This is episode 1 of the ELOPE framework series! "E" is for EXPLORE:

You’re a creative, which means you’re a dreamer. You’re romantic about the world and your place in it — you might have a deep reverence for nature or you’re fascinated by the stories of each of the people stacked on people in the biggest cities in the world or the immersion of human history in each of the oldest places you’ve been — you’re a traveler. Existing in the world, standing on your own two feet — it takes money, and you already feel like you’ve beaten the system somehow by making money with your creativity. You’re winning in this life, but you still wonder what it would be like to integrate the travel that you crave into the beautiful life you’re building with your creativity. Imagine what it would be like to get paid to travel to your bucket list destinations, telling stories and creating art in a way that totally aligns with your goal of traveling — let me tell you right now, friend, you can make that happen for yourself.  LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE TO FIND OUT HOW.

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A chat w/ Sydney Ludden 

Hellooooo and welcome back to the Montana Diaries podcast, I’m Shayna and I’m so stoked you’re here as always — today’s episode is features a chat with Sydney Ludden. Sydney is a copywriter and the owner of Backlabel Branding, as well as the co-founder of Alinea Collective. Be sure to let us know what you think of the pod, and scroll down to get allll of the links discussed in this episode! 

ALL LINKS DISCUSSED IN THE EPISODE ARE IN THE SHOWNOTES: https://montanadiaries.com/creativebusinessblog/a-copywriters-take-on-business-branding-and-collaboration 

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LAZY MARKETING 101 w/ SEO BLOGGING EXPERT DANIELLE JOHNSON

Welcome to the very first LIVE episode of the Montana Diaries podcast! SEO blogging expert Danielle Johnson came back to the pod to field questions LIVE — this was SUCH a fun format, and I would love to do it in the future with other guests to give you a chance to ask our guests questions related to their expertise in real time! 

This episode was dedicated to what Danielle calls LAZY MARKETING! Learn how to blog with SEO in mind in a way that feels doable, approachable, and empowering using Danielle’s tried & tested strategies! Set yourself up so that your website is bringing you new leads + new money behind the scenes without you even touching it.

SHOWNOTES: https://montanadiaries.com/creativebusinessblog/lazy-marketing-live-w/-seo-blogging-expert-danielle-johnson 

Listen to the pod. Recognize that Danielle knows her shit. Aanndddd join her in her ridiculously valuable blogging program, using code SHAYNA for a discount. RUN, don’t walk! 

Danielle now offers blogging templates in her shop and she was kind enough to give Montana Diaries listeners a discount code! Head over to defycreativeco.com to check out the services and shop her offers, and use code MONTANADIARIES at checkout. I got early access to a few of the templates and they’re golddddd — not even kidding, it saved me hours of time to use Danielle’s template instead of fumbling around on my own. This girl knows her shit.

Want to book luxury weddings and destination elopements? Join us for Thrive: Montana, a 4-day retreat featuring high-end styled shoots, SEO & blogging strategy from Danielle Johnson, and a creative community that will push you forward. Stay in stunning mountain cabins, soak in the hot tub, and leave with the portfolio + marketing tools to book your dream clients. Join us at heythriver.com/in-person-events!

Photographers, we’ve got everything you need to level up your business! Head to our shop for LUTs, courses, contracts, email and blog templates, freebies, and more. Whether you're looking to streamline your workflow, create stunning videos, or grow your client base, we’ve got you covered.
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CALLING ALL PHOTOGRAPHERS AND VIDEOGRAPHERS: JOIN US FOR THIS FREE ONLINE CLASS

INSIDE LOOK: Our exact strategy for year-round elopement and destination wedding bookings

EVERYTHING you need to know to get fully booked year round by diversifying your portfolio, up leveling your customer experience, networking with purpose, and building a business that supports your dream life

Join Devin + Shay Thursday April 20th at 8PM Mountain / 7PM Pacific to blow upppp your elopement photography/videography business. 

