Business-First Creatives

By Colie James

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Every creative deserves to turn their craft into a business that brings them joy and profit. Here you'll find a no-BS approach to what it takes to put the business first, prioritizing the systems and strategies that will actually move the needle and ensure your creative business is profitable rather than an expensive side-hustle. Your host is Colie James, a Disney-loving family photographer, and filmmaker turned Workflow and Automations Guru who helps creative service providers automate their sh*t, reclaim their time and get back to living! 

Episode Date
Building a Steady Stream of Potential Customers through SEO and Pinterest with Kara Duncan [Marketing with Intention Series]
Sep 19, 2024
Crafting an Intentional Marketing Plan with Tayler Cusick-Hollman [Marketing with Intention Series]
Sep 12, 2024
Storytelling Trends You Should Implement Today with Akua Konadu
Sep 05, 2024
New School Year - New Possibilities
Aug 26, 2024
Simplifying Systems for Creatives Using Airtable from Copywriter on Call
Aug 20, 2024
How to Write Emails Your Clients Love Reading from Big Fun Content
Aug 01, 2024
Discover the Magic of Organizing with Airtable | Annemie Tonken
Jul 29, 2024
How to Socially Sell on Instagram: the Magic of ManyChat Automations with Dayna Schaaf
Jul 25, 2024
Making the Switch from Quickbooks to Xero for Small Business Owners with Madison Brown
Jul 18, 2024
Maximize Your Business with AI: Top Tools & Tips with Dawn Richardson
Jul 11, 2024
Crafting Compelling Copy in Your Marketing with Sara Gillis
Jul 02, 2024
Embracing Workflows & Automations in Your CRM: HoneyBook Case Study with Brittany Herzberg
Jun 27, 2024
Scaling Your 1-to-1 Service into a Digital Product with Angela Tan
Jun 20, 2024
Optimizing Your Program Promise for Measurable Results with Ashley Pendergraft
Jun 13, 2024
Celebrating 2 Years of Business-First Creatives with Sabrina Gebhardt and Annemie Tonken
Jun 06, 2024
Creating Customized, Yet Automated Systems for Your Inquiry Responses with Megan Grove
May 30, 2024
CRM Blueprint Case Study with Katharine Calderwood
May 23, 2024
Expanding Your Business through Virtual Summits with KP & Jessie of Inkpot
May 16, 2024
Community Memberships: Leveraging Free and Paid Tiers for Lasting Impact with Katelyn Dekle
May 09, 2024
Where Parenting Meets Your Business with Daniel Moyer
May 02, 2024
Knowing What Your Business Needs Based on the Stage of Business You're In with Jessica Dornieden
Apr 25, 2024
Grow Your Business by Hosting a Summit with Jenny Suneson
Apr 18, 2024
Leverage Someone Else's Audience for Your Marketing with Amy Dangerfield
Apr 11, 2024
How Jess Built Her Business on Hawaiian Vacations with Jess Fernandez
Apr 04, 2024
Getting the Most Conversions through Paid Advertising with Olivia Lawson
Mar 28, 2024
Sensory Storytelling that Connects with Your Audience with Zafira Rajan
Mar 21, 2024
Building Intentional Habits with Jess Joswick
Mar 14, 2024
Borrowing Audiences by Pitching Yourself as a Podcast Guest with Christina Lenkowski
Mar 07, 2024
Gaining Photography Clients through Silent Auctions and Free Services with Rebecca Hunnicutt
Feb 29, 2024
Full-Time Processes for Part-Time Photographers with Lydia Fine
Feb 27, 2024
Creating a Cohesive Client Experience in Your CRM that Converts with Ashley Tindall
Feb 15, 2024
What Will Help You Create and Launch a Better Course with Mara Kucirek
Feb 12, 2024
Generating Monthly Recurring Revenue with a Membership (Beyond Services: Expanding Your Offer Suite) with Liz Wilcox
Feb 08, 2024
Insights on Diversifying Income Streams in Your Photography Business (Beyond Services: Expanding Your Offer Suite) with Maddie Peschong
Feb 05, 2024
Building a Successful Offer Suite for Multiple Audiences (Beyond Services: Expanding Your Offer Suite) with Elizabeth McCravy
Feb 01, 2024
Creating Offers that Generate Consistent Revenue (Beyond Services: Expanding Your Offer Suite) with Brittany McBean
Jan 29, 2024
Overcoming Money Mindsets to Generate Wealth as an Entrepreneur (Financial Stability for Creatives Series) with Natalie Bullen
Jan 25, 2024
Quickbooks for Small Businesses (Financial Stability for Creatives Series) with Crystalynn Shelton
Jan 18, 2024
Creating Business Productivity and ROI with Your Time with Brittnie Renee
Jan 11, 2024
Filling Your Creative Cup with Sarah Wayte
Jan 04, 2024
The Powerful Pivot from Weddings to Commercial Work with Ben Davis
Dec 28, 2023
