Focused Photographers Podcast

In the first episode of the Getting Noticed Series, I’m honored to talk with Carolina Guzik of The Tog Republic. Carolina has an absolute wealth of knowledge to share on marketing in the photography world, including key tips from her course The Art of Pinning. Our conversation is a reminder for all photographers that without good marketing strategies, your audience just won’t find your work.  The Focused Photographers Podcast was created based on the idea that the most incredible tool for learning is a deep dive into any given topic from multiple perspectives. Join us every other week as we explore important topics, with host Daniel Moyer and a variety of guests offering different perspectives! Make sure you’ve hit that follow or subscribe button on your favorite podcast player to get notified each week as we air new episodes! You can find the full show notes and transcript for this episode at focusedphotographers.com/podcast! CONNECT WITH DANIEL MOYER​ Website: WWW.DANIELMOYERPHOTOGRAPHY.COM Wedding Instagram: @DANIELMOYERPHOTO Business Instagram: @GETFOCUSEDPHOTOGRAPHERS

The wedding photography industry seems to be obsessed with earning money and building a six-figure business. In today’s episode, I’m sharing the three metrics that I believe will actually lead to a happy and fulfilling work/life balance. Looking at client happiness, financial stability, and life outside of work, I’m opening up a broader discussion about what it means to run a successful photography business.  The Focused Photographers Podcast was created based on the idea that the most incredible tool for learning is a deep dive into any given topic from multiple perspectives. Join us every other week as we explore important topics, with host Daniel Moyer and a variety of guests offering different perspectives! Make sure you’ve hit that follow or subscribe button on your favorite podcast player to get notified each week as we air new episodes! You can find the full show notes and transcript for this episode at focusedphotographers.com/podcast! CONNECT WITH DANIEL MOYER​ Website: WWW.DANIELMOYERPHOTOGRAPHY.COM Wedding Instagram: @DANIELMOYERPHOTO Business Instagram: @GETFOCUSEDPHOTOGRAPHERS

The beginning of the year is a perfect time to start building and growing the referral streams for your business. In today’s episode, I’m sharing what I believe should be the primary focus for your lead generation: relationship building. I’m detailing the rocky start that my business experienced in 2019, and the three main relationships that I focused on building in order to wind up having my best year in business yet.  The Focused Photographers Podcast was created based on the idea that the most incredible tool for learning is a deep dive into any given topic from multiple perspectives. Join us every other week as we explore important topics, with host Daniel Moyer and a variety of guests offering different perspectives! Make sure you’ve hit that follow or subscribe button on your favorite podcast player to get notified each week as we air new episodes! You can find the full show notes and transcript for this episode at focusedphotographers.com/podcast! CONNECT WITH DANIEL MOYER​ Website: WWW.DANIELMOYERPHOTOGRAPHY.COM Wedding Instagram: @DANIELMOYERPHOTO Business Instagram: @GETFOCUSEDPHOTOGRAPHERS

For the last episode of 2022, I am discussing everything that I’m doing in the off-season to set up my business for the new year. From claiming ownership over all of my time, focusing on personal growth, and making strategic developments in my business, I’m sharing an overview of what 2023 will look like for my life and business. I’m also diving into the results from when I asked nearly 115 other photographers, ‘where are you putting your energy in 2023?’ The Focused Photographers Podcast was created based on the idea that the most incredible tool for learning is a deep dive into any given topic from multiple perspectives. Join us every other week as we explore important topics, with host Daniel Moyer and a variety of guests offering different perspectives! Make sure you’ve hit that follow or subscribe button on your favorite podcast player to get notified each week as we air new episodes! You can find the full show notes and transcript for this episode at focusedphotographers.com/podcast! MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Focused5 Newsletter Episode 22 Episode 39 Episode 40  Dubsado For Photographers - Colie James The Power of Moments: Chip Heath & Dan Heath  Draw.io  CONNECT WITH DANIEL MOYER​ Website: WWW.DANIELMOYERPHOTOGRAPHY.COM Wedding Instagram: @DANIELMOYERPHOTO Business Instagram: @GETFOCUSEDPHOTOGRAPHERS

Today on the Focused Photographers Podcast, I’m diving into the first ever Q&A session. I’ve got five great questions submitted by you: newsletter subscribers, Instagram followers, and the listeners of this podcast. We’re diving into topics such as my top book recommendations, how I spend the off-season, my financial setup, and self-care.  The Focused Photographers Podcast was created based on the idea that the most incredible tool for learning is a deep dive into any given topic from multiple perspectives. Join us every other week as we explore important topics, with host Daniel Moyer and a variety of guests offering different perspectives! Make sure you’ve hit that follow or subscribe button on your favorite podcast player to get notified each week as we air new episodes! Review the full show notes and transcript at https://focusedphotographers.com/podcast/ MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Focused5 Newsletter Episode 22: My Work/Life Balance Experiment  Manage Your Day-to-Day (99U) - Jocelyn K. Glei  Profit First - Mike Michalowicz The Simple Path to Wealth - J L Collins Effortless - Greg Mckeown Picture Perfect Practice - Roberto Valenzuela The Life of a Photograph - Sam Abell Obama - Pete Souza The Power of Moments - Chip Heath, Dan Heath Can’t Hurt Me - David Goggins CONNECT WITH DANIEL MOYER​ Website: WWW.DANIELMOYERPHOTOGRAPHY.COM Wedding Instagram: @DANIELMOYERPHOTO Business Instagram: @GETFOCUSEDPHOTOGRAPHERS

