Shoot It Straight

Are you obsessed with productivity? In today’s episode, I’m sharing the possible negative side effects of chasing perfect productivity, plus how to approach productivity in a way that is actually sustainable. 

The Shoot It Straight Podcast is brought to you by Sabrina Gebhardt, photographer and educator. Join us each week as we discuss what it’s like to be a female creative entrepreneur while balancing entrepreneurship and motherhood. If you’re trying to find balance in this exciting place you’re in, yet willing to talk about the hard stuff too, Shoot It Straight Podcast is here to share practical and tangible takeaways to help you shoot it straight.

This episode is brought to you by my new free guide, Magical Momentum. This thirty-day done-for-you marketing plan is designed to connect you with your ideal clients, and to get you out of your marketing rut. If you’re ready to try something new and hit the easy button on your marketing, grab the free guide today.

Review the Show Notes:

Becoming obsessed with productivity (1:02)

Your emotions become stuck (3:05)

Our lives become like that of a robot (4:39)

We are lacking creativity (7:12)

Being productive imperfectly (10:05)

Put less on your list (11:05)

Allow more time for each task (13:49)

Bake white space into your calendar (15:25)

Stop over-committing (17:43)

Connect with Sabrina:

Magical Momentum: https://sabrinagebhardt.krtra.com/t/Lp3AV9Dquja4

Instagram: instagram.com/sabrinagebhardtphotography

Website: sabrinagebhardt.com

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Are you in a funk with your social media? In today’s episode, I’m talking with social media marketing expert Jaiden Robinson. We’re diving into our top tips for making social media fun again plus how to make deeper connections with your followers. 

The Shoot It Straight Podcast is brought to you by Sabrina Gebhardt, photographer and educator. Join us each week as we discuss what it’s like to be a female creative entrepreneur while balancing entrepreneurship and motherhood. If you’re trying to find balance in this exciting place you’re in, yet willing to talk about the hard stuff too, Shoot It Straight Podcast is here to share practical and tangible takeaways to help you shoot it straight. 

This episode is brought to you by Root To Rise, a mastermind and retreat for female photographers where personal development meets business growth. During the four-month experience, students have weekly calls focused on goals, boundaries, money, and marketing. The program also includes incredible guest teachers, a private Facebook community, and weekly Voxer hours with individualized guidance and mentorship. Sign up today to join the waitlist. 

Connect with Jaiden:

Instagram: instagram.com/theravesocial

Website: theravesocial.com

Podcast: open.spotify.com/show/46EUbLREXM78x9ErHhTpc1

Connect with Sabrina:

Instagram: instagram.com/sabrinagebhardtphotography

Website: sabrinagebhardt.com

Root To Rise: sabrinagebhardt.krtra.com/t/71fTMFIOUzdT

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You know SEO basics, but is it time to level up your website? In today’s episode, I’m talking with Melissa Arlena of Picture Perfect Rankings. We’re diving into mistakes you may be making plus new trends with SEO in 2024.

The Shoot It Straight Podcast is brought to you by Sabrina Gebhardt, photographer and educator. Join us each week as we discuss what it’s like to be a female creative entrepreneur while balancing entrepreneurship and motherhood. If you’re trying to find balance in this exciting place you’re in, yet willing to talk about the hard stuff too, Shoot It Straight Podcast is here to share practical and tangible takeaways to help you shoot it straight.

This episode is brought to you by The Round Table, a community built for female photographers who want to continue growing their business while forging industry friendships along the way! In this group, you will learn practical ways to move your business forward, while finding community and accountability with like-minded photographers. Come join us and get access to the content and private Facebook community!

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Review the Show Notes:

2:07 - Meet Melissa

4:12 - Dividing time between two businesses 

8:22 - The SEO mistakes you may be making 

15:40 - Repurposing your website’s content

18:15 - Your money pages

21:34 - Does every blog post need to be valuable?

23:22 - Refreshing old content

28:33 - Getting started with keyword research

31:17 - Branching out with keywords

34:36 - New SEO rules for 2024

40:50 - How often to update your images 

44:26 - Advice for those getting started

48:12 - Rapid-fire questions 

Connect with Melissa:

How to set up Google Search Console: pictureperfectrankings.com/set-up-google-search-console-for-photographers

Instagram: instagram.com/pictureperfectrankings

Facebook: facebook.com/groups/pictureperfectrankings

Blog: pictureperfectrankings.com/blog

Podcast: pictureperfectrankings.com/photography-podcast

The Blogging Club: pictureperfectrankings.com/the-blogging-club

Choose Your Homepage Keyword: melissaarlena.myflodesk.com/pmy35hp00w

Connect with Sabrina:

Instagram: instagram.com/sabrinagebhardtphotography

Email List: view.flodesk.com/pages/62598e6c69d304440734abfa

The Round Table: sabrinagebhardt.krtra.com/t/0xIncMJL8HXc

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Sometimes celebrating a major milestone calls for bringing together your business besties for an honest conversation about business. In today’s episode, I’m replaying my conversation from the Business-First Creatives Project, where I’m chatting with my business besties Colie James and Annemie Tonken about our over 30 years combined experience in photography. We’re diving into mistakes we’ve made, pricing strategies, and so much more. 