How to Jumpstart Your Video Visibility Plan in 2024 (Video Visibility Series)
Dec 26, 2023
Building Visibility with Video on Social Media (Video Visibility Series) with Natasha Pierre
Dec 21, 2023
3 Videos to Create for Your Client Experience Right Now (Video Visibility Series)
Dec 18, 2023
Overcoming Your Mindset Blocks to Show Up on Video (Video Visibility Series) with Mariangelica Forero
Dec 14, 2023
3 Mistakes You Can Easily Avoid Inside Your Client Experience
Dec 11, 2023
Enhancing Your VIP Experience with Intentional Proposals, Questionnaires, and Automations with Flor Blake
Dec 06, 2023
How to Choose a CRM for Your Photography Business
Dec 04, 2023
Creating an Intentional and Personalized Client Experience with Brittney Johnson
Nov 30, 2023
Making Data-Driven Decisions in Your Business with Ally Anderson
Nov 26, 2023
About that Black Friday Offer
Nov 20, 2023
Building an Associate Team (Building a Team Series) with Jill Smith
Nov 19, 2023
Communicating with Your Team: The Clickup & Airtable Combo (Building a Team Series) with Ana Natkins
Nov 13, 2023
Successfully Delegating to Your Team (Building a Team Series) with Selina Johnson
Nov 08, 2023
Choosing the Right Tech Stack for Your Team (Building a Team Series) with Brooke Scott
Nov 06, 2023
Creating a System for Your Team (Building a Team Series) with Liz Strong
Nov 01, 2023
Photographer BONUS Episode - Online Gallery Sales for Black Friday with Pic-Time
Oct 31, 2023
The Magic of Follow-Up Emails
Oct 24, 2023
How Kristyn Miller Created a Heart-Centered Photography Business
Oct 22, 2023
Have You Made a Plan for Black Friday?
Oct 18, 2023
Minimalism in Business (Self Care Series) with Makeda Newton
Oct 15, 2023
How Fair Play in the Home Can Benefit Your Business (Self Care Series) with Lindsay Dreyer
Oct 11, 2023
Recognizing and Avoiding Burnout as an Entrepreneur (Self Care Series) with Courtney Porter
Oct 09, 2023
The Art and Business of Birth with Lindsey Eden Bartell
Oct 05, 2023
What Your Website Really Needs with Kate Hejde
Oct 01, 2023
Episode 100 🎉🎉🎉
Sep 27, 2023
My Favorite 3 Tools for Content Creation and Management
Sep 25, 2023
Want an inside look at how I create podcast content?
Sep 19, 2023
Use Your Words: Crafting Compelling Content for Your Blog with Kate Wark
Sep 17, 2023
How to Leverage LinkedIn for Your Business with Tania Bhattacharyya
Sep 13, 2023
The Art and Strategy Behind Your Static Instagram 9-Grid with Deanna Seymour
Sep 11, 2023
Creating Your Sustainable Social Media Marketing Strategy with Andréa Jones
Sep 07, 2023
Active vs. Passive Marketing for Photographers with Dan Moyer
Aug 31, 2023
Do you have a marketing plan?
Aug 29, 2023
My New Gig as an Uber Driver
Aug 21, 2023
Striving for Work-Life-Homeschool Balance with Carly Kewley
Aug 20, 2023
Branding Lessons from Barbie with Marissa Garcia
Aug 14, 2023
Cultivating Your Brand Magic: The Power of Storytelling in Business with Annie Franceschi
Aug 10, 2023
The Year of Posy's Pivot with Posy Quarterman
Aug 03, 2023
Applying the Rule of 7 with Dayna Schaaf
Aug 02, 2023
SEO Best Practices for Photographers | Simple SEO Series with Melissa Arlena: Part 2
Jul 23, 2023
SEO through Case Studies | Simple SEO Series with Brittany Herzberg: Part 3
Jul 23, 2023
On-Page SEO | Simple SEO Series with Samantha Mabe (Bonus)
Jul 23, 2023
Getting Started with SEO | Simple SEO Series with Erin Ollila: Part 1
Jul 22, 2023
You have to repeat yourself over and over again
Jul 20, 2023
Too much visibility is exhausting
Jul 18, 2023
How Automated Processes Can Help Strengthen Client Relationships with Annemie Tonken
Jul 13, 2023
Crunching the Numbers: Why Tracking Website Traffic, Inquiries, and Booking Stats Matter
Jul 11, 2023
That Time Erin Ollila Interviewed ME on My Own Podcast
Jul 06, 2023
Creating a Cohesive Client Experience: Part 1
Jul 03, 2023
Creating for Yourself with Tenley Clark
Jun 29, 2023
Business Road Trip
Jun 26, 2023
Know Your Purpose with LaJune King
Jun 22, 2023
It's Not Just You
Jun 19, 2023
Navigating Motherhood and Business with Amy Sanusi
Jun 15, 2023
Have you had success using AI for your business?
Jun 14, 2023
The Role of Hiring in the Journey to Becoming a CEO with Angelica Pompy
Jun 08, 2023
Let's talk about audience growth
Jun 06, 2023
Marketing with Confidence with Fiona Margo
Jun 01, 2023
1 Year and Counting
May 30, 2023
Building a Business That's Right for You with Miranda Eorio
May 25, 2023
Eliminate the overwhelm with automations
May 22, 2023
Exploring Enneagram Types with Katelyn Dekle
May 18, 2023
What do you do in a single sentence?