Do you know how to attract your dream clients? In today’s third and final installment in a series on growing your business, my guest Ben Lau and I dive into what it takes to attract the right clients. Ben manages three separate wedding photographing brands on top of his over twenty years in sales and marketing, so he has some incredible advice to share with both new and seasoned wedding photographers.  The Focused Photographers Podcast was created based on the idea that the most incredible tool for learning is a deep dive into any given topic from multiple perspectives. Join us every other week as we explore important topics, with host Daniel Moyer and a variety of guests offering different perspectives! Make sure you’ve hit that follow or subscribe button on your favorite podcast player to get notified each week as we air new episodes! You can find the full show notes and transcript for this episode at focusedphotographers.com/podcast! CONNECT WITH DANIEL MOYER​ Website: WWW.DANIELMOYERPHOTOGRAPHY.COM Wedding Instagram: @DANIELMOYERPHOTO Business Instagram: @GETFOCUSEDPHOTOGRAPHERS

As freelance photographers, it may be stressful or scary to try and grow our businesses. My guest today Joy Michelle, a photographer turned Youtuber and business coach, is no stranger to continual growth and dedication towards her career. As the mom of two kiddos, the host of the Called to Both podcast, and founder of the Photo Boss community, Joy has a heart for helping other photographers to grow their businesses in a way that supports the life they are building.  The Focused Photographers Podcast was created based on the idea that the most incredible tool for learning is a deep dive into any given topic from multiple perspectives. Join us every other week as we explore important topics, with host Daniel Moyer and a variety of guests offering different perspectives! Make sure you’ve hit that follow or subscribe button on your favorite podcast player to get notified each week as we air new episodes! You can find the full show notes and transcript for this episode at focusedphotographers.com/podcast! CONNECT WITH DANIEL MOYER​ Website: WWW.DANIELMOYERPHOTOGRAPHY.COM Wedding Instagram: @DANIELMOYERPHOTO Business Instagram: @GETFOCUSEDPHOTOGRAPHERS

As photographers, how do we stay curious, passionate, and driven in our careers? In today’s episode, my guest Nathan Holritz is sharing his knowledge on how he has continued to grow both personally and professionally over 20+ years in the wedding photography industry. Nathan is the CEO of the Photographer’s Edit, host of both the Bokeh Photography Podcast and The Noobie Photographer Podcast, plus so much more. He has some truly incredible advice to share in this episode about defining and living by your values, and staying in a state of growth.  The Focused Photographers Podcast was created based on the idea that the most incredible tool for learning is a deep dive into any given topic from multiple perspectives. Join us every other week as we explore important topics, with host Daniel Moyer and a variety of guests offering different perspectives! Make sure you’ve hit that follow or subscribe button on your favorite podcast player to get notified each week as we air new episodes! You can find the full show notes and transcript for this episode at focusedphotographers.com/podcast! CONNECT WITH DANIEL MOYER​ Website: WWW.DANIELMOYERPHOTOGRAPHY.COM Wedding Instagram: @DANIELMOYERPHOTO Business Instagram: @GETFOCUSEDPHOTOGRAPHERS

As entrepreneurs and business owners, we are constantly designing our own lives. Many of us dream of having plenty of time for passion projects, moments spent with family, and most of all to spend our time however we want to. In today’s final episode in a series on workflow, I’m speaking with my good friend Colin Coleman about how we can gain back our time to make a full-time salary on part-time work. The Focused Photographers Podcast was created based on the idea that the most incredible tool for learning is a deep dive into any given topic from multiple perspectives. Join us every other week as we explore important topics, with host Daniel Moyer and a variety of guests offering different perspectives! Make sure you’ve hit that follow or subscribe button on your favorite podcast player to get notified each week as we air new episodes! Review full show notes and transcript at focusedphotographers.com MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: My 2022 Work/Life Balance Experiment  Printographers’ Society    CONNECT WITH COLIN COLEMAN Instagram: @moonhoneyphotography | @fourdadtographers 

As photographers, we are always looking for strategies to be more efficient in our business and organized in our workflows. Today I am speaking with Sam Hurd, a wedding photographer with distinct style and mind-bending photographs. We are getting into Sam’s approach to staying inspired as a photographer, plus his way of building effective workflows and flexing his creative muscles. With his success as a photographer, workshop leader, Patreon mentor, and more, Sam has some incredible advice to share.  The Focused Photographers Podcast was created based on the idea that the most incredible tool for learning is a deep dive into any given topic from multiple perspectives. Join us every other week as we explore important topics, with host, Daniel Moyer and a variety of guests offering different perspectives! Make sure you’ve hit that follow or subscribe button on your favorite podcast player to get notified each week as we air new episodes! You can find the full show notes and transcript for this episode at focusedphotographers.com/podcast! CONNECT WITH DANIEL MOYER​ Website: WWW.DANIELMOYERPHOTOGRAPHY.COM Wedding Instagram: @DANIELMOYERPHOTO Business Instagram: @GETFOCUSEDPHOTOGRAPHERS