We’re on a mission to help wedding creatives craft the business they want: more money, confidence, fresh growth and clear strategies to shine in their niche and connect with their ideal clients. So many creatives tell us they are 'stuck' or can't make more money or get to the next level in their business. They can't figure out what's not working until they understand it is less about the tactics and more about their mindset. We realized after coaching creatives for years that it isn't us giv ...
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#027 Achieving Big Audacious Goals for 2025
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Achieving Your Big Audacious Goals for 2025 In this episode of the Bright podcast, host and money mentor Melissa guides wedding creatives through setting and reaching big audacious goals for 2025. The discussion focuses on essential principles such as paying yourself first, investing in personal growth, and improving your relationship with money. M…
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#026 Big Audacious Business Goals for 2025
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Achieving Big Audacious Goals for Your Business in 2025 and Beyond This podcast focuses on guiding individuals in setting and achieving significant, ambitious goals for their businesses over the coming year and beyond. Melissa emphasizes the importance of full participation in the goal-setting process and discusses overcoming mental barriers, think…
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#025 How to Keep More Money in Your Business by Doing this One Thing
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Mastering Cashflow: The Key to a Thriving Business In this episode, Melissa, seasoned photography business owner, discusses the critical importance of understanding cashflow for small business success. Highlighting that many boutique business owners overlook their financials, she explain that knowing what money comes in and goes out is essential. W…
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#024 Interview with Boudoir Photographer Pamela Nicole
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The Journey of a Boudoir Photographer: Pamela's Story of Resilience and Creativity In this podcast episode, Pamela, an experienced boudoir photographer, shares her 15-plus-year journey in the niche of boudoir photography. She discusses the evolution of her career, from shooting family photos to discovering her passion for boudoir. Pamela highlights…
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#023 17 Effective Marketing Tips for Wedding Pros
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17 Essential Marketing Tips for Wedding Industry Professionals In this episode, Keith and Melissa, seasoned photography business owners with over 25 years of experience in the wedding industry, share 17 invaluable marketing tips that significantly influenced their business's success. They emphasize the importance of maintaining an audacious goal an…
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#022 5 Key Steps for Success in your Wedding Business
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Building a Strong Business Foundation: Essential Steps for Success In this episode, Keith and Melissa, seasoned photography business owners, provide crucial tips on creating a solid foundation for your business. They cover defining your target clients, crafting a basic business plan, legitimizing your business structure, setting up a bookkeeping sy…
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#021 Wedding Industry Creatives - How to Gain Momentum in your Business
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This is a 5 min highlight reel from our FREE 3 Module Video Series called Bright Momentum. This training is for wedding industry pros that need a little momentum in their business to start making more money and attracting more of the right clients! Grab the FREE Bright Momentum Series here! Are You Ready to turn your creative business into the one …
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#020 We are Rebranding! Welcome Bright!
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Exciting Rebrand Announcement and Expanding Our Reach In this short episode, the hosts explain that they're undergoing an exciting rebranding from 'The Prosperous Photographer' to 'Bright' to better serve a wider community of creatives, including florists, hair and makeup artists, illustrators, and more. They discuss how their new mission aims to h…
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#019 Here are my 12 Must Dos to Build a Successful Creative Business
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Building a Successful and Sustainable Creative Business In this episode, Keith and Melissa, experienced photography business owners, offer invaluable insights on establishing a prosperous business by creating a solid foundation and maintaining consistent client relationships. They discuss the necessity of professionalizing your enterprise through c…
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#018 Steal My 6 Essentials to Create a Solid Business Foundation
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Mastering Your Creative Business: Essential Tips for Success Join Keith and Melissa, seasoned photography business owners, as they explore the essential components of building and managing a successful creative business. This episode covers critical topics, including setting up the right business structure, effective management and bookkeeping with…
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#017 Interview with Photographer and Creative: Raina Virginia
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Navigating the World of Photography: Inspiration, Authenticity, and Career Growth with Raina Virginia In this episode, we delve into the inspiring journey of Raina Virginia, a talented wedding photographer who has transformed her passion into a thriving career. Starting from her roots in a creatively inclined family and a background in film studies…
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#016 Break free from Having a Reactionary Business!
