Brands that Book with Davey Jones
192 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 135 ratingsA show for creative service-based business owners who want to learn how to build their brands and find more clients.
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Episode 36: Getting Your Podcast Off the Ground (Mistakes Make Magic interview w/ Catherine Guidry)
February 18, 2019 18:30 - 58 minutes - 80.9 MBToday’s episode is a bit different: In this episode I am being interviewed by Catherine Guidry, the host of the Mistakes Make Magic podcast for an episode of Mistakes Make Magic. Cat was kind enough to let me also air this episode here. Today we’re chatting all about podcasting. If starting a podcast is one of your goals for 2019 or if you’re just interested in a little behind the scenes of the Brands that Book podcast, you’ll want to stay tuned! Afterwards be sure to check out...
Episode 35: Sweet Root Village - Finding Your Voice
February 06, 2019 06:15 - 41 minutes - 58.3 MBToday’s guests are Lauren and Rachel, the founders of Sweet Root Village, an event floral design company in the Washington D.C. area. Lauren and Rachel chat with me about starting Sweet Root Village, and their journey from an ‘all-in-one’ event shop to specializing in high-end floral event design. Their story is such a good lesson in narrowing one’s focus, and intentionally growing a business with the resources you have. In addition to that we talk about how to engage an audience...
Episode 34: Petronella Lugemwa - Finding Your Ideal Client
January 30, 2019 06:15 - 42 minutes - 60.9 MBToday’s guest is Petronella Lugemwa of Petronella Photography, and we’re chatting all about strategies for connecting with your ideal client. Petronella has an incredible background—she was born in Uganda, moved to the states from Zimbabwe, has an MBA and undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering, and she worked with big brands like Cover Girl, Advil, and Splenda. That's all before becoming a wedding and marriage proposal photography specializing in helping multicultural couple...
Episode 33: Stacey Krolow - Hiring a Virtual Assistant or Administrative Assistant
January 23, 2019 06:15 - 40 minutes - 57.3 MBToday’s guest is Stacey Krolow of Pepper—a business admin outsourcing company for creatives. We have personally found that outsourcing different tasks has made us more productive, efficient, and has freed up our time for other things that we enjoy spending time on. So I figured it was about time I record an episode on outsourcing. I chat with Stacey more specifically about the benefits of hiring a VA or administrative assistant. We cover how to get over my fear of giving up co...
Episode 32: Vanessa Kynes - Pinterest Trends for 2019
January 16, 2019 06:15 - 46 minutes - 65.7 MBToday’s guest is Pinterest Marketing Strategist, Vanessa Kynes. Vanessa needs no introduction because she was our guest back in episode 17, where she talked about using Pinterest to increase brand visibility and website traffic. After we recorded Vanessa’s episode, we actually hired her to do some work on our Pinterest account and we have been so happy with the results—including increasing our referral traffic from Pinterest by 1600%. In this episode, she’s sharing about few of the...
Episode 31: Natalie Franke - Growing a Platform
January 09, 2019 06:15 - 50 minutes - 70.7 MBToday’s guest is Natalie Franke Hayes of the Rising Tide Society. This is an exciting episode because it brings me back to the very first podcast I was ever a part of, The Coffee Commute, which I actually started with Natalie. Natalie is an entrepreneur, mobilization marketer, community builder, neuroscience nerd, and of course, she’s one of the co-founders of the Rising Tide Society, alongside myself, Krista and her husband Huey. She’s also the head of community at HoneyBook. Nata...
Episode 30: Abby Grace - The Gentle No
January 03, 2019 06:15 - 54 minutes - 77 MBToday’s guest is Abby Grace of Abby Grace Photography, an international wedding and anniversary photographer based just outside of Washington D.C. Abby’s background in communications and PR is on full display in this interview as we discuss client communication, and specifically we talked about instances where you have to say no to clients or prospective clients. We walked through all sorts of different scenarios from unreasonable client requests, to how to turn someone away who’s...
Episode 29: Chip Dizard - Getting Started with Facebook Ads
December 27, 2018 06:15 - 45 minutes - 65.3 MBToday’s guest is Chip Dizard of Chip Dizard Weddings. Chip is a wedding photographer and videographer based out of Baltimore, Maryland. He provides photo and video services to creative businesses in addition to offering mentoring and consulting. One of the things that Chip consults on is Facebook advertising, and that’s what we’re chatting about in today’s episode. We chat specifically about the mistakes people commonly make, the different aspects of running Facebook ads, and some ...
