Starting a business takes grit, determination and an official LLC application. You make the checklists, create the social media accounts and begin marketing yourself as a business owner. Contract? Check. IG Handle? Check. First paying client? Check. What they don’t tell you is that your mindset also matters! And I’ll go out on a limb […]

“No man is an island…” “There’s no ‘I’ in Team.” “Teamwork makes the dream work.”   We’ve all heard these motivational quotes time and time again. As cliche as they sound, they’re so true – especially for creative entrepreneurs. Why? Because if you want to achieve Oprah-sized dreams with your business, growing and scaling is […]

Outsourcing sounds scary and albeit, a bit “trendy”. You keep hearing that it’s not about hustle, it’s about rest. That you need to stop working so dang hard and start focusing on what matters most. And yet even though having a team underneath you and a one month business sabbatical sounds amazing, how do you […]

I’m a huge fan of blogging. It’s a big part of my workflow process because of a very big reason. My blog is one of the biggest things that helped me go from booking 10 weddings a year to going full-time and booking over 30 weddings per year. It’s this HUGE social platform that is […]

For non-designers, creating pieces of collateral for your business can be intimidating! Even though applications like Canva makes it easy to design things, what really makes a design good? That’s exactly what I’ll be answering! Keep reading for basic tips for creating PDF opt-ins that: follow solid rule-of-thumb design practices, will be a seamless extension […]

Hi sweet friends! I’m Kara, a wedding photographer and virtual small business coach from Central Illinois. As a photographer and small business owner in my sixth year of business, my journey has had its pits, peaks, and countless times of learning and navigating how my passion and this business can serve others. It’s safe to […]