Grow With Rach and Neal

Episode #47 The Man Behind the Woman (Part of Rachael's Power Team Summer Seris) Today we have a truly special guest, the man Behind the Woman. Abel Harp. This week’s episode of Shooting the Shit is brought to you by HDPhotoHub, the platform real estate photographer's trust. I think we can all agree that it doesn't hurt to have someone in your corner with the high stress long days w...

Episode #46 Utilizing Video to advertise your Business. w/Matt Shaps Videographer - Rachael’s Power Team Summer Series This week’s episode of Shooting the Shit is brought to you by HDPhotoHub, the platform real estate photographer's trust. Matt is Rachael’s Videographer extraordinaire. He helped Rachael to stand out from the competition on social media when Rachael Rebranded and needed to hig...

 Episode#45 Lightening your Load with a Virtual Assistant- Summer Series Rachael's Power Team. This week’s episode of Shooting the Shit is brought to you by HDPhotoHub, the platform real estate photographer's trust. An Important Part of Rachael's Power team is her  Virtual Assistant. This is not to be confused with her Admin. Yes she has both, and there are many reasons why. Many yo...

Episode #44 Accounting-why it's so important with Brandyn Cox - Summer Series w/Rachael’s Power Team. This week’s episode of Shooting the Shit is brought to you by HDPhotoHub, the platform real estate photographers trust.  Brandyn Saved Rachael’s biz over 16 K…If that sounds like someone you need to meet you can stop reading and just go listen already!.  Brandyn is an Enrolled Agent(EA), What...

Episode #43 Summer Series “Rachael’s Power Team” w/ Kelci Borges-Social Media Manager This week’s episode of Shooting the Shit is brought to you by HDPhotoHub, the platform real estate photographers trust.  As Rachael’s Social Media Manager Kelci is an OG member of Rachael's Power Team. Kelci has had a huge impact in building Rachael’s online presence, helping Rach stay ahead of the pack with...

Episode #42 HDPhotoHub, The best thing you can do for you biz We are honored to announce this episode is sponsored by HDPH. In addition, this week’s Guest is  Ian Kautzman, Chief Operating Officer for HDPhotoHub. HDPH Is a big part of the back end of Rachael's Power Team. We both use HDPH and can hardly recall how we did what we do before having this system in place. HDPH is a integral part o...

Episode#41 Team Members Alex/Colin (Summer Series w/ Rachael's Power Team) Rachael's Shooters are telling All today. That's Right, in this episode you hear first hand what it is like to work as an independent contractor Real Estate Photographer working for a larger team and the greater good :-)  There is a lot to unpack here. Is it all Rainbows and Butterflies ?  Listen in to hear h...

Episode #40 Branding You and Your Business with Lacey Jayne (Summer Series w/ Rachael's Power Team)  Lacey  is chatting with us all about Branding, websites, Logos, and off site SEO…(I didn't know what that was either). Weare about to learn why it's all important and how we can use it to prosper with our business.  Lacey will also shed some light on the importance of branding, Why S...

The Summer Series is here! We're shooting the shit about speaking with all of Rachael's Power team this summer.  From accountants to shooters to Social media managers we will be deep diving with a variety of 11 of Rachael's Team members. You heard right!  This episode we’re also catching up on what's been happening with both our businesses including some challenges Neal has fac...

Drone! If you want to grow you should be offering it at a service. We are answering  questions about why you need drone, what tools and permissions you need to start offering drone as well as  how much you should be charging and so on.   Offering drone could be what you need to take that next big leap in your business growth, so have a listen!

Episode #37 Quiet Time Do you have a hard time coming up with creative ideas or often find yourself with writer's block? You’re not alone!! A big part of being on social media is being creative and coming up with new and fresh ideas.  Overcoming creative blocks and coming up with new ideas can be daunting and some days you just don’t have it in you! Today we are going to discuss meditation an...

OK, so you are getting overwhelmed by all the little tasks you have to accomplish like delivering your client media, quick photoshop edits  and so on. It may be time to hire an Admin. In this episode we talk about what an admin can help with, what they cost, how to hire them, what resources they will need and how to get them trained.  We also recommend you to listen to episode #16 All about HDphot...

