Creativ Rise Podcast

Joey and Christy Speers
  • 5.0 (94)
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Updated Weekly

A weekly podcast that turns creatives into 6 figure business owners. Each episode brings business strategies for the growing creative. Hosted by Joey & Christy Speers. Find more at www.creativrise.com

  1. 4d ago

    10 Ways To $10k/Mo (Real Examples From Real Creatives)

    10 creatives. 10 niches. 10 strategies that are producing real money right now. Sometimes growth comes from learning a new tool or a new trick. And sometimes the fastest thing you can do is look over the shoulder of someone a step ahead of you and see exactly what's working for them today. Most growth advice stays vague. Post more, stay consistent, raise your prices, good luck. So you end up testing something for six months before you ever find out whether it was going to work. The creatives who move fastest skip that part. They borrow what's already proven and run it in their own business. In this episode, we break down 10 Mastermind members across weddings, brand work, social media management, tourism, and outdoor content. Real names, real numbers, and the one specific move driving each of their businesses right now. You don't need to implement all ten. One or two could change your next quarter. How a $5 per day ad budget built a multiple six figure businessWhy your paid traffic should never land on your homepageThe pitch change that took one photographer from a 3% reply rate to 30%How to pitch retainers instead of one off projects, and land a $50,000 deal doing itWhy repositioning as a strategist raises your rates faster than better work doesPick one strategy, build it out over the next three weeks, and your business will be in a stronger place than it is today. P.S. Every creative in this episode is a Creativ Rise Mastermind member, and the Mastermind just changed. It's now a 12 month program that opens with a four week Sprint on your offers and pricing, your brand and positioning, your lead generation, and your sales system, followed by a full year of building it out with us. We're capping it at 10 creatives per cohort and applications for September are officially open. Message us CRM on Instagram for the offer doc, or apply at www.creativrise.com. FREE TOOLS & TRAININGS→ Pricing Calculator: https://www.creativrise.com/pricingcalculator→ Pitching Masterclass Course: https://www.creativrise.com/pitchingmasterclass→ Sales Call Formula Course: https://www.creativrise.com/offers/RM2ZPtZx/checkout→ Productivity Course: https://www.creativrise.com/productivity→ Money Management Training: https://www.creativrise.com/moneytraining→ Fix Your Inquiry Form: https://www.creativrise.com/inquiryform LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE→ Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/creativrise→ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/creativrise FOLLOW ALONG→ Instagram: @creativrise | @joeyspeers | @christyjspeers

  2. Aug 13

    Giveaway Announcement - We Gave Away The Camera 45,000 Creatives Asked Us For

    47,382 of you entered. One of you is getting a camera today. We read through as many of those comments as we could. Not just the Canon vs Sony vs Fuji arguments (though those were elite). The other ones. The people telling us what they'd shoot if they won. So many amazing projects and dreams inside this community! If that was you, we hope this whole week nudged you closer to it. Book the shoot. Send the pitch. Start with what you already own. And thank you for showing up for this the way you did. 47,000 comments is not a giveaway thing, that's a community thing. You turned a camera into a week-long conversation about what everyone's actually trying to build. And a massive thank you for celebrating 300 episodes of the Creativ Rise Podcast with us. We are overwhelmed with gratitude of all the ways this podcast has connected us with you guys!! To 300 more! Watch this video next - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHx33G_FJs0 — Ps. Here's a few things to get involved in throughout the next few weeks! The $10k/Mo Creator Workshop is back — it sold out so fast though that we've added more tickets. Aug 19th — message us "HIT10K" on IG to get a ticketThe Creativ Rise Mastermind application opens again for the first time in 6 months on Aug 19 — join the waitlist for early access — message us "CRM" on IG for details!— FREE TOOLS & TRAININGS → Pricing Calculator: https://www.creativrise.com/pricingcalculator → Pitching Masterclass Course: https://www.creativrise.com/pitchingmasterclass → Sales Call Formula Course: https://www.creativrise.com/offers/RM2ZPtZx/checkout — FOLLOW ALONG → Instagram: @creativrise | @joeyspeers | @christyjspeers

  3. Aug 5

    Are Your Cheaper Packages Killing Your Bigger Packages As A Creative (Here’s The Fix)

