A business and lifestyle podcast for creative entrepreneurs, dreamers, and doers who want to make the most out of their life. Consider us your newest BFF's who are in your corner (and your ear buds!) giving you practical tools to use in your business and life, while empowering you with some spit fire truths that will ignite you to go get it. Each Tuesday & Thursday's, Evie & Lindsey bring you tangible and actionable tips to up level your business and life while giving you some laughs and enc ...
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378: How to Prioritize Reels to Explode Your Business in 2024 with Nathan Chanski
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Today we have a repeat guest of one of our favorite people and yours. Nate Chanski is coming on to today’s show to talk about Reels, education, being a photographer and so much more. We dive in super deep today into the niche topic of Reels. Everything you could want to know we discuss today! --------------------------------- Show notes: Post Partn…
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Today we’re diving into the ins and outs of Instagram. What’s working and what’s not? These rise and fall especially as new apps get developed. This is a good check-in on where is Instagram in 2024. --------------------------------- Show notes: https://theheartuniversity.com/377-whats-working-on-instagram-in-2024 --------------------------------- P…
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376: What Do You Do When Your Dreams Don’t Work Out with Kyrie Price
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Any entrepreneur who has ever felt like a failure? Today we have the incredible Kyrie Price on the show. She basically opens up the opposite end on the highlight reel. We talk about stepping away from entrepreneurship and stepping into motherhood, the struggles that come from that and so much more! --------------------------------- Show notes: http…
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375: Soft Girl Era: Girlboss is out, Homemaker is in.
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The death of the girl boss and hello to the homemaker. We’re going to discuss how that is affecting life, motherhood, and business. --------------------------------- Show notes: https://theheartuniversity.com/375-soft-girl-era-girlboss-is-out-homemaker-is-in --------------------------------- Post Partner: www.postpartner.com/heartandhustle Use code…
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374: How to Go to the Next Level: Scaling Your Business, Building a Team, and More with DJ Kristen
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Today is the treat for you today. We’re having the incredible Kristin Hubbard! We know her because she was the DJ for our past two conferences. Today’s conversation is about how she built her DJ business, how she markets being a DJ, becoming a serial entrepreneur, and so much more!! We talk about marketing, and building a brand, whether you are a D…
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373: This Tool Saves Us HOURS of Time in our Businesses. You’re Wasting Time Without It.
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Today is a little bit nerdy surrounding time management–using a particular software/tool that has transformed our lives. *DON'T CLICK OFF* We will talk about things that people think they already know how to use this tool, you’ll probably learn something new! Let’s talk about how to save your hours of time in your business! ------------------------…
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372: Starting a Side Hustle as a SAHM with Little Kids At Home with Maddy Spranger
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If you’re currently a stay-at-home mom (or want to be one soon) and have been debating starting a business to help support that dream… today’s episode is for you!!! Today we’re chatting with the incredible Maddy Spranger, one of our very own Heart and Hustle podcast listeners.. Maddy is a 28-year-old wife and mother as well as a virtual assistant w…
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371: Q&A Mailbag: How Do We Cultivate Strong Marriages, Is Your Gear What Makes You a “Good” Photographer, & More!