FREE CLASS: https://montanadiaries.com/insidelook

Old Town Albuquerque Content Retreat: June 4th-7th 2023

QUICK DEETS:

What: A content retreat* to portfolio build for couples, elopements, and micro-weddings

Where: The Desert Compass, a dreamy desert retreat for wanderers + travelers

When: June 4th-7th

Who: Photographers + Videographers who want beautiful, story-driven, inclusive content in community w/ other like-minded creatives

NEW MEXICO CONTENT RETREAT: https://backcountrybohemians.education/

Want to book luxury weddings and destination elopements? Join us for Thrive: Montana, a 4-day retreat featuring high-end styled shoots, SEO & blogging strategy from Danielle Johnson, and a creative community that will push you forward. Stay in stunning mountain cabins, soak in the hot tub, and leave with the portfolio + marketing tools to book your dream clients. Join us at heythriver.com/in-person-events!

Photographers, we’ve got everything you need to level up your business! Head to our shop for LUTs, courses, contracts, email and blog templates, freebies, and more. Whether you're looking to streamline your workflow, create stunning videos, or grow your client base, we’ve got you covered.
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Hellooooo and welcome back to the Montana Diaries podcast, I’m Shayna and I’m so stoked you’re here as always — today’s episode is centered around one core principle that I know in my bones is true and I hope you can internalize: perfectionism will literally ruin your life and business. Fun!

SHOWNOTES FOR THIS EPISODE: https://www.montanadiaries.com/creativebusinessblog/stop-being-a-perfectionist-2023

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Photographers, we’ve got everything you need to level up your business! Head to our shop for LUTs, courses, contracts, email and blog templates, freebies, and more. Whether you're looking to streamline your workflow, create stunning videos, or grow your client base, we’ve got you covered.
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Helloooo and welcome back to the Montana Diaries Podcast, I’m Shayna and I’m so stoked you’re here today because we have my very first live coaching call on the podcast with a really beautiful soul + up and coming videographer Alexandra Donaldson. Alex attended my very first content day last fall and she’s always had the most thoughtful questions on business, client relations, and creativity, so I knew she’d be the PERFECT first live coaching call on the Montana Diaries podcast.

If you listen to this episode and you love it then apply to be on an episode like this yourself to ask alllll of your burning creative biz questions — just DM me at @shayna_lloyd or email me at [email protected] to apply

APPLY FOR 1x1 COACHING WITH SHAY: montanadiaries.com/coaching to apply; My coaching clients can expect personalized PDFs recapping what we go over in our calls after each session, complete with super specific, actionable homework to help you get closer to your goals. I’m a business coach for action takers — no over-researching or learning as a form of procrastination. If that sounds like your thing, then go to montanadiaries.com/coaching

Alsoooo if you want to get on the wait list to be the first to know about my in-person education and content days, aka how I met Alex, then info on that can be found at montanadiaries.com/content-days — Everyone who signs up to that list also gets a free educational PDF called Portfolio Building with Purpose…anndddd, ya know, it’s exactly what it sounds like. I teach you how to build your portfolio with strategy in mind.

SHOWNOTES FOR THIS EPISODE: https://www.montanadiaries.com/creativebusinessblog/live-coaching-call-videographer

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Photographers, we’ve got everything you need to level up your business! Head to our shop for LUTs, courses, contracts, email and blog templates, freebies, and more. Whether you're looking to streamline your workflow, create stunning videos, or grow your client base, we’ve got you covered.
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Hellooooo and welcome back to the Montana Diaries podcast, I’m Shayna and I’m so stoked you’re here as always — today’s episode is on literally my favoirte topic in the universe when it comes to creative business, which is creative business content creation strategy— I really just want to dive deeepppp on content in 2023, and I want to go hard on quantity and on service, so truly helping people on the photo/video side of my business and the business education side — I am such a huge believer in content marketing and I think brands will win when they go hard on content — can you tell I’m deep into Gary V’s universe!? I’m so bought in though, and if I can get you to buy in just a little I really really really think we can majorly impact the success of your business.

I want to let you know that I have a free guide for you to snag that’s all about this content strategy for your creative business: CONTENT MARKETING STRATEGY FOR CREATIVE BUSINESS and you can get it at the link in the shownotes or just sign up for podcast resources at montanadiaries.com/podcast — I’m trying to put my juiciest freebies all in one email for you this year so if you sign up for that list, you get the freebies I talk about, and if you’re already on one of my lists then the newest freebies will go to your inbox anyway so you don’t need to re-sign up. okay yay this is going to be a great episode, let’s jump right into it.

