Today Kristin shares her pitching secret sauce, so you can learn how to put yourself out there in a more stress-free, authentic way and pull those dream opportunities right into your lap. In this episode, she covers 5 steps to help you pitch with more ease, so you can start making big moves in your creative business today. SUMMER GLOW UP $100 OFF One Year Membership of Danger School Ways to Work with Us in 2024: Road to 100k Mastermind Study Abroad Da...
Jun 24, 2024•22 min•Ep. 178
This episode of the Dangerous Creatives podcast features a podcast swap with Annemie Tonken, Photographer, Business Mentor and Host of the This Can't Be That Hard podcast. If your inquiries have been down lately, and you've been considering a shift in your prices or any other major shift in your business, today's episode is for you. Annemie covers how pricing is just one piece of the bigger business model puzzle and how having a well-aligned business model is vital to running a successful busine...
Jun 17, 2024•32 min•Ep. 179
Every year, Kristin hosts amazing Study Abroad trips in dream locations, featuring workshops and cultural experiences with like-minded individuals who are eager to grow as people and creative business owners. Today, we are hearing from Lauren Toomey, who traveled with Kristin to Italy for the Advanced Photography Study Abroad Trip. She was the youngest attendee and overcame big nerves to travel alone and have this experience. On this episode, Lauren shares her honest reflections about her time i...
Jun 10, 2024•21 min•Ep. 175
Join Kristin on this episode of the Dangerous Creatives podcast as she shares her experiences and tips for designing a life and business you love and living more intentionally. She talks about her favorite methods to create a more generous schedule, building a life and business by knowing your core values and questioning the norms in pursuit of true fulfillment. Get 50% off Your First Year of Flodesk Here Try Out 17 Hats Here Ways to Work with Us in 2024: Road to 100k Mastermind ...
Jun 03, 2024•31 min•Ep. 179
This episode of the Dangerous Creatives podcast features an interview with Kristin from The Tilt and Shift Business Photography Podcast with Bobbi Barbarich. Bobbi is a fellow photographer and coach, as well as a mentee of Kristin's. They talk about the big moments in Kristin's life that led her to where she is, the choices you really have when designing your life and business and making the tough choices and changes to live an authentic and happily aligned life. Get Your Imagen Credit Here Ways...
May 27, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 176
On this episode of the Dangerous Creatives Podcast, Kristin is joined by Diana Marie of Diana Marie Photography for a live coaching episode. After transitioning into wedding photography during the pandemic, Diana experienced a successful first few years of her business but has since hit a plateau in bookings. Kristin and Diana dive into her sales process, pricing, and marketing strategies to help make the adjustments necessary to get Diana back to a prospering wedding photography business. Diana...
May 20, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 167
On this solo episode of the Dangerous Creatives Podcast, Kristin gives an update on her experience world schooling and homeschooling her son, and how it allows her business to thrive. She shares about curating curriculum, her reasons for choosing this kind of schooling, and how she creates a supportive flow with homeschooling and work. Get 50% off Your First Year with Flodesk Here Ways to Work with Us in 2024: Road to 100k Mastermind Study Abroad Danger School Online ...
May 13, 2024•16 min•Ep. 174
On this episode of the Dangerous Creatives podcast, Team Danger (Lauren Gish, Jen Madigan, and Kristin Sweeting) talk about the three phases of business growth. They share the highs and lows, how to get from one to the next, and their own experiences with building and scaling their businesses. Get a Free Month of Kajabi! Ways to Work with Us in 2024: Road to 100k Mastermind Study Abroad Danger School Online Advanced Mastermind Connect with Kristin Instagram @...
May 06, 2024•39 min•Ep. 173
On this episode of the Dangerous Creatives Podcast, we're sharing a peek into the copywriting captions workshop from Danger School. This is a portion of a coaching call within the Danger School community, all about how to harness the power of social media through copywriting and targeting your ideal client. Imagen AI Editing Referral Code Here Ways to Work with Us in 2024: Road to 100k Mastermind Study Abroad Danger School Online Advanced Mastermind Connect...
Apr 29, 2024•28 min•Ep. 172
This episode of the Dangerous Creatives Podcast features an Interview with Kristin from the Wildly Creative Podcast with Brooke Schultz. Brooke and Kristin chatted while she was on summer sabbatical, so they talked details about how to make a sabbatical happen, Kristin shares her story and how she found herself in a position of needing to make serious $ from her photography after becoming a single parent. Kristin also breaks down the surprising things she did to move the needle, and she also bre...
