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Powerful Leaders. No Apologies.Turning Challenges into Triumphs with Alecha StackleBeth and Debbie talk with Alecha Stackle, Chief Marketing Officer at NetDocuments, as she shares her transformative journey and expertise in leading remote teams. From navigating the ever-evolving landscape of marketing to fostering global team cohesion, Stackle's strategies and reflections provide valuable insights for aspiring leaders and marketers alike, offering a nuanced perspective on the challenges and triumphs in the dynamic world of modern business. Check out the show notes for this episode on our website. Connect with us: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
2023-12-2827 min
The Coffee Hour from KFUO RadioAdvent and Christmas at Peace Lutheran in St LouisChristina Stackle, DCE at Peace Lutheran Church in St Louis, our Church of the Week, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the history of Peace Lutheran Church, special Advent and Christmas services at Peace, the Tree Lot, and the Boar's Head Festival. Find details for all of these events at peacelutheranstl.org.
2023-11-2025 min
The Photographer's Action Plan: Strategies for Building a Thriving Business and Life.023: Unlocking Revenue Streams: Photo Organizing for Photographers with Caroline GunturAre you ready to turn your passion for photography into a steady income stream, even during those down seasons? Hold onto your camera straps because, in this episode, you’ll learn how digital photo organizing is a game-changing opportunity with the amazing Caroline Guntur, also known as The Swedish Organizer.
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The rise of digital media has ex...
2023-09-2133 min
The Photographer's Action Plan: Strategies for Building a Thriving Business and Life.022: Brand Alchemy: Transforming Passion into a Powerful Photography Brand with Ravin GoyalHow does a childhood fascination with a camera evolve into a thriving photography career? Join us in this episode as we dive into the inspiring journey of our guest, Ravin Goyal. From those first playful clicks to honing his skills through formal education and workshops, Ravin shares his heartfelt story of transforming a passion into a powerful brand. If you found this episode helpful, feel free to capture a screenshot of yourself listening on your device and share it on your Instagram stories. Remember to tag me @actionarrowmedia and @ravingoyalphotography! In this episode, you...
2023-09-1324 min
The Photographer's Action Plan: Strategies for Building a Thriving Business and Life.021: How to Consistently Generate High-Quality Leads with YouTube Ads with Marcus SvedinEver wondered how to consistently attract those dreamy, high-quality leads that can supercharge your business growth? My incredible guest, Marcus Svedin, spills the beans on all things YouTube Ads and reveals the secrets to generating leads that'll have your competitors scratching their heads in wonder. 😉 But this is for more than just the big, deep-pocket guys. Marcus has tips and strategies that even small photography businesses can use to make a big impact.
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2023-09-0633 min
The Photographer's Action Plan: Strategies for Building a Thriving Business and Life.020: The Power of Diversity in Boudoir Photography: Insights from Olesha HaskettAre you ready to jump into an inspiring conversation? Meet Olesha Haskett, the visionary behind Coterie Noir. In this episode, Olesha shares her journey as a Black boudoir photographer and the driving force behind an innovative educational platform. Olesha's mission? To create a haven where Black womxn can freely express their sensuality, rewriting beauty norms on their terms. Through Coterie Noir, she's reshaping the photography landscape.
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2023-08-2933 min
The Photographer's Action Plan: Strategies for Building a Thriving Business and Life.019: The Changing Face of Fashion: Adrian Phoebe's Insights on Model DiversityDo you want to learn how to capture the excitement and beauty of runway fashion? You've come to the right place! In this episode, we'll explore the world of fashion photography with the amazing Adrian Phoebe. Adrian is an experienced fashion and runway photographer who'll share his journey to becoming a sought-after name in the industry. Adrian Phoebe from the dynamic duo husband and wife team of AKP Photography will reveal the secrets behind their thriving fashion, runway, event, and portrait photography business. He'll also discuss the essential art of networking and seizing opportunities in...
