How a failed YouTube travel influencer built a multi-media adventure brand | Shay's Story

Shay's Story: How a failed YouTube travel influencer built a multi-media adventure brand

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In this episode of the Hey, Thriver podcast, Shay talks about:
-How she has always wanted to be a published author above all else
-Learning photography, videography, ~graphic design~ lol and other techy nerd things in high school, while having a parent that normalized remote work
-Going to school for communications + creative writing and feeling superrrr burned out from studying, working as a waitress, and freelancing
-Lovingggg YouTube + starting to vlog as a creative outlet
-How her Montana hiking vlogs accidentally had great SEO lol -- she ended up getting interest for wedding + brand projects before she even had a real camera
-Graduating, moving to a small town for a boi, and struggling to figure out her path forward as a professional
-Growing the business, shooting anything and everything, growing a lil fam...allll while other photogs starting asking questions about video
-Starting an education brand based on teaching photographers videography
-Niching down to shooting mostly adventure elopements/destination weddings
-Here we are! Partnering with the coolest woman alive, living in the most beautiful place on earth, and scaling/growing alongside YOU!

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