
Brands that Book with Davey & Krista Jones
A podcast for creative entrepreneurs who want practical tips and strategies to build engaging brands and craft high converting websites. We’re your hosts Davey and Krista, cofounders of a brand + website design agency specializing in visual brand design and Showit + WordPress websites.
Latest episodes

Aug 13, 2024 • 22min
Episode 233 - Tips for a Well-Crafted Timeline
Today's guest is Nata Salvatori, founder and CEO of Timeline Pro and multiple photography businesses. Today she joins us to chat all about timelines and her journey of creating Timeline Pro. If you're in the wedding industry, you'll want to give this episode a listen.Links and resources can be found in the show notes. Check ’em out at https://daveyandkrista.com/tips-well-crafted-timeline-btb233/. And if you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review over at Apple Podcasts.

Aug 6, 2024 • 13min
Episode 232 - What You Can Learn from a Business Survey (+ How to Run One)
Want to run a business survey? Listen in to learn why we surveyed our audience, what we learned, and how we’re using the results.Would you rather watch a video tutorial? Links, resources and the full video can be found in the show notes. Check ’em out at https://daveyandkrista.com/what-learn-from-business-survey/. And if you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review over at Apple Podcasts.Grab your free font pairing guide at canva.daveyandkrista.com.

Jul 24, 2024 • 36min
Episode 231 - How to Choose and License Typefaces (Fonts) with Jen Wagner
Jen Wagner, a talented type designer, discusses font pairings, licensing, and the importance of high-quality typefaces in design projects. She shares insights on font licensing models, the evolution of favorite designs, and challenges in social media content creation.

Jul 10, 2024 • 33min
Episode 230 - How Specialization Leads to Business Success
Today I'm chatting with equine photographer, Kirstie Jones.We're diving into the benefits of choosing a niche and creating a profitable and sustainable business.As always, links and resources can be found in the show notes. Check ’em out at https://daveyandkrista.com/specialization-business-success-niche-btb-230/. And if you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review over at Apple Podcasts.

Jun 26, 2024 • 44min
Episode 229 - Increasing Bookings in a Shifting Industry
Today's guest is my neighbor and friend, farmer and wedding venue owner, Buddy Powers. Buddy and his wife Jill own a regenerative farm and wedding venue here in Lexington, Virginia. You may remember Buddy from episode 16 where he shared his experience starting the wedding venue and offered tips on how others can do the same.As always, links and resources can be found in the show notes. Check ’em out at https://daveyandkrista.com/increasing-bookings-shifting-industry-btb-229. And if you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review over at Apple Podcasts.

Jun 5, 2024 • 42min
Episode 228 - Saying "Yes" and Doing Things Scared
Today we're chatting with artist, Stephanie Gaffney, about saying yes and doing things scared. Stephanie's boldness and jumping into her business absolutely blew me away, and as someone who is still learning to manage my fear, I really loved this conversation.As always, links and resources can be found in the show notes. Check ’em out at https://daveyandkrista.com/saying-yes-doing-things-scared-btb228. And if you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review over at Apple Podcasts.

May 29, 2024 • 35min
Episode 227 - Image Curation
In this episode we have Élevae Visuals Founder Shay Cochrane. This is actually Shay’s second time on our podcast and her husband Graham has also joined us previously as well.We’re chatting all things Image Curation. We also dive into the impact that quality images have on your business, why quality images are important and ways to streamline the image selection process.As always, links and resources can be found in the show notes. Check ’em out at https://daveyandkrista.com/image-curation-btb-227. And if you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review over at Apple Podcasts.

May 22, 2024 • 43min
Episode 226 - Getting Started with Pinterest Ads
In today’s episode I’m chatting with Erin Harding of Simple Pin Media. We recently worked with Erin to up our own Pinterest ad game (aka - we had none) and her wealth of knowledge blew us away. I knew we had to get her on the podcast to share all things ads with you. We’re chatting everything from getting started, to who Pinterest ads are a good fit for to some of the surprising ways Pinterest ads differ from Meta and Google ads.As always, links and resources can be found in the show notes. Check ’em out at https://daveyandkrista.com/getting-started-pinterest-ads-btb-226. And if you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review over at Apple Podcasts.

May 15, 2024 • 50min
Episode 225 - Creating Valuable Art that Sells
Today’s guest is painter and artist mentor Emily Jeffords. I’ve owned a few of Emily’s prints for years and it was a huge honor to chat with her today. In this episode we walk through finding inspiration, creating artwork that sells and the artist journey. Regardless of whether you're a painter or fine artist, if you have a creative heart, you'll find a ton of takeaways in this episode.As always, links and resources can be found in the show notes. Check ’em out at https://daveyandkrista.com/creating-valuable-art-that-sells-btb-225. And if you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review over at Apple Podcasts.

Apr 3, 2024 • 31min
Episode 224 - Shifts in the Wedding Industry
Elizabeth Sheils, co-founder of the popular CRM, Rock Paper Coin, joins Davey on the podcast today for a wide-ranging interview. Any service-based business could benefit from this conversation but especially those in the Wedding Industry as the conversation. Initially we set out to discuss proposals and her unique take on where unique proposals fit into the booking process but the discussion evolved to focus more on shifts in the wedding industry. As always, links and resources can be found in the show notes. Check ’em out at https://daveyandkrista.com/shifts-wedding-industry-btb-224/. And if you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review over at Apple Podcasts.
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