The Shoot It Straight Podcast is brought to you by Sabrina Gebhardt, photographer and educator. Join us each week as we discuss what it’s like to be a female creative entrepreneur while balancing entrepreneurship and motherhood. If you’re trying to find balance in this exciting place you’re in, yet willing to talk about the hard stuff too, Shoot It Straight Podcast is here to share practical and tangible takeaways to help you shoot it straight. 

Review the Show Notes:

3:10 - Meet My Business Besties

5:20 – Diving Into the Business of Photography 

6:34 – The Outsourcing Debate in Photography 

10:37 – Exploring the Associate Photographer Model 9:

20:36 – The Power of Pricing and Confidence in Business

29:39 – The Mindset of Pricing in Business

29:56 – Confidence and Detachment in Pricing Strategies

30:05 – Business Pricing and Value

32:27 – Client Experience and Justifying Price

35:55 – Beginner Business Mistakes

37:54 – Education and Outsourcing

40:24 – Systems and Processes for Business Success

50:44 – Collaboration and Feedback

Connect with Colie:

Website: https://coliejames.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coliejames/

Connect with Annemie:

Website: thiscantbethathard.com

Instagram: instagram.com/thiscantbethathard_

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How do you know when you’ve become successful with your business? In today’s episode, I’m replaying a conversation from Creative Income Cure with Val Duvick. Val and I are sharing our personal definitions of success, plus I’m uncovering the real numbers and growth in my business over the years. 

The Shoot It Straight Podcast is brought to you by Sabrina Gebhardt, photographer and educator. Join us each week as we discuss what it’s like to be a female creative entrepreneur while balancing entrepreneurship and motherhood. If you’re trying to find balance in this exciting place you’re in, yet willing to talk about the hard stuff too, Shoot It Straight Podcast is here to share practical and tangible takeaways to help you shoot it straight.

This episode is brought to you by The Round Table, a community built for female photographers who want to continue growing their business while forging industry friendships along the way! In this group, you will learn practical ways to move your business forward, while finding community and accountability with like-minded photographers. Come join us and get access to the content and private Facebook community!

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Review the Show Notes:

Get to know Sabrina (2:38)

Mistakes made in defining success (3:53)

Success beyond the numbers (11:26)

Struggling to believe our own success (16:25)

Signs of the wrong kind of success (19:04)

Sabrina’s business journey in numbers (27:32) 

Planning for higher profit margins (34:45)

Paying yourself strategically (36:12)

Understanding what success will take (38:14)

Defining success for your current season (41:44)

Connect with Val:

Podcast: https://valmarlene.com/podcast

Website: https://valmarlene.com/

Connect with Sabrina:

The Round Table: sabrinagebhardt.krtra.com/t/0xIncMJL8HXc

Instagram: instagram.com/sabrinagebhardtphotography

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Are you ready for the fall busy season? In today’s episode, I’m replaying a conversation from the This Can’t Be That Hard podcast with Annemie Tonken. Annemie and I are sharing our strategy for the approaching busy season, plus how we take care of ourselves alongside our business. 

The Shoot It Straight Podcast is brought to you by Sabrina Gebhardt, photographer and educator. Join us each week as we discuss what it’s like to be a female creative entrepreneur while balancing entrepreneurship and motherhood. If you’re trying to find balance in this exciting place you’re in, yet willing to talk about the hard stuff too, Shoot It Straight Podcast is here to share practical and tangible takeaways to help you shoot it straight. 

This episode is brought to you by Marketing That Attracts, my new course that will give you clarity on your marketing strategy and attract your ideal clients. In this course, you will learn five organic marketing strategies for photographers and advice for how to implement them into your business. Join today and get access to even more additional resources like templates, trainings, and organizational tools. 

Learn More >>

Connect with Annemie:

Website thiscantbethathard.com

Connect with Sabrina:

Marketing That Attracts: https://sabrinagebhardt.krtra.com/t/hWKA5zJm9GZa

Instagram: instagram.com/sabrinagebhardtphotography

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Are you ready for Q3? In today’s episode, guest Colie James and I are getting together for our third quarter business besties chat. We’re touching base on our goals from the first two calls and sharing what’s next for both of our businesses in the upcoming quarter.

The Shoot It Straight Podcast is brought to you by Sabrina Gebhardt, photographer and educator. Join us each week as we discuss what it’s like to be a female creative entrepreneur while balancing entrepreneurship and motherhood. If you’re trying to find balance in this exciting place you’re in, yet willing to talk about the hard stuff too, Shoot It Straight Podcast is here to share practical and tangible takeaways to help you shoot it straight. 

 This episode is brought to you by Marketing That Attracts, my new course that will give you clarity on your marketing strategy and attract your ideal clients. In this course, you will learn five organic marketing strategies for photographers and advice for how to implement them into your business. Join today and get access to even more additional resources like templates, trainings, and organizational tools. 