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Shifting from Reactive to Proactive: Building a Creative Business That Thrives In this podcast episode, Keith and Melissa, seasoned photography business owners, discuss the pitfalls of running a reactionary business and emphasize the importance of being proactive, with systems in place, to prevent burnout and achieve success. They explain how not h…
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#015 The Power of Consistency in your Creative Business
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Building Momentum in Business: The Power of Consistency Grab our FREE 3 Part Video Series on Building Momentum in your Creative Business In this episode, Keith and Melissa, seasoned photography business owners, discuss the importance of perseverance, showing up consistently, and the role of mindset in achieving business success. They emphasize that…
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#014 A Photographer's Journey: Claudia Johnstone
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In this engaging conversation, Melissa interviews Claudia Johnstone, a talented photographer who shares her inspiring journey from a diverse career path to becoming a successful photographer. Claudia discusses her early influences, the challenges she faced in pursuing her passion, and the pivotal moments that shaped her career. She emphasizes the i…
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#013 Get out of Your Comfort Zone and Create the Business you Want
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Embracing Change: Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone In today's episode, Melissa highlights the importance of readiness in achieving business success. They discuss how stepping out of your comfort zone is essential for growth, tackling issues like attracting more clients, reducing stress, and overcoming imposter syndrome. The conversation delves int…
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#012 Make a $1M in 12 Months: Our Audacious Goal for our Photography Business
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Make a $1M in 12 Months: Our Audacious Goal for our Photography Business Breaking Mindset Barriers: Achieving Financial Success in Photography In this episode, we discuss our *new* audacious goal of making a million dollars in 12 months. We emphasize the importance of shifting mindsets and beliefs around money to achieve financial success. The epis…
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#011 How to Grow your Photography Business? Personal Integrity
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Building Self-Integrity in Your Photography Business We delve into the importance of self-integrity in achieving business success. In this episode, we emphasize the significance of consistently doing what you commit to, outlining how personal integrity directly impacts business reliability and growth. Through discussing concepts like the motivation…
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#010 The Brain and Business Success
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Harnessing the Power of Your Brain for Business Success In this episode, Melissa discusses the importance of building trust in yourself to achieve a business and life you love. She explains how understanding and retraining the brain, particularly the conflict between the prefrontal cortex and the primitive brain, is crucial for overcoming self-sabo…
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#009 Unlocking Success in Your Photography Business
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Transform Your Narrative: Unlocking Success in Your Photography Business In this episode, we discuss the transformative power of changing your narrative toward achieving success in your photography business. We emphasize the impact of mindset on business outcomes, using personal anecdotes to illustrate the shift from negative to positive thinking. …
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#008 3 Secrets to Having a Photography Business for 25 years +
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Secrets to Sustaining a Photography Business for Over 25 Years In this episode, we share 3 tips (that really are more common sense than 'secret') that have helped us tremendously in our 25-year journey in our photography business. Despite the statistic that only 15 percent of photography businesses survive past three years, we've managed to thrive …
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#007 How Self Sabotage affects your Photography Business
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Overcoming Self-Sabotage in Your Photography Business In this episode we focus on the concept of self-sabotage, drawing from 'The Mountain is You' by Brianna Wiest, explaining that it stems from conflicting conscious and unconscious desires. We share personal experiences and examples of how self-sabotage can impede progress in a photography busines…
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#006 Achieving Goals from Future Focus not Past Focus
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Transform Your Photography Business: The Power of Goal-Setting and Mindset In this episode, we emphasize the importance of setting deliberate and well-thought-out goals to transform your photography business. We explain how shifting your mindset from past failures to future possibilities can create a fresh start and new beginnings. We also discuss …
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#005 Story vs. Fact: Transforming Your Photography Business
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Story vs. Fact: Transforming Your Business Mindset In this episode, Keith and Melissa, photography business owners, discuss the critical difference between 'story' and 'fact' in shaping business success. They emphasize how personal beliefs and subconscious programming from life experiences influence perceptions and actions in business. Through shar…
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#004 How your Thoughts Affect your Business
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The Power of Mindset in Transforming Your Photography Business In this episode, Keith and Melissa, experienced photography business owners, discuss the crucial role of mindset in achieving business success. They explain how focusing on negative thoughts can hinder progress and emphasize the importance of self-awareness in changing thought patterns.…
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#003 Photographers, Believe in Yourself!
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Prosperous Photography Mindset: The Key to Business Success In this episode, hosts Keith and Melissa, seasoned photography business owners with over 25 years of experience, emphasize the importance of mindset in achieving business success. They reveal that a strong belief in oneself, beyond just technical skills and business tactics, is crucial. Th…
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#002 Travel Photographer Matt Dutile: A Journey Off the Beaten Path
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Our interview with Matt Dutile, travel photographer, is our first interview in the Road Less Traveled Series. We want to have discussions with people that have a fork in the road and choose a different path than the one they were currently on. What drives someone to abandon the stability of a PR firm in Arizona and brave the unforgiving landscape o…
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#001 Overcoming Fear and Following Your Passion
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Embracing the Road Less Traveled: Overcoming Fear and Following Your Passion In this episode, Keith and Melissa, discuss the significance of taking the road less traveled, inspired by Robert Frost's iconic poem. They share their personal stories of making unconventional life and career choices—Keith's switch from pre-med to photography, and Melissa…
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