CEO Mom Club

A lot of people in our lives, especially those closest to us, want things for free or at a discounted price. They just don’t value us like those stranger clients we usually book. We must figure out how to set boundaries so we don’t get walked over by the people closest in our life. I realized a while ago that I don’t have to people-please to be successful. I don’t have to serve everyone - from the...

I’m learning that a lot of people struggle with how to be themselves on Instagram. How to be their authentic-selves and how to attract clients. You right now may be feeling like you’re not interesting enough, not bubbly enough or that your page isn’t funny enough. Because so and so’s page is so interesting and attracting tons of new followers but you’re just “boring.” When you compare yourself to...

kyleeannphotography.com/links To that one person who asked me what my go-to apps are for my business, I’m sorry. Because you probably didn’t realize what a loaded question that was! I love love love being efficient and anything that allows me to streamline my workflow! So I may be a little too excited about today’s episode, but I sat down and identified 14 apps and programs that I just can’t live...

You are a business owner first. Unfortunately, you will have to deal with problem clients or unhappy customers at some point in your business. Sometimes the problem is their insecurities. Sometimes the problem is miscommunication. Sometimes the problem is just a freak accident. Regardless, there are simple ways to handle problem clients without letting it escalate further. How to deal with hard cl...

We are back after a crazy week! My sister had her baby, I hired two new members for the team - a nanny and a photographer - I was training, babysitting and updating websites and it was all crazy. We are a little late this week, but better late than never. Especially for what we have planned today. I feel like we’ve talked about the many struggles of the mom life/work life balance - like the mom gu...

Morning routines are crucial, it's something that has been a longtime coming for me and I finally feel confident enough to share my journey. There is power in a morning routine and I learned this from the book Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod. It goes through six different areas that are key to building an effective morning routine. 1. Silence - meditation or prayer, reflection 2. Affirmations - think...

A few weeks ago I was looking through my DMs and realized that I’ve been getting too many messages from photographers saying “yeah, what you’re doing works for you but not for me, because you’re well-known and I’m not….yeah, I hear you saying there’s plenty work out there for photographers, but that’s just for successful people like you and what about nobody’s like me.” What I’ve been hearing in m...

I am all about marketing organically. It doesn’t cost you money (it just costs time), it lets you focus on connections rather than the numbers and I find that it gives me more joy in running my business. I’ve done a few episodes on marketing and on growing organically on Instagram, but today’s episode is all about marketing on a budget. I’m going to share with you the best way to market during a s...

In the beginning of my business, I was looking at everyone around me and what they were doing in their own businesses (we've all been there). I was constantly changing my edits, my lenses, my marketing techniques, my style, my posts - all of it, to what everyone else was doing. My whole business strategy was just to do what other people were doing. And you know what? I just found myself fixating o...

“I’m feeling unmotivated.” “I’m feeling discouraged.” “I’m doing the same old thing and I’m bored of it.” We’ve all been there before, and It's okay to be there. It’s okay to be in a rut. I have been in business for 10 years and I find myself in a rut almost every month! We let the expectations of others, and ourselves, drive us further down an unmotivated hole. A lot of us here are women, and us...

I have had A TON of questions about bookkeeping, finances, tax prep, etc. so I talked with Katie Maher of Rocket Books to dive into all these topics and help answer some questions. Katie spent the first seven years of her career working behind a desk as an in-house bookkeeper for more than 30 different companies, clients, and investors. When she found that her joy revolved around helping her small...

WHEEEW. Things got CRAZY there for a lot of us last year. Between coming back (kinda) from the pandemic, fall, the holidays, etc…it was BUSY! Things typically slow down for a lot of businesses after the holidays. Which is what I DREAM of when I’m in the grind. But now I find myself wondering: "Now what?" What do you do when you have NOTHING to do? Maybe your job is seasonal. Maybe you are just get...

Money money money. Let’s talk about money. For some reason it’s a hard and uncomfortable topic. For a lot of people, its a source of stress and fear. It can be limiting. But what if we look at it as a tool we can use to solve problems and live abundantly. A lot of people think women especially moms can’t make money with a side hustle or a small business. I'm here to say the exact opposite because...