Apr 22, 2024•35 min•Ep. 171
On this episode of the Dangerous Creatives podcast, Kristin is joined by Emma Tessler from Ninety Five Media. They chat the ins and outs of social media in 2024, give some great tips on how to get past the discomfort of showing up, and how to build a community online that leads to sales and growth in your business. Emma Tessler is the Founder + CEO of Ninety Five Media; a digital marketing agency that builds results-driven marketing strategies for scaling brands. With 8 years of marketing experi...
Apr 15, 2024•37 min•Ep. 170
On this episode of the Dangerous Creatives Podcast, Team Danger (Lauren Gish, Jen Madigan and Kristin Sweeting) dive into three paths to raising your prices as a photographer. They talk about ways to get your prices up through practical assessments and reframing your pricing dynamics, as well as through making mindset shifts and understanding your money story. They share personal stories of how they’ve made (and still make) pricing jumps in their own businesses, and how to best prepare for and m...
Apr 08, 2024•44 min•Ep. 169
On this episode of the Dangerous Creatives Podcast, Kristin shares her personal manifestation practice and journey. She shares how her practice has really changed her life in so many ways (bye autoimmune disease, hi life partner, no biggie just 10x her family's net worth in 5 years!) as well as all the steps she recommends taking to get started with, or refine, your own manifestation practice! Get Your Free Vision Board Templates, Here! Ways to Work with Us in 2024: ...
Apr 01, 2024•46 min•Ep. 167
On this episode of the Dangerous Creatives podcast, Renee Bowen joins Kristin to talk about how to move past that thing that's really holding you back from becoming the business owner and person you really want to. be - aka your upper limit. Renee shares her wealth of knowledge around mindest, hypnosis, mantras and so much more, and how these tools can help you let go of what's really holding you back. A photographer specializing in luxury experiences for high school seniors & branding for o...
Mar 25, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 167
Today, Kristin talks with Wendy Kay a wedding planner and educator from Birds of a Feather Events and E3, all about pricing tiers as a wedding photographer in 2024. They talk about each tier, how to price accurately for the tier you’re in, and what it takes to move up as you grow in your business. Wendy shares her advice and experience as a planner and coach and shares valuable insight into some of the ins and outs of reaching those luxury wedding goals as a wedding photographer. Thriving on cre...
Mar 18, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 168
After 20+ years as a wedding photographer, Melissa G feels ready to start transitioning into mentorship and expanding her business beyond wedding photography and is seeking some perspective on how to make the transition, specifically with marketing. On this live coaching episode of the Dangerous Creative Podcast, Kristin walks Melissa through how to market authentically during a major business and career pivot, how to find ways to show up that feels best for her and can help her grow her audienc...
Mar 11, 2024•41 min•Ep. 165
On this episode of the Dangerous Creatives Podcast Team Danger, Lauren Gish, Jen Madigan, and Kristin Sweeting, talk about the six things that make a high-value woman and business owner. From boundaries and self-worth to holding expectations for everyone involved (including yourself) and solving conflicts - this episode is full of tangible and relatable advice on how to really own who you are as an entrepreneur. Looking for ways to increase your visibility? Grab your Free Visibility Checklist ...
Mar 04, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 164
On this episode of the Dangerous Creatives Podcast, Kristin chats with Kelsey Gilbert Kreiling from Week of the Website about building an impactful website as a creative, and everything it really takes to do that. They chat about creativity as a whole, growing your career as a creative and helping your experience and creative soul really speak to your future clients through your website. Kelsey Gilbert Kreiling is a web designer, author, and co-founder of Week of the Website- Created in 2014 wit...
Feb 26, 2024•52 min•Ep. 163
If you’ve ever wondered - why isn’t my marketing working? How do I get new clients and bring in enough work to keep my business afloat? This episode is for you! Today on this live coaching episode of the Dangerous Creatives podcast, Kristin talks to Lakin Stearns, a newborn and family photographer, about how to convert inquiries, tiny tweaks in your marketing and sales process that can make a big difference, and how to make your current (and future) clients feel amazing and keep coming back for ...
Feb 19, 2024•47 min•Ep. 162
On this episode of the Dangerous Creatives Podcast, Kiffanie Stahle of The Artist’s JD joins Kristin to walk through the 5 must-do legal tasks for every creative business owner. This incredibly practical workshop guides you towards understanding what steps you need to take to shore up your business in every way. From sole-proprietorship and LLCs, to bank accounts and contracts, after this episode you’ll feel confident to knock out some of those scary (but so very necessary) legal to do’s. Kiffan...
