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047: Oversharing or Just Right? What to Post on Instagram Without Cringing

Release Date: 02/24/2025

057: Systems Superstar Colie James on CRMs & Client Communication

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Colie James is an systems superstar! (I hope visions of Molly Shannon are fluttering in your subconscious!) Family documentary photographer and systems guru, Colie James is giving us the simple on ramp to a 5 minute booking process. In this episode we get: Colie’s preferred CRMs and why What emails to send every inquiry What to put in EVERY. SINGLE. EMAIL. (Alison & Colie may have shared a moment about this one) How to get her FREE Colie James is a Disney-loving Systems Strategist and the host of the Business-First Creatives podcast. Her heart pumps in helping photographers...

056: Stop Ghosting Your Own Leads

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You’re probably doing this and don’t even know it! Do you have a system for inquiries and leads? Are you anticipating their questions? Are you making it EASY for new inquiries? This week’s episode is all about that crucial first step during inquiries into clients with a system! Links: or Get Melissa’s Free Find Alison on IG Find Melissa on IG Used #keepitmovingpod on socials!

055: Show Your Face! Using Video to Connect with Clients

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Are you using video in your business? And not just for social media? Showing your face will connect with your clients from the get go. We’re talking about how we use video on the back end of our businesses for inquiries, clients, and email communication. Links: or Get Melissa’s Free Find Alison on IG Find Melissa on IG Used #keepitmovingpod on socials!

054: Client Automation - Work Smarter Not Harder!

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This episode is all about streamlining. What are those repetitive tasks that we can eliminate and save time? There are several tools and tasks that we use to automate! It can be scary at first when you forget what you’ve emails or tasks you’ve automated, or when they don’t fire correctly. For the love, slow roll into this! Don’t try to do it all at once. Tool Time: Use Zapier to connect apps that don’t otherwise work together. Links: or (Melissa's old CRM) Use #keepitmovingpod on socials!

053: Mini Mentoring with Kayla Victor moving from Michigan to Dallas, TX

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Mini Mentoring is a series where Alison & Melissa get the low down on a real life business owner in need of some support! If you're interested in being on the show, DM us on Instagram! Kayla is moving again for the 5th time in 3 years! And no, she’s not military affiliated! She is a family, maternity and motherhood photographer moving from Michigan to Dallas this spring. You can find Kayla at . In this episode we’re nailing down: In person networking Promotional events while her SEO bakes How to become a local expert Lead magnet and email marketing Links: or Download ...

052: Financial Fridays

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Face it. You have to look and talk about your finances. Similar to Marketing Monday, pick a day every month or every week to dig into your money. We're listing out some of our regularly batched financial tasks like taxes, owner's compensation, and bookkeeping. If you're putting off logging expenses for you annual taxes.. listen to this episode! Links: or Download Used #keepitmovingpod on socials!

051: Marketing Mondays

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How do you make sure you’re consistently marketing your business? How do you avoid the feast/famine cycle? We’re talking all about your minimum required effort that needs to happen regularly! That can be weekly, monthly, or even a mix. You don’t need to do everything, but you do need to be consistent. Links: or Used #keepitmovingpod on socials!

050: Demystifying Branding with Kristin Korn

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If you’ve ever given a side eye to the importance of copy writing or brand messaging, this episode is for you! Kristin Korn is a brand and marketing master. She’s the owner of multiple businesses including CORE Brand Marketing. On this episode Kristin demystifies branding - it’s so much more than colors and a logo! We’re getting into unique value propositions, pain points, and triggers and how to utilize that in your messaging all over your website, emails, social media and more! Mentioned in this episode: Links: or Download Used #keepitmovingpod on socials!

049: Our Favorite Keyword Research Tool

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We talk about the importance of blogging a lot, and not duplicating your keywords. Well, how do you know which keywords to use? What’s being searched? We’re sharing the lynchpin to that whole process: our favorite keyword research tool. Listen in for a fast intro to how to use it, what its capable of and what the data means for you. Listen to Episode 5 about Keywords for a run down on what they are and why they're important. Links: *not an affiliate link. or Melissa’s Keyword Course: Used #keepitmovingpod on socials!

048: Mini Mentoring With Angie Moore in Summerville, SC

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Mini mentoring is an episode series where we get a quick run down on your business struggles and we give you our best advice for keeping it moving! Angie moved from New York City to Charleston, South Carolina. She's worked in maternity, newborn and family photography but has pivoted to heirloom studio photography. She's been relaunching in SC for a couple years now and has some good things going! Listen in to hear how she can maximize boutique events and raise her prices. Want to be a guest on a Mini Mentoring episode? Links: or Used #keepitmovingpod on socials!...

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No matter what social media platform you use, what to post can cause confusion, paralysis and overwhelm! Let’s get back to the basics … YOU.

What makes YOU unique? Not just your photography but your family, pets, where you live, your philosophy to photography… there’s much more than just your work to share about!

And believe us, people want to know about those every day details that seems boring to you. We’re all nosy!

Challenge: Get out of the photography box.

Tool Time: Canva...undermining Alison's collegiate design classes in the best way.

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