Founders' Series - Gavin Wade - Building CloudSpot
December 20, 2018 06:15 - 49 minutes - 70.2 MBToday’s guest is Gavin Wade, the founder of CloudSpot, a photo gallery solution for professional photographers. CloudSpot makes it easy to load, organize and share your images with clients, and it's actually what we used in our photography business. In the episode, we get to hear about Gavin’s journey from fitness professional, to wedding photographer, to founder of a software company, and the challenges that Gavin and his team have faced and overcome throughout the last few years....
Episode 28: Laura Joseph - Starting a Stationery Business (and a Discussion about Mental Health)
December 19, 2018 06:15 - 1 hour - 87.2 MBToday’s guest is Laura Joseph, the Founder of Paper & Honey, an heirloom wedding stationary and letterpress studio. In today’s episode, we get to learn about how Laura started her stationary and letterpress business. I know next to nothing about stationary, so it was really interesting for me to learn more about her business. I think one of the most fascinating parts of the discussion is hearing about the letterpress machines that she has. These are machines that are over a 100-year...
Episode 27: Trena Little - Utilizing YouTube for your Business
December 12, 2018 06:15 - 52 minutes - 74 MBToday’s guest is YouTube strategist, Trena Little. As you probably guessed, we’re chatting about how to utilize YouTube in your business. I heard about Trena from a mutual friend but I got the opportunity to meet her in person at a conference we recently spoke at. I’m glad I did because she knows her stuff. This is one of those episodes where you’ll want to have the notepad ready. Trena is an MBA graduate who has built the two YouTube channels of her own. She served clients like He...
Episode 26: James & Jess - Marketing in Multiple Cities
October 24, 2018 05:15 - 41 minutes - 62.1 MBToday guests are James and Jess of James and Jess Photography; a husband and wife photography team based out of Santa Barbara, California, and New York, New York. If you follow James and Jess, you know they travel quite a bit and they’ve shot weddings all over the place. In today’s interview, I chat with James and Jess about how they market their business effectively in multiple cities, especially since those cities aren’t exactly close to one another. We discuss some of the challe...
Episode 25: Elle Ellinghaus - Building a High End Brand
October 17, 2018 05:15 - 49 minutes - 70 MBToday’s guest is Elle Ellinghaus of Elle Ellinghaus Designs, a high-end event planning business based in Baltimore, Maryland. Elle has created one of the most sought after event planning companies for weddings and boast an impressive client roster from NFL players, to Fortune 500 executives. She was even asked to be a featured author for a textbook that colleges use for event planning degrees. So I wanted to know what went into creating such a high-end brand and how did she attrac...
Founders' Series - Nate Grahek, Sticky
September 28, 2018 05:15 - 51 minutes - 76.7 MBToday's guest is Nate Grahek, the founder of Sticky Albums, and more recently, Sticky Email. Sticky Albums makes it easy for photographers to create and share custom mobile apps for their clients. Nate built it after seeing the reaction his own photography portrait clients had to the custom mobile apps he was building for them and the referrals that it generated, but eventually realized that he didn't want to only provide a tool that generated leads. Nate also wanted to develop a to...
Founders' Series - Jake & Becca Berg - Dubsado
September 21, 2018 05:30 - 47 minutes - 70.7 MBToday’s guest are Jake and Becca Berg, the co-founders of Dubsado, the client management system for entrepreneurs. Dubsado makes any contracts, invoices, questionnaires, bookkeeping and other business workflows easy. I can confidently say that, because we’re now Dubsado users, but we weren’t before this episode. I signed us up for a trial to prepare for the interview with no intention of continuing to use it. After a test run, I was hooked. One of the reasons that I wanted to inter...
Founders' Series - Shaun Gordon - Kiss Books
September 21, 2018 05:15 - 56 minutes - 79.9 MBToday's episode features founder and CEO Shaun Gordon of Kiss Books, an heirloom album company for professional photographers. I've had the chance to get to know Shaun over the last few years through a year-long leadership program we both participated in, and more recently as we designed and built Kiss's new brand and website. Shaun's the kind of guy that's reflective and finds opportunities to invest in himself and his relationships—all of that is on display in this episode. We c...
Founders' Series - Todd Watson - Showit
September 20, 2018 05:15 - 53 minutes - 78.1 MBToday's episode is part of the Founders Series, where we chat with founders and CEOs of companies that have created products and services that help creatives run their businesses. Today's guest is Todd Watson, the Founder and CEO of Showit, a website platform created specifically for photographers and creative professionals. This episode is a little different than previous episodes. Instead of focusing on tips, strategies or tools that you can use in your business, we focus mostly ...
