My interview with Melissa Voth McHugh from Voth Photography. A quick and concise conversation about how to excel in customer service and the photography business.
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SHOW NOTES
- Melissa is one of our rare guests who was born and raised in Kelowna.
- Received a Fine Arts degree then moved to UBCO then moved to Vancouver to pursue a career in photography. Lived there for ten years.
- Met her husband and business partner Sean McHugh in the Lower Mainland and they decided to move (back) to Kelowna in 2009.
- Melissa loved photography ever since she was a little girl. Her parents encouraged her to experiment with cameras from a young age. It was a family that loved to document everything.
- Her dad bought her a classic Pentax K-1000 with an entire set of lenses when she was still very young, and she cherished it and used it all the time.
- Persuading her grade-school art teacher to teach photography to the class.
- Even though photography was a part of her life from a very young age, it was near the end of her fine arts degree at UBCO that she decided to pursue it as a career.
- The enlightening and very important exercise of creating a business plan and having that scrutinized.
- Solving the biggest challenge of any new startup: Finding lots of clients!
- A life-changing breakup helped Melissa to take life and her career much more seriously and purposefully.
- The wonderful world of photography: documenting special moments in time.
- Understanding who your ideal client is and being open to opportunities.
- Great advice for young people wanting to get into the business.
Learn more about Melissa and Voth Photography.
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Melissa nominates Christina Ferreira of Impact Events and Ron & Colleen McMillan of McMillan Farms to come on the I Love Kelowna Podcast. Thank you so much to Kara Rogers for nominating Melissa.
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