2023-08-2239 min
The Photographer's Action Plan: Strategies for Building a Thriving Business and Life.018: Setting Up for Success Fall and Holiday Business Success: 5 Things to do nowIs your photography business ready to capture the magic of the upcoming fall and holiday season? In this episode, I share some seriously awesome strategies to help your photography business shine like a dazzling autumn sunset. Here's a little challenge for you: as you listen to this episode, think about the incredible fall and holiday memories you'll capture for your clients. If you're as excited about it as I am, why not snap a screenshot of yourself tuned in and share it on your Instagram stories? Be sure to tag me @actionarrowmedia – let's spread the in...
2023-08-1816 min
The Photographer's Action Plan: Strategies for Building a Thriving Business and Life.017: Attracting Soulmate Clients: Elevating Your Messaging for Quality Leads with Rachel JordanIf you want to increase your sales, attract your soulmate clients, and create a thriving photography business that aligns with your values, this episode is an absolute must-listen! Rachel's wisdom and insights will leave you feeling motivated and ready to take action. Meet Rachel Jordan, a remarkable business coach passionate about helping wedding professionals and photographers elevate their game. She's all about assisting them to attract top-notch clients and position themselves as the clear choice to win that resounding "YES!" Rachel brings a unique perspective to the table, drawing from her diverse background in website design, hair...
2023-08-0848 minThe Photographer's Action Plan: Strategies for Building a Thriving Business and Life.016: 9 Things you should know before you invest in a CRM - Client Relationship Management SoftwareAre you considering investing in a CRM - Client Relationship Management Software, but feeling a bit overwhelmed? Well, worry no more! I've got you covered in our latest episode of The Photographer's Action Plan.
In this week's show, I'll be answering the burning question: "What are the 9 things you should know before you invest in a CRM?" 🤔 So, if you're ready to find the perfect software to manage your clients, keep your business running smoothly, and still fit your budget, then tune in for some valuable insights!If you found this episode helpful, feel free to cap...
2023-08-0315 min
WarDocs - The Military Medicine PodcastCelebrating Military Medical Spouses and Families: Strength, Resilience, and Support Systems There's no doubt that military spouses and families are the unsung heroes of our nation's military community. As Host Doug Soderdahl and Guest Host Kim Causey sat down with Sue Clark and Melinda Stackle, their strength and resilience became evident. These incredible women, married to retired Major General Jeff Clark and Colonel Mark Stackle, respectively, share their unique experiences and challenges in navigating the demanding lifestyle of being a military medical spouse. In our conversation, we explore the unique challenges, sacrifices, and strength of the families of military medical providers, as they navigate the demanding lifestyle of traveling away fro...
2023-07-2853 minThe Photographer's Action Plan: Strategies for Building a Thriving Business and Life.015:The AI Advantage: Elevating CRM and Client Communication in PhotographyHave you ever wondered how AI can revolutionize your photography business and take it to new heights? Imagine having a brilliant assistant in your pocket, ready to handle tasks you'd instead not do, like crafting content, streamlining workflows for an exceptional client journey, and creating unforgettable client experiences that set your photography business apart. Whether you're a seasoned professional looking to enhance your client experience or a newcomer to the world of photography, this episode is brimming with practical insights and real-world examples that will inspire you to take action and explore AI tools like Chat GPT. ...
2023-07-2716 minThe Photographer's Action Plan: Strategies for Building a Thriving Business and Life.014: Putting Your Photography Business on the Backburner: Practical Tips for EmergenciesHave you ever found yourself in a situation where you needed to step away from your photography business unexpectedly? It can be a challenging and stressful experience, but with the right emergency plan in place, you can confidently navigate these unforeseen circumstances without compromising your clients' trust or your professional reputation. In this episode, we'll explore practical tips and strategies to help you prepare for unexpected situations and put your business on hold when needed. If you found this episode helpful, feel free to capture a screenshot of yourself listening on your device and share it on y...