Episode 024: Julianne Smith - Marketing to a Niche Audience
September 19, 2018 05:15 - 1 hour - 96.2 MBToday’s guest is Julianne Smith of The Garter Girl, a company with a singular mission to design and hand-create a wedding heirloom that is so stylish and so special that brides couldn’t wait to save it for their daughters. Sometime during her journey building The Garter Girl, she also founded a popular D.C. wedding blog called United With Love, which she eventually sold. This episode was inspired by a blog post that Juli recently published titled Life Without Swipe Up, which esse...
Episode 023: Kaitlin Holland - Choosing Educational Experiences
September 12, 2018 05:15 - 58 minutes - 83.6 MBToday’s guest is Kaitlin Holland of The School of Styling, and more recently, the McAlister-Leftwich House, which is a wedding and event venue located in Greensboro, North Carolina. Kaitlin, like so many of our guest, is one of those multitalented people. Her entrepreneurial journey started with a vintage rental company called Simply Put Vintage, which she eventually sold in 2015, but not before starting The School of Styling, a workshop that provides creative women education and in...
Episode 022: Nancy Ray - Building a Team
September 05, 2018 05:15 - 50 minutes - 77 MBToday’s guest is Nancy Ray of Nancy Ray Photography. Nancy has built a thriving photography business in Raleigh, North Carolina area, so much so that a few years in the business she realized that something needed to change for her to be able to both continue to grow her business and for her family to live the life they wanted to live. She built a team. That’s exactly what we’re chatting about in today’s episode. Nancy shares with us how to know whether you’re ready to build a team,...
Episode 021: Paige Griffith - Building a Business in a Small Market
August 15, 2018 05:15 - 1 hour - 88.5 MBToday's guest is wedding photographer and attorney Paige Griffith of Paige Marie Photography. Paige primarily serves the Missoula, Montana area, which—relative to cities that we're near like Baltimore and Washington DC—is a pretty small market, and that's exactly the reason that I wanted to chat with Paige. We often hear from people in smaller markets that some of the strategies out there just don't work for their smaller, especially more rural areas. Well, I wanted to chat with Pai...
Episode 020: Lauren Taylor - Becoming a Brand Ambassador and Content Creator
August 08, 2018 05:15 - 55 minutes - 82.3 MB"When you realize how powerful your voice can be or your influence can be and to use that in such a positive way, I feel like that’s really the lightning rod for everything. That’s why getting up at 5 something in the morning is no problem, because I just know with my work, that’s something that I want to consistently instill in everything that I do.” - Lauren Taylor Today's guest is brand ambassador and content creator, Lauren Taylor. As you'll quickly learn in this interview, La...
Episode 019: Blakely Little - Making a Living as an Artist
August 01, 2018 05:15 - 51 minutes - 75.4 MBOn today’s episode we welcome artist Blakely Little of Blakely Made. Blakely is the first artist that we’ve had on the show. We have known Blakely since she was in high school and it’s been amazing to watch her career evolve, especially recently. If you were to walk into an Anthropologie store today, you would find a line of dishware with Blakely’s art on it. Blakely is inspired by the low country sky, winding waterways, and colorful marshland. Her artwork is the way she expresses t...
Episode 018: Katelyn James - How I would market a business in 2018
July 25, 2018 05:15 - 1 hour - 100 MBToday’s guest—who for many needs no introduction—is photographer Katelyn James. Katelyn started her photography business during her junior year of college and since then has shot hundreds of weddings alongside her husband Michael, and been featured in national publications such as The Knot, Southern Weddings, BRIDES and others. Beyond that, Katelyn has influenced the wedding photography industry in so many different ways—especially when it comes to marketing one’s business. So it m...
Episode 017: Vanessa Kynes - How to Use Pinterest to Increase Brand Visibility and Website Traffic
June 20, 2018 05:15 - 58 minutes - 85.8 MBVanessa is a Pinterest Marketing Strategist for creative small businesses. Using YouTube and her blog, she helps creative small businesses blossom by creating traffic-generating Pinterest strategies to increase their visibility. Juggling the demands of her own budding business with those of family and home, she specializes in efficient productivity, making the most out of every moment, and every pin! Hailing originally from the great state of Texas, she has lived in two foreign coun...