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Here’s a good old Q&A episode! You ask the questions and we answer them! That’s what we’re doing today. There are lots of different questions here today, marriage, photography, lifestyle, content, all the things! --------------------------------- Show notes: https://theheartuniversity.com/371-qa-mailbag-how-do-we-cultivate-strong-marriages-is-your-…
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370: Pivoting Into Documentary, Timeless, & Cinematic Photography and How She Exploded Her Photography Business with Hannah Rosser
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Today, we are thrilled to introduce our dear friend, Hannah Rosser, to the show. In this episode, we dive deep into Hannah's journey, from how she first got started with her photography business to a plot twist pivot moment that transformed her photography style and therefore career. --------------------------------- Show notes: https://theheartuni…
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369: Your Launch Blueprint - A Repeatable Formula You Can Use to Launch Anything
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This episode isn’t for launching your FIRST product/service (aka your business). This is for launching something new within your brand or business. --------------------------------- Show notes: https://theheartuniversity.com/369-your-launch-blueprint-a-repeatable-formula-you-can-use-to-launch-anything --------------------------------- Shopify: www.…
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368: Is College Necessary for Photographers? Let’s Discuss with Tyrie Mehaffey
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Today we’re having a good ole friendly debate on the value and benefit of college specifically when it comes to entrepreneurs. And joining us for the discussion is the lovely, Tyrie Mehaffey. Join us for this lively discussion as we explore the pros and cons, share personal experiences, and have some fun here today. --------------------------------…
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367: Photography Isn’t What It Used to Be… A Candid Conversation on the Trends & Changes We See Coming to the Photo Industry This Year
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Today we are sharing on our thoughts and opinions on the photography industry and the changes we have seen. We have been professional photographers for 10 years. We have noticed a lot of shifts. We’re covering the pros, the cons the good and the bads. --------------------------------- Show notes: https://theheartuniversity.com/367-photography-isnt-…
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366: Practical Ways to Lean on the Lord’s Strength When You’re Feeling Worn & Weary with Ruth Chou Simons
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Today, we have an incredibly inspiring guest joining us, someone whose life and work beautifully blend the worlds of art, faith, and entrepreneurship. Ruth Chou Simons is a Wall Street Journal bestselling and award-winning author known for her incredible books and Bible studies. We're gonna get into the nitty-gritty of life, faith, and all those mo…
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365: How to Write Emails That ACTUALLY Get Opened
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We’re talking about a lot of spicy things today that you’re going to want to know to get our customers to open your emails. Whether or not you have an active email list or you’re thinking about having an email list, you don’t want to miss this episode! Also, there are a lot of good nuggets in here even if you don’t have an email list. Great marketi…
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364: Challenging the Culture of Mediocre Motherhood with Abbie Halberstadt
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We don’t care who you are, this is a nonskip episode. Especially if you are a mom. We had our dear friend Abbie on the show. We are obsessed with her worldview and mission. This woman brings it today. We cover the topic of motherhood, specifically the culture that loves to have comradery and community over that motherhood is hard. Think mommy wine …
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363: Is ‘Under Promise, Over Deliver’ an Outdated Sales Technique? Our Controversial Opinion Might Surprise You…
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We’re talking about the old-time tale of “over promise under deliver”. Is it relevant, slimy, industry related? We will dive into all of it today! --------------------------------- Show notes: https://theheartuniversity.com/363-is-under-promise-over-deliver-an-outdated-sales-technique-our-controversial-opinion-might-surprise-you -------------------…
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362: Pro-Metabolic Eating & How to Support Your Hormones with Food with Fallon Lee
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Ever heard of pro-metabolic eating? Keeping hearing that circle around but not sure what it is or why you should care. Don’t worry because today on the show we had the incredible Fallon Lee on to talk about all that and why women should pay even more attention to it. We dove into what pro-metabolic eating is, how to do it, how it supports women's h…
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361: The Biggest Lessons You've Learned From Us...
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Today’s episode made us bawl Today we had YOU answer the question what is the biggest lesson you’ve learned in business from…..US! Y’all wrecked us. We cannot thank you enough, there are no words. We are so thankful that you are hear and are so excited to hear what you have learned from our fumblings and mumblings! ---------------------------------…
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Today’s episode is something we did last year and you loved it. Last year we recorded a year-end episode where we broke down our top 5 favorite books we read that year - fiction, nonfiction, all of it. And so we decided to do it again this year. If you’re new to the podcast, then lemme tell you we are obsessed with reading. We love it so much, and …
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359: Leaving a Successful Business to Go Back to a 9-5 with Anna-Marie Shropshire
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Today is a rare, raw, and ridiculously powerful episode on a topic you don’t often hear about in the entrepreneurial space… leaving a successful business to go back to the 9-5 world. WHAT. --------------------------------- Show notes: https://theheartuniversity.com/359-leaving-a-successful-business-to-go-back-to-a-9-5-with-anna-marie-shropshire ---…
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358: Struggling to Craft Your Instagram Bio Perfectly? Listen for Tips.
