In today’s BONUS episode (76) of The EAT, CAPTURE, SHARE podcast, I’m taking a look back at the last 12 months of my creative food photography business and highlighting some of the things that worked really well and allowed me to thrive and some lessons learned the hard way, which I’ll be keen to avoid going into 2022. My hope is that there are takeaways and tips here that you can apply to your growing food photography or food blogging business too! Here’s exactly what you can expect from today’s episode…

• I share exactly why and how goal setting has been transformative for my creative business this year.
• I explain why setting your word of the year can be empowering and helpful on your creative journey as a food photographer or food blogger.
• I give some practical tips you can adopt today that will help set YOU up for success in 2022!
• I talk about why publishing my book, Creative Food Photography completely changed the trajectory of my career.
• I share some top secret news!
• I outline exactly what didn’t work well in my food photography business this year!
• I talk about how I grew my team and why hiring is essential to the growth of my business going forward.
• I give you some pointers to help YOU decide whether it’s time to hire!
• I share the two areas I invested in this year that have had the biggest impact on the growth of my food photography business.
• I outline how to decide what to invest in in your food photography or food blogging business.
• I explain why I decided to invest in a high level business mastermind this year.

LINKS MENTIONED:

• My book, Creative Food Photography is available HERE! It’s for food photographers who want to find their own unique style and up level their photography.
• My favourite planner
• Find out more about my creative business mastermind and mentoring program for food photographers and food bloggers HERE
• My top 5 restaurant photography tips
• 5 Christmas food photography portfolio tips
• Instagram Reels strategies for food photographers - podcast episode
• How to grow your Pinterest with Beatriz Moreno - podcast episode
• My email provider, Flodesk
• 5 reasons I switched to Flodesk - blog post
• How to start a mailing list - blog post
• SEO for food photographers and food bloggers - podcast episode
• Find full show notes HERE
• Find my Instagram here 
• NOTE: Affiliate links included