Mentioned in this Episode:

Episode 75: Quarterly Business Chat with Colie James: sabrinagebhardt.com/75-quarterly-business-chat-with-colie-james

Episode 88: Q2 Business Besties Chat with Colie James: sabrinagebhardt.com/88-q2-business-besties-chat-with-colie-james

Connect with Colie:

Website: coliejames.com

Instagram: instagram.com/coliejames

Connect with Sabrina:

Marketing That Attracts

instagram.com/sabrinagebhardtphotography

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Are you struggling with mom guilt? Today’s episode is the second in the summer sabbatical series, and features my chat with Brittnie Renee on the Capture The Chaos podcast. Brittnie and I are chatting about our experiences with the guilt that can come from running a business while being a mom. 

The Shoot It Straight Podcast is brought to you by Sabrina Gebhardt, photographer and educator. Join us each week as we discuss what it’s like to be a female creative entrepreneur while balancing entrepreneurship and motherhood. If you’re trying to find balance in this exciting place you’re in, yet willing to talk about the hard stuff too, Shoot It Straight Podcast is here to share practical and tangible takeaways to help you shoot it straight.

This episode is brought to you by Marketing That Attracts, my new course that will give you clarity on your marketing strategy and attract your ideal clients. In this course, you will learn five organic marketing strategies for photographers and advice for how to implement them into your business. Join today and get access to even more additional resources like templates, trainings, and organizational tools. 

Episode Links:

Marketing That Attracts

Instagram: instagram.com/sabrinagebhardtphotography

Connect With Brittnie

Website: brittnierenee.com

Instagram: instagram.com/brittnierenee_co

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What goes into running a successful membership? As part of my summer sabbatical, today’s episode is a replay of my chat with Jayd Boyd on The Business Minimalist Podcast. I’m sharing the behind the scenes of running my Round Table Membership plus my best tips for launching your own. 

The Shoot It Straight Podcast is brought to you by Sabrina Gebhardt, photographer and educator. Join us each week as we discuss what it’s like to be a female creative entrepreneur while balancing entrepreneurship and motherhood. If you’re trying to find balance in this exciting place you’re in, yet willing to talk about the hard stuff too, Shoot It Straight Podcast is here to share practical and tangible takeaways to help you shoot it straight. 

This episode is brought to you by The Round Table, a community built for female photographers who want to continue growing their business while forging industry friendships along the way! In this group, you will learn practical ways to move your business forward, while finding community and accountability with like-minded photographers. Come join us and get access to the content and private Facebook community!

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Review the Show Notes:

Get to know Sabrina (2:06)

Creating a successful membership (3:42)

How memberships play into business revenue plus other benefits (6:52)

The value of community for creative entrepreneurs (13:14)

How to create a community feel in your membership (15:31)

Saving time by creating community (19:51)

Differentiating from your higher ticket offers (24:07)

Feeling like you could never charge that much money (26:14)

Building a sustainable business and life (33:00)

Creating a flexible weekly schedule as an entrepreneur (34:49)

One key piece of advice for launching your membership (39:17)

Bonus round (41:23)

Episode Links:

The Round Table: sabrinagebhardt.krtra.com/t/0xIncMJL8HXc

Instagram: instagram.com/sabrinagebhardtphotography

Connect With Jade

Website: jadeboyd.co

Instagram: instagram.com/jadeboyd.co/

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It’s our 100th episode! On this very special episode of Shoot It Straight, my friend and business coach D’Arcy Benincosa is interviewing me on all things involving my background, developing my business, and maintaining balance as an entrepreneur and mom. We’re also diving into the challenges that have defined my story and the defining values behind my business. 

The Shoot It Straight Podcast is brought to you by Sabrina Gebhardt, photographer and educator. Join us each week as we discuss what it’s like to be a female creative entrepreneur while balancing entrepreneurship and motherhood. If you’re trying to find balance in this exciting place you’re in, yet willing to talk about the hard stuff too, Shoot It Straight Podcast is here to share practical and tangible takeaways to help you shoot it straight. 

This episode is brought to you by The Round Table, a community built for female photographers who want to continue growing their business while forging industry friendships along the way! In this group, you will learn practical ways to move your business forward, while finding community and accountability with like-minded photographers. Come join us and get access to the content and private Facebook community!

Review the Show Notes:

Does Sabrina have it all together? (3:10)

Sabrina’s struggles in the online business world (4:22)

Making decisions and how to say no (6:00)

Developing your intuition (7:44)

Sabrina’s upbringing and childhood (9:40)

Unpacking childhood (15:26)

Sabrina’s relationship with her mom (21:23)

How Sabrina found her husband (28:49)

Navigating change in ourselves and our relationships (32:08)

The backstory to starting a business (38:55)

Why business is going so well (44:07)

Fostering community (45:44)

Moving into the coaching world (49:29)

Rapid-fire questions (53:00)

Episode Links:

The Round Table: sabrinagebhardt.krtra.com/t/0xIncMJL8HXc

Episode 063: Money Month Guest D’Arcy Benincosa on Money Mindset: sabrinagebhardt.com/63-money-month-guest-darcy-benincosa-on-money-mindset

Instagram: instagram.com/sabrinagebhardtphotography

Connect With D’Arcy

Website: darcybenincosa.com

Instagram: instagram.com/darcybenincosa

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