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10/20/20 • 34 min
For many many years in our business, controlling my email inbox was a battle that I fought nonstop.
A full inbox would cause so much stress in my life, that it’s the #1 thing that pulled me away from important work - things like updating my website, getting new clients, and building my brand. Work that truly affects the bottom line of my business.
So if email is such a powerful force in your business, how do you keep it under control?
In my fourteen years of business, the thing that has been the single most effective weapon in this epic battle against email overwhelm is using EMAIL TEMPLATES.
In this episode, I'm sharing the six critical email templates that every wedding photographer should use and why.
These six email templates are the ones that not only free up the most time in our business, but they also help us grow our business and make more money.
Check out this episode to find out what they are!
GET OUR THREE FREE EMAIL TEMPLATES HERE:
https://theyoungrens.com/photographers/free-resources/top-3-email-templates/
Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
Get our Full Set of 42 Email Templates in our Shop
CR107: Four Things We Do That Turn Our Inquiries into Bookings
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203 | Failure
Creative Rising
09/25/19 • 48 min
Do you have a hard time with failure? Does the thought of failing hold you back from the things you most want to do?
Jeff and I would say 'yes' to both of those questions. And we're tired of it. In this episode, we talk about the big area in our business that we feel is an utter failure right now - and we wrestle with giving it up or not. We want to reclaim our relationship with failing and stop it from holding us back, so we call our good friend and mentor, Dane Sanders, to help us reframe how we relate to the idea of failure.
In this episode, we discover what failure really means, how a strong person handles failure well, and how failure might have less to do with failing and more to do with our capacity for risk.... and our addiction to success.
In This Episode:
Dane Sanders
If you want to learn more about Dane Sanders, you can check out what he does with creatives in business at danesanders.com. If you run less of a solo operation and are more of an entrepreneurial team, you also might want to check out tellmeyourdreams.com - it’s where Dane and his mental health and performance coaches deliver Proactive Mental Health on the job. They have discovered some amazing innovations to unlock the best out of your team. It’s such a cool project.
EPISODE MADE POSSIBLE BY: WHITE HOUSE CUSTOM COLOUR
https://www.whcc.com/
White House Custom Colour is the professional print lab we trust with all of our print orders. When a client orders a print from us, WHCC produces the print and ships it directly to our clients FAST. We love how easy they are to use and that means we make more money on print sales every year. Plus, we absolutely ADORE their Deep Matte paper - a classic, creamy paper that makes our prints look GORGEOUS, especially our film and fine art prints.
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101 | How We Built a Dreamie Business
Creative Rising
05/15/19 • 52 min
[TRAINING] Are you a wedding photographer that’s ready to start shooting the clients you want? But you're frustrated with how to find and book them?
Most photographers *think* they know who their ideal clients are, but I would argue that 9 out of 10 photographers actually have no idea.
Don't worry, we were there, too.
Before the world travels, the dream weddings, and the commercial studio that brings in over half a million dollars every year, we were exhausted newlyweds working out of our kitchen, booking any wedding we could get. We were stressed out, burned out, and ready to give up. Our images were awesome, but our couples weren't - some were gracious, but many were dismissive. A handful paid us what we were worth, while the rest bargain-shopped every single thing.
Dream life? Not so much...
If we wanted better weddings, we needed better clients - fast. But that's when we realized we actually had no idea who our ideal client was, much less what mattered to them. Before we threw in the towel on our photography dream, we scrapped our website, reworked everything we knew about ideal clients, and built our brand from scratch... and it worked.
Hear the story of how we went from burned out newlyweds to running our dream business – and learn the key exercise that will get you booking your perfect brides, too!
TAKE THE DREAMIE CLASS:
https://dreamieclass.com
GET ALL EPISODE RESOURCES & FREEBIES HERE:
https://creativerising.com/101
EPISODE MADE POSSIBLE BY: SHOOTPROOF (Thank You!!)
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Want to wow your clients with an amazing gallery experience while making passive income on print sales? Shootproof is what we use to generate thousands of dollars in passive income every year while delivering our images in a gorgeous, easy-to-use gallery that our brides love! Creative Rising listeners get ANY plan, for 3 months, for only $1!
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05/13/20 • 44 min
As this episode goes live, we're deep into quarantine life because of COVID-19 and while most of the world has had to figure out how to work from home, wedding photographers are no strangers to it.
However, as client work has come to a stop, this pandemic has dramatically highlighted our true working habits. And it's become painfully clear for a lot of you that there are loads of habits from your pre-COVID life that you brought into your current reality that are seriously holding you back right now.
And you can either allow those habits to continue to produce bad results or you can exchange them for new habits that will finally produce the amazing results you long for.