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We've dedicated this short and sweet episode to help you master the art of crafting a perfect Instagram bio. We'll be sharing our proven strategies, tips, and tricks to help you create a bio that not only clarifies your identity and purpose but also captivates and engages your target audience. --------------------------------- Show notes: https://t…
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357: Growing Your Business as a Stay At Home Mom with Whitney Olson
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If you’re a stay-at-home mom who is trying to build your business while also raising the next generation of world changers this is for our stay-at-home mom girlies. In our conversation today with Whitney, she shares her remarkable story of starting her photography business at 31, with barely any financial security after the craziest tumultuous seas…
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356: Wedding Photography Gone Wrong: It’s Horror Story Time!
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Now, before we dive in, we have to say this: our incredible listeners never fail to amaze us. You guys really came through with the wedding photography horror stories for this episode, and let us tell you, they are absolutely bonkers! We've got tales that'll make your jaw drop, your eyes widen, and your heart race faster than a bride chasing her ru…
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355: Girl Chat on Motherhood & Postpartum with Sarah Merrill Hall
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Today is just a raw girl chat talking about all things pregnancy, postpartum, & motherhood. The joys, the unexpected, and everything in between. Sarah shares her experiences through pregnancy, and postpartum including sharing her experience with a c-section birth. And we just want to pause here because we wanted to give a quick trigger warning for …
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354: Increasing Your Bookings with Ethical Sales Strategies that WORK
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We’re talking ALLL about sales strategies to eliminate ALL of the pain points you might be feeling. Today we unpack some strategic sales principles you can implement everywhere. --------------------------------- Show notes: https://theheartuniversity.com/354-increasing-your-bookings-with-ethical-sales-strategies-that-work --------------------------…
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353: Top 4 E-Commerce Website Design Mistakes That Could be Impacting Your Sales with Abbey McGrew
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Today we have a special treat for our creative entrepreneurs but specifically for our e-commerce business fam. We’re chatting with an e-commerce brand and web design EXPERT: Abbey McGrew. --------------------------------- Show notes: https://theheartuniversity.com/353-top-4-e-commerce-website-design-mistakes-that-could-be-impacting-your-sales-with-…
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BONUS: Gossip Roundtable With The Heart Conference Speakers
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In this episode we have Evie and Lindsey sitting down with Jai Long and Shay Cochrane before the dance party on day two of The Heart Conference in Denton, Texas earlier this month. The four speakers spill the tea on mispronouncing names for way too long, the girls combining their breakout talks last minute to make room for a last minute speaker tha…
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352: How to Create Systems & Procedures as an Entrepreneur to Maximize Your Time with Taryn Rachelle
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Today we have the absolute queen of systems joining us—Taryn Rachelle! In this episode, we dove deep with Taryn, covering all the steps to get started with setting up your own systems and processes. Taryn shared the must-have platforms and software she recommends for creatives like you to supercharge their efficiency. ------------------------------…
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351: Unfiltered Heart Workshop Experience
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Today we have the BIGGEST TREAT for you we brought on 3 INCREDIBLE photographers who are powerful, unbelievable humans, artists, and entrepreneurs. They also all attended our last Heart Workshop in Palm Springs in June of 2023. We brought on Dani, Melissa, and Katie and asked them to share their honest, unfiltered experience with The Heart Workshop…
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350: 6 Life Hacks: What We Do To Become the Best Versions of Ourselves
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We’re sharing 6 things we do in our lives that we have found bring us so much life & health. These are habits or actions that we have chosen to make a consistent part of our days because of the impact it leaves on us, our families, and our businesses. --------------------------------- Show notes: https://theheartuniversity.com/350-6-life-hacks-what…
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349: How to Build Successful Businesses While Incorporating a Powerful Family Legacy with Holly Wehde
