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Todays podcast guest is Élevae Visuals Founder Shay Cochrane. This is actually Shay’s second time on our podcast and her husband Graham has also joined us previously as well. In this episode, we’re chatting all things Image Curation. We dive into: More About Shay As a commercial photographer and product stylist, Shay’s clients spanned the […]

In today’s episode I’m chatting with Erin Harding of Simple Pin Media. We recently worked with Erin to up our own Pinterest ad game (aka – we had none) and her wealth of knowledge blew us away. I knew we had to get her on the podcast to share all things ads with you. We’re chatting everything from getting started, to who Pinterest ads are a good fit for to some of the surprising ways Pinterest ads differ from Meta and Google ads.

Today’s guest is painter and artist mentor Emily Jeffords. I’ve owned a few of Emily’s prints for years and it was a huge honor to chat with her today. In this episode we walk through finding inspiration, creating artwork that sells and the artist journey. Regardless of whether you’re a painter or fine artist, if you have a creative heart, you’ll find a ton of takeaways in this episode.

Elizabeth Sheils, co-founder of the popular CRM, Rock Paper Coin, joins me on the podcast today for a wide-ranging interview. Initially we set out to discuss proposals and her unique take on where unique proposals fit into the booking process. But the discussion evolved into a discussion about the current climate of the Wedding Industry, […]

This week I’m joined by Chad Campbell of Teach Well Online. Chad and his wife Becca Campbell are good friends and frequent guests on our podcast. You might know them from their success of Little Z Sleep, The Course Company or The Sleep Sorority.

In this episode we dive into finding an audience for your online course, choosing a topic and how to begin structuring your content in a way that makes sense for the learner.

Today I’m joined by photographer and business coach Christa Rene. We’re diving into… All without feeling overly salesy. And even though a lot of the examples we share are photographer specific, I think that a lot of the principles talked about in this episode can be applied to most service based businesses. If you’re ready […]

Today’s guest is Daniel Shear, co-founder of Season’s Yield, a bakery here in the Shenandoah Valley. We’re chatting about how he and his wife built their business selling loaves of bread out of their house and it’s evolution into Bread Days, a bi-weekly experience that hundreds, sometimes up to 1000, people attend at their farm. […]

If you’re thinking about becoming a designer or if you’re already a designer and you want to start designing and selling Showit website templates, this is a great place to start. We cover what you need to get started, helpful Showit resources, our favorite ecommerce platforms for actually selling templates, where Krista designs templates and some of her favorite design related tools, and what kinds of support we offer for template sales.

Today’s episode features Kat Schmoyer, founder of KS Agency, an agency that provides innovative services for businesses that want to create, launch and sell digital products. We’re talking more about what it would look like if you’re going to launch a digital product, what Kat would recommend doing in order to get you that product launched, and how an integrator might help you.

Today on the podcast we’re joined by our good friend and fellow Davey + Krista designer, Sara Metzger. Sara has been on the team for nearly 5 years and she is the genius behind many of the custom brands we create. We’re walking you through the exact process we use to define aesthetics and ultimately create color palettes for our clients.

We’re chatting with Pinterest expert, Kate of KH Social, about all things Pinterest 2024. We talk about current best practices, how to use Pinterest to drive traffic to your site for years to come, how many pins you actually need to share in a day to be successful using trends and how to get started if Pinterest is new or the extent of Pinterest use includes recipes, outfits, and wedding inspiration from that time you were engaged in 2014.

Today, I really enjoyed chatting with Noah about how to create a viable business idea and find your first customers without having to create anything at all. One thing that we mention in the episode, and I’m not sure if we fully explain it, but I actually, recently, became the CEO of a software company that acquired SumoMe. SumoMe is a lead generation tool, it does things like forms and pop-ups, and it’s actually a tool that Noah and his team developed. To learn more about SumoMe, and this new direction, head on over to sumome.com, or again, go to the show notes and I’ve included a couple links that will fill you in on all of the details there.

Your homepage is your first impression. Let’s make it unforgettable. Whether you’re a designer, business owner, or content creator, a well-designed homepage is key to standing out and compelling potential clients to take action. It’s your Anthropologie storefront window, your book cover, your little teal box with a white ribbon. But so many homepages fail to capture the hearts of their visitors. After countless website reviews, we’ve noticed 10 common mistakes that people make on their website’s homepage.

This week’s episode features Sam Reid, host of a YouTube channel, The Studio Revue. I met Sam a few years ago because we both live in the same area. When we met, he had about 10,000 or so YouTube channel subscribers. At the time of recording this intro, he has over 125,000 subscribers. Of course, I had to chat with him about how he was able to grow his channel to over 100k subs in just a few years.