Shay's Story: How a failed YouTube travel influencer built a multi-media adventure brand

SHOWNOTES FOR THIS EPISODE: https://www.heythriver.com/blog/about-shay

In this episode of the Hey, Thriver podcast, Shay talks about:
-How she has always wanted to be a published author above all else
-Learning photography, videography, ~graphic design~ lol and other techy nerd things in high school, while having a parent that normalized remote work
-Going to school for communications + creative writing and feeling superrrr burned out from studying, working as a waitress, and freelancing
-Lovingggg YouTube + starting to vlog as a creative outlet
-How her Montana hiking vlogs accidentally had great SEO lol -- she ended up getting interest for wedding + brand projects before she even had a real camera
-Graduating, moving to a small town for a boi, and struggling to figure out her path forward as a professional
-Growing the business, shooting anything and everything, growing a lil fam...allll while other photogs starting asking questions about video
-Starting an education brand based on teaching photographers videography
-Niching down to shooting mostly adventure elopements/destination weddings
-Here we are! Partnering with the coolest woman alive, living in the most beautiful place on earth, and scaling/growing alongside YOU!

CHECK OUT HEY, THRIVER AT: https://www.heythriver.com
Weekly free education and resources for photographers, videographers, and creative service providers —  the Hey, Thriver  podcast, courses, templates, and guides will transform your business + life so you can finally thrive, not just survive.

FOLLOW US ON IG: https://www.instagram.com/heythriver

Photographers—you’re sitting on a goldmine you haven’t tapped yet. Adding simple video upsells to your packages can completely change your income without booking a single extra client. That’s why we put together the Video Upsell Starter Kit—a free resource that walks you through the exact steps to start offering video, book it confidently, and deliver it in a way that feels aligned with your photography style.

Grab your free starter kit here → devinandshay.com/start-kit

We're now accepting waitlist signups for our ultra-intimate, in-person events—think just 3 to 5 fellow creatives, an elevated styled-shoot day, retreat-style connection, super personalized business coaching, and mastermind-level collaboration—all wrapped in a stunning location with next-level details. These spots are seriously limited.

Join the waitlist now at: devinandshay.com/in-person-events

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How a corporate drop-out built a thriving brand with a Craigslist camera | Devin's Story

SHOWNOTES FOR THIS EP: https://www.heythriver.com/blog/about-devin
FOLLOW HEY, THRIVER ON INSTAGRAM: @heythriver

Photographers—you’re sitting on a goldmine you haven’t tapped yet. Adding simple video upsells to your packages can completely change your income without booking a single extra client. That’s why we put together the Video Upsell Starter Kit—a free resource that walks you through the exact steps to start offering video, book it confidently, and deliver it in a way that feels aligned with your photography style.

Grab your free starter kit here → devinandshay.com/start-kit

We're now accepting waitlist signups for our ultra-intimate, in-person events—think just 3 to 5 fellow creatives, an elevated styled-shoot day, retreat-style connection, super personalized business coaching, and mastermind-level collaboration—all wrapped in a stunning location with next-level details. These spots are seriously limited.

Join the waitlist now at: devinandshay.com/in-person-events

Thanks for listening to the Hey, Thriver Podcast!! Don't forget to rate and review on your fave podcast platform -- it helps us get amazing guests and climb in the charts!

You’re here because you knowwww a great pricing guide is important, but you have no idea where to start. You want to know what to put in your pricing guide, you want to know how to speak directly to your ideal clients, and you need ideas for copy and images that convert.

You might still be in the research phase —  you know what that is, that period of time where you read allll about the thing without actually DOING the thing. Wellll, it’s time to do the thing, and this guide will tell you exactly how to do it.

You might be struggling with getting booked. You might even have a great forward facing brand —  butttt then, when potential clients inquire, your pricing guide falls short of showing potential clients that YOU are the person who will serve them best!

Friend, listen up: when it comes to a pricing guide, you’re not selling yourself.

You’re selling the experience you want to provide.

Anddd once you show your potential clients the experience you can provide and it resonates, you’ll book every time.

SHOWNOTES FOR THIS EPISODE: https://www.heythriver.com/blog/pricing-guide-that-converts-high-ticket-clients

FOLLOW US ON IG: @heythriver

Photographers—you’re sitting on a goldmine you haven’t tapped yet. Adding simple video upsells to your packages can completely change your income without booking a single extra client. That’s why we put together the Video Upsell Starter Kit—a free resource that walks you through the exact steps to start offering video, book it confidently, and deliver it in a way that feels aligned with your photography style.

