Vlad I help photographers and creators turn the skills they already have into digital products and income online. 2026-07-09T00:00:00.000Z https://vlad-manea.de/ Vlad 6 years. Same job. Same calendar. Same pay 2026-07-09T00:00:00.000Z https://vlad-manea.de/articles/6-years-same-job-same-calendar-same-pay/ Photography saved my calendar and saved me from a job I hated A lambo or a Rolex isn’t a flex 2026-07-09T00:00:00.000Z https://vlad-manea.de/articles/a-lambo-or-a-rolex-isn’t-a-flex/ Fancy objects are not stuff to flex, show me your calendar first. Corporate rewards hustlers. Life rewards surfers 2026-07-09T00:00:00.000Z https://vlad-manea.de/articles/corporate-rewards-hustlers-life-rewards-surfers/ Be a great photographer and you become a surfer sliding through life and sitting on the board rather than hustling everyday I decided to become a solopreneur 2026-07-09T00:00:00.000Z https://vlad-manea.de/articles/i-decided-to-become-a-solopreneur/ Photography comes with many skills and I decided to turn these skills into freedom and become a solopreneur. I failed at changing who I talk to 2026-07-09T00:00:00.000Z https://vlad-manea.de/articles/i-failed-at-changing-who-i-talk-to/ I failed changing the avatar that I talked to in my content, here's why. Letter of termination 2026-07-09T00:00:00.000Z https://vlad-manea.de/articles/letter-of-termination/ I was laid off from the company while the news that I'll be a dad came in Traffic to your product is king 2026-07-09T00:00:00.000Z https://vlad-manea.de/articles/traffic-to-your-product-is-king/ The more traffic you send to your digital product as a photographer the more data you have and you can decide based on that. Why content is important as a photographer 2026-07-09T00:00:00.000Z https://vlad-manea.de/articles/why-content-is-important-as-a-photographer/ Creating content as a photographer creates traffic towards the products you have, to your portfolio turning that into clients. Your marketing says alot about you 2026-07-09T00:00:00.000Z https://vlad-manea.de/articles/your-marketing-says-alot-about-you/ The way you market your products and offers says alot about who you are as a person and as a photographer Groceries gave me the highest motivation 2026-07-08T00:00:00.000Z https://vlad-manea.de/articles/why-i-stopped-shooting-weddings/ Making money online as a photographer should be to aim for a week of groceries first not becoming rich. Your first digital product is already sitting on your hard drive 2026-07-01T00:00:00.000Z https://vlad-manea.de/articles/your-first-digital-product/ Photographers think they need to create something new to sell online. That's not the case, your knowledge is your product.