2023-07-2120 minThe Photographer's Action Plan: Strategies for Building a Thriving Business and Life.013: Simplify & Succeed: Manage your photography business by automating invoicing, communication, and booking with a CRMDo you ever lie awake at night worrying about whether or not you sent that important email to a client? Or do you feel overwhelmed when managing and sending out invoices manually? And let's not mention the stress of juggling bookings across multiple calendars, like Google Calendar or iCal. I understand how difficult it can be to keep everything organized and under control. You can finally say goodbye to the endless juggling act. With the right tools in place, you can streamline your photography business and scale it to new heights, all while taking care of those r...
2023-07-1225 minThe Photographer's Action Plan: Strategies for Building a Thriving Business and Life.012: Strategic Photography Marketing: Planning Q3 & BeyondWhy am I covering planning for the rest of the year now? Today, July 4th, America's Independence Day, and during the vacation season? Well, partly because of the freedom of business but also because we need to start that seed of the holiday season now. If not with our clients but with ourselves. Christmas in July is a reality when you own and operate your photo business. Let's uncover the simplicity of using a marketing calendar in your photography business with a downloadable Google Doc template. I'll explore the strategic sessions to consider promoting, such...
2023-07-0515 minThe Photographer's Action Plan: Strategies for Building a Thriving Business and Life.011: Messaging Matters: Elevating Your Photography Business with Effective Brand VoiceThis week I’ve been creating a marketing strategy for a client and realized that brand messaging seems unimportant in the visual world. Existing in the photo world where the image is King, your brand message & voice needs to be Queen.In this podcast, we're going to explore how the right words, the right tone, and the proper communication can genuinely transform your photography business. I’ll unravel the secrets behind crafting a compelling brand voice that captures your unique identity and resonates deeply with your ideal clients.As usual, I’ll outline actions today to empowe...
2023-06-2718 minThe Photographer's Action Plan: Strategies for Building a Thriving Business and Life.010: The Summer Slide: How to Keep Your Marketing Momentum Going Through the Summer Months.This week my sister and I discussed how our Instagram engagement and website traffic has tanked since the middle of May. Memorial Day Weekend marks the beginning of the summer months when most of us start to check out your clients included. In today's episode, I'll outline specific actions you can take to set up your business for when you're out of the office and keep the marketing efforts you built throughout the year.I outline in order of importance from the bare minimum;* Hint* make sure you update your "Out of Office" signature and reply to what to d...
2023-06-2128 min
The Photographer's Action Plan: Strategies for Building a Thriving Business and Life.009: Keeping the romance alive, how image competition will revitalize your love for photography.Rekindle your love for photography by exploring its infinite possibilities, and reignite your passion for capturing moments with print competition. In this episode, we receive valuable action tips from Courtney of Courtney Ranck-Copher Photography. In this episode, she discusses how competition can spark more of your passion for photography. Don't miss out on the creative insights she shares. Tune in and discover all the juicy details! Here are the Links to the resources mentioned in the episode. To see an artist's creative storytelling in action https://shirkphotography.com/gallery/family-portraits/#! To find a...
2023-06-1435 minThe Photographer's Action Plan: Strategies for Building a Thriving Business and Life.008: What every photographer ought to know about how much marketing agencies charge.Is investing in a marketing agency worth it? Does the cost feel like a significant investment? Well, fear not because a marketing agency can be a game-changer for your photography business. In today’s episode, I’m breaking down what to expect to pay for a marketing agency, some budget maximizers to get the most out of your investment, and of course, an action plan for you to get started figuring out if a marketing agency is right for you. If you choose to go without a marketing agency right now because it doesn’t feel...
