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Insights on Diversifying Income Streams in Your Photography Business (Beyond Services: Expanding Your Offer Suite) with Maddie Peschong

Photographers, Podcast

What should you have in place before you begin diversifying income streams within your photography business? In this episode, Colie chats with returning guest Maddie Peschong about creating new income streams as a multi-passionate creative photographer. Listen in as she shares her unpopular opinion regarding what you MUST do before you jump into creating new […]

The Powerful Pivot from Weddings to Commercial Work with Ben Davis

You’ve likely looked at wedding video and thought, “How did they create such an amazing film? I want to do that!” Have you ever considered the same thought for commercial videos? Ben Davis joins us to share how he’s found more creativity in commercial projects, while also creating a better balance for this season of […]

Photographers, Podcast

Building an Associate Team (Building a Team Series) with Jill Smith

As you’ve explored hiring during our Building a Team Series on the podcast, have you considered hiring associate photographers for your brand? In today’s episode, Jill Smith joins us to share how she has scaled her photography business by working with other photographers who have a passion for photographing people and events. Listen in as […]

Build a Team Series, Photographers, Podcast

The Year of Posy’s Pivot with Posy Quarterman

Photographers, Podcast

Making big pivots and shifts in your business can be intimidating. My dear friend Posy Quarterman has spent the last year making major changes—from opening a studio and exploring new services to taking ownership of an entire conference herself. In today’s episode, she’s sharing all about what this has looked like, including he struggles and […]

SEO Best Practices for Photographers | Simple SEO Series with Melissa Arlena (Part 2)

Your website’s content and keywords might be optimized for search engines, but have you built out an SEO strategy that Google will like? In today’s episode, Melissa Arlena joins us to share how you should plan your keywords, best practices for SEO, and what tools you should be using (including AI). The Business-First Creatives Podcast is brought […]

Photographers, Podcast

crm for photographers

Why is Dubsado the best CRM for photographers?

Let me save you three hours of Googling: Dubsado is not the easiest CRM on the market. It is also not the prettiest out of the box. And if you just want something that works with zero setup effort, there are options that will hold your hand a little more. But here’s what Dubsado is: […]

Client Experience, Dubsado, Photographers

I'm a Disney-loving family photographer, and filmmaker turned Workflow and Automations Guru who helps creative service providers automate their sh*t, reclaim their time and get back to living!

With 10+ years in the creative space, Colie believes every creative deserves to build a business that is sustainable and profitable, and no one should quit their 9 to 5 only to work 24/7 [in their business].

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