Episode 016: Buddy Powers - How to Start a Wedding Venue
June 13, 2018 05:15 - 46 minutes - 69 MBToday's guest is farmer, entrepreneur, and wedding venue owner, Buddy Powers. Buddy and his wife Jill own Big Spring Farm, a wedding venue in Lexington, Virginia that hosts over 50 events a year and has been featured in places like The Knot and Style Me Pretty. Today he's chatting with us about starting and running a wedding venue and he's also sharing a little bit about how other vendors can serve venues. The highlights: 02:49 The transition from farming to starting a wedding ven...
Episode 015: Jamie Kutchman - The Secrets to Perfect Client Gifts
June 06, 2018 05:15 - 49 minutes - 70.7 MBToday's guest is Jamie Kutchman of Marigold and Grey, a company that provides artisan gifts for weddings, events and businesses. In today's episode, Jamie shares with us how her past work prepared her for her entrepreneurial journey, how a pivot early in her business led to huge growth, and tips for effective client gifting. The highlights: 02:15 How a background in internet and medical sales prepared Jamie for entrepreneurship. 09:39 The stress of starting a business vs. the str...
Episode 014: Tyler Herrinton - Elevating Your Brand Using Video
May 23, 2018 05:15 - 54 minutes - 79.4 MBVideographer and podcaster Tyler Herrinton shares how to use video to elevate your brand. The highlights: 02:36 - How Tyler got into video. 07:48 - When Ashley, his wife, joined him in the business. 13:56 - Why there is suddenly such a demand for video from business owners. 19:08 - Why everyone should incorporate video into their marketing strategy on some level. 20:22 - Where to get started with video. 24:21 - How video can build trust with your audience. 26:31 - The opport...
Episode 013: Christina Scalera - Effective Client Contracts
May 16, 2018 05:00 - 59 minutes - 85.9 MBChristina Scalera, attorney and founder of The Contract Shop, joins Davey for a discussion on effective client contracts. We cover questions like who needs a contract, common contract mistakes, what needs to be in a contract, and how to work the contract into the client experience. The highlights: 3:06 - From law school to yoga teacher to attorney for creatives 13:16 - Who needs a contract? And why is it such an afterthought for people? 21:52 - Why a contract benefits both parti...
Episode 012: Reina Pomeroy - Creating a Joy-Filled Business that Allows You to Profit + Serve
May 09, 2018 05:00 - 47 minutes - 69.4 MBReina Pomeroy is the Founder of Reina + Co, the Life + Biz Success Coaching® Practice for creatives who are right brained and heart centered. She helps clients stop spinning their wheels and take action on what’s most important so they can become the go-to expert in their industry. She is a Coach, Speaker, Educator, Author of the Big Plan for the Creative Mind, and Podcaster. Reina is a host of the Creative Empire Podcast and the Fueled with Heart Podcast to educate new entrepreneur...
Episode 011: Terri Baskin - Finding Your Niche in a Saturated Market
May 02, 2018 05:00 - 42 minutes - 62.6 MBTerri Baskin is a Virginia-based international wedding photographer whose style is authentic, romantic and fun. Terri genuinely approaches each client relationship seeking to understand their uniqueness and their love story. Terri connects with couples who value their authenticity yet trusts her creative process. Like many photographers, Terri started her photography business she was working full time. Terri has maintained a full-time job while effectively growing her business prima...
Episode 010: Tyler J. McCall - Finding Your Next Client using Instagram
April 25, 2018 05:30 - 54 minutes - 80.6 MBTyler J. McCall is an Instagram and social media marketer, strategist, and coach for creatives. He teaches his students how to use Instagram with intention to grow their community online, grow their list, and grow their business. Tyler focuses on using Instagram and social media to tell stories, build relationships, and convert followers to fans, drawing from his 10 years of experience in non-profit marketing and management and community organizing. Tyler is based in Chicago, where ...
Episode 009: Elisa Watson - How a Better Understanding of Yourself Can Lead to Better Work
April 25, 2018 05:15 - 56 minutes - 82.8 MBElisa loves studying personality and exploring the ways it impacts our lives personally, relationally, and professionally. She and a fellow personality-loving friend chat about that and other things on their podcast, SiNes of Life. She also loves to write, and (when time allows) her usual topic on her blog is life as a mom of four boys. She co-owns the drag-and-drop website company Showit with her husband Todd, who she has been married to for nearly seventeen years. They call the wa...