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We had the incredible privilege of sitting down with a true powerhouse, Holly Wehde. What she shares is literally life-changing for any parent. --------------------------------- Show notes: https://theheartuniversity.com/349-how-to-build-successful-businesses-while-incorporating-a-powerful-family-legacy-with-holly-wehde ----------------------------…
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348: Photography Q&A - Chatting Editing Styles, Presets, Free Sessions to Friends/Family, First Kisses & Branding
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Today we are answering a chunk of your photography-specific questions you’ve sent in. Covering presets, editing style, first kiss shot location and so much more! --------------------------------- Show notes: https://theheartuniversity.com/348-photography-qa-chatting-editing-styles-presets-free-sessions-to-friends-family-first-kisses-branding ------…
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347: How to Set & Stay Consistent with Your Routines with Emily Ley
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Have you been struggling with setting and staying consistent with new routines? Today’s conversation is such a sweet mix of truth, love, grace, and vision. Emily walks us through her thoughts on the importance of routines, a glimpse into what she’s implemented in her own life to create rhythms, and how to go about finding and staying consistent wit…
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346: Girl Chat: First Kisses, First Loves, and More - 3 Things You Don’t Know About Us
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If you’ve followed us and this podcast for any stretch of time you probably know that we are extroverts. We love sharing stories. We love sharing our lives on the internet via Instagram or this podcast. We’re very open with a lot of our lives, and therefore if you’ve followed us for a while you probably know a good chunk of stuff. That said, there’…
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345: Pitching Yourself as a Podcast Guest to Grow Your Business with Christina Nicholson
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Have you ever wondered how you can utilize podcasts to grow and market your business, you’re in for a treat today. We have the JOY of talking to the amazing Christina Nicholson. Today Christina breaks down the difference between hosting your own podcast vs being a guest on someone else’s and the pros and cons of each. We then dive DEEP into the str…
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344: Growing Pains - 5 Pitfalls to Avoid While Scaling Your Business
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Growing a business is NO joke, and as you hit new levels in business, different problems and obstacles get thrown at you. And so we wanted to sit down today, to share with you our top five biggest pitfalls we want you to avoid as you grow and scale your business. --------------------------------- Show notes: https://theheartuniversity.com/344-growi…
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343: Considering Shutting It All Down? You Need This Episode with Shay Cochrane
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Friend, if you are feeling over it, burnt out, overwhelmed as heck, and honestly drowning in your business, be it because it’s not financially working or it’s taking a toll on your emotional health. This episode today is going to be your life raft. We had our girl Shay Cochrane back on the show. In today’s episode we go DEEP on a topic that we need…
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342: THE END OF AN ERA: The Heart University is Changing
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Welcome back to the show where we spill the tea, share our wins, losses, lessons learned, and overall just navigate this crazy world of entrepreneurship together. We've got some big and super important news to share with you today, so grab your favorite beverage, cozy up, and let's have a heart-to-heart girl chat. --------------------------------- …
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341: Email Lists 101 + DM Chat Funnels with Amy Porterfield
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Raise your hand if you’ve ever heard in the entrepreneur space: “Email lists are key!” or “You HAVE to have an email list” or something along those lines. Hand raised? Today we’re talking with the QUEEN of marketing and specifically email lists: Amy Porterfield. --------------------------------- Show notes: https://theheartuniversity.com/341-email-…
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340: Our 4 List System: How to Stay Organized and Systematize Your Weeks & To-Do Lists
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If you struggle with finishing a work day or week or heck, YEAR feeling like you were SO busy and yet…. what actually got done? Or you constantly find yourself scrambling to put out fires or stay on top of deadlines… Or it’s not uncommon for important tasks to fall through the cracks… this episode is about to (hopefully) change your life forever. O…
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339: Finding Hope after Pain, Loss, or Brokenness with Toni Collier
