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089: How to Build a Strong Digital Presence with Cami Farey Jun 25, 2020

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Our guest on the podcast today is a web design and strategy expert who teaches “real deal” entrepreneurs how to swap out their barely-there websites for a digital presence that reaps rewards. Welcome to the podcast, Cami Farey!

Cami and I will be speaking about topics like:

How to build a well-designed website with Squarespace
Why Squarespace is a good platform to create your website with
Most commonly made mistakes when it comes to web design

Thanks for listening! Subscribe and leave a review if you're enjoying what you're hearing!

090: Pinterest Marketing Strategies with Vanessa Kynes Jun 25, 2020

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The guest today is a Pinterest Marketing Strategist for creative small businesses. As a YouTuber, blogger, and consultant, she helps creative small businesses grow by teaching traffic-generating Pinterest strategies to increase their brand visibility, book more clients, and ultimately, generate more sales.

Vanessa will be telling us about things like:

The importance of marketing yourself on Pinterest
How to better your marketing results on Pinterest
How to make yourself stand out on the platform

Thanks for listening! Subscribe and leave a review if you like what you're hearing!

094: Developing an Educational Brand with Erin Youngren Jun 25, 2020

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Today’s guest is a husband and wife team known for their deeply emotional photography style! This style has led them around the world photographing couples. They are now managing other photography brands (with a total of 20-30 photographers at a given time), podcasting and helping other photographers run their businesses. Welcome to the podcast Erin, one half of the Youngrens!

On this episode, Erin and I will be talking about things like:

Stepping into the educational role as a photographer
How to know when it's the right time to cross over into the teaching realm
Strategies for building your educational brand

Enjoy! Be sure to subscribe and leave us a review if you like what you hear!

088: Building a Community with Belle Lumière's Lexi Clifford Jun 24, 2020

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On this episode, Lexi shares with us a little about film photography and her very own magazine, the ever-so-popular Belle Lumière! She is a creative entrepreneur and has successfully started three businesses from scratch. Lexi and I will be chatting about things like:

The day-to-day life of the founder of a photography publication
The most made mistakes in submissions of photographers looking to get published
How the publication determines who or what is featured

I hope you enjoy!

087: Where and How to Store All Your Digital Images May 24, 2020

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Have you noticed a hole in your workflow and client’s experience when it comes to delivering photos? This company has become known for being the fastest, easiest, and most customizable way for photographers to deliver and sell their work online!

On this episode we're taking about:

Why it's important to have your images available online for your clients...
How your digital images can promote print sales...
What makes Cloudspot different from the other online platforms?
Which labs you can use inside of this host...
How the way you host your images an impact your client experience...

As always we hope that you enjoy this episode!! If you're loving the podcast, please be sure to subscribe and leave a review!

086: Strategies for Organizing Contracts and Clients with Dubsado May 08, 2020

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We've all heard the saying "Time is Money." With the intuitive automations and systems of this program, I am saving a ton of both time and money! I am beyond excited that I have found a system I LOVE and can share with others who look for advice regarding their businesses and systems.

On the podcast today, Joey from Dubsado and I are chatting all about the following:

Why I switched from my old CRM to Dubsado
What features are most useful and how it's helping businesses run more smoothly (think client workflows, canned emails, template contracts, etc)
How Dubsado was developed and what makes it different from other companies (The founders have an awesome story and vision!)
How this program can help you make more money in less time

If you'd like to save 20% off of your subscription through the program, consider using my affiiliate code: catherineg

Enjoy the episode!

085: Legal Q&A for Photographers and Creatives with Magi Fisher Apr 24, 2020

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We all know contracts are important...but let's be honest: for most creatives, legal issues are not our strength. With so many changes happening in our businesses right now, I called on Magi Fisher to hop onto the podcast and answer some legal questions that can help! She's also providing resources for you if you're not even in the position of having a contract yet!

- What is the importance of a thorough, qualified legal contract

- What to do if someone is threatening a law suit

- How to handle reschedules and cancellations

- Legal mistakes often made by photographers and creatives

- Best law advice for entrepreneurs

Check out the contract templates at www.magifisher.com (the code magic will give you 15% off your purchases)

084: Being Self-Employed During the Pandemic Apr 09, 2020

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As a self-employed entrepreneur going through this pandemic married to another self-employed entrepreneur, I’m hoping to help others in the same situation whether through just encouragement, advice or even camaraderie as right now things are so uncertain and unpredictable.

Before I give my suggestions for getting through this time, I have to first say that I don’t have all the answers. If you would have asked me to share this a few weeks ago, I couldn't have because I hadn’t yet processed what we were going through.

But now in this episode, am sharing my own personal journey through this time as well as five things I’ve done and learned as to in hopes it can help you too!

083: A BTS Look at Digital Course Creation with If I Made's Emily Newman Apr 02, 2020

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Especially with everything going on regarding the Coronavirus, so many entrepreneurs are evaluating their circumstances and making plans moving forward. Is creating a digital course something you've considered? If so, this may be an episode you want to tune into!

In this episode I'm interviewing Emily Newman, founder of If I Made - a course creation powerhouse! They essentially take business owners with good ideas and skillsets and help them create, market and sell an online educational course!

She's answering questions like:

* What she's learned about the education space and course creation specifically (including mistakes make of course!)

* What advice she would give to someone creating an online course.

* Why it might be a good idea to consider partnership vs creating and executing a course alone.

This was SUCH a good episode and one that I hope can help you if you're someone who's considering bringing education online! If I Made is an incredible company and I encourage you to check them out; enjoy the episode!

082: Do's and Don'ts of Pricing Mar 19, 2020

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There's much debate around pricing and how to charge for your photo services. Packages vs a la carte, how to determine your base price, does the market rate matter? These are just a few of the questions that may leave you wondering where to start! In this episode I'm answering questions about pricing in hopes that it can help you in your photography business!

This is part two of a two part series with Krysia Lynne. Part one can be found in episode 081 all about posing.

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