Goals
- dermot21
- Oct 10, 2025
- 2 min read
Setting up the photography & illustration business for its second and third year onward to 2028, with the goals to :-
☆ Rebuild and rebrand, creating an identifiable unique logo and easy ways of identifying my business from other photographers, artists & businesses
☆ Gain a foothold in the Freelancer market
☆ Create a new set of Portfolios, including one main one with focus on highest level of skill, interest & value
☆ Assess local, national and international marketability, with remote work and sales
☆ Attend more events
☆ build a usable network of like minded individuals & potential collaborators
☆ work on building a social media presence, with dailies, blog posts, updates, portfolio examples etc
☆ Establiah my USP and what it could become in future
☆ Attract, contact & retain new clients
☆ Set a monthly & annual on crackdown on potential weaknesses on the business, with the ultimate aim of a good outlook, business growth and self betterment
☆ reach a "professional level" of photography, I.e. a liveable wage at < £20,000pa after tax, for two years running befire expansion & studio setup, aim for reasonably good and more versus a cost of living crisis
☆ reach monetisation through variety of online options & platforms, such as Etsy and Twitch
☆ have at least 6 consistent monthly rolling clients by winter 2026
☆ Earmark quarterly growth patterns, towards savings spent on new equipment and software
☆ Experiment & Collaborate with art more, monthly to share on socials and try to monetise fairly
☆ Save towards a Studio and Gallery, aim for a deadline of 2028
Continual goals:
Know my worth
Get on going
Feet first hit the ground running
Good business with good people
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