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Educator + Brand Photographer

Ashley Freehan is a business and motherhood coach for mom photographers, brand photographer, podcaster, wife and homeschooling mama saved by grace. She is passionate about helping mom photographers confidently step into their role as CEO in their business so that they can increase their profits, while working less and without sacrificing their family or their sanity. She does this through her podcast and group coaching program called the Side Hustler to CEO. 

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ASHLEY FREEHAN

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MEET YOUR SPEAKERS

DAY 1: owning your role as ceo

august 8th

april 17th |

MEET YOUR SPEAKERS

DAY 1: owning your role as ceo

april 17th

august 8th |

Meg is a small business bookkeeper for online service providers and creative entrepreneurs. She is a licensed CPA in the state of California with over half a decade of experience in corporate accounting and tax. Her mission is to empower and equip women to take control of their business finances through bookkeeping services.

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meg evans

Bookkeeper + CFO

Sabrina Gebhardt is a lifestyle newborn and family photographer of more than 12 years. She has found a passion in coaching photographers and other creative entrepreneurs on running a business that is both sustainable and successful. Sabrina is a strong enneagram 3 who loves color, caffeine and travel. She lives in Fort Worth, Texas with her 3 kids, 2 pups and husband of almost 18 years.

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sabrina gebhardt

Photographer and Business Coach 

Shaun Gordon is the co-founder and Chief Visionary Officer at Kiss Books. He has shot over 500 weddings, and he is convicted in his mission to help photographers go from starving artists to successful.

Shaun is married to his beautiful wife of 19 years and has 3 kids. One of their family mantras: memories over stuff. He loves to travel and does plenty of it. On weekends you can find him at a concert with his daughter, in Mexico with his wife, or playing tennis with friends.

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shaun gordon

Visionary, Educator, CEO and Kiss Books

Brooke Jefferson is a believer, wife, mama to two, photographer, and photography business coach. Brooke helps photographers nail their niche so they can book more clients and make more profit. She's a former teacher turned full-time photographer and now spends her days educating photographers on how to grow profitable and sustainable businesses through her signature program and Book More Clients Photography Podcast.

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Brooke jefferson

Family Photographer + Business Coach

MEET YOUR SPEAKERS

DAY 2: streamlining your processes 

april 18th |

MEET YOUR SPEAKERS

DAY 2: streamlining your processes

april 18th

august 8th |

Kelsey is a PA Photographer who serves Brides and Brands that desire beautiful images while feeling comfortable and confident in front of the camera (and having fun, too!). Kelsey loves supporting Brides through their Wedding planning process with educational blog content and resources. She is also passionate about helping photographers find freedom from editing and transition from wasting hours spent being glued their computers to spending more time with their family and friends.

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kelsey strothers

Wedding & Branding Photographer and Educator

I'm a Pittsburgh family photographer, marketing expert, and business coach. I am also a wife and a mom to two little ones. I left the corporate marketing world after 15 years to chase a dream and build a life I loved. My kiddos were the reason I got into photography and my motivation to take my photography business full-time. I scaled my family photography business quickly to a lucrative 6-figure business within the first 3 years. At the same time, I paired my love for photography and business and marketing to help other photographers find the same success in their businesses. I teach other photographers how to launch and grow profitable photography businesses of their own through organic marketing strategies. 

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danielle blewitt

Family Photographer and Business Coach 

Mac Hughes is your business systems bestie. Empowering independents with the insights they need to grow, strategize, and improve their processes. With a degree in Entrepreneurship and near decade long career alongside tech pro’s at MINDBODY and HoneyBook, she loves helping business owners find and adopt systems for streamlining their passions.

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Mac hughes

Product Evangelist at HoneyBook

Brodie is an international leader in personal branding and digital marketing strategy. At the age of 19 he launched his brand agency where he traveled all over Europe, United States and Canada crafting brands and marketing strategies for New York Times Best Sellers, TEDX speakers, top rated podcasters, and hundreds of thought leaders around the world. 

Originally from a ranch in Canada, Brodie and his family have amassed over 50 million views through social media and TV where they showcase their rural and business lifestyles. To date, Brodie has helped tens of thousands of entrepreneurs in 70+ countries build, launch, and scale their brand through his courses, online platforms, and his podcast BRANDED.

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brodie pierson

Brand Strategist + Top Rated Marketing Podcaster

MEET YOUR SPEAKERS

DAY 3: skyrocket your marketing 

april 19th

august 8th |

MEET YOUR SPEAKERS

DAY 3: Skyrocket your marketing 

april 19th |

Elizabeth Henson is the owner of Elizabeth Henson Photos INC., founder of The Messy Success Podcast, and Shine The Light Society membership. Elizabeth has become the go-to expert in community management and leadership. She helps six and seven figure companies become pro's at building and maintaining large communities that turn into marketing machines. Elizabeth's signature system for building word-of-mouth-based business and getting more referrals has changed the landscape of digital marketing. She gets businesses out of the content generating hamster wheel and into relationships that leverage their leadership. 