SHOWNOTES FOR THIS EPISODE: https://www.montanadiaries.com/creativebusinessblog/2023-content-marketing-strategy-for-creative-business

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Photographers, we’ve got everything you need to level up your business! Head to our shop for LUTs, courses, contracts, email and blog templates, freebies, and more. Whether you're looking to streamline your workflow, create stunning videos, or grow your client base, we’ve got you covered.
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ERIN SOTO

Helloooo and welcome back to the Montana Diaries Podcast, I’m Shayna and I’m so stoked you’re here today because we have the lovely Erin Soto joining us to chat all about her journey to health — from her stage 3 cancer diagnosis to research on cancer and chronic illness prevention to remission to today, where she supports others through their own health journeys in really beautifully supportive way that honors community and emotional health and creativity — as well as nutrition + health practices guided by science. Erin is a beautiful soul and is so ridiculously intelligent, I know you will get a ton out of this conversation, and if you make it to the end she is super generous with her gifts to you as a member of my audience and I’m so grateful. (Linked below under resources!!) 

MEET ERIN SOTO

Erin Soto’s entire life came to a crashing halt when she was diagnosed with Stage 3 Colon cancer in 2019. Everything was uprooted; not just her identity but her entire life. Upon receiving her life-changing diagnosis and throughout her treatment and recovery, Erin dedicated herself to making meaningful and sustainable changes to improve her physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. Now cancer-free and with her personal experiences in hand, she is committed to helping others take charge of their health. Her book, The Mother of All Fights, is endorsed by Gina Kirschenheiter, TV Personality of Real Housewives of Orange County. Erin has been featured in Thrive Global, The Brave Enough Show, It's Time for Coffee, and The Direct Dish.

SHOWNOTES FOR THIS EPISODE: https://www.montanadiaries.com/creativebusinessblog/erin-soto

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Photographers, we’ve got everything you need to level up your business! Head to our shop for LUTs, courses, contracts, email and blog templates, freebies, and more. Whether you're looking to streamline your workflow, create stunning videos, or grow your client base, we’ve got you covered.
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Tracking the health of your creative business in 2023: A biz + life update from Shay, all about process oriented vs. product oriented tasks, KPIs, and more!

Snag the KPI freebie by signing up for the podcast email list here: https://montanadiaries.com/podcast

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SHOWNOTES FOR THIS EPISODE: https://www.montanadiaries.com/creativebusinessblog/creative-business-kpis-2023 

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Photographers, we’ve got everything you need to level up your business! Head to our shop for LUTs, courses, contracts, email and blog templates, freebies, and more. Whether you're looking to streamline your workflow, create stunning videos, or grow your client base, we’ve got you covered.
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Welcome to my life coaching session w/ TikTok sensation Kelly LaVallie haha! We riff on this a bit at the beginning of the pod, but I seriously just reached out to Kelly and told her I could really use a conversation with her and she graciously accepted. Kelly is exceptionally wise, funny, and beautiful -- all of this is just to say that I appreciate her perspective on life and I figured you would too! I hope you love listening to this episode as much as I loved recording it.

MEET KELLY LAVALLIE

In her day job, Kelly LaVallie, CPA helps women navigate the financial implications of divorce from understanding the family finances to negotiating and structuring the financial settlement. In her book, Untying the Knot, Kelly shows you how to manage your thoughts and feelings so you can untangle your finances with a clear head and calm heart. Kelly also brings her professional and personal experience to her candid sharing about life, from money to fitness, to aging on her social media platform.

SHOWNOTES FOR THIS EPISODE: https://www.montanadiaries.com/creativebusinessblog/kelly-lavallie 

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Want to book luxury weddings and destination elopements? Join us for Thrive: Montana, a 4-day retreat featuring high-end styled shoots, SEO & blogging strategy from Danielle Johnson, and a creative community that will push you forward. Stay in stunning mountain cabins, soak in the hot tub, and leave with the portfolio + marketing tools to book your dream clients. Join us at heythriver.com/in-person-events!

Photographers, we’ve got everything you need to level up your business! Head to our shop for LUTs, courses, contracts, email and blog templates, freebies, and more. Whether you're looking to streamline your workflow, create stunning videos, or grow your client base, we’ve got you covered.
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