    Get Your Ticket For The $10k/Mo Creator Workshop - www.creativrise.com/workshop You've got the portfolio. You've got the reviews. So why does it feel like pulling teeth to get someone to say yes to your biggest package? 👀 We asked a room full of creatives to put a hand up if selling their core offer felt hard. Almost every hand went up. The problem isn't the price. It's the position they're in. A stranger isn't evaluating your work. They're evaluating their risk. Asking someone who found you last week to hand over $8,000 for a wedding day or a full brand campaign is an enormous leap of trust, and no pricing guide is going to close that gap for you. So most creatives sit and wait. Post, nurture, hope the right inquiry shows up. Meanwhile the sales window stretches from weeks into months into years. In this episode we break down The Offer Pitstop™, the three-offer structure that gives people a low-risk way onto your road before you ever ask for the big yes. You'll learn how to build an On-Ramp Offer that earns trust fast, why most "smaller" offers quietly cannibalize the very offer they were built to sell, and the free and paid on-ramps we're running in our own agency right now. Why trust, not talent, is what's blocking your biggest salesHow to build an on-ramp that doesn't compete with your core offerFree on-ramps that cost you 20 minutes: audits, teardowns, and guidesThe $399 UGC project that leads to an $8,000 campaignThe 3-part test every on-ramp has to passGet the sequence right and your core offer stops being a leap. It becomes the obvious next step. P.S. Building offers that actually sequence into each other is Week 1 work inside the Creativ Rise Mastermind. Open Enrollment launches August 19th with only 10 spots for the September cohort. Get on the waitlist at www.creativrise.com and we'll send you the Sales Call Formula free to binge while you wait. FREE TOOLS & TRAININGS→ Pricing Calculator: https://www.creativrise.com/pricingcalculator→ Pitching Masterclass Course: https://www.creativrise.com/pitchingmasterclass→ Sales Call Formula Course: https://www.creativrise.com/offers/RM2ZPtZx/checkout→ Productivity Course: https://www.creativrise.com/productivity→ Money Management Training: https://www.creativrise.com/moneytraining→ Fix Your Inquiry Form: https://www.creativrise.com/inquiryform LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE→ Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/creativrise→ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/creativrise FOLLOW ALONG→ Instagram: @creativrise | @joeyspeers | @christyjspeers

  4. Jul 29

    How Louelle Made A Year's Income In 60 Days Shooting Photo & Video

    Would you raise your prices if you knew it would get you more inquiries, not fewer? 👀 Most creatives price from fear. You look at your number, imagine the client's reaction, and shave a few hundred off before you ever send the guide. It feels like you're removing an obstacle. You're actually adding one. Louelle Adanza was charging $1,700 for a full wedding video and $500 for an entire brand campaign shoot. The work was gorgeous. The bookings were slow, the conversations circled the budget, and she was too burnt out to take on more anyway. Then she changed the number. Weddings now start at $5,999 for photo and $10,700 for photo and video. Brand days run $6,300 and up. Inquiries went up after the increase, and in the last two months alone she and her husband Richard brought in $57,000. That's a full year of her old income, in sixty days. In this episode Louelle walks us through exactly what changed, what she'd do differently, and the systems now running underneath both of her businesses. Here's what we get into: Why underpricing reads as a red flag, not a bargainHow to know when you've earned another price increaseThe two-ad funnel doing $200 to $300 a month and tripling their bookingsMaking clients book a call before they can even inquireWhether to run weddings and brand work under one name or twoBetter pricing doesn't just change your revenue. It changes who shows up, what they ask you, and how fast they say yes. 🚀 Louelle built a 6 figure business with us inside of 12 months, do you want to do the same? The Creativ Rise Mastermind applications open August 19 - get on the waitlist at www.creativrise.com. Limited to 10 new members only. P.S. Pricing is a math problem, not a confidence problem. Our free Pricing Calculator runs the exact numbers Louelle had to face at www.creativrise.com/pricingcalculator. FREE TOOLS & TRAININGS→ Pricing Calculator: https://www.creativrise.com/pricingcalculator→ Pitching Masterclass Course: https://www.creativrise.com/pitchingmasterclass→ Sales Call Formula Course: https://www.creativrise.com/offers/RM2ZPtZx/checkout→ Productivity Course: https://www.creativrise.com/productivity→ Money Management Training: https://www.creativrise.com/moneytraining→ Fix Your Inquiry Form: https://www.creativrise.com/inquiryform LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE→ Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/creativrise→ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/creativrise FOLLOW ALONG→ Instagram: @creativrise | @joeyspeers | @christyjspeers

    How Louelle Made A Year's Income In 60 Days Shooting Photo & Video

  5. Jul 22

    How to Get Clients to Pre-Sell Themselves Before They Ever Inquire (Full Funnel Breakdown)

