4 Tips On The Business Side Of Modeling, Part 2

Hello babes! Hoping that your week has been lovely, abundant, and productive. I also hope that after our conversation last week, you took to organizing and managing your invoices, clients, and other expenses! Today I wanted to elaborate a bit more on those subjects, as we delve into Part 2 of the Business Side of Modeling.

You probably already know or through my “4 Tips on the Business Side of Modeling Part 1”, have learned the overall importance and gist to invoicing. But in case you don’t, remember this basic rule of thumb… Don’t expect anyone to pay you unless you send that invoice and it’s on time!

That being said, let’s get into some more tips!

Tip 1: Invoicing Procedures

Tip 2: Client and Agency Organization
I use Google Sheets to organize all my invoices. Regardless if the client is through an agency or through a relationship I built on my own.
 
On the bottom of my google sheet I use the tab at the bottom to create multiple sheets and separate clients based on agencies. ( you can also do it just based on each client.)

Within each tab there are columns and rows. Each column has a different label I set them to be as follow:

Tip 3: Review and go over your docs and files

Remember to set and uphold your boundaries just like we have talked about in, “Setting boundaries as a Model”.

Tip 4: Deducting business expenses

If you’d like to learn about specific tax write-offs, expenses, or marketing techniques, keep a lookout for my one on one opportunities Where I cover and go more in depth into these topics and any of your questions about Modeling.
 
Now that you know even more on how to tackle those invoices, managing them, as well as some tips on what to consider as a write off expense…get at it darling! No one is going to do it for you and it’s so important to have a basic understanding and knowledge behind managing the money you have coming in from Modeling.
Please share these tips with your fellow Models if you found this article helpful!

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Alexa