Photographer, Story Strategist & Confidence Catalyst
My guest this episode is Abbey Khyl, founder and chief strategist for Seven Summers Creative and photographer and lead for AK Studio & Design. Abbey’s core mission with Seven Summers is to help people be BETTER – better business owners, better parents, better spouses. In a very intertwined way, this all comes down to managing
It is time that you stop focusing on the wrong numbers. It is time that you stop letting others define YOUR success. It is time to stop playing the numbers game. No, you do not need 10,000 Instagram followers. You do not need 5,000 blog visitors a day. Being on Page 1 of Google isn’t
I will be the first to admit it – I am a total paper junkie. I love planners. Back in December, I found myself in a store holding no less than 4 planners at once, wanting to buy them all. This is completely unrealistic, because you should only use ONE planner at a time. The
Things are about to get a lot more real here. More raw. More honest. All of those things I normally post on Facebook, giving them all the good content and keeping things super clean and polished here? YEAH. That. That is going to end. Last week I was at the Emerging Women Conference in San
It is all about the numbers … or is it? We are all told to spend time focused on gaining as many followers on social media as we possibly can – but are you sacrificing quality for quantity? Are you just gaining numbers and not attracting your true ideal clients? Raving fans? Your TRIBE? What
Our guest for this week’s Weekend Edition is Kimra Luna. Kimra & I first met last year thanks to Marie Forleo’s B-School program, and it was obviously from the start that we both share a passion for social media, marketing, and working with others on their online strategy. While Kimra seemed to come out of
For a long time, the fact that I named WordPress was not something I talked about much. Matter of fact, I normally only mentioned it if I was in a situation where I needed to make it clear to another geek that I am, in fact, a geek. For example, when I asked my friend
It is time to embrace your already existing personal brand. Yes, you have a personal brand, even if you have never thought about it before. Even if you think the whole thing personal branding is a bunch of crap. You are a walking, talking, living, breathing personal brand. Head Marketer for Brand YOU “Regardless of
So let me tell you a little story which leads to me discovering the big secret to my successful photography business. I live in Houston, Texas, which is the 4th largest city in the United States. Back in 2008, When my photography business was still focused on weddings (with some boudoir), I asked another wedding