    This week Christy and I are pulling back the curtain on something we've never fully explained before: the exact reason some inquiries go quiet right when things should be heating up. ⚡️ If you're a photographer, filmmaker, content creator, or social media manager running your own creative business, this is the pinned post and content funnel we've personally used for over a decade. A client goes cold after what felt like a great first conversation. Someone downloads your pricing guide and you never hear from them again. It happens to almost every creative business, and most people assume it's a pricing issue or a fit issue. Usually it isn't. So today we're laying out the actual system running behind our own agency, Speers Collective, the one that gets people arriving at a sales call already halfway convinced. We call it Bingers Become Buyers, and it's built to turn someone who's never heard of you into a booked client without you having to talk them into anything. 🫣 Here’s what’s covered: Why time spent with your brand matters more than the pitch itselfThe Bingers Become Buyers funnel, broken down step by stepHow three pinned posts can build more trust than a polished highlight reelThe 15 to 20 minute mark that tends to signal someone's actually ready to buyThe case study format we use to pre-sell five figure projects before the callBuild this once and you'll stop babysitting every inquiry, stop guessing why people disappear, and start noticing leads who already feel like they know you. P.S. This funnel is just one piece of what we teach. If you want the full playbook behind running a calmer, more predictable six figure creative business, applications for the next Creativ Rise Mastermind cohort open August 26, and we only take 10 new members a month. Message us "CRM" on Instagram or grab your spot on the waitlist now at www.creativrise.com. FREE TOOLS & TRAININGS → Pricing Calculator: https://www.creativrise.com/pricingcalculator → Pitching Masterclass Course: https://www.creativrise.com/pitchingmasterclass → Sales Call Formula Course: https://www.creativrise.com/offers/RM2ZPtZx/checkout → Productivity Course: https://www.creativrise.com/productivity → Money Management Training: https://www.creativrise.com/moneytraining → Fix Your Inquiry Form: https://www.creativrise.com/inquiryform LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE → Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/creativrise → Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7EWjyREs05NKMS7Hhsyaue FOLLOW ALONG → Instagram: @creativrise | @joeyspeers | @christyjspeers

  6. Jul 15

    4 Things We Do When Life Falls Apart (But the Business Can't)

    In this episode of the Creativ Rise Podcast, Christy and I are getting real about something we don't usually talk about publicly: what it actually looks like to run a creative business through a genuinely hard season of life. If you're a photographer, filmmaker, content creator, or social media manager and you've ever felt like you're falling apart personally while still being expected to show up for clients, this episode is for you. 😮‍💨 We're walking through the hardest stretch we've faced in over a decade of business ownership, including a pregnancy loss earlier this year and a due date that just passed with no baby to bring home. We're not sharing this for sympathy. We're sharing it because so many of you are quietly white-knuckling your own hard season right now, whether that's grief, a health scare, a big life transition, or just life piling up faster than you can keep up with. Nobody starts a business expecting to run it through a storm. Most of us start when life feels spacious. But eventually the margin disappears, and you're left wondering how you're supposed to run a business when you can barely run yourself. We're walking through the four things that have actually gotten us through hard seasons, both personally and in business, without quitting or burning out completely. Here's what we cover: • Why "be kind to yourself" is more than a throwaway phrase when you're in the thick of it • Why you shouldn't make permanent business decisions in a temporary emotional season • How to use limited time and capacity to focus on the one thing that actually moves the needle, whether that's revenue, overwhelm, or delivery • Why seeking support, personally and in your business, isn't optional in a hard season • The real difference between your challenge level and your support level, and why the gap between them is where burnout lives Wherever you're at right now, high season, low season, or somewhere messy in the middle, we hope this episode reminds you that you can slow down without giving up, and that you don't have to carry it alone. P.S. If you want our help building a creative business that can actually hold up during hard seasons, open enrollment for the Creativ Rise Mastermind opens August 26. Get on the waitlist at www.creativrise.com now and we'll send you our free Sales Call Formula course to binge while you wait for applications to open! FREE TOOLS & TRAININGS→ Pricing Calculator: https://www.creativrise.com/pricingcalculator→ Pitching Masterclass Course: https://www.creativrise.com/pitchingmasterclass→ Sales Call Formula Course: https://www.creativrise.com/offers/RM2ZPtZx/checkout→ Productivity Course: https://www.creativrise.com/productivity→ Money Management Training: https://www.creativrise.com/moneytraining→ Fix Your Inquiry Form: https://www.creativrise.com/inquiryform LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE→ Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/creativrise→ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/creativrise FOLLOW ALONG→ Instagram: @creativrise | @joeyspeers | @christyjspeers

