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 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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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!!

Trading Action for Strategy to Scale Your Business and Eliminate Business Lag with Andrea Liebross

October 31, 2023 Jaine Kershner

I’m talking with Andrea Liebross all about trading action for strategy to scale your business and eliminate business lag. What is business lag? Well, Andrea is going to help explain what it is and how we can get ourselves out of it. A little bit about Andrea, is an author, certified business and life coach, and host of the Time to Level Up podcast. She’s known for helping high-achieving women entrepreneurs make the shift from overwhelm to freedom so they stop thinking small and start thinking big. Through her work, she guides bold, ambitious women to create their own secret sauce for success by combining two ingredients - the right mindset and solid systems.

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Making a Difference with Your Work while Strengthening Your Brand Voice with Jenna Wren

September 5, 2023 Jaine Kershner

I’m talking with Jenna Wren all about How to Make a Difference with Your Work while Strengthening Your Brand Voice. Jenna shares her personal story about how she decided to use her brand to help make an impact on the causes she felt strongly about. And how she was able to connect to her ideal clients immediately to dramatically improve her brand voice. A little bit about Jenna, she is a luxury destination wedding photographer who is known for breathtaking, immersive imagery of her clients' celebrations. Jenna also writes copy for wedding pros and creatives with her work with Jenna Wren Writes and is based between Austin and Denver.

How Wedding Photographers Can Use Reels to Grow Their Business with Laura Bitoiu

July 18, 2023 Jaine Kershner

We are chatting with Laura Bitoiu from ⁠B Squared Social⁠ about how wedding photographers can use Reels to grow their business. Laura shares her marketing strategy advice, tips, and must-dos on how wedding professionals can use Reels in different ways to grow their audience, reach, and inquiries in their inboxes. A little about Laura, a social media expert who teaches entrepreneurs how to use Instagram Reels to grow their businesses. She’s helped thousands of people—from artists and photographers to CEOs and surgeons—connect with their ideal audience via Reels and convert them into lifelong customers. She is the founder of ⁠The Reels Report⁠ where members receive 4 new easy-to-create Reels each week directly into your inbox.

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How to take detail images that improve your chance of getting a wedding featured with Kate Ignatowski

June 13, 2023 Jaine Kershner

I’m so excited because I’m chatting with Kate Ignatowski about how to take detail images that improve your chance of getting a wedding featured. Kate and I discuss why detail images are important and what type of images you should (and shouldn’t!) be taken at every single wedding. A little bit about Kate is that she is the founder of Locust Collection, a styling surface & photography backdrop company she started in 2018 with the goal of helping wedding industry creatives elevate their brand with ease. She worked as a destination wedding photographer for over 10 years and developed a keen eye for detail and an innate understanding of the challenges photographers face when traveling for weddings.

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Developing a discerning eye and how curation can completely change your brand impact with Molly McCauley

May 30, 2023 Jaine Kershner

I’m so excited because I’m chatting with Molly McCauley about developing a discerning eye and how curation can completely change your brand impact. Molly shares her knowledge and personal experience on how by completely and intentionally changing her brand, she had transformed her business. A little bit about Molly, she has over 15 years of experience in the wedding industry and art world. With an MFA in Fine Art Photography, Molly has always set her sights on education. She created Make Pretty Workshops for hands-on photo education and mentorship for fashion-forward, design-driven photographers who want to refresh their brand’s aesthetic and gain the experiences needed to grow their business.

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Understanding Your Business Rhythm with Ben Finch

May 16, 2023 Jaine Kershner

Today we’re chatting with Ben Finch about how to understand your own business rhythm. Ben shares how his love of music has helped him understand & teach wedding photographers to run a healthy and profitable photography business. Before we he was a wedding photographer, he received his PhD in Strategic and Organizational Leadership and was later hired by a consulting firm to teach medical professionals how to run healthy businesses. Soon after, he realized he could be doing this for his own business, and the Business Rhythm was born. A little bit about Ben, he is a Destination Wedding, Commercial, and Editorial Photographer at Finch Photo and the CEO of Finch Creative Education. Ben is a sought-after photographer, all the while using his learned business strategies to maintain a healthy and lucrative photography career.

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