In this first episode of the scaling series, we're going to talk about when it's time to scale your photography business, as well as what scaling actually means for your life and business.

In this 5-episode series of scaling your business, I will be showing you how your life and business can look different whenever you decide to scale so that you can avoid burnout year after year.

During this first episode, I will be sharing the 7 different ways you will know it's time for you to scale, and even a bit about my personal story about why I decided to scale and start that process back in 2021. These next 5 episodes of this scaling series are going to be so powerful for you, and I truly believe it has the ability to change your life and your business just like it has changed mine.

So, what do you say we get into this first episode of the scaling series?

SHOW NOTES:

https://clairehunt.co/blog/when-its-time-to-scale-your-photography-business

Featured Offerings or Resources Mentioned in the Episode:

Getting ghosted when a dream client inquires? Hook more of your inquiries with these FREE 4 inquiry email templates.

Wanting to increase your booking rate and convert more discovery calls? Get the discovery call script here.

Ready to scale your business and earn more while working less? Learn more about Scale It here

A 10+ episode podcast series created so that you can begin taking the steps to stop trading your time for income. Check out the Scaling Pod Series here

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If you're struggling with booking your dream couples, there could be one thing that holding you back. It's something we see so much and it's so normal to see in the industry.

This topic that I am sharing is something I shared over my Instagram this past week, and the response was so good I thought it would be a great idea to do an unfiltered episode about this to share it with even more photographers because it's also not talked about from an education perspective.

While this is going to give you some tough love, I promise you it comes from a place of love because I truly care for you. My hope is that this helps shift your perspective because if you find yourself doing this one thing, you are probably actually waving goodbye to a bunch of potential bookings with your dream couples.

So, let's get into this unfiltered episode that I hope helps you so much!

In this episode, you will hear about:

• The biggest thing keeping you from booking your dream clients
• Why it's important to market your business in a more positive light
• The reason you shouldn't assume the worst

SHOW NOTES:

https://clairehunt.co/blog/the-one-thing-keeping-you-from-booking-your-dream-couples/

Featured Offerings or Resources Mentioned in the Episode:

Getting ghosted when a dream client inquires? Hook more of your inquiries with these FREE 4 inquiry email templates.

Wanting to increase your booking rate and convert more discovery calls? Get the discovery call script here.

Needing to increase inquiries and get booked consistently? Learn more about Book It Mentorship Program here.

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Have you always had an interest in booking destination weddings? Or maybe you've booked them, but want to book more? Then this episode is for you! I'm guiding you through everything you need to know about the question of how to book destination weddings.

You may have heard time and time again that you need to travel to a location first in order to be able to book that location, or even have been discouraged to doing destination weddings, but that's not what I'm here to tell you.

I'm here to share other ways for you to book more destination weddings and how to even book your first destination wedding, and how to make the most of your travel whenever you are traveling either for personal pleasure or for business.

In this episode, you will hear about:

• Why I won't discourage you from booking destination weddings
• Booking couples and engagement sessions
• Niching down your locations so you can become an expert
• The importance of writing blogs and cornerstone content
• Sharing about your travel
• Some information on my new program coming at the end of the year

SHOW NOTES:

https://clairehunt.co/blog/how-to-book-destination-weddings/

Featured Offerings or Resources Mentioned in the Episode:

Ready to scale your business and earn more while working less? Learn more about Scale It here

A 10+ episode podcast series created so that you can begin taking the steps to stop trading your time for income. Check out the Scaling Pod Series here

Wanting to optimize your backend systems to operate your business as a CEO? Get the Notion Template for Creative Entrepreneurs here

Wanting to increase your booking rate and convert more discovery calls? Get the discovery call script here

Connect with Claire:

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In today's episode, I want to give you a quick snapshot at some of my favorite business books that I've read as a photographer. All of these have helped in different ways and in different seasons of my business. Books are a great way to learn from some of the industry leaders in a strategic and wholesome way. While they are not specifically focused on photography, you can still take each of the application pieces from these books and apply them to your photography business.

I'm excited to share these with you because these have been pivotal to some of my growth and how I have approached business as a whole. You can find these books in my Amazon storefront if any of them resonate with you.

My top 5 favorite business books:

• "Profit First" by Mike Michalowicz

• "Building a Story Brand" by Donald Miller

• "Start with Why" by Simon Sinek

• "The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry" by John Mark Comer

• "The Gift of Influence" by Tommy Spaulding

SHOW NOTES:

http://clairehunt.co/blog/the-best-business-books-for-photographers

Featured Offerings or Resources Mentioned in the Episode:

Check out my Amazon Storefront

Getting ghosted when a dream client inquires? Hook more of your inquiries with these FREE 4 inquiry email templates.

Wanting to increase your booking rate and convert more discovery calls? Get the discovery call script here.

Needing to increase inquiries and get booked consistently? Learn more about Book It Mentorship Program here.