  7. Jul 8

    Never Get Ghosted On An Invoice Again: The System We Use To Get Paid

    In this episode of the Creativ Rise Podcast, I'm breaking down exactly how Christy and I collect payments on time and in full, without chasing clients or hoping they eventually pay. If you're a photographer, filmmaker, content creator, or social media manager running your own business, this is the payment system, contract clause, and late payment policy we actually use. 👀 Go to our IG and send us a message that says “Contract Clause” and I’ll send you a free copy of our autocharge + late payment penalty clause! Getting stiffed on an invoice is one of the most stressful parts of owning a creative business, and almost nobody talks about it. There will be a client who pays late. There will be a client who ghosts you completely. I learned this the hard way at 19, when I took a $2,800 Uber campaign in New Zealand, paid my own crew out of pocket to make it happen, and never got paid a dollar of it. Most creatives collect payments through Venmo, Zelle, or bank transfers to avoid the 3% processing fee. It feels smart until a client goes quiet and you have zero leverage to actually collect what you're owed. I'm walking through the exact system we built to fix this, including the contract clause that authorizes us to auto-charge a client's card the moment a payment is due, no invoice chasing required. Here's what's covered: Why a 3% processing fee is cheaper than chasing an unpaid invoiceThe deposit strategy that locks in a client's card before day oneThe exact auto-charge clause we use in every contractOur late payment policy, including how the penalty compoundsHow to stop relying on Venmo, Zelle, or a client's goodwill to get paidSet this system up once, and you'll stop chasing payments, stop stressing over cash flow, and get paid like an actual professional business. 🚀 P.S. This payment system is one piece of the puzzle. If you want every system we use to run a stress-free six-figure creative business, applications for the next round of the 6 Week Creativ Rise Mastermind open at the end of August. Message us “CRM” on Instagram or get on the waitlist now at www.creativrise.com. FREE TOOLS & TRAININGS→ Pricing Calculator: https://www.creativrise.com/pricingcalculator→ Pitching Masterclass Course: https://www.creativrise.com/pitchingmasterclass→ Sales Call Formula Course: https://www.creativrise.com/offers/RM2ZPtZx/checkout→ Productivity Course: https://www.creativrise.com/productivity→ Money Management Training: https://www.creativrise.com/moneytraining→ Fix Your Inquiry Form: https://www.creativrise.com/inquiryform LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE→ Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/creativrise→ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/creativrise FOLLOW ALONG→ Instagram: @creativrise | @joeyspeers | @christyjspeers

  8. Jul 1

    How To Get Hired For Your Brain, Not Just Your Camera (We Made $14K In The Last 14 Days)

    In this episode of the Creativ Rise Podcast, Joey and Christy break down how to go from $500 day rates to $10K-$15K months as a photographer, filmmaker, content creator, UGC creator, or social media manager. After booking $14,000 across two projects in just 14 days, they're sharing the 4 specific shifts that took their pricing, and their clients' trust, to a completely different level. Most creative entrepreneurs think bigger budgets come down to having a better portfolio. They don't. Good work is the baseline now. Clients pay premium prices for trust, certainty, and results, not pretty photos or video. If you're still positioning yourself as the hired hand with a camera instead of the strategist running the project, you're leaving thousands of dollars on the table every time you book a job. Here's what they cover: How to stop showing up as "the shooter" and start running the day like a producer your client can fully trustHow to shoot for the client's actual business outcome instead of your own portfolioWhy selling certainty beats selling your time, and how to price around deliverables instead of hoursHow to position your work as a return on investment instead of a "nice to have"Whether you're a wedding photographer, brand photographer, videographer, content creator, or social media manager, these are the same pricing and positioning shifts that helped Creativ Rise Mastermind members like Nick, Adam & Clara, and Luel land $15K-$25K months this year. Make these 4 shifts and you stop competing for $500 gigs with every other photographer and filmmaker in your market, and start getting hired, and paid, like the strategist you already are. P.S. If you want our help installing these exact shifts in your creative business, open enrollment for the Creativ Rise Mastermind opens August 26. Get on the waitlist at www.creativrise.com now and we'll send you our free Sales Call Formula course just for signing up. FREE TOOLS & TRAININGS → Pricing Calculator: https://www.creativrise.com/pricingcalculator → Pitching Masterclass Course: https://www.creativrise.com/pitchingmasterclass → Sales Call Formula Course: https://www.creativrise.com/offers/RM2ZPtZx/checkout → Productivity Course: https://www.creativrise.com/productivity → Money Management Training: https://www.creativrise.com/moneytraining → Fix Your Inquiry Form: https://www.creativrise.com/inquiryform LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE → Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/creativrise → Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/creativrise FOLLOW ALONG → Instagram: @creativrise | @joeyspeers | @christyjspeers

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A weekly podcast that turns creatives into 6 figure business owners. Each episode brings business strategies for the growing creative. Hosted by Joey & Christy Speers. Find more at www.creativrise.com

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  • Creator
    Joey and Christy Speers
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    300
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Joey and Christy Speers
  • Show Website
    Creativ Rise Podcast

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