2023-06-0737 minThe Photographer's Action Plan: Strategies for Building a Thriving Business and Life.007: Advice for photographers who want to attract photography clients, get consistent bookings, and be the go-to for your art.In today's episode, we're diving into advice for photographers who want to attract clients, get consistent bookings, and be the go-to for your art. Are you struggling to attract photography clients and secure consistent bookings? Do you dream of becoming the go-to photographer in your niche, the one clients seek for their special moments? If you've been feeling frustrated by the lack of client interest and the inconsistency in your bookings, I’m glad you're here. It’s important to have a comprehensive strategy to attract photography clients, secure consistent bookings, and establish yourself as the go-to arti...
2023-06-0121 minThe Photographer's Action Plan: Strategies for Building a Thriving Business and Life.006: Get Smart... 5 ways to deal with not booking photography clients consistently.Do you find yourself struggling to get consistent bookings for your photography business? No matter how much effort you put into your marketing, you can't get enough clients to sustain your business. You need to treat your boutique photography business like a big business. Treating your small photography business like the big box stores will give you the perspective and action plan to attract and retain clients. A big-box or CEO mindset is crucial for your business because it helps create a consistent flow of clients and bookings. Without it, you'll struggle to find clients...
2023-05-1724 minThe Photographer's Action Plan: Strategies for Building a Thriving Business and Life.005: Photography Marketing Strategies to give you consistent bookings & establish you as the go-to local photographer.What would it be like to get consistent bookings with dreamy clients? If you aren’t booking your ideal clients, it could be your business model, pricing yourself too low, etc. However, I suspect you don’t have consistent & strategic marketing for your business because you’re busy balancing it all. So what if you had a marketing strategy for all things marketing, including SEO, blog writing, and even social media? In this episode, we will discuss quick-start online marketing strategies and actions. We'll be sharing some key insights into your marketing strategy, specifically designed to help you at...
2023-05-1020 minThe Photographer's Action Plan: Strategies for Building a Thriving Business and Life.004: Don't hire a marketing person for your photography business without listening to this first.Ready to hire ✅ Not ready for conflict…
Hiring a team member, contractor, agency, VA, etc., and collaborating with & managing them could be problematic. And…how do you hold them accountable?
It’s essential to ensure the work is done so you don’t lose time & money. When you sign a contract, there are deliverables, but as a busy photographer, how do you ensure they get done?When I first started assisting photographers, I noticed everyday worries they had when hiring me. I got emails asking how to hold contractors accountable and work with them without m...
2023-05-0324 minThe Photographer's Action Plan: Strategies for Building a Thriving Business and Life.003: Gain Clients and Build Your Photography Business: 5 Effective ActionsAs a photographer, you may be used to being creative, putting your visual artwork into the world, and letting it speak for itself. However, just using the “a picture is worth a thousand words” strategy as marketing doesn’t tell a story about you, your business, or the difference you make in your clients’ lives or even the world. Marketing is more than sharing an image of your artwork on social media along with a catchy caption or placing an ad in your local publication. There are real monetary and reputation consequences if you don’t understand how market...
2023-04-2622 minThe Photographer's Action Plan: Strategies for Building a Thriving Business and Life.002: Turn finding photography clients into attracting lifelong clients that you totally love.Did your marketing efforts of last year leave you feeling exhausted and frustrated? You’ve probably felt like you lived half of this year on Instagram trying to figure out REELS. You may even have considered spending money on ads (that you would rather spend on new gear 😉 ) to find photography clients. In this episode, I’ll explain a model of marketing that will help you become consistent in your marketing efforts and help you know what’s next in your marketing. Here are the Links to the resources mentioned in the episode. Photograp...
2023-04-2122 minThe Photographer's Action Plan: Strategies for Building a Thriving Business and Life.001: The Biggest Mistake Photographers Make When Marketing Their BusinessThe biggest mistake photographers make when marketing is not starting with what they have. Time and time again, I experience photographers who just bought an elegant welcome guide or magazine on creative market, and edit it to fit their brand, to set themselves apart from the local competition. They have this gorgeous asset but no new leads, clients, or money. This is wishful designing. Wishful designing falls into many other categories; re-editing, re-writing, researching, etc. In this episode, we discuss the biggest mistake photographers make when marketing their business and offer practical tips to help you improve.
