307: Developing Practices to Book More Destination Weddings with Destination I Do

We are so excited to have Manda Weaver with us today. She is a mid-Atlantic luxury wedding photographer. Today, we are going to talk about mindset and this term that she has coined, “permission granted mindset,” where if you give yourself permission to say yes to your goals and thoughts and if you do you're going to have big things coming to you. Manda is going to chat about ways she has given herself permission to do things she didn’t think she was ready for or might not have been the route most people go but how it has benefited her greatly. We can’t wait for you to listen and give yourself permission to help create the business and life you’ve dreamed of. Manda's Instagram Manda's Website ⁠DARE TO DEVELOP INSTAGRAM⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠DARE TO DEVELOP SHOW NOTES⁠⁠⁠⁠ ASHLEY’S ⁠⁠⁠⁠INSTAGRAM⁠⁠⁠⁠/⁠⁠⁠⁠WEBSITE⁠⁠⁠⁠ KRISTINE’S ⁠⁠⁠⁠INSTAGRAM⁠⁠⁠⁠/⁠⁠⁠⁠WEBSITE

We are so excited to have Hannah Nowack, the Senior Weddings Editor at The Knot, on today’s show.  We’ll chat with her all about their new list on The Knot, the ones to watch list. She shares with us how they started it, and her why behind creating it. You’ll also learn more about the Knot and how you can partner with them. The Knot Website The Knot Instagram Hannah’s Instagram DARE TO DEVELOP INSTAGRAM⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠DARE TO DEVELOP SHOW NOTES⁠⁠⁠ ASHLEY’S ⁠⁠⁠INSTAGRAM⁠⁠⁠/⁠⁠⁠WEBSITE⁠⁠⁠ KRISTINE’S ⁠⁠⁠INSTAGRAM⁠⁠⁠/⁠⁠⁠WEBSITE

We're so excited to welcome a dear friend of ours, Megan of Megan Kay Photography. Megan is a destination photographer based in Dallas, Texas.  Bachelor fans will remember Madi Prewett from season 24 (Peter the Pilot) and today we are diving in with Megan how she prepared and shot Madi and Grant Trout’s wedding.  Megan has a wealth of knowledge to share about shooting celebrity weddings, how to prepare for them, and how to interact with publications and vendors. She will also share some of her favorite mantras that help her bring her best self to every wedding she photographs. You definitely don’t want to miss this episode! Megan’s Instagram Megan’s Website DARE TO DEVELOP INSTAGRAM⁠⁠ ⁠⁠DARE TO DEVELOP SHOW NOTES⁠⁠ ASHLEY’S ⁠⁠INSTAGRAM⁠⁠/⁠⁠WEBSITE⁠⁠KRISTINE’S ⁠⁠INSTAGRAM⁠⁠/⁠⁠WEBSITE

Are you interested in pursuing work in Destination Weddings? If so, this is going to be a podcast you’re going to want to listen to. We have the sensational Jennifer Stein of Destination I Do, a Destination Wedding Blog, and she is going to dive into how you can start marketing and preparing to do destination work. Jennifer has been running Destination I Do for almost two decades which wedding blog, wedding website, and podcast. Jennifer is an expert on all things destination weddings and gives great advice on not only how vendors and couples can pull together a destination wedding team but also just be ready to work those destination weddings and work with vendors from all over the world. Destination I Do Website Destination I Do Instagram

We can’t wait to introduce you to Ryan Moreno. Ryan is a Showit SEO specialist and online tech expert based in Florida and currently works for Tonic Site Shop. He has a passion for empowering creatives and small businesses with beautiful and strategically-designed websites and SEO Education.  He provide creative entrepreneurs with the necessary online tools and education they need to succeed. Today he is talking with us all about SEO strategies that you can start doing today for your business. He will go into small steps that you can do to improve your ranking on google and has so much great information for you to really understand SEO and get your website to rank on Page 1 of google. Get your notebook out because this is a good one. Get 15% off Tonic Site Shop Templates with code: RYANSENTME Learn more about SEO in one place at Tonic Site Shop SEO website Tonic Site Shop Website Tonic Site Shop Instagram DARE TO DEVELOP INSTAGRAM⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠DARE TO DEVELOP SHOW NOTES⁠⁠⁠ ASHLEY’S ⁠⁠⁠INSTAGRAM⁠⁠⁠/⁠⁠⁠WEBSITE⁠⁠⁠ KRISTINE’S ⁠⁠⁠INSTAGRAM⁠⁠⁠/⁠⁠⁠WEBSITE

