How to Increase Your Wedding Bookings Through Surprise Proposals with Kari Bjorn

April 30, 2024 Jaine Kershner

We are chatting with Kari Bjorn all about how to increase your wedding bookings through surprise proposals. Kari shares his personal story about how he found a new niche in his area to specialize in proposals which has lead to increasing his annual income year after year. A little bit about Kari before we get started, he is an Icelandic wedding and elopement photographer. Kari's wedding work revolves around vibrant colors, energy, and movement. He's been a full time wedding photographer since 2020 and is currently based in Connecticut.

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How Associates Help Avoid Discounting Your Rates and Solidify Your Brand Reputation with Emily Loeppke

March 26, 2024 Jaine Kershner

We are chatting with Emily Loeppke about how associates help avoid discounting your rates and solidify your brand reputation. Emily shares how she started a successful associate program early in her career as a wedding photographer and how, over time, it’s allowed her to grow her second brand geared toward the luxury client. A little bit about Emily, she is the founder of Anna Delores Photography and a wedding industry educator who empowers fellow creatives to grow their businesses (and profits) by hiring an associate team. She is passionate about helping other wedding professionals skip past the years of mistakes in their businesses and beeline straight to thriving.

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How SEO Can Help You Break Free from the Social Media Grind with Brianna Parks

March 12, 2024 Jaine Kershner

We are chatting with Brianna Parks about how SEO can help you break free from the social media grind. Brianna shares how as a new photographer, she learned the power of SEO and was able to generate over 450+ inquiries via Google alone. A little bit about Brianna is that she is a Pacific Northwest Elopement photographer who captures elopements in Northern California and Olympic National Park. She’s passionate about SEO and can’t wait to share what she taught herself with you today.

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The Creative Collaboration Bundle for Photographers - Vol. XI

March 7, 2024 Jaine Kershner

I'm so excited to finally share that I'm part of The Creative Collaboration XI again with Belle Lumière! I don't know how she does it but Lexi has put together MORE resources, NEW courses, and so much VALUE just for wedding photographers.

So what is The Creative Collaboration?

The Creative Collaboration is a curated bundle of 30 guides, courses, & resources for the modern photographer ready to excel in all areas of running your small business. Belle Lumière searched the internet far and wide to curate the best bundle of education and I'm honored to be included in this year’s incredible group of educators.

So many incredible photographers and educators, who are friends of the podcast, are sharing their education resources inside of the bundle, including:

👉🏼 Educate | Empower | Encourage - Working with Luxury Wedding Planners ($898)
👉🏼 Sacia Matthews - The Creative Edge ($297 value)
👉🏼 Courtney Wolf - Working Momma Masterclass ($299 value)
👉🏼 The Artist Lawyer - NDA's, Copyright, Model Release 101 + Email Templates: How to Respond to Requests and More ($250 value)
👉🏼 Cameron + Tia - The Consultation Simulation ($38 value)
👉🏼 Alora Rochelle - Mastering the Art of Film ($299 value)

And, I'm super excited because I'm doing something I've NEVER done before.

When you purchase the Creative Collaboration XI, you will receive your very first month of Submission Support, our monthly membership email community where we break down the wedding submission process one section at a time, for FREE ($37 Value)!!

On top of that, you will also have access to watch all of our previous LIVE calls but this exclusive offer is only part of the Creative Collaboration and will disappear once doors close on Wednesday, March 13th, 2024.

The best part is that you can grab all of this for pennies inside the creative collaboration for only $97!!

Grab the Bundle

The Creative Collaboration Vol. XI ends on Wednesday, March 13th, 2024. at 11:59 PST

How to Sell in Today's Luxury Market and Where to Find It with Marley Majcher - Ep. 164

February 27, 2024 Jaine Kershner

We are chatting with Marley Majcher about how to sell in today’s luxury market and where to find it. Marley gives us a deep dive into what the luxury wedding market looks like today, how we can get access to it, and how we can stay there. A little bit about Marley, she is known as “The Party Goddess” and “The Profit Goddess”, she is a force to be reckoned with in LA's event planning scene and the CEO of a nationally acclaimed full-service event planning and catering company. Marley has worked with Snoop Dogg and Britney Spears, and authored a business guide for entrepreneurs, But are you making any money?

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Mindset for Raising Your Prices with Jane Goodrich

February 13, 2024 Jaine Kershner

We are chatting with Jane Goodrich all about the mindset for raising your prices. Jane shares her thoughts and tools to use to help you get over the fear of raising your rates. A little bit about Jane, she is an accomplished newborn and family photographer, a seasoned expert in the photography business, a professional mentor, and the visionary Founder of Picsello. Picsello is purpose-built software designed to provide the tools and support for photographers in the management, marketing, and monetization of their businesses. Drawing from decades of industry experience and years of meticulous research, Jane collaborated with other prominent photography experts and led a top-tier tech team to craft an unparalleled platform that is changing the photography business for many.

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7 Quick SEO Wins for Wedding Photographers with InkPot Creative

January 30, 2024 Jaine Kershner

We are chatting with KP + Jessie from InkPot Creative® about 7 quick SEO wins you can get today specifically for wedding photographers. The duo shares their 7 easy-to-do tasks that will help you get your site ranking sooner with search engines and why blogging is not dead! A little about KP + Jessie, they are the duo behind the queer-run website design studio Inkpot Creative®. They primarily work with inclusive change-making entrepreneurs in the wedding industry to help them stand out intentionally with one-of-a-kind SEO-optimized website design and blogging.