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If client communication is something that is overwhelming for you, especially during the busy season, then this episode is for you. We're talking about 3 simple yet powerful ways to start improving your client communication. Client communication is just one small piece of giving a great client experience as a whole.

If you struggle with knowing what to say, have clients emailing you wondering what's next, have clients confused about why they aren't hearing from you, or if you're simply just lost on the client experience journey and how to be an organized business owner, then you are about to find many golden nuggets with tangible examples.

I'm also sharing an exciting new offer, the Client Experience Bundle, that launches on July 18. You can expect to find all of my email templates, questionnaires, and workflows for both weddings and elopements. And, as a podcast listener, you can join the waitlist to be the first to have access AND to get an exclusive discount.

So, let's get started on the 3 ways you can start improving your client communication today.

You are going to learn about:

• Taking the time to think about your client's journey

• Being clear and direct when communicating deadlines and expectations

• How to use a CRM to its max capacity

• My new offer the Client Experience Bundle

SHOW NOTES:

https://clairehunt.co/blog/3-ways-to-improve-client-communication

Featured Offerings or Resources Mentioned in the Episode:

Getting ghosted when a dream client inquires? Hook more of your inquiries with these FREE 4 inquiry email templates.

Wanting to increase your booking rate and convert more discovery calls? Get the discovery call script here.

Needing to increase inquiries and get booked consistently? Learn more about Book It Mentorship Program here.

Revamp the way you engage with clients and potential clients from end-to-end with the Client Experience Bundle

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Are you someone who gets intimidated by finances in your business, and you just are not sure where in the world to start? Well, I am bringing a very requested topic to you all on bookkeeping 101. I have our friend Olivia with us today and we're going to talk about the difference between a bookkeeper and an accountant, a few of Olivia's top bookkeeping and finance practices she recommends for entrepreneurs (and yes, that does include how to pay yourself and how much to pay for taxes), the difference between sales and profit, and the term "knowing your numbers" because that's something that gets thrown around a lot. Get ready, because you are going to walk away with some super tangible steps from this short, yet packed episode!

You are going to learn all about:

• The difference between a bookkeeper and an accountant
• Olivia's top bookkeeping and finance practices
• How to pay yourself
• The first steps to take when figuring out taxes
• The difference between sales and profit
• What it means to know your numbers
• Olivia's bookkeeping software recommendations
• The reports we should all be looking at routinely
• When to know it's time to hire a bookkeeper
• How to budget and forecast

SHOW NOTES:

https://clairehunt.co/blog/bookkeeping-101-with-frolic-bookkeeping/

Featured Offerings or Resources Mentioned in the Episode:

Check out Olivia's profit and loss spreadsheet. You can get 20% off with the code ALLANGLES.

Getting ghosted when a dream client inquires? Hook more of your inquiries with these FREE 4 inquiry email templates.

Wanting to increase your booking rate and convert more discovery calls? Get the discovery call script here.

Needing to increase inquiries and get booked consistently? Learn more about Book It Mentorship Program here.

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Let me be clear that this is not an episode where I am pitching one of my programs to you, so I wanted to preface with that. By all means if you relate to my teaching style, this episode hits home for you, and you know that one of my educational offerings could potentially help you, then I'd love nothing more than to get to know you. But, truthfully, I wanted to talk about this topic on an episode because every educator or service provider pushes the narrative that you need to invest. It can be hard to drown out the noise.

Think about that VA always pushing their Pinterest services, or the educator constantly promoting their offers with a sense of urgency and scarcity. You hear enough of that elsewhere, so that's not what this episode is.

This episode is to educate you on all the things to consider when it comes to the many educational courses, programs, products, free trainings, or even the ways you can outsource in your business.

So objectively, here's what you will learn in this episode:

+ what investing actually means (time, energy, and money)+ when it's actually a good time to invest in your business+ how to determine whether an investment is worth it+ what to prioritize investing in+ mistakes that you can avoid+ how to actually prioritize your investments as well (because I know a majority of you have some kind of course, just gathering dust in your inbox - I've done it too)

SHOW NOTES:

https://clairehunt.co/blog/when-is-it-a-good-time-to-invest-in-your-business/

Getting ghosted when a dream client inquires? Hook more of your inquiries with these FREE 4 inquiry email templates.

Wanting to optimize your backend systems to operate your business as a CEO? Get the Notion Template for Creative Entrepreneurs here

Wanting to increase your booking rate and convert more discovery calls? Get the discovery call script here

Needing to increase inquiries and get booked consistently? Learn more about Book It Mentorship Program here

Episode 6 - Inbox Overwhelm? 4 Ways to Better Your Productivity

Episode 15 - Goal Setting and Planning for the New Year

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Are you looking to streamline your client processes and give them an incredible experience? Well friend, we are talking about how to maximize Dubsado to save you time, energy, and overwhelm, all while giving your clients a fabulous journey. I've used Dubsado in my own business for over 2 years after switching over from HoneyBook, and I absolutely love it.