Feb 12, 2024•45 min•Ep. 163
If you've ever been in a place where you want to burn your business down, everything feels like too much this episode is for you. On this episode of the Dangerous Creatives Podcast, team danger sits down to talk about the moments where they almost (or did) throw in the towel on their biz, what is behind the urge to burn it all down and how to cope with those tougher more overwhelming seasons and feelings as an entrepreneur. They share about what helps them reset, the beauty of a sabbatical and s...
Feb 05, 2024•52 min•Ep. 160
Today, Kristin chats with photographer, podcaster, and Simple Sales creator Annemie Tonken. Annemie shares all about her journey of transitioning away from weddings to focus on family photography, creating the Simple Sales process, and the exact steps it takes to streamline your sales so they really work (and aren’t in person!) Annemie has been a family photographer since 2010 and is now an educator, speaker, and podcaster focusing on business systems and strategies that help creative entreprene...
Jan 29, 2024•37 min•Ep. 163
On this episode of the Dangerous Creatives podcast, Kristin talks about what's in and what’s out in life and business in the new year to help foster more abundance and live a life aligned with your values. If you’re craving more spaciousness, support, and abundance this year - give this episode a listen. Grab Your Free Vision Board Templates Here Ways to Work with Us in 2024: Road to 100k Mastermind Study Abroad Danger School Online Advanced Mastermind Connect with Kri...
Jan 22, 2024•23 min•Ep. 158
On this bonus episode of the Dangerous Creatives Podcast, Jen interviews Jessie Watts about her experience in the Advanced Mastermind. Jessie shares how being a part of this mastermind gave her the foundation and confidence she needed to make a massive shift in her photography business, going from wedding photographer to lifestyle and branding photographer, 5x-ing her package pricing in the process, and not only meeting her goal of a 5 figure month but meeting it consistently. Ways to Work with ...
Jan 18, 2024•12 min
Today, Kristin is Joined by Alexandra of Alexandra Grace Photography for a live coaching call. Alexandra recently transitioned away from her 14-year wedding photography business and has been working to rebuild in a new niche but the pivot is taking longer than she hoped for. They strategize the options of reintegrating some old business in a new way, making up gaps in income, and moving past a limiting mindset to take the next big step - no matter how big and scary it feels. Alexandra is a weddi...
Jan 15, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 157
On this episode of the Dangerous Creatives Podcast, Kristin is joined by the rest of Team Danger, Jen Madigan and Lauren Gish, to share their top, actionable money mindset hacks that you can start using today. They talk through their favorite mantras, working through money shame and shifting your perspective to help create more abundance and less friction when it comes to money in your business and your life. Get the Money Mindset Hacks Freebie Here Ways to Work with Us in 2024: Road to 100k Ma...
Jan 08, 2024•34 min•Ep. 155
On this bonus episode of the Dangerous Creatives Podcast, Jen interviews Ariel Cameron about her experience in the Road to 100k Mastermind. Ariel shares her experience with both Danger School and Road to 100k mastermind, and how each one, and the community she's found with them, has helped her transform different parts of her business and herself. Ways to Work with Us in 2024: Road to 100k Mastermind Study Abroad Danger School Online Advanced Mastermind Connect with Ariel: Website...
Jan 04, 2024•14 min
This episode is Part 2 to the Things to focus on UNDER 100k episode from last week, and Kristin shares her top 5 things to focus on once you've jumped over that 100k hurdle, including some questions to ask yourself as you decide what's next. She also shares about her own experience with outsourcing and growing a team and what that can look like in your business as you increase your revenue, niche down, and elevate your position in the market. If you're in the over 100k in revenue space and look...
Jan 01, 2024•23 min•Ep. 155
This episode is targeted in on specific advice that helps if your revenue hasn't hit 100k (YET!) There is so much great advice out there right not but a lot of it is not helpful if taken out of context or might be better for a business at a different revenue level or different goals. Photo businesses who are still building to 100k, this episode is for you. Things to focus on. Things to look past. Things to make sure to do that will help long term not just short term. Hope it's helpful and can't ...
Dec 25, 2023•28 min•Ep. 154
On this bonus episode of the Dangerous Creatives podcast, Jen interviews Bobbi Barbarich about her experience in the Advanced Mastermind. Bobbi is a documentary wedding photographer, a podcaster, and a coach, and she talks about transitioning what used to be her highest package to her lowest, consistently booking 5 figure photography packages and selling out her coaching program. Apply for the Mastermind Dangerous Creatives Mastermind Currently Launching: ...
Dec 21, 2023•17 min