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Toni vulnerably shares her story of trauma and heartbreak she experienced in her life and everything she went through to get to where she is today. She then broke down some practical steps we can take if we’re struggling in the midst of our own brokenness or traumatic hurts. She shares the message that healing IS possible and hope is attainable no …
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338: The AI Controversy: Artificial Intelligence and Creative Entrepreneurship
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We're going to dig deep into what AI is, its pros and cons, the ethical and legal stuff surrounding it, and how it can seriously level up our businesses. AI is everywhere these days, from Siri and Alexa to those algorithms that control our social media feeds. But what the heck is AI, and how does it actually work? We'll break it down for you, bust …
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337: The Exact Blueprint for Client Consult Calls that Always Convert with Jai Long
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Are you hearing crickets after your client consult calls? Not sure what you’re doing wrong? Well, you’re in luck friend because today we had Jai back on the podcast to talk all about how to convert EVERY client call! Phewww this one is a doozy and you won’t want to miss it. --------------------------------- Show notes: https://theheartuniversity.co…
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336: Taylor Swift Marketing Strategies - What We Can Learn from the Mastermind of Marketing
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Today we’re first having a little girl chat recap of the eras tour and then we are diving into 6 ways that Taylor Swift KILLS the game as a marketing mastermind when it comes to her brand. Within each point, we’re giving you practical takeaways that we as business owners can learn from her. --------------------------------- Show notes: https://theh…
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335: Motherhood & Business: She Quit her Successful Business to be a Stay At Home Mom with Adison Childers
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If you’re a mother or want to be one someday, you NEED to listen to this episode, especially if you’re a business owner too. We had our dear friend Adison Childers on today’s episode to share her experience on a topic that no one is talking about– quitting a successful entrepreneurial business to become a full-time stay-at-home mom. ---------------…
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334: Q&A Episode: Ask Evie and Lindsey ANYTHING...
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Today we’re coming at ya earbuds with a lil’ Q&A episode. A little game of ask Evie and Lindsey anything. And today we have a bit of something for everyone! What’s your flow for how you record this show? Is it 100% scripted? Is it riffed? Where do I start with outsourcing and what should I look for when outsourcing things like bookkeeping or social…
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333: How to Build a Personal Brand: What to Share & What Not to Share with Ivan Amssan
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Today’s conversation is with one of our good friends Ivan Amssan all on personal branding. Ivan broke down some misconceptions around what personal branding is, what it looks like, and who it is and isn’t for then he began to SPIT FIREEE on how to practically go about approaching building a personal brand for yourself, what to share and what not to…
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332: Photographers: How to Organize Your Hard Drives & Lightroom Catalogs
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Photographers, this episode is for YOU. We get asked SO often about our workflow and systems with organizing our Lightroom catalogs and our hard drives in our photography businesses. This is something that no one freaking tells you when you’re just starting your photography business and you’re kinda stuck to just sort of figure it out yourself. I r…
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331: Past Conference Attendees Spill ALL the Tea!
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Today on the podcast we have the JOY of chatting with 6 incredible women and hearing ALL about their experiences at The Heart Conference 2022. If you have been interested in our Conference but feeling uncertain, hesitant, or afraid, DO NOT MOVE. This is right where you need to be today. --------------------------------- Show notes: https://theheart…
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330: 6 Mistakes You’re Making with Your inquiry Response Email
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We’re about to go head first into one of the biggest tools we regularly use in our business that can lead to either booking… or ghosting. --------------------------------- Show notes: https://theheartuniversity.com/330-6-mistakes-youre-making-with-your-inquiry-response-email --------------------------------- Editing Style Freebie: www.theheartunive…
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