A virtual assistant for photographers
Photographers hire an assistant to answer inquiries, send contracts and invoices, and keep clients and crew on schedule. Cue, StudioCue's office manager, does that work at any hour, from your own paperwork, and waits for you on what matters.
An inquiry answered tomorrow is often an inquiry lost. Cue acknowledges every inquiry from your website the moment it arrives, checks your date, and has your personal reply drafted for when you're back.
Cue writes the agreement from the proposal your client accepted, reminds them to sign, and sends the retainer invoice from your own QuickBooks once they have. The final balance invoice is raised 28 days before the day. When a payment runs late, Cue drafts a polite reminder for you to send.
Clients book, move or cancel their consultation themselves. Cue reminds them about unfinished planning forms, locks the details four weeks out, and sends the week-before note.
When someone passes on a job, Cue offers it to the next person on your list. When they say yes, it goes on their Google Calendar, and their call times arrive two days before.
Cue gets the request to your agent ready, chases until the certificate is back, and checks it against what the venue requires before you send it on.
Cue is software, and it's honest about the edges. It doesn't answer your phone or write from your own inbox, it never touches your photos, and it leaves pricing, discounts and signatures to you.
No hiring, no training period and no turnover. Cue starts from your own agreement, packages and forms, and is on every hour of the month.
| Compared | Hire an assistant | Buy a CRM | Cue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who does the work | They do, once you've trained them | You do. It keeps the records | Cue does. You approve what matters |
| Hours | Theirs | Yours, usually evenings | Every hour, weekends included |
| Learns how you work | Over months | Only what you set up | From your own agreement, packages and forms |
| If they leave | You start over | Nothing changes, because you were doing it | Nothing to leave |
| Cost | $47,540 a year, at the US median | A monthly fee, plus your time | $150 a month |