{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Floral CEO","title":"The True Cost of Styled Shoots (and Why You Don’t Have to Do It Alone)","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/cc8ebf11\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":804,"description":"Hello Flower friends. Today we're gonna talk about style shoots, and I've been reminded of  really like  the costs, not only  from a, you know.  Actual phy physical costs, like money, you have to pay for the flowers and all these things, but like the emotional costs and the mental energy that you're using there, it's so much bigger than I think somebody looking in on Instagram at somebody's magical moment really is.So, style shoots are super glamorous on Instagram, but let's really talk about the actual cost you. Because  that's way, way, way, way, way more than flowers. All right, so let's start off with the real cost of flowers.  You are usually not putting your shoddy foot forward, so we're not usually putting in things that are leftovers or are maybe not at their peak of their prime, usually not basic Betty Flowers you're using.Buying premium blooms, you're designing multiple pieces for content. So a ceremony, a table, a bouquet, an installation on and on.  Flowers are often not easily repurposable for paid work, so you're not like able to just, I'm gonna take all these and then tear it apart and then use it for a paid job. Usually there isn't that like great opportunity to do that. And then there's a risk of waste if designs don't photograph well, like you could potentially have something that just doesn't photograph well for some reason. Um, this is a marketing expense,  not a fun creative project. It costs money to market. In styled shoots are a way to market your business in several levels.Marketing with the pictures that you're getting in the long run. Marketing, hopefully if you have a team on board that is stellar and is, you know,  uh,  people who are usually kind of at their top of their game that are, are vendors that like to be submitted for styled shoots for potential publication. Then there's a relationship capital. The relationships that you build at these, it's just, there's just domino of value, and  I would love for you to get that value out...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/FHz-UgopUhJpJn1O-4JHblhUpmcOM1-ut37jvDGyuz8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84ODcz/NzBkZGFkZjUyZjU5/ZTk5ODAxMTAzZjFj/NDIzNS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}