If you know anything about Honeybook, you know it's basically the only CRM that's recommended for photographers, but I truly feel Dubsado is so much more powerful. It has many more implementations you can use, and the automations are incredible! Now, although I could talk to you about this myself, I've decided to bring on Meg Cooper to tell you about all the amazing things Dubsado can do for your photography business.

In this episode, we cover:

• Meg's business journey
• What Dubsado is how you can use it to its fullest potential
• How to go from dreadfully managing client projects to being excited about having new inquiries
• The biggest differences between Dubsado and HoneyBook
• The first thing you should automate when using Dubsado
• Small ways to get systems set up with an entry-level workflow and still save time
• Meg's favorite actions and triggers to use
• Things to watch out for when setting up workflows to actions and triggers
• How to best personalize your emails

SHOW NOTES:

https://clairehunt.co/blog/how-to-use-dubsado-to-save-time-energy-overwhelm-meg-cooper

Featured Offerings or Resources Mentioned in the Episode:

Dubsado: Start your free trial and get 20% off your first month or year using this link. You can also use the code CLAIREHUNTPHOTO when selecting your plan.

Workflow Worksheet: If you're struggling to articulate your client experience workflow and are managing it from memory or post-it notes, this free comprehensive worksheet will allow you to outline your process clearly so that you can more easily manage it and identify any possible opportunities in your client experience.

Getting ghosted when a dream client inquires? Hook more of your inquiries with these FREE 4 inquiry email templates.

Wanting to optimize your backend systems to operate your business as a CEO? Get the Notion Template for Creative Entrepreneurs here

Wanting to increase your booking rate and convert more discovery calls? Get the discovery call script here

Needing to increase inquiries and get booked consistently? Learn more about Book It Mentorship Program here

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Have you been struggling with organization in your photography business? In today's episode, I'm sharing one of my favorite organization tools, Notion, and how you can use it in your business. I know organization can be a foreign thing to most of us creative entrepreneurs, and for me, since I was a nurse, organization has always been ingrained in me since that time, but Notion has made my entrepreneurship journey so much more organized and much more fun too! If you don't know this about me already, aesthetics are equally as important to me as functionality, and Notion, in my opinion, is visually appealing. Another bonus is that it's free! Notion can be quite overwhelming at first to understand the ins and outs, but hopefully, this episode will give you guidance on how you can use it in your photography business.

And after learning about Notion, if you decide you want this kind of organization in your own business, just know I released my first Notion template for creative entrepreneurs. My hope for this template is that it makes organization a bit easier in your business to save you time. You can also use the special discount code I created just for my podcast listeners LAUNCH20 until May 26th!

Now let's get into the biggest ways I use Notion in my business!

In this episode, I am sharing the different ways to use Notion in your business by:

• Mapping out your goals
• Brain-dumping thoughts, ideas, and passion projects
• Hosting your location and vendor list databases
• Having an editing list with due dates and a timeline
• Hosting your marketing plan and tasks needing to be completed
• Making a wish list for your purchases
• Tracking your habits

SHOW NOTES:

https://clairehunt.co/blog/how-to-use-notion-in-your-photography-business

Featured Offerings or Resources Mentioned in the Episode:

Getting ghosted when a dream client inquires? Hook more of your inquiries with these FREE 4 inquiry email templates.

Wanting to optimize your backend systems to operate your business as a CEO? Get the Notion Template for Creative Entrepreneurs here

Wanting to increase your booking rate and convert more discovery calls? Get the discovery call script here

Needing to increase inquiries and get booked consistently? Learn more about Book It Mentorship Program here

Connect with Claire:

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Are you someone who struggles with imposter syndrome? Maybe you aren't charging what you'd like to charge because you're scared it's too much. Well, my friend, you're in the right place because while this is not my area of expertise, my guest Dustin is an expert in this area. So, if you're a creative entrepreneur or you're working on overcoming a limiting belief, then you're going to want to tune in because you will leave with so many actionable steps and I cannot wait for you to hear it!

In this episode, we cover:

• Understanding your mindset
• How money mindset impacts our confidence to sell
• Getting over the fear of charging what you're worth
• How to overcome imposter syndrome
• Getting past limiting beliefs
• The importance of affirmations

SHOW NOTES:

https://clairehunt.co/blog/mindset-shifts-for-overcoming-limiting-beliefs

Featured Offerings or Resources Mentioned in the Episode:

Getting ghosted when a dream client inquires? Hook more of your inquiries with these FREE 4 inquiry email templates.

Wanting to increase your booking rate and convert more discovery calls? Get the discovery call script here

Needing to increase inquiries and get booked consistently? Learn more about Book It Mentorship Program here

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