May 16, 2023
How to Leverage Your Speaking Engagements with Jordan Gill
May 11, 2023
Choosing the right container for you
May 09, 2023
Community Over Competition with Natasha Sewell
May 04, 2023
Should you niche down?
May 01, 2023
Educating Your Audience Using Email with Shannon Vondy
Apr 27, 2023
How to Survive a Slow Season
Apr 24, 2023
Understanding the Financial Health of Your Business with Val Duvick
Apr 20, 2023
The 3 Year Itch in Business
Apr 17, 2023
Personal Branding in Your Instagram Marketing w/ Angie McPherson
Apr 13, 2023
Are you confident in your prices?
Apr 10, 2023
Investing in Outsourcing
Apr 06, 2023
Creating Productive Habits in Your Business
Apr 03, 2023
The Cost of Disorganization w/ Ashley Shuler
Mar 30, 2023
How To Decide if an Offer is Right for you
Mar 28, 2023
Get Uncomfortable
Mar 24, 2023
Content Planning + Disneyland with Amanda Warfield
Mar 23, 2023
Making Buying Decisions in Your Business
Mar 22, 2023
Do You Know Your Profit Margin?
Mar 21, 2023
Honeybook PSA
Mar 20, 2023
Let's Write Some Emails
Mar 19, 2023
How to Use Emails to Make Friends with Liz Wilcox
Mar 16, 2023
How to Use Your Podcast as a Marketing Tool with Haylee Gaffin
Mar 09, 2023
Using Customer Insights to Improve Your Messaging with Melissa Harstine
Mar 02, 2023
Data and Marketing: The PB&J of Business Growth with Carolina Guzik
Feb 23, 2023
Making Decisions for YOU w/ Jill Smith
Feb 19, 2023
The Digital Nomad Life with Sandra of Damn Copy
Feb 09, 2023
Experimenting in Your Business with Maryam Salassi
Feb 02, 2023
Bringing In-Person Education Back with Alison Hatch
Jan 30, 2023
Brand Refresh with Ashlee Burke
Jan 26, 2023
Bookkeeping Strategies for Success with Laura Kelly
Jan 19, 2023
Money Mindset with Dan Moyer
Jan 12, 2023
Preparing for a Recession with Maddie Peschong
Jan 05, 2023
Top 3 Lessons I Learned from My Podcast in 2022
Dec 23, 2022
Creating Copy that Sounds Like You with Sara Vartanian
Dec 15, 2022
Why Your Website Is Your Best Business Asset with Samantha Mabe
Dec 08, 2022
Let's Get Social with Sarah Huguet
Dec 01, 2022
BONUS: Outsourcing for the Win with Kati Douglas of Xilo Photography
Nov 28, 2022
Winter is Coming - Auditing Your Systems
Nov 23, 2022
Winter is Coming - Auditing Your Messaging
Nov 22, 2022
Winter is Coming - Auditing Your Offer
Nov 21, 2022
Sarah Potts: BTS of Hiring My VA
Nov 17, 2022
Let's Talk Growth Strategy with Celi Arias
Nov 10, 2022
4 Workflows Every Entrepreneur Needs in Their CRM
Nov 03, 2022
3 Years Later with Sabrina Roden
Oct 27, 2022
Crafting Copy that Converts with Rachel Greiman
Oct 20, 2022
CEO Marketing Mentality with Mikki Wilson
Oct 13, 2022
3 Tools I Cannot Live Without in My Photography Business
Oct 06, 2022
4 Tools to Book and Manage VIP Days
Oct 04, 2022
Working Weekend Wins with Sabrina Gebhardt
Sep 29, 2022
Learning without the Sales Pitch with Lisa DiGeso
Sep 22, 2022
Dubsado Case Study with Alison Brett
Sep 15, 2022
Audit Your CRM
Sep 08, 2022
The Dish on VIP Days
Sep 01, 2022
Pick Your Path with Ashley Pendergraft of Systems Over Stress
Aug 25, 2022
CEO Talk with Ashley Kang
Aug 18, 2022
The Buffer Episode
Aug 16, 2022
Conducting Consistent Customer Research with Nadine Nethery of CAN DO! Content
Aug 01, 2022
Honeybook to Dubsado: One Year Later with Mary Otanez
Jul 28, 2022
Webinars, Low-Ticket Offers, and What I Learned About Sales
Jul 21, 2022
Expanding into Education with Annemie Tonken
Jul 14, 2022
Avoiding Burnout with Sabrina Gebhardt
Jul 07, 2022
Choose Happy
Jun 30, 2022
How Maddie Peschong is using Dubsado in a totally new way
Jun 23, 2022
Pivoting in Your Business with Britney Jeanine
Jun 16, 2022
If you keep hearing NO, listen to this
Jun 08, 2022
Welcome to the Podcast
May 28, 2022