Now that we have set our intentions for the year, let's talk about habits. First of all, we are only going to start with ONE habit at a time!! Let’s choose a habit that matches your intention for the year so we can start with a strong desire for change. -If your intention is to be grateful, the habit could be write in your gratitude journal daily. -If your intention is to be more present, the habi...

New year, new me right? Learn Spanish. Cook dinner every night. Lose 10 pounds. Get ready everyday. Travel around the world. Did you know 4/5 people break their new years resolutions? And a third of resolutions don’t even make it past the first month? I have been setting resolutions since I was a teenager. Last year I DITCHED resolutions. Because resolutions focus on the outcome, not the journey....

It's the most wonderful time of the year but it's also the most stressful time of the year, especially for moms. We have a lot on our plates and carry a lot of the load around holidays. Moms are kind of like the glue that holds everything together. If you think about it, we do a lot of the shopping, planning, prepping, decorations, traditions, activities, wrapping, hosting, baking and neighbor gif...

Last week I was asked how us moms can have me-time without feeling guilty or without our husbands feeling resentment. I think this is a common thing a lot of moms struggle with, even though self-care is essential, we still feel like we’re being selfish and taking away from our kids and our husbands. So in this week’s podcast, I turned to my twin sister Lauren Pace...a busy mom of two (soon to be t...

Its Thanksgiving week and there's a lot of gratitude talk in the air, which is why I'm talking about one of my favorite topics. Having a positive and grateful attitude has SO MANY benefits, you're kinder, more resilient, more relaxed, more social, more optimistic and have better relationships. We really should get into the habit of being grateful year-round. For years I have kept a gratitude journ...

Think of an Instagram account you’ve been following for at least six months...Now why do you think it deserves your follow? Why haven’t you hit the “unfollow” button? Probably because you feel connected in some way. I do not get why the paragraph of hashtags at the end of each post, all the ads and the follow-unfollow game is so popular right now! Why do we think that will grow our Instagram? It i...

Pretty much everyone has gone through a hard time in 2020, you might even still be in the middle of your pandemic-inflicted trials. I don’t need to explain how tough this year has been but I want you to know that whatever your hard is, it matters! But life goes on and we have to keep moving even when we don’t want to. It sucks. Today I’m sharing all the things I used to keep going through hard tim...

Most of my successful ideas, products and launches were done in a week’s time. Bringing on Rachel, starting a team of associates, launching 90 Days of Marketing. All were done so quickly, finished and launched before any sort of doubt had a chance to sink in. When I have an idea, I go for it before anybody convinces me not to do it. I don’t give anyone the chance to talk me out of it. My friends c...

In the month of October, our team had 105 Sessions and 3 weddings. Out of 105 sessions, I shot 56 of them including 2 being full day sessions, 3 mentor sessions, one speaking engagement out of town and 6 zoom and in-person meetings. I may not shoot all 105, but I do all the booking and emails for our team currently. Meanwhile, I had two new babysitters quit on me and had to rely heavily on my husb...

Janelle is the owner of Janelle Joy Private Editing. Along with her team, she runs a business doing private editing for photographers all over the world. She is building her own empire in the editing world! I loved chatting with Janelle because even though we didn't know each other at all, our journeys are so similar. Not only did she share her story of growth, but how to grow your own team AND ti...

Blogging is crucial for growing your business, especially to strangers and people you don't know. The more content you have, the more places you have that content, the better you're going to be able to reach more people and grow and just explode.  I started my business in 2011. In 2013, I started blogging three to five times a week. I made a commitment that I would post three times a week. And I h...

When Kaelynn was expecting her first baby, she was looking for a way to make an income. One night she was on Etsy shopping for a wood play gym. The only options were hundreds of dollars and shipped internationally. Instead, they decided to go to Home Depot and get the materials to make their own. They listed it on Etsy and waited. And waited. And waited. For about a month. Once they made their fir...