Business-First Creatives
Business-First Creatives

Business-First Creatives

Colie James

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Every creative deserves to turn their craft into a business that brings them joy and profit. Here you'll find a no-BS approach to what it takes to put the business first, prioritizing the systems and strategies that will actually move the needle and ensure your creative business is profitable rather than an expensive side-hustle. Your host is Colie James, a Disney-loving family photographer, and filmmaker turned Workflow and Automations Guru who helps creative service providers automate their sh*t, reclaim their time and get back to living! 

Recent Episodes

Building Your Content Strategy with the Marketing Jar with Dayna Schaaf
JAN 28, 2025
Building Your Content Strategy with the Marketing Jar with Dayna Schaaf

Does your marketing strategy and content fall flat? Maybe you struggle with knowing what to create. In today's episode, Dayna Schaaf of This Can't Be That Hard joins us to introduce The Marketing Jar, an analogy which categorizes marketing efforts into rocks, pebbles, sand, and water.

Listen in as they share how prioritizing high-impact activities (rocks) and spreading them throughout the year while filling in with medium-impact (pebbles), foundational (sand), and daily tasks (water) can help photographers strategically plan their marketing.

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Find it Quickly:

00:21 - Meet Dayna

01:56 - The Marketing Jar Analogy: Planning Your Content Strategy

2:47 - The Rocks: High Impact Activities

13:15 - The Pebbles: Medium Impact Activities

17:07 - The Sand: Foundational

19:58 - The Water: Daily Tasks

22:49 - Evergreen Content and Automation Tips

31:53 - Recap and Resources for Effective Marketing

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33 MIN
Building a Better Relationship with Money through Storytelling with Katherine Pomerantz
JAN 16, 2025
Building a Better Relationship with Money through Storytelling with Katherine Pomerantz

Do you struggle with understanding money? Maybe you're afraid to address it. In today's episode, Katherine Pomerantz joins us to highlight the complex relationship most entrepreneurs have with money. Listen in as she explains how to make financial management less daunting by viewing money as a storytelling medium and implementing rituals to ease the bookkeeping process. 

Today’s episode is brought to you by my Client Hub Template inside the DIY Systems Template Shop. Business owners often have their client information spread across a variety of different tools, making it hard to access the information they need to make critical decisions. That’s why I built the Client Hub Template for Airtable, to take the guesswork out of building your own!

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(01:28) Understanding Money as a Storytelling Medium

(03:29) The Importance of Regular Financial Check-Ins

(04:51) Forming a Healthy Relationship with Money

(08:52) Creating a Money Ritual Framework

(18:12) Practical Steps for Financial Organization

(22:16) Creating Effective Money Rituals

(22:57) Custom Checklists for Financial Management

(23:43) Outsourcing Bookkeeping

(24:59) Weekly, Monthly, and Quarterly Financial Tasks

(30:10 Setting and Tracking KPIs

(36:30) Learning from Business Mistakes

Connect with Katherine

Website: katherinepomerantz.com

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/katherinepomerantz

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45 MIN
Strategic Business Planning for Productivity & Growth with Jade Boyd
JAN 9, 2025
Strategic Business Planning for Productivity & Growth with Jade Boyd

Are you being intentional and strategic in planning for productivity and growth in your business? In today's episode, Jade Boyd joins us to discuss setting goals, maintaining your business, and the three key steps for achieving business success: clarity, systems, and maintenance.

Today’s episode is brought to you by my Client Hub Template inside the DIY Systems Template Shop. Business owners often have their client information spread across a variety of different tools, making it hard to access the information they need to make critical decisions. That’s why I built the Client Hub Template for Airtable, to take the guesswork out of building your own!

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Find it Quickly:

00:27 - Meet Jade

1:20 - Becoming a Productivity Coach

6:10 - Balancing Business and Personal Life

7:38 - Setting Goals for 2025

18:22 - Quarterly Planning Tips

23:23 - The Importance of CEO Time

24:33 - Planning Strategies for Business Owners

26:04 - The Role of Tools in Business Planning

27:31 - Exploring ClickUp for Task Management

28:44 - Four-Part System for Business Organization

35:40 - Centralization, Organization, and Automation

39:18 - Simplification and Business Strategy

Mentioned in this Episode

Making Data-Driven Decisions in Your Business with Ally Anderson

CEO Talk with Ashley Kang

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FREE Double your Profit While Working Less Masterclass: jadeboyd.co/doubleyourprofitmasterclass

The Quarterly Reset: jadeboyd.co/quarterlyreset


Connect with Jade

Website: jadeboyd.co

Podcast: https://pod.link/1603107498

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jadeboyd.co

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45 MIN