Tools + Resources

Mallory shelton PHotography

As a small business owner, it is important to have tools and resources to help your business run smoothly. Some you can invest in as you are starting out others you may need down the road.

Here you will find the apps and softwares that keep my business running on a day to day basis. From a client management system to house your contracts, invoices and bookings to photography tools to help you cull and edit after a session.

Plus, you will find some of my favorite business and inspirational books that have encouraged me and guided me as an entrepreneur.


Growing a business can be hard, having the right tools in your pocket IS key!

1 month free

Your website! Create a website that is representative of your brand, clean, user friendly and fun!

Website

Showit

50% off

As a photographer you can stay in touch with clients and potential clients. Send availability, fun things you are loving, and upcoming launches with a newsletters.

Email Marketing

Flodesk

50% off your first year

Stay organized with alient management system. Keep your contracts, invoices, inquiries, booking and financials all in one place!

CRM + Bookkeeping

17Hats

Business Tools

As a photographer, these are tools that I use on a daily basis for booking, newsletters and social media.

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As a photographer, this was easily the best investment in 2022. I utilize Imagen to edit galleries with my presets and profiles.

Editing

IMAGEN

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The fastest and easiest way to ingest images from your camera and cull them down to a gallery to edit for your client.

Culling

Photomechanic

1 Month free

Create galleries and slideshows for your clients. You may also offer prints and other products from each gallery

Gallery Host

Pic-Time

Photography + Editing Tools

A photographer's best friends for website, gallery delivery and editing.

Having a wall calendar for the year helps me plan out sessions, vacations and launches.

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Printable Wall Calendar

Calendar

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Emily Ley's yearly calendar helps me plan my daily to dos, weekly and monthly activities to keep me on track in my business.

Yearly Planner

SIMPLIFIED

Whether you are a goal setter or need something to get you started. I have used the Powersheets for 3+ years!

Goal Setting Planner

10% oFF

CULTIVATE

My best friends for goal setting and year planning my photography business

Planning & Goal Setting

Read Now

by Kate Northrup

Do Less

by Tanya Dalton

Read Now

On Purpose

Read Now

by Natalie Franke

Gutsy

Read Now

by James Clear

Atomic Habits

Books I love

Books I have loved for business, goal setting and habits.

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My everyday tool for planning out and posting on social media. You can upload images and create automated social media posts.

Social Media Planning

LATER

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The best tool for creating marketing material for your business. Whether that's session guides, pdfs, social media graphics.

Graphic Design

CANVA

Other Tools

Additional tools I use that help me run my photography business on a daily basis.

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You need to store your images on something other than your computer. This is a software that runs automatically in the background of your computer.

Backup System

BackBlaze

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