If you're ready to level up your habits to meet the demands of this new economy, in this episode I dig into the five essential habits every wedding photographer needs to win at working from home.
Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
Indistractable by Nir Eyal
Deep Work by Cal Newport
Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer
CR301: Time ManagementNEXT STEPS:
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01/29/20 • 39 min
We all know that booking weddings is vital to running our business. But for most of us, sales is our least favorite part of the job.
I get it. Client meetings were always a lot of fun for me... until pricing came up. Things would go from amazing to wanting to crawl under a table and hide!
I've since learned that sales doesn't have to be a cringe-worthy experience. The first step is to stop seeing yourself as a salesperson and start acting as a GUIDE.
In this episode, I'm sharing my five sales tips that help me eliminate the awkwardness and step into that role as a guide with each one of our meetings, including the KEY question I always ask that easily transitions the meeting into pricing!
DOWNLOAD OUR 5 SALES TIPS (AND FREE SALES QUESTIONS) HERE:
https://theyoungrens.com/free-resources/free-action-plan-our-top-5-sales-tools/
EPISODE MADE POSSIBLE BY: FREEDOM EDITS (Thank you!!!)
Get Your First Job Edited for Free HERE
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We trust Freedom Edits whenever we outsource our editing across all of our brands. We absolutely LOVE their simple, easy, and totally customized approach to editing and how quickly they got our preferences juuuuuust right! They save us tons of time! Right now, they're gifting all Creative Rising listeners with their first job entirely for FREE! So that's a complete wedding, edited for FREE. (Not a test wedding, either.) This is exclusively for Creative Rising listeners! Get your first job free at the link above at: CreativeRising.com/freedom
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304 | Creating Healthy Social Media Habits in a Distracting Digital World (with Abby Grace)
Creative Rising
02/12/20 • 64 min
**Next Creative Rising Gathering --> Feb 12th in San Diego. RSVP HERE!**
It's no secret that our businesses rely on social media to get in front of the brides and grooms we most want to photograph.
But it's also no secret that many of us struggle with distraction, comparison, and insecurity when scrolling our feeds.
Social media is becoming more addicting than ever, but also more effective than ever for our marketing. So as creative entrepreneurs, it's critical that we learn to untangle our hearts and create healthy boundaries with a digital world that is becoming increasingly distracting.
In this episode, I have a conversation with Abby Grace, a film photographer in Washington D.C., about how she establishes healthy boundaries and balance in her relationship with social media.
Abby shares the resources and practices she uses to keep social media in its proper place in her business, and how she keeps social media out of her personal hours. Hint: Hear how she deletes Instagram every day at 5pm!
This is a life-giving conversation you definitely don't want to miss!
Learn More About Abby Grace:
https://abbygracephotography.com/
Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
Deep Work by Cal Newport
Indistractable by Nir Eyal
Freedom App
Planoly
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02/05/20 • 50 min
**Next Creative Rising Gathering --> Feb 12th in San Diego. RSVP HERE!***
Launching a wedding photography business is daunting, no matter when you do it.
But in today's world, it can be overwhelming to know what exactly you should do to get your business off the ground.
There's a lot of you out there just starting out, so Jeff and I sat down to talk about the ten things we would do if we were starting our wedding photography business right now in 2020.
In this episode we share:
- The biggest thing we would do in our first year that most photographers don't
- The tools we would invest in right away and why (+ the tools we would wait to spend money on)
- How to know if you should invest in paid education or not
Jeff and I started our business 14 years ago in 2006, and it's quite the understatement to say that a lot has changed since then.
When we started, the iPhone hadn't been released yet, Facebook and Twitter were brand new, and Instagram wouldn't exist for another four years. So the world we run our business in today is dramatically different than the world we launched our business in fourteen years ago.
But here's the surprising thing we discovered in this episode... Even though the world has changed, the fundamentals of starting a business haven't. Many of the same rules that we followed over a decade ago, still ring very true for today.
So while there's still some very specific things you should do to take advantage of today's opportunities, some things will (thankfully) always stay the same.
GET OUR LIST OF TEN MUST READ BUSINESS BOOKS HERE:https://theyoungrens.com/free-resources/ten-books/
EPISODE MADE POSSIBLE BY:
KISS WEDDING BOOKS (Thank You!!)
GET 50% OFF YOUR GETTING STARTED KIT
http://creativerising.com/kiss
Are you ready to level up your income and make more money with each wedding? Selling albums dramatically increased our revenue, and we now sell KISS Wedding Albums with every single one of our wedding packages. We love the printing, quality, and gorgeous options with each KISS Album, and Creative Rising listeners get 50% off the Getting Started Kit!
Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
Flodesk
https://flodesk.com/c/THEYOUNGRENSShootProof
https://creativerising.com/shootproof
Creative Rising Community
https://www.facebook.com/groups/339344669485595/
Creative Rising Gatherings
http://creativerising.com/gatherings
Tuesdays Together
https://www.honeybook.com/risingtide/the-details
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404 | How to Use Block Scheduling to Get Things Done
Creative Rising
11/05/20 • 38 min
If you've hung around us Youngrens in 2020, then you've heard us talking about time management, specifically the block scheduling system that we've created and teach to all of our students in our Thrive Business Intensive.
On today's show, I'm expanding on the block scheduling that we use to stay focused, eliminate distractions, and achieve our goals... even in a crazy year like 2020.
As we near the end of this year and round the corner into a fresh new one, it's time to start the conversation about how you're going to level up your habits in 2021.
If you have a lot of rescheduled weddings next year, it might be a much busier year than usual, which means you need to get a handle on your time so you can not just survive 2021, but THRIVE.
Learn about the simple ways that this system will transform how you view your time and move your business forward.
Wanna know how I run our three brands while being a part time mom?
GET MY EXACT WEEKLY WORK SCHEDULE HERE:
https://theyoungrens.com/overwhelm/
Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
Our First Episode on Time Management: https://creativerising.com/301
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402 | Tired of Instagram? Check Out this Amazing IG Strategy (that Nobody Teaches) with Devin Robinson
Creative Rising
10/15/20 • 65 min
If you've spent hours curating your Instagram feed and gotten little to no results for your business, you're not alone. Instagram easily sucks hours of valuable time from your days and bring very little in return, and Devin Robinson argues it's probably because you're doing it all backwards.
Devin spends half the time on Instagram than most creatives, posts very little to his own feed, and yet generates hundreds of thousands of dollars in wedding bookings from Instagram alone.
Want to know his secret? He flips the entire system on it's head to generate raving fans and book his entire team of associate photographers. He spills his entire strategy in this refreshing and honest episode and it's unlike any strategy I've ever heard from any other educator - period.
You're not gonna want to miss this episode!
Download Devin's IG Shortcuts & Join His Facebook Group Here:
https://twpmasterclass.com/creativerisingCheck out Devin's podcast, Anchored Business, here:
https://anchorandveilphotography.com/category/anchored-podcast/
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12/02/20 • 72 min
As a wedding or portrait photographer, its indisputable that selling physical products such as albums, wall art, and prints will not only serve your clients better but dramatically increase your revenue.
But selling physical products can feel complicated, sleazy and just plain overwhelming. In fact, you might be thinking:
- What if I'm not good at sales?
- Can my clients afford beautiful albums & prints?
- I don't have a beautiful studio for sales sessions...
- My business is new - how do I even get started?
Whatever objection or uneasiness you're experiencing with post-wedding sales and selling physical products, Makayla Jade of The Harris Company and The Printographers Society has felt it, too. She began her photography business as a brand new mom selling wall art out of her apartment living room (think: Cheerios in the couch cushions!), and has grown into a thriving, high-end photo + video studio generating multiple six figures in print sales alone - all by focusing their brand experience on albums and physical products.
In this episode, Makayla shares her story of learning how to sell physical heirlooms like wedding albums, and walks through all of the objections photographers typically feel when it comes to selling products beyond just the digital files.
If you're feeling nervous about selling albums, she'll answer:
- The key communication touchpoints that need to occur with your couples for successful sales
- How to handle the digital files in order to make your clients happy but also sell beautiful heirlooms
- How to educate your couples on the value of physical products so they'll always want what you have to offer
- The exact steps to take to begin selling albums and physical products to your clients
If post-wedding sales or selling albums feels overwhelming to you, this deep-dive episode is going to demystify the whole process!
GET MAKAYLA'S FREE EMAIL TEMPLATES FOR BETTER SALES:
https://www.printographerssociety.com/email-templates
CHECK OUT THE PRINTOGRAPHERS SOCIETY
https://www.printographerssociety.com/
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FAQ
How many episodes does Creative Rising have?
Creative Rising currently has 38 episodes available.
What topics does Creative Rising cover?
The podcast is about Photography, Branding, Marketing, Entrepreneur, Podcasts, Arts and Business.
What is the most popular episode on Creative Rising?
The episode title '406 | Demystifying Post-Wedding Album Sales with Makayla Jade' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Creative Rising?
The average episode length on Creative Rising is 51 minutes.
How often are episodes of Creative Rising released?
Episodes of Creative Rising are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Creative Rising?
The first episode of Creative Rising was released on May 15, 2019.
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