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How to Simplify Your Bookkeeping Process with LoriAnn Kuntz

December 5, 2023 Jaine Kershner

I’m chatting with LoriAnn Kuntz about how to simplify your bookkeeping process. We all know bookkeeping can feel very overwhelming for small business owners and Loriann is here to help us take the overwhelm out of bookkeeping and give us easy ways to get us on the right track. A little bit about LoriAnn, She is the owner and CEO of Profit Priority, a boutique accounting and fractional CFO firm helping creatives go from unsure to unstoppable when thinking about their finances. With over 8 years of experience in accounting and small business finance, she has the insight and experience to help you up-level your business while removing the stress and burden of managing your finances.

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Voted 15 Best Wedding Industry Podcast by Feedspot

November 27, 2023 Jaine Kershner

I’m over the moon to share that the Tea with Jainé Podcast has been named one of the 15 Best Wedding Industry Podcasts by Feedspot for 2023. We have also been listed as 9th on the list of 30 Best Photography Business Podcasts for 2023. That is simply incredible for our little show! Thank you Feedspot and thank you to our listeners!!

2023 Black Friday Deals for Wedding Photographers

November 22, 2023 Jaine Kershner

Black Friday Deals for Wedding Photographers is HERE!

It’s that time of year again when businesses put their best products and services on sale for Black Friday and we get to save BIG! I’ve put together a list of my favorite deals for wedding photographers including our only sale of the year from Tea with Jainé. This list will be regularly updated so be sure to come back and check often!

Submission Support Membership is Open for One-Week Only

Our very own monthly membership, Submission Support is open for enrollment for one week only starting today, Wednesday, November 22nd through Wednesday, November 29th, 2023.

Submission Support is where we decode the submission process for Wedding Photographers and Wedding Planners one section of a wedding day at a time. You can expect to receive between 1-2 emails a month, join our quarterly LIVE calls, get exclusive discounts to work directly with Jainé, and receive exclusive content from our guest contributors throughout your membership.

48 HOUR BONUS: All new members who join within the first 48 Hours will get our exclusive BONUS, a Gallery Review ($150 Value) for FREE! They’ll be able to send in 2-3 wedding galleries for us to quickly review and let them know which one you should submit.

Gallery Reviews will be sent out on a first-come, first-served basis, and they have 90 days from enrollment to use their Gallery Review before it expires.

NO CODE NEEDED - Click HERE to Join Today

The Artist Lawyer - 30% OFF Photography Contract Sale

One of our friends of the Podcast and trusted source for contracts that protect us, The Artists Lawyer is having a 30% OFF sale on all their Wedding and Photography Contracts.

Use Code TEAWITHJAINE to save 15% OFF your entire purchase.

Click HERE to shop and save during their Black Friday Sale.

Social Templates Co. - Annual Membership Discount

Want to create Instagram Reels in minutes? Social Templates Co. is my secret weapon for creating Reels quickly and easily right in the Instagram App.

They are offering $100 OFF their Annual Membership.

Use Code BLK2023 at checkout and use this LINK to save.

You can also try it out for a month for FREE when you use code JAINE at checkout.

Instaproofs - Online Photo Hosting for Photographers

I love Instaproofs and am so happy I switched over several years ago. Every Black Friday they offer incredible Black Friday Deals for new and current users to take advantage of. Here is what they are currently offering this year:

New Sign Ups - 60% Off for Six Months

Subscription Prepayments - 25% Bonus Credit

Annual Subscription Upgrades - 4 Months Free

Referrals - 10GB for You + 5GB for Your Friend

You can use this LINK to sign up and save and you’ll get 5 GB for FREE when you use my Referral Link ;)

Locust Collection Styling Surfaces - 25% OFF Everything

My favorite and ONLY styling surface I will ever use or recommend is Locust Collection. They are simply the BEST out there in my humble opinion. Kate has been on the podcast and is a joy to collaborate with.

Locust Collection is having a great Black Friday Sale.

Save 25% OFF Everything in the shop
30% OFF when you spend $350 or more
40% OFF when you spend $700 or more

Discount Automatically applied at Checkout. NO CODE NEEDED

Use Code JAINE at checkout for bonus savings too!

Brenda Cadman’s Canva Courses are all on sale! You can save 40% OFF her Canva for Beginners, Clean Up My Canva, and Canva for Business, or save 50% OFF when you purchase all three together.

Use the code BLACKFRIDAY to get 40% off individual Canva courses or the code BLACKFRIDAY50 to get 50% off a Canva course bundle of all 3 courses. Click HERE to shop and save.

Save 35% OFF Lauren Fair Presets

My good friend and fellow wedding photographer Lauren Fair is having a HUGE sale on her Lightroom Presets and Profiles. You can also save $600 OFF her signature online course, Lauren Fair Atelier.

Presets are 35% off code BLACKFRIDAY35 at Checkout. Click HERE to shop.

Save up to 35% OFF The Archetype Process Profiles

The Archetype Process Black Friday SALE is live and runs through Tuesday, November 28th!

25% OFF 1 Profile Pack

30% OFF 2 Profile Packs

35% OFF 3 Profile Packs

No CODE Needed. Discount will be applied to the shopping cart.

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Over the years, I have created several posts about my favorite Styling Items, what to wear to a wedding, what gear I love, and so much more but it was hard to find the links for those items in a pinch.

So I created an Amazon Storefront with all of my favorite items and some of them are on deep discount for Black Friday too!

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