Grab your free starter kit here → devinandshay.com/start-kit

We're now accepting waitlist signups for our ultra-intimate, in-person events—think just 3 to 5 fellow creatives, an elevated styled-shoot day, retreat-style connection, super personalized business coaching, and mastermind-level collaboration—all wrapped in a stunning location with next-level details. These spots are seriously limited.

Join the waitlist now at: devinandshay.com/in-person-events

Thanks for listening to the Hey, Thriver Podcast!! Don't forget to rate and review on your fave podcast platform -- it helps us get amazing guests and climb in the charts!

HEY, THRIVER: All about the new creative business podcast for action takers

In this episode of the Hey, Thriver podcast, Devin + Shay chat about:

01. Introducing the rebrand — things are different! Here is our ol' pal Devin, here to stay!
02. How we met, the progression of our relationship, why we wanna do this together:
03. What is the hole in the photo/video/creative service industries,  problems, and how we’re filling the holes + fixing the problems lol
04. What do we want for our audience and our students and our attendees
05. What does thriving actually mean?


CHECK OUT HEY, THRIVER AT: https://www.heythriver.com
Weekly free education and resources for photographers, videographers, and creative service providers —  the Hey, Thriver  podcast, courses, templates, and guides will transform your business + life so you can finally thrive, not just survive.

FOLLOW US ON IG: https://www.instagram.com/heythriver

Photographers—you’re sitting on a goldmine you haven’t tapped yet. Adding simple video upsells to your packages can completely change your income without booking a single extra client. That’s why we put together the Video Upsell Starter Kit—a free resource that walks you through the exact steps to start offering video, book it confidently, and deliver it in a way that feels aligned with your photography style.

Grab your free starter kit here → devinandshay.com/start-kit

We're now accepting waitlist signups for our ultra-intimate, in-person events—think just 3 to 5 fellow creatives, an elevated styled-shoot day, retreat-style connection, super personalized business coaching, and mastermind-level collaboration—all wrapped in a stunning location with next-level details. These spots are seriously limited.

Join the waitlist now at: devinandshay.com/in-person-events

Thanks for listening to the Hey, Thriver Podcast!! Don't forget to rate and review on your fave podcast platform -- it helps us get amazing guests and climb in the charts!

Eden Strader is a six figure photographer turned business coach who inspires creative entrepreneurs, artists, and makers to build a life of artistic growth, wealth, and personal power with carefully curated strategies in marketing, mindset, sales strategy, and self care through excavating her client's unique brand of magic. Everything Eden Strader is based on the concept that we should be building our dream businesses in order to have our dream lives - not stopping at the business as the final destination.

SHOWNOTES:  https://montanadiaries.com/creativebusinessblog/building-a-brand-that-has-no-competition-ft-eden-strader

Photographers—you’re sitting on a goldmine you haven’t tapped yet. Adding simple video upsells to your packages can completely change your income without booking a single extra client. That’s why we put together the Video Upsell Starter Kit—a free resource that walks you through the exact steps to start offering video, book it confidently, and deliver it in a way that feels aligned with your photography style.

Grab your free starter kit here → devinandshay.com/start-kit

We're now accepting waitlist signups for our ultra-intimate, in-person events—think just 3 to 5 fellow creatives, an elevated styled-shoot day, retreat-style connection, super personalized business coaching, and mastermind-level collaboration—all wrapped in a stunning location with next-level details. These spots are seriously limited.

Join the waitlist now at: devinandshay.com/in-person-events

Thanks for listening to the Hey, Thriver Podcast!! Don't forget to rate and review on your fave podcast platform -- it helps us get amazing guests and climb in the charts!

MEET TANESSA SHEARS

Tanessa Shears is a Kinesiologist, Certified Sleep Science Coach, and health consultant who helps entrepreneurs double their energy and focus so they can make more money in their business with her 12 Becoming Limitless Protocols. She works closely with business owners to eliminate brain fog and wake up well rested so they can get more done in less time, maintain consistent, stable energy throughout the day and feel better than they have in years. Tanessa is also the host of The Becoming Limitless Podcast, sharing her expertise on optimizing health and focus for business success.

Photographers—you’re sitting on a goldmine you haven’t tapped yet. Adding simple video upsells to your packages can completely change your income without booking a single extra client. That’s why we put together the Video Upsell Starter Kit—a free resource that walks you through the exact steps to start offering video, book it confidently, and deliver it in a way that feels aligned with your photography style.

