There's so much that goes into building a successful business and in this episode I highlight a few of the steps you can take in today's episode.

Motivation or the lack of it impacts your personal life but most importantly it greatly affects your business.

The key to staying motivated is to make reasons to be motivated and to cut ties with the people who will affect your energy in a negative way.

It's important to pay attention to the people you surround yourself with as you are and become the people around you.

Here are the some of the books I read this year and can't recommend enough.

Persuasion: The art of Influencing people by James Borg

How women get to the top by Marshall Goldsmith

Read People by Rita Carter

Please send me your favourite motivational and self growth books.

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On today's episode I'm thrilled to welcome social media strategist and content creator May.

It's true that the brides and grooms of today shop for services and products differently than before covid.

May talks about what resonates with today's brides and grooms and how to grow your social media reach effectively.

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A Russian proverb says “chase 2 rabbits and you will catch none”.

Today I would like to talk to you about this amazing book I’m reading, and maybe you’ve read it already.

It’s a bestseller and in many professionals top list of must read books.

I started this year prioritising self growth and after what was the busiest and most challenging year of my professional life.

I decided this year, would be about priorities.

So this book couldn’t have come at a better time.

The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results.

written by authors and real estate entrepreneurs Gary W. Keller and Jay Papasan

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In today's episode I welcome the incredible Lisa O' Donohue, an amazing solo videographer who specialises in weddings and family videos.

‘Based in Dubai, Lisa O’Donohue is a filmmaker who travels worldwide capturing luxury and timeless stories on film for private clients. Telling stories through the lens of both digital and analog (Super 8) film, Lisa’s films are story-driven and made to invoke a feeling of nostalgia for the client.’⁠

Lisa shares a little bit about her early love for the film world which brought her to major in film production and eventually lead her to own her business.

There's never a perfect time to take the first step towards your dream career, Lisa shares how it took losing her marketing job in Dubai to finally take the plunge.

In recent years we have witnessed a shift in the number of women taking up videography, although it is still a male dominated industry, Lisa talks about the support and empowerment she has encountered from male videographers in the industry.

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Ciara shares her insight and tips on spotting the early signs of burnout and how to beat it.

We talk about looking after our mental health and identifying emotions and understanding them as information that needs attention.

Ciara gives tips on building good habits that stick and looking after yourself in the low season and how to prepare for the busy summer season ahead.

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There's nothing worse than that punch in the stomach feeling you get when you see a corrupted card or hard drive.

In this short episode I go through the we take, before the wedding, during the editing stage and after delivery to avoid losing your files.

This system has worked efficiently for our business, shooting photography and videography for over 5 years.

However, there are countless ways you can go about this and hundreds or thousands of euros you can spend.

In this episode I go through a few ways you can go about safely storing your files.

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In today's episode I talk with wedding planner Gaby Kmitas from Petal & Twine.

Gabi shares her tips on wowing a wedding planner and how to go about introducing yourself and working with a planner.

She shares her tips on what to do and not to so to keep working with a wedding planner and get recommended again and again.

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In this episode, I talk with Emmylie Cruz, the co owner of Wonder & Magic who during covid completely rebranded her photography and videography business together with her husband.

Today they're not only shooting their dream weddings but they're expanding their business big time.

Emmylie gives tips on how to rebrand successfully as well as what to expect after the rebrand.