Brands that Book with Davey & Krista Jones

One thing we've realized after 10+ years as business owners is that it's actually harder to take a vacation as a business owner than it was as an employee. My current boss is WAY more challenging than my previous ones ever were. ;) After a few vacations that involved way too much time in front of a computer dealing with tasks that "had to be done" at that moment, we've learned that when it comes to a vacation from your business, a little prep work goes a long way.

Are you experiencing burnout? After an uncertain past 2 years, we know many of you are faced with challenges that result in burnout. Today Davey & Krista explain how to avoid burnout and share tips to work through if you're already in the season of burnout. 6:22- Take time to rest 11:43 - Set work boundaries 17:08 - Invest time in hobbies 18:48 - 10% Project 21:52 - Make a BIG routine change

Is there a way to build website traffic quickly? We think so! In this episode, you will learn how to gain traffic to your website quickly by leveraging other people's audiences through collaborations. We share the best practices for you and your business to authentically grow an audience. 4:40 - Long term play - show up consistently 6:10 - Repurposing your content 7:22 - Leverage other people’s audiences 9:05 - Collaborations with other businesses 17:45 - Best methods for your business 19:11 - How to ask for a collaboration

An effective landing page can make-or-break a lead generation campaign or product launch. This episode covers what we look for whenever we're reviewing a client's landing pages—or whenever we're designing our own! 3:15 What is a landing page? 6:15 Mobile responsiveness vs. desktop responsiveness 7:05 How to organize a landing page? 12:25 What content is needed on a landing page? 14:05 How can I include social proof? 16:50 Your Focus - The Next Step Resources Actual Review of a Landing Page: https://youtu.be/yNmeSC2dCck Free Landing Page Template (Showit & WordPress/Elementor): https://daveyandkrista.com/landing-page-for-showit/ Blog Post: https://daveyandkrista.com/audience-5-simple-tips-for-creating-a-landing-page-that-converts/

Interested in getting started as a website designer? In this episode, Davey & Krista cover everything from learning the skills to building a portfolio and finding clients. This episode is jammed packed with practical considerations for getting started in web design. If you’re interested in getting started as a website designer and you’re looking for some additional direction, send us an email. Krista is currently putting together a course on how to get started, and we’re looking for beta-testers so that we can perfect the content.

Trena Little, YouTube strategist and creator of the Video Strategy Academy, joins me on the podcast today to chat about how to start and grow your YouTube channel. Trena and her team helped us jumpstart our YouTube channel over last year and we're happy with the results. They know what they're doing so we're excited to share the episode with you. If you're interested in growing your channel, be sure to check out her Video Strategy Academy which opens back up in May of 2022. For show notes visit...https://daveyandkrista.com/start-grow-youtube-channel-2022/

Copywriter Olivia Carson joins me on the podcast today to discuss crafting copy with soul. While our conversation focuses primarily on website copy, Olivia also dropped some tips for other copywriting activities like writing Instagram captions. One quick announcement last week, we launched our spring line of website designs including two new full website designs and what might end up becoming our most popular add-on page, the family portrait guide. Just head on over to daveyandkrista.com For show notes visit...https://daveyandkrista.com/btb-episode-149-crafting-copy/

The entrepreneur, YouTuber, and Business Coach Graham Cochran joins me on the podcast to discuss how to automate and optimize your life and work. He shares with me the framework he uses to grow his business while only working five hours per week. If you don't know Graham I highly recommend checking out episode three of the podcast to learn more about his story because it's a remarkable one. I'm really excited about his latest project to the release of his book, “How to Get Paid for What You Know,” which will be available on March 22nd. I've included a link to it in the show notes and if you pre-order the book you could also get access to some pre-order bonuses. I’ve included that information in the show notes as well and listen I don't get any kickback for promoting his book I just learned a lot from Graham I believe that this book is going to be awesome and potentially a game-changer for a lot of people.

Gavin Wade, founder of CloudSpot joins me on the podcast today to discuss how photographers can make more money using their online gallery. Gavin dropped some real gems that are super practical when it comes to selling like, how to seed the sale so that it becomes a lot easier to make that sale later in the experience. You will want to stick around for this episode. You might remember Gavin from an earlier episode where he shared the story of building CloudSpot. Check out that episode if business origin stories interest you. Also just so you know CloudSpot has increased the limits of their free plan to 10 gigabytes this way you can actually take CloudSpot for a real spin to see if it's right for you before signing up for the paid plan. For show notes visit...https://daveyandkrista.com/cloudspot-make-more-money-online-gallery/

Today we are chatting about optimizing your Google business profile formerly known as a Google My Business listing. If you're a local business looking to show up in local searches this is something that you want to pay attention to. We also have an extended conversation about the impact reviews can have on ranking and local SEO. A big thanks to Leah our SEO specialist over at Till Agency for joining me for this discussion. If you're interested in SEO be sure to head on over to Till Agency’s website till.agency and reach out! We can help with everything from audits to technical fixes to coaching and content creation. For show notes visit...https://daveyandkrista.com/optimize-google-business-profile-local-seo/