Grab your free starter kit here → devinandshay.com/start-kit

We're now accepting waitlist signups for our ultra-intimate, in-person events—think just 3 to 5 fellow creatives, an elevated styled-shoot day, retreat-style connection, super personalized business coaching, and mastermind-level collaboration—all wrapped in a stunning location with next-level details. These spots are seriously limited.

Join the waitlist now at: devinandshay.com/in-person-events

Thanks for listening to the Hey, Thriver Podcast!! Don't forget to rate and review on your fave podcast platform -- it helps us get amazing guests and climb in the charts!

MEET MESHAYLA COX:

“I am a proud black woman born and raised in southern California and molded in Montana. I have fiercely advocated racial equity in Montana for nearly a decade. During this time, I have educated and impacted over 1,700 people in the public and private sectors - from philanthropy & technology to conservation. I regularly deliver workshops and trainings on racism, equity, DEI, and organizational transformation nationwide—including as a TEDx speaker.”

Photographers—you’re sitting on a goldmine you haven’t tapped yet. Adding simple video upsells to your packages can completely change your income without booking a single extra client. That’s why we put together the Video Upsell Starter Kit—a free resource that walks you through the exact steps to start offering video, book it confidently, and deliver it in a way that feels aligned with your photography style.

Grab your free starter kit here → devinandshay.com/start-kit

We're now accepting waitlist signups for our ultra-intimate, in-person events—think just 3 to 5 fellow creatives, an elevated styled-shoot day, retreat-style connection, super personalized business coaching, and mastermind-level collaboration—all wrapped in a stunning location with next-level details. These spots are seriously limited.

Join the waitlist now at: devinandshay.com/in-person-events

Thanks for listening to the Hey, Thriver Podcast!! Don't forget to rate and review on your fave podcast platform -- it helps us get amazing guests and climb in the charts!

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.

Get the free ELOPE framework checklist: https://montanadiaries.com/elope-framework

Photographers—you’re sitting on a goldmine you haven’t tapped yet. Adding simple video upsells to your packages can completely change your income without booking a single extra client. That’s why we put together the Video Upsell Starter Kit—a free resource that walks you through the exact steps to start offering video, book it confidently, and deliver it in a way that feels aligned with your photography style.

Grab your free starter kit here → devinandshay.com/start-kit

We're now accepting waitlist signups for our ultra-intimate, in-person events—think just 3 to 5 fellow creatives, an elevated styled-shoot day, retreat-style connection, super personalized business coaching, and mastermind-level collaboration—all wrapped in a stunning location with next-level details. These spots are seriously limited.

Join the waitlist now at: devinandshay.com/in-person-events

Thanks for listening to the Hey, Thriver Podcast!! Don't forget to rate and review on your fave podcast platform -- it helps us get amazing guests and climb in the charts!

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 

Photographers—you’re sitting on a goldmine you haven’t tapped yet. Adding simple video upsells to your packages can completely change your income without booking a single extra client. That’s why we put together the Video Upsell Starter Kit—a free resource that walks you through the exact steps to start offering video, book it confidently, and deliver it in a way that feels aligned with your photography style.

Grab your free starter kit here → devinandshay.com/start-kit

We're now accepting waitlist signups for our ultra-intimate, in-person events—think just 3 to 5 fellow creatives, an elevated styled-shoot day, retreat-style connection, super personalized business coaching, and mastermind-level collaboration—all wrapped in a stunning location with next-level details. These spots are seriously limited.

Join the waitlist now at: devinandshay.com/in-person-events

Thanks for listening to the Hey, Thriver Podcast!! Don't forget to rate and review on your fave podcast platform -- it helps us get amazing guests and climb in the charts!

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.

Photographers—you’re sitting on a goldmine you haven’t tapped yet. Adding simple video upsells to your packages can completely change your income without booking a single extra client. That’s why we put together the Video Upsell Starter Kit—a free resource that walks you through the exact steps to start offering video, book it confidently, and deliver it in a way that feels aligned with your photography style.

Grab your free starter kit here → devinandshay.com/start-kit

We're now accepting waitlist signups for our ultra-intimate, in-person events—think just 3 to 5 fellow creatives, an elevated styled-shoot day, retreat-style connection, super personalized business coaching, and mastermind-level collaboration—all wrapped in a stunning location with next-level details. These spots are seriously limited.

Join the waitlist now at: devinandshay.com/in-person-events

Thanks for listening to the Hey, Thriver Podcast!! Don't forget to rate and review on your fave podcast platform -- it helps us get amazing guests and climb in the charts!