We are so excited to have Jessica Lorren and Kat Braman with us today. The two are both destination photographers who have been in the industry for 15 years. Within the last couple of years, the two merged their individual photography businesses to become Lorren & Braman. They also have started The Reed Community. Which is a community for creatives in search of sustainability within work and life so we don’t burn out. On today’s episode, we’ll be talking with them all about balance and harmony and how basically balance isn’t a real thing. That said, they have some great ideas on how you can have a more harmonious life. So stay tuned for business and life tips. We have a free download on our website: https://www.yourreed.co/. Just a little download about how to reclaim your creativity. Lorren and Braman Instagram Lorren and Braman Website DARE TO DEVELOP INSTAGRAM⁠⁠ ⁠⁠DARE TO DEVELOP SHOW NOTES⁠⁠ ASHLEY’S ⁠⁠INSTAGRAM⁠⁠/⁠⁠WEBSITE⁠⁠ KRISTINE’S ⁠⁠INSTAGRAM⁠⁠/⁠⁠WEBSITE

We're so excited to hang out and chat with Kir Tuben, a Washington DC-based photographer whose passion is talking about supplemental income and how to monetize different aspects of life. We had the pleasure of getting to spend some time with her at HybridCo this year and she will be telling us how she has created multiple streams of income and talks all about numbers. Talking money has been thought of Taboo in the past but we believe in transparency and today Kir is getting real with us about how and how much she makes and how you can do it too.  So stay tuned and learn how you can maybe 2x or 3x your business and your profit. Kir's Website Kir's Instagram ⁠DARE TO DEVELOP INSTAGRAM⁠⁠ ⁠⁠DARE TO DEVELOP SHOW NOTES⁠⁠ ASHLEY’S ⁠⁠INSTAGRAM⁠⁠/⁠⁠WEBSITE⁠⁠ KRISTINE’S ⁠⁠INSTAGRAM⁠⁠/⁠⁠WEBSITE⁠

We are so excited to have Kirsten (she/they) and Maria Palladino (they/she), the co-founders of Equally Wed on the podcast.  Their mission is to make the wedding industry a safer place for the LGBTQ+ community by offering wedding, marriage equality, and information to the LGBTQ+ community and LGBTQ+ inclusive education to the businesses who serve them. They are  talking with us about being more inclusive and affirming to different marginalized communities in the wedding world. We’ll talk about it all…from appealing to and working with new clients that are in the LGBTQ+ community or other marginalized groups, working with vendors, as well as guests at weddings who might identify in one of these communities as well. The education into being a good ally never ends and we are excited for everyone to continue this education with us. We'd love to offer your listeners a discount in regards to the products that we have separate from our content. We do have vendor listings, a phenomenal vendor directory on our https://equallywed.com/, where vendors can get in front of our readers that are planning their engagements, weddings, and honeymoons. We have https://equallywedpro.com/, which has our LGBTQ plus inclusive education course and certification course, and Equally Inclusive, which is our membership group that is launching and should be out when you're listening to this. The code is DARE20 and it's for 20% off "Equally Wed Pro's LGBTQ+ Inclusive Training and Certification Course for the Wedding Industry" Equally Wed Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/equallywed/ Equally Wed Website: https://equallywed.com/ ⁠DARE TO DEVELOP INSTAGRAM⁠⁠ ⁠⁠DARE TO DEVELOP SHOW NOTES⁠⁠ ASHLEY’S ⁠⁠INSTAGRAM⁠⁠/⁠⁠WEBSITE⁠⁠ KRISTINE’S ⁠⁠INSTAGRAM⁠⁠/⁠⁠WEBSITE⁠

We’re so excited to introduce you to Kristin Sweeting, a photographer top Nashville and Destination Photographer. She is also an educator,which in her words is what she feels like she is the best at, and is the  host of her own podcast, The Dangerous Creatives. With 13 years of experience Kristin has been all over the world and worked with so many different clients and the highs and lows of owning a business. Today we are diving into how to be uniquely you. Kristin is going to break down how to get your work to stand out in saturated markets and how to be known for your style. This is such an insightful listen so tune in. We have a membership Dangerous School, and you can get 20% off with the code is DANGER for 20% off for a year. Kristin Sweetings Instagram DARE TO DEVELOP INSTAGRAM⁠ ⁠DARE TO DEVELOP SHOW NOTES⁠ ASHLEY’S ⁠INSTAGRAM⁠/⁠WEBSITE⁠ KRISTINE’S ⁠INSTAGRAM⁠/⁠WEBSITE

Welcome back to season 3 of Dare to Develop! This season we have more amazing guests lined up for you and they dive deep into connection and ways to grow your business. In today’s episode, we  talk about what we have been up to since the last season and give you a sneak peak of what’s to come this season. DARE TO DEVELOP INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/daretodevelop/ DARE TO DEVELOP SHOW NOTES: https://daretodeveloppodcast.com/episodes/ ASHLEY’S INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/ashbaumgartner/ KRISTINE’S INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/kristineherman_/ Thanks for tuning into Dare to Develop. We hope you enjoyed the episode! Please subscribe and leave us a review.