Get Ready to be motivated! creighton_bertrand is Rachael's Life Coach who helps her maintain a balance between business and her life. As a business owner the buck stops with you. Right? It can be very difficult not to let your business take over all things. At some point you have or may realize your work life balance begins to take a toll.  This week Creighton is talking us through how we can...

Episode #34 Overcoming Imposter Syndrome - Impromptu w/Alex Farrell @AMF_photography Imposter Syndrome could be holding you back from stepping out into social media.  What is it exactly? Its when you question if you are good enough to be sharing your knowledge or content on social media. You think other people are better than you so are or more experienced and you question whether you are just a i...

We asked for questions and you delivered. Now its our turn to reply. Special thanks to Tiffany with Turnkey Photographic from Northeast Ohio for several really great questions that we dive into on this week's episode.  Questions we are answering: 1. Tiffany Shoots HDR, her clients expect HDR but she wants to start shooting Flambient, is it worth the switch? 2. My website sucks and clients nev...

Considering Starting a podcast?  Learn all about the gear, tools, cost, time, well basically the whole shebang in this episode. Hopefully what we've learned will help you get inspired to start your own podcast. Go after it and get it done!!! We know you can!

Episode #31 Hook, Line and Sinker! How to write engaging content that stops the scroll. Another Social Media focused mini episode today all about creating your Post details so they catch more eyes and garner more views, interaction and engagement. Rach is walking us through her process step by step. To see the screen recording check it out on youtube at https://youtu.be/nnbZtLk2jo0

Episode #30 Rebranding Rebranding is the name of the game today! Rebranding is no joke, especially when its a full Rebrand vs a logo and or look and feel "Refresh." What's the difference? We go into full detail in this weeks episode. This episode is also a good one for those of you who haven’t chosen a name yet, this might prevent a rebrand in the future!  Rachael has been through t...

Were a little concerned we got you hooked on the drug that is social media and  never warned you of the perils. We don't want you to get lost down the never ending social media worm hole. That's why this episode is all about tactics, techniques and mental focus for Better Social Media Habits .  Were talking about "the great time suck," Negative Feelings-Self Doubt,  Competition...

Episode #28 Reality check-Social media wake up call It's time for a social Media reality check. Social media isn't going away so if you're not consistently using Instagram, Facebook, youtube or tik tok it's about that time for a wake up call.  In this episode we are speaking about embracing social as part of your job as a business owner. We know it's one more item on your...

Episode #27 After Hours with Austin Baker  Just when we thought the podcast with Austin Baker couldn't possibly pack in any more information, we just kept going(Like a familiar Bunny).  Luckily we kept recording and decided that the additional information was so great we had to make another episode. You can thank Austin for sharing so much of his valuable time with us, it was amazing! There i...

Episode #26 Austin Baker: Road from RE to Architecture Here are all the Dirty Deets on how Austin recently transitioned from Real Estate photographer to Architecture Photographer. Austin also gives us a view into the day to day of what it's like on an Architecture shoot vs Real Estate shoot. It's a very different world and you're about to hear all about it!!  Here are some of the ma...

Episode #25 End of year wrap-up We are ringing In 2023 with the last episode of Season #1! In this episode, Rachael and Neal chat about the fears that can creep in during the winter, predictions for the 2023 real estate market and the future of the podcast.  Additional conversations about the dark side of being slow and future episodes that should shed some light in the coming months before spring...

Do you wish you could just pick your Client's brain to see what is most important to them? Where you are doing well and where you could improve? Well, that's exactly what we are doing this episode with our Realtor and Client Ashley Rioux (NH/MA RE/MAX agent). We're asking what she liked/disliked about previous photographers she worked with. What she thinks she needs but is not curre...

Episode #23- Down TIme - This episode is all about what we are “really doing” in our down time. We've talked about how you can make extra money during down time in episode #9, Going Full Time. Now that we are in the midst of down time we chat about what is happening booking wise, how we are making ends meet, projects we are working on and what we are doing with our extra time. There is a lot...