26 episodes

If you're a photographer, videographer or creative who wants to grow a profitable business you love - a photography business that delights clients AND that supports the life of your dreams - you're in the right place. The Successful Creatives podcast is all about actionable steps, meaningful mindset shifts + interviews with inspiring creatives who are redefining success, delivered every other Wednesday. Successful Creatives make the world a brighter place...but, let's be real. Most of us would rather be making art than running a successful, profitable business. This podcast is designed to show you how to do both. Subscribe to follow along + head to thesuccessfulcreatives.com to join the free group for driven creatives who want to grow!

Successful Creatives Erica Ewing

    • Business

If you're a photographer, videographer or creative who wants to grow a profitable business you love - a photography business that delights clients AND that supports the life of your dreams - you're in the right place. The Successful Creatives podcast is all about actionable steps, meaningful mindset shifts + interviews with inspiring creatives who are redefining success, delivered every other Wednesday. Successful Creatives make the world a brighter place...but, let's be real. Most of us would rather be making art than running a successful, profitable business. This podcast is designed to show you how to do both. Subscribe to follow along + head to thesuccessfulcreatives.com to join the free group for driven creatives who want to grow!

    26. Master Boundaries for a Balanced Business

    26. Master Boundaries for a Balanced Business

    Busy season is just around the corner, which is why we should have a quick chat to make sure overwhelm and burnout aren't a part of your 2024 season. How? With a few simple policies!Let’s explore what this might look like for you…Because this is a beautiful time of year. If you’re anything like me, you’re excited to dive back in. You’re rested and feeling creative and inspired…and also perhaps feeling a nudge from you bank account to get back to work, too!At this point in the year, it’s easy ...

    • 20 min
    25. SQUIRREL! 3 tips to ditch the stress & get more done

    25. SQUIRREL! 3 tips to ditch the stress & get more done

    Marketing and sales are my jam. But organization, and productivity? Let’s just say I’m a work in progress.Luckily I met THE expert in this area, NJ Shelsby who sat down to give me some tips on how to get more done, with less stress. You see, she was overworked and stressed that it disrupted her family and health so much that she experienced a scary bout of short term memory loss.“I was driving to a doctor’s appointment and I couldn’t remember how to get there. As in, I’m driving around f...

    • 38 min
    24. The Email that Increases Consultations

    24. The Email that Increases Consultations

    A super talented wedding photographer who’s beyond lovely, with a stunning portfolio and over 70 5-star reviews should be fully booked, right? But yet out of 40 inquiries, only 2 booked…that’s a 5% booking rate, ouch. AND she’s getting ghosted a ton.Oh and her prices are a steal.What’s going on?The first mistake is in her initial inquiry email.Well-thought, she provides EVERYTHING her potential new client needs to know about working with her in the first email. No question left unanswere...

    • 14 min
    23. My Biggest Lesson in 2023

    23. My Biggest Lesson in 2023

    2023 was a really strange year for me and to be honest with you, it felt like I was riding a roller coaster at times. It was really hard at times. It was really beautiful and easy at times, and it all stemmed from the pivot that I've been making in my business while really starting a 2nd business. It's funny because so many people told me throughout the year, wow, you're crushing it. You are doing so well. So I wanted to give you an inside perspective on exactly what was happening on the insi...

    • 31 min
    22. 4x Your Bookings with this 2 Step Method

    22. 4x Your Bookings with this 2 Step Method

    Have you ever heard me talk about the booking slump that I hit in 2019, where I didn't book a wedding for, like, I think 4 months? I thought it was 6 months, but I think my brain just exaggerated that fact. In reality, I did not book a wedding for 4 full months and this is after 10 years in business. This is after having our best year ever in 2018. So I want to get into what happened and then how I fixed it.For a deeper dive free training: https://the-ewings.com/otfbthesuccessfulcreatives.com

    • 28 min
    21. Assess 2023 before 2024 for Important Business Growth

    21. Assess 2023 before 2024 for Important Business Growth

    The end of busy season is a magical time when you get to think about all of the exciting things that you’d love to see incorporated into your business dream clients. More or less bookings, higher prices. All of this is what will become available to you when you first look back at this year, and then really use that information to intentionally build out next year. This is exactly what we're about to get into. 2023 Audit Workbookthesuccessfulcreatives.com

    • 26 min

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