Episode 008: Becky & Jesse Morquecho - Moving the Needle in Your Business
April 18, 2018 05:15 - 1 hour - 99.5 MBJesse + Becky (yes, just like Full House!), owners of Idealust, help creative entrepreneurs build + scale businesses that produce profits, joy and time for more adventures. They are big believers in facing fears and creating your own opportunities. They met and fell in love in South Africa in 2008 and are in the process of adopting their daughter from China spring of 2018. When Jesse + Becky are not coaching others to make their business dreams come true, you'll find them backpackin...
Episode 007: Shanna Skidmore - Avoiding Common Money Management Pitfalls (and how to price your services)
April 11, 2018 05:15 - 55 minutes - 80.7 MBShanna Skidmore is a business strategist and financial coach. Nicknamed the “dream-releaser” by her clients, she helps entrepreneurs make money doing what they love by building profitable & sustainable businesses. For the past 12 years she has been immersed in the world of small business development and finance. By studying patterns of success, she now coaches and consults with creative entrepreneurs on business principles she found to be key indicators of success. Her background in...
Episode 006: Kat Schmoyer - Increasing Your Bottom Line by Diversifying Your Offerings
April 04, 2018 05:15 - 50 minutes - 71.1 MB"Hi y'all! I’m Kat and I help creative boss ladies (boss ladies like you!) dream big & bold. I’m all about #realtalk & real results. I believe in that thinking "tiny, small but mighty" can push you even closer to those "go big or go home" dreams! I’m the owner, lead planner & florist behind Dear Sweetheart Events and the founder and visionary of Creative at Heart Conference. I’m an educator, speaker, activator & love watching those lightbulb moments go off!! My HS sweetie, Matt, a...
Episode 005: Jen Olmstead - How to Create an Authentic and Unique Brand
March 28, 2018 05:15 - 1 hour - 94 MBJennifer is a Virginia-based graphic designer, visual storyteller, and type nerd. A lifelong fan of a good story - and shaping the words and letters that tell it - she specializes in creating uniquely-tailored brand experiences for creative entrepreneurs, and in building online spaces that people love to explore. In 2013, Jen and fellow designer Jeffrey Shipley founded TONIC SITE SHOP and launched their first collection of cocktail-inspired, "completely customizable websites for th...
Episode 004: Makayla Jade - How to Increase Customer Value with Print and Product Sales
March 21, 2018 05:00 - 49 minutes - 69.3 MBMakayla Jade of The Harris Company shares how selling products and prints transformed her business, and she shares some tips for getting started with in-person sales in your own business. Makayla Jade, co-owner of The Harris Company, developed a brand distinguished by providing an elevated photo and cinema client experience, propelling the company to reaching multiple six-figures and beyond in less than 3 years by serving a niche clientele that places a high value on printed produc...
Episode 003: Graham Cochrane - Creating Compelling Content
March 13, 2018 05:30 - 1 hour - 88.3 MBGraham is an entrepreneur and business coach from Tampa, FL who helps people monetize their passions and ideas and get paid to do what they love. Graham is also the founder of The Recording Revolution. For the show notes, go to https://daveyandkrista.com/btb-graham-cochrane-episode-3/
Episode 002: Ashlyn Carter - Writing High Converting Website Copy
March 13, 2018 05:15 - 59 minutes - 85.6 MBAshlyn writes well-appointed words for creative women as a copywriter & calligrapher. She left her job as a publicist to go full-time with her calligraphy biz for brides--and realized there were lots of creatives fumbling with their message and sales copy (you can take the girl out of the PR agency ... ). Trading clients like Delta Air Lines and Chick-fil-A to write website copy and launch copy for creative industry dreamies like Jenna Kutcher, Katelyn James, Heather Crabtree, Hila...
Episode 001: Amy & Jordan Demos - Marriage, Time Management, and Business
March 13, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 101 MBPhotographers & educators Amy & Jordan Demos share their tips for managing time, working as a husband and wife team, and growing a business. Amy and Jordan Demos are professional photographers and educators who help people take better photos and build profitable businesses that change lives. They started as elementary school teachers who didn’t know anything about photography, but turned their passion into one of the most successful photography businesses in America’s fifth largest...
Episode 000: Welcome to The Brands that Book Show
March 07, 2018 23:00 - 2 minutes - 4.07 MBWelcome to The Brands that Book Show. In this short introduction, I discuss a little bit about why I decided to start a podcast, and what you can expect in the coming weeks.