you what to fix so it converts visitors into inquiries. Not a checklist. A personalized review of your actual website.
Third, over 100 recorded lessons you can go through at your own pace. Everything from time management and mindset to pricing, sales, blogging, automation, and client communication. Lifetime access. Even after you graduate.
Fourth, three group coaching calls every week where you get direct attention from me. Bring your questions. I give you the exact answer for your specific situation. These are recorded too, so if you miss one, you watch it later.
Fifth, a private community of photographers going through the same journey. Support between calls. Feedback on your work. People who get it.
And sixth, my personal coaching. I am not a faceless course creator. I know your name. I know your market. I know where you are stuck. And I will tell you exactly what to do next.
The full program has over $8,500 in value. You do not pay that.
Payment plans start as low as $275 a month. And you get lifetime access to the coursework and all future updates.
Here is what I want you to do right now. Below this video there is a link to book a free discovery call with me. Not a sales call. A real conversation where I look at your business, your website, and your goals, and I tell you honestly whether this program is the right fit.
If it is, I will show you exactly how to get started. If it is not, I will tell you that too and point you in the right direction. I have turned away photographers who were not a good fit because I would rather you succeed somewhere else than fail here.
The call is free. It takes 15-20 minutes. And you will walk away knowing exactly what needs to happen in your business whether you join or not.
Click the link below and pick a time that works for you. I will talk to you soon.
One more thing. If you are on the fence, ask yourself this.
Where will your business be in six months if you keep doing what you are doing right now? Same calendar. Same stress. Same feast or famine.
Now ask yourself where it could be if you had a system. A real system. With someone in your corner who has done this over 1,300 times and knows exactly what works.
The link is below. Book the call. Let me show you what is possible.
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