Between the two of them, Alison & Melissa have combined 27 years in photography, 10 years in IT and have lived through 9 business relocations.
Four moves ago Alison was frustrated watching peers grow their businesses in one place while she was starting from over again. She knew she couldn't be the only one relocating and wanting more financial stability. Despite Googling, all she could find were vague blog posts, moderately interesting podcasts but not one truly helpful resource on how to relaunch a business in a new city.
Since then, Alison has streamlined a process to relocate and restart my business faster - booking clients within a month of arriving in a her newest location. It is possible to have clients waiting for you on the other side! Alison can help get you there.
Melissa pivoted after 10 years as a wedding photographer to lifestyle newborns and then moved her photography business twice in 2 years. Each time she used SEO to get found on Google.
As a former IT nerd, Melissa has a knack for taking technical things and making them simple and relatable. She's using that superpower for good and helping photographers tackle their website SEO and get booked by their ideal clients!
We’ve coached each other through all this via Marco Polo and now we're bringing our Polos public!
On this podcast we’ll give you actionable steps to help keep you and your business moving.
The top 5 money mistakes we see photographers making all the time - and ones we have made ourselves!
We’re talking about paying yourself, saving for your business, and taxes.
Learn from our experienc…
Mini Mentoring is a series where we chat with real-life business owners in the middle of transition, whether its a relocation, restructure or relaunch. We chat with them about what’s working, what’s …
There’s do parts to this conversation - What we’re buying for our businesses and what we’re offering our clients to make that money! Melissa is a Black Friday aficionado so listen in to get her tips!
…It's here! The final quarter of the year.
Our most popular series, each quarter Melissa & Alison share get real about their own businesses:
Pricing is never easy.
There’s physical costs to consider but also metaphysical considerations like time and profitability. But there’s also our own pre-conceived notions about money, our own values …
One of Alison’s FAVORITE Topics - How to Adapt.
This is a super interesting convo about how we’ve adapted our businesses over time as we’ve relocated, pivoted & raised our prices.
Every business chan…
Mini Mentoring is a series where Alison & Melissa get the low down on a real life business owner pivoting, relaunching or relocating her business. We’re walking them through the steps to keep it movi…
What is the Pareto Principle and how can we make it work for us?
On this episode, Alison & Melissa share how they use the 80/20 rule to:
Problem Solve
Prioritize
Increase Profitability
Stream…
Do you have a marketing PLAN? With so many forms and outlets, it’s easy to get overwhelmed and do nothing.
On this episode we’re talking with Annemie & Dayna about what it means to have a marketing p…
We’re sharing our highest performing blog posts, when and why we created them and how they’ve worked for our marketing, SEO strategies & clients.
This is all about set it and forget it.
We’re helping…
Download your funnel worksheet! Walk through your own marketing plan with us!
This episode came from a listener. If you have questions about anything we’ve mentioned on the podcast, reach out to eith…
You’re probably thinking about blogging all wrong… as a last minute effort instead of the primary marketing strategy it should be.
In this episode we go over all the major places you need to be shari…
Quarterly check ins are a inside look on how Alison & Melissa's photography businesses are going. Alison moved from Virignia to Hawaii just one year ago and Melissa moved from Miami to Virginia at t…
Mini mentoring is a series we’re doing where we take a real life photographer who is moving their business and give them the next steps for restarting.
Courtney Houk is a newborn, maternity and famil…
Aside from photo session shares, you should be establishing yourself as a local expert in your area.
How do you do that? We’re telling you!
Moving? Plan it out with the FREE Move Your Business Chec…
In this bonus episode Alison chats with fellow milspouse, Kasie Purvis with Gather the Scattered, about how I use Marco Polo to connect with people all over the globe both personally and professiona…
This episode originally aired on the Creative Moms Focus Podcast. This is the second part of an interview Melissa did about SEO.
Moving? Plan it out with the FREE Move Your Business Checklist fr…
This episode originally aired on the Creative Moms Focus Podcast.
Alison & Tara chat about what its like to move a business 7 times - across the globe and back again.
Alison shares the challenges o…
How you organize your blog can make a world of difference in how you use your website to help clients. We organize all our posts with tags & categories.
Its not a sexy topic but it can make a big imp…
Mini Mentoring is a series where we take real life photographers and give them the next steps to move their business so they can restart and relaunch faster.
Victoria is a military spouse currently i…