Poolside Podcast

Welcome to the show Laura Kloepfer. Laura is a freelance creative strategist. On the episode, she shares how she ended up being self-employed, what a typical day looks like for her and how important having a morning ritual is. We talk about the importance of a thought-out social media strategy and how she keeps herself in the right creative mindset. We talk about how you can't do everything and the key to success is having a network and community of people you can work with to best suit your clients and projects. Laura gives her advice for people wanting to start their own business, why you shouldn't undercharge yourself and why listening to your intuition is so important.

http://www.laurakloepfer.com/

https://www.instagram.com/laura.kloepfer/

In this solo epsisode, I answer a few user-generated questions about brand ambassadorships, contracts and how to negotiate both with influencers as well as content creation. I share my tips and tricks for creating a whole month worth of content in one photoshoot.

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Welcome to the show, Marin McCue. Marin is the founder of dope(a)me, a company that focuses on mind, body and life coaching. Marin talks about her journey through university and the mental struggles she was continually overwhelmed with. She shares how those dark moments in her life and her road to recovery eventually led her to start her own business where she can help people live their best life through changing their mindset, habits, goals and mental strength. She shares her tools and tactics for recognizing burnout and how to slow down in our hustle-oriented society as well as advice for anyone who is looking to turn their passion into a full time job.

http://www.dopeame.com/

https://www.instagram.com/dopeame/

Welcome to the show Christopher Boyse. Christopher is the owner and founder of Brain Bar, a functional energy bar for brain health. He shares his journey of working a corporate job in finance and thinking that was his final career to being laid off and exploring the world of entrepreneurs. Christopher went through his own fitness and nutrition journey and wanted to create a bar that was different than traditional protein bars and focus on brain health. He talks about the process of creating a product and bringing it to market. How collaboration is the new competition and finding people to network with and learn from is key to success. He gives his advice for aspiring entrepreneurs and people who want to start their own business.

https://mybrainbar.ca/

https://www.instagram.com/mybrainbar/

In this Q&A episode, I answer a handful of questions from Instagram about becoming an influencer, successful collaborations, influencer marketing, how I started my business, and why I'm intimidated by most people.

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Welcome to the show Justine Carey. Justine is the face behind Milton Photo. On this episode, Justine talks about how she got into photography, how she shot her first wedding without ever taking photos of people before and how she has evolved as a photographer by asking questions. We talk about why she loves film and her passion for capturing people's big day. We talk about the pros and cons of being self-employed, her adivce for aspiring photographers and her advice for brides when choosing a photographer.

https://www.justinemilton.com/

https://www.instagram.com/miltonphoto/

Welcome to the show Bella Bucchiotti. Bella is a full time travel blogger and we can talk how she got started with her blog and instagram and how she grew it into a full time job. We talk about the misconceptions of blogging as well as her tips for anyone who wants to get into content creation. She shares how she decides on partnerships, why valuing photographers time is key and her favourite travel destination.

https://www.instagram.com/bellabucchiotti/

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Welcome to the show, Brian Owens. Brian is the artistic director of CalgaryFilm, Calgary's International Film Festival. This is his first year in this city but comes from a ten-year position in Nashville. He talks about how he got involved with film, why and how he started a film festival in Indianapolis (that is still running today) and how he feels about now being in Calgary. We talk about how the film festival industry has evolved since he started in 2004 and why he loves being involved with it so much. He gives his advice for anyone who is thinking about submitting a film to a festival and what we can look forward to in this year's festival.

https://www.calgaryfilm.com/

In this short Friday episode, I talk about the ways that I stay motivated when I'm feeling overwhelmed by the amount of work that I have to do. Share your ways you stay motivated with me on Instagram!

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Welcome to the show Emily Slaneff. Emily is the founder and owner of Crush Camp, a boutique fitness studio that focuses on running and circuit training. Emily shares her journey to opening up this studio after finding a similar workout in Nashville where she previously lived. She talks abuot her stuggle with weight loss, working out and balancing a stressful job and how that led to her owning a studio that believes in community, supporting each other and turning non-athletic people into athletes. Emily talks about the challenges of being an entrepreuner and her advice for anyone thinking about starting a business.

https://www.crushcamp.com/

http://instagram.com/crushcamp