Today’s Topic Tuesday is from our guest blogger, Maya Laurent of Such Great Heights Seniors in Indiana.  Maya shares with us how she keeps the relationships with her models throughout the year!  Check it out below!  Thanks for sharing Maya!!

Continuing The Model Relationship Throughout the Year

Establishing a positive relationship with your models is the most important part of your program. Your models aren’t going to talk about you if you haven’t grown a relationship with them. This means your time with them goes beyond their model and senior sessions. It’s your opportunity to be fun, creative and reach out in unexpected ways.

Be sure to have them answer some kind of questionnaire so you know what types of activities they are involved in. Make sure to be following them on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook to keep up with what they are doing as well. Find an event they are involved with to attend if you can. You might not be able to make it to an event for every model but at least trying will show. If you can’t make it, send them a text wishing them good luck. If they are involved with theater or choir, bring them flowers to give them after their show or send the model flowers before a big sporting event to wish her luck. For guys, send them some goodies to eat or a gift card to their favorite restaurant. Go out of your way to show you are paying attention and care about what they are doing.

A simple gesture that goes so far is to send a birthday card. Keep track of all your models’ birthdays and write them a handwritten card. You could include a simple gift card to Starbucks or a local coffee shop. Post up a photo the day of their birthday with one of their senior photographs, tag them in it and wish them the best on their special day.

Look for ways to help your models give back to your community. This can happen several times throughout the year. Find a local event to volunteer at together as a model group. You can put a call out to those interested, grab a snack or warm drink before and show up together to the event to help out. During Christmas time you could adopt a family together and have your models help coordinate getting what the family needs including putting together fun shopping times, wrapping gifts together and delivering to the family.

Another touch point is having special events throughout the year. Plan events in which the models can bring their friends or their moms along. This can range from a DIY event to a clothing swap to a private shopping event with a local boutique. Don’t be afraid to ask the models what they would want to do and have them help plan an event. Again, it’s another time you can hang out with them, get to know them more and show them a good time.

Don’t let the fun stop after you have photographed each of your models! Continue to build the relationship throughout the year and you will see word spread about how fun it is to be a model for your business!

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Topic Tuesday – {Continuing Relationship with Your Models}

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heck, yes i do!

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