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elizabeth henson

Pro Community Builder + Photographer

Kendra Swalls is a mom of 2, photographer and educator. In 2012 she started her first business, Paisley Layne Photography, and everything changed. What started as a hobby alongside her teaching career quickly turned into a successful business. In 2017 she left her teaching career behind to run her photography business and start the Girl Means Business brand + podcast. Now she helps small business owners, like you, take their business from survival-mode to success-mode using the same relationship marketing strategies that have been the foundations for her business success. 

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kendra swalls

Marketing Coach

Taylor Torres is a pro-brand photographer turned systems & operations expert, Dubsado® Certified Specialist, speaker, educator, and podcast host. She is the founder of Chanel & Lee, a systems consulting studio focused on elevating your client experience by offering backend tech installation, launch support, and systems education for the modern, multi-passionate CEO. In her free time, Taylor loves to powerlift, build her excessive collection of sneakers and stilettos that she will certainly wear to the grocery store, and daydream of a Restoration Hardware-inspired home where toddlers and white couches can coexist peacefully.

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taylor torres

Certified Dubsado Specialist, Automation & Client Experience Expert, Photographer

Nathan Holritz is an entrepreneur based in Chattanooga, TN. Formerly a wedding photographer for over a decade, Nathan is the founder and CEO at photographersedit.com, host at bokehpodcast.com and the noobiepodcast.com ...and he's constantly working on the next brand!  In his free time, Nathan enjoys spending time with his two children, his family, and his friends. He also enjoys reading, listening to podcasts, playing soccer, riding motorcycles, and spending time in the gym. 

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nathan holritz

Photographer & Entrepreneur

I want to see everyone win, and I want to help them do it! Using strategic pinterest marketing and SEO optimized blogging, I help photographers grow their brand awareness, establish authority in their industry, and get more website traffic. I strive to help photographers diversify their marketing strategy without adding a ton of stuff to their to do list. Basically, I get the word out about your business through pins and blogs perfectly curated to your brand and your target audience so choosing you is a no brainer for your ideal clients!

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meg mohyla

Pinterest + Blogging Manager for Photographers

Feuza Reis is a Marketing Photographer, SEO Strategist, and travel writer. She has been teaching SEO for photographers for 10 years and loves helping creative businesses get found online. When she is not traveling, you can find her at home in South Florida with her teens and dogs.

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feuza reis

Marketing Photographer & SEO Strategist

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DAY 4: Getting + Converting Leads

april 20th |

MEET YOUR SPEAKERS

DAY 4: increasing YOUR profitability

april 20th

august 8th |

As a copywriter and the owner of What Sara Said, Sara Gillis helps female creative business owners, especially photographers and female creatives, stand out through words.
After teaching writing for nearly a decade, Sara left education to help business owners like YOU serve up a hefty dose of personality in your brand messaging. From content creation to website copy, Sara loves to help creatives drop-kick the tired, old messaging that everyone else is using and change the script to what makes YOU different, so that you can serve your people better and sell to them more, too.

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sara gillis

Copywriter

Rachel is a Wedding + Elopement Photographer and Photography Business Coach empowering ambitious Wedding Photographers to become in demand by elevating client connection so they can work less and serve more. She has helped thousands of photographers + entrepreneurs over the past few years through courses, coaching, and free resources. She is also the host of the Gold Biz Podcast where you can find tangible education and expert interviews to help you get through the highs and lows of your business! Her goal is to set up photographers for success, provide you with advice from her own journey, and educate others with the photography and entrepreneur resources she uses for her own business!

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rachel traxler

Wedding + Elopement Photographer and Photography Business Coach

Meg Marie McMillan went from having 27 jobs, a failed business, and quitting college, to creating her own six figure photography business! She's a brand photographer based in San Diego who’s empowered over 300 heart-centered entrepreneurs to feel confident AF on and off the camera. She coaches hundreds of photographers around the world through her online courses and Flourish Masterminds on how to build abundant and sustainable businesses. 

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meg marie mcmillan

Brand Photographer + Business Coach 

Destiny Tillery, a Mississippi homeschool momma of 3, award winning newborn photographer, business coach and host of the IPS Made Easy Photography Podcast, she teaches photographers the strategies to grow their businesses through in person sales. Destiny can often be heard talking about how in person sales doesn’t have to be hard or “salesy" and truly wants all portrait photographers to ditch the fear and be wildly successful so they can enjoy a sustainable business for years to come. When she's not teaching or coaching, you can find her pulling a wagon of gear on a ball field somewhere, tending her bee hives or planning her family's next adventures.

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DESTINY TILLERY

Photographer and In Person Sales Coach

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