This week, TMA community mentor Kristin Sweeting led an amazing "hot seat" coaching session with two of our talented members. In today's episode, we're giving you a behind-the-scenes look at part of this hot seat coaching call featuring our member, Anna Dobrovolskaia.

Our guest (and TMA Group Expert) Suzzane Brown is back for another conversation on the podcast this week, all about the importance of presence, authenticity, and creating meaningful connections in the photography business, rather than just focusing on technical skills or "pretty pictures".

In this episode, Ali, our incredible TMA community manager, shares her personal journey with the membership and how it transformed her photography business. Ali describes how TMA opened her eyes to a new perspective on running a successful photography business, from pricing and marketing strategies to the power of the supportive community. As the community manager, Ali sees her role as a peer, experiencing the same challenges you are and she loves working together to find solutions. This week, Ali is here to encourage you to take advantage of the upcoming enrollment period and the wealth of resources available within the TMA community.

Kristin Sweeting, this month's Featured Mentor in The Motherhood Anthology membership, joins Kim to share practical tips for staying creative, avoiding comparison, and neutralizing FOMO in your photography business. Kristin opens up about her own struggles with creative slumps and burnout, and provides actionable advice on how to nurture your inspiration through daily routines, intentional scheduling, and tapping into your authentic voice... and so much more!

This week, our special guest Shannon Griffin is guest-hosting the podcast and interviewing Sean Low, a consultant who has worked with various creative businesses including photographers. Sean shares his insights on the value of the creative process, the importance of charging appropriately, and building meaningful connections with clients... and so much more!

This week, meet photographer and business educator Annemie Tonken. She shares insights into building a sustainable photography career leveraging her "Simple Sales System" approach.

If you experience anxiety in your business journey, you are not alone. This week, Kim brings her go-to counselor, Christy Holding, MEd, LPC, to talk about anxiety and mental health for creative entrepreneurs.

This episode features a discussion from our member community with return guest, Shanna Skidmore. We know a lot of you have questions about business finances - so consider Shanna your TMA finance expert here to help you with the financial side of running your photography business. Today, we're covering topics like setting up a business structure, managing finances and taxes, and creating a financial system for your business.

Marie of Marie Elizabeth Photography is taking over the mic today to outline the steps she took to transition from a teaching career to running a successful full-time photography business., In this episode, she emphasizes the importance of raising prices to a profitable level, developing a strong brand, and implementing effective marketing strategies focused on SEO and social media to gradually grow her client base.

This week, Kim is joined by Marie Elizabeth & Laura Nockett. If you're a member of The Motherhood Anthology community, you know that Marie Elizabeth is our featured mentor providing extra resources and education. Laura Nockett is here to ask us her burning questions about selling products in her photography business. If you want to sell more products in your business, this episode is for you!

We're back with very special guest, Kim's business partner of over 20 years, Josh Moates. This is part 2 of our conversation, so be sure to check out the previous episode (EPISODE 100!) for part 1!

Do you know what today is? It's the 100th EPISODE of the TMA podcast! We are so grateful you are here. And this week, we have a very special guest, Kim's business partner of over 20 years, Josh Moates.

This week, get a sneak peek inside a Coaching Call with TMA Mentor, Katie Lamb. In this conversation, Katie provides detailed advice on increasing prices, leveraging Instagram reels and keywords, delivering a high-quality client experience, and more.

Our featured mentor of the month in TMA is Katie Lamb, and in today's episode, we are excited for Katie to guest host the podcast. She's talking all about setting and maintaining clear boundaries to thrive while running a photography business.

Ali is taking the mic this week to share five of her favorite marketing strategies with you when moving your business. You've met Ali on the podcast before and we are so excited to share some more of her wisdom with you based on her own experience as a photographer and marketer.

If you're part of our free public group or our private membership, you know there have been some big changes at TMA. We're using this as an opportunity to create a new vision for the future of TMA, while keeping the best parts and the things you have told us you love the most. In this episode, my guest is Katie Lamb, one of our new group mentors, and we are breaking down the vision for what is coming next.

This week on the podcast, our guest is Laura Gattis, owner of Laura Gattis Photography and an educator in our TMA membership community. Laura brought so much value to our conversation that we decided to split this into two parts again. In this episode, Part 1, Laura shares how she has set her brand and workflow apart from other photographers, and how the client connection is one of the most important factors in her business strategy.

In this week's episode, we are excited to share another success story with you. Meet Kate, a newborn and family photographer from Texas.

This week, Kim is joined by Morgan Williams to talk all about her 5 Step Framework for Soulful In-Home Portraits. If you offer in-home shoots, this episode is full of great tips and strategies that will support you. And if you don't currently offer in-home shoots, this episode will have you considering it.

Melissa Arlena is back on the podcast this week to talk about blogging for SEO. Especially considering the developments with AI and ChatGPT, blogging has changed in recent years. But, blogging is still one of the absolute best strategies for improving your search traffic to help people find you. Melissa is sharing some of her best tips for leveraging your blog to improve your SEO.

Ali Payne from the TMA support team is back on the podcast. We talk so much about SEO, but have you considered the power of word-of-mouth marketing? That's what we're talking about this week in part 2 of a 2-part series.

Today Ali Payne from the TMA support team is back on the podcast. We talk so much about SEO, but have you considered the power of word-of-mouth marketing? That's what we're talking about this week in part 1 of a 2-part series.

This week's guest is Kayla Brint, natural light studio photographer with over 10 years of photography experience. In this episode, we are chatting all about mini sessions.

The TMA is back with another case study. Our case study episodes are a special treat where we get to talk to members of the TMA community about their businesses. This week, we have Jacqueline Burns of Jacqueline Aimee Portraits on the podcast to share her story.

The tables are turned this week on the TMA podcast: our team member Ali is interviewing Kim! This is part 2 of our conversation. If you missed last week's, you will definitely want to catch up on Part 1!