2023-04-2018 min
The Photographer's Action Plan: Strategies for Building a Thriving Business and Life.000: Trailer and IntroductionWelcome to The Photographer's Action Plan: Strategies for Building a Thriving Business and Life with Host Char Stackle. We are so happy you have decided to join us! In this trailer episode, Char welcomes you in and introduces a bit about herself. So listen in and learn more. You can follow us on Instagram @actionarrowmediaYou can find out more at www.actionarrowmedia.com
2023-04-1906 min
Movies, TV & TangentsMovies, TV & Tangents - Ep 30"A man walks into a shop with a retailer eating a chicken fillet burger....",there is a joke in here somewhere but these two will never find it! Hey, hey folks, good to see you back here so soon and champing at the bit for the next exciting, stimulating episode of Movies, TV & Tangents!
This week the terrible twosome stackle Black Adam, Gangs of London, Squid Game, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, Wu-Tang An American Saga & Under the Banner of Heaven. If you disagree with any of the critiques that we cast then, what are you gonna do about it????
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2023-01-221h 04
Profitable Photographer Podcast158: Charlene Stackle Explains Why Photographers Need Virtual AssistantsAre you overwhelmed with “all the things” to be done to run your photography business in a way that is fun and highly profitable? Then this interview is for you.In this episode of The Profitable Photographer with Luci Dumas, Charlene Stackle gives us some super helpful explanation about the types of Virtual Assistants and why we might need a VA in our business. She also helps us think about ways we can specifically use them to help us have effective actions and more time to do what can grow our business.
2022-06-2241 min
Marginal Way PodcastEp 10: The Intersection of Art and Design feat. Tricia StackleTricia Stackle is committed to rethinking the way people live with, and relate to, art and design. In this season's second-to-last episode, she discusses her work, systems, and path. Hosted by Natalie Gray.
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2021-04-2021 min
Marginal Way PodcastEp 10 (Trailer): Tricia Stackle on Rethinking ConsumerismHear more from creator Tricia Stackle in Ep 10: The Intersection of Art and Design, releasing Wednesday, April 21st.
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2021-04-2000 min
That BookTBC: A Tween's Guide to Greek TragedySome classic segments today! A brief season wrap-up leads into a To the WHAThouse?!?™️ on Aeschylus’s The Oresteia and Michael’s (too) early introduction to it. Then a Tackle That Stackle™️hack for your e-reader. Then What Hannah is Actually Reading™️ and what Michael isn’t, because he’s a deadbeat. Books mentioned: Aeschylus, The Oresteia; Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half; Kiley Reid, Such a Fun Age; Samantha Irby, Wow No Thank You; André Leon Talley, The Chiffon Trenches; Carolyn Durand & Omid Scobie, Finding Freedom; N.K. Jemisin, The City We Became.
2020-10-2736 min
Marketing TrendsBecoming a Complete Marketer with Alecha Stackle, SVP & CMO of RealPageWith the number of technologies and disciplines involved in marketing, it is easier than ever for marketing professionals to specialize. But for a marketer to become a leader, they need to widen their scope and understand how to interface with every aspect of marketing, according to Alecha Stackle. Alecha is the SVP & CMO of RealPage, and has more than two decades of marketing experience with companies like Thompson Reuters and Dell. On this episode, Alecha talks about how to become a complete marketer, how to identify content that works, and how to engineer a more effective customer...
2019-11-1146 minThat BookTBC: Ursula Tackles the Stackle!Michael and Hannah take your feedback about wild saints and debut their new segment “Tackle the Stackle” with reading tips from listeners. Books mentioned: George Orwell, 1984; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Hound of the Baskervilles; Mary Shelley, Frankenstein; Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend; George Eliot, Middlemarch; William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair Images mentioned: John the Baptist Moses Ursula Email us at thatbookpod@gmail.com. Friend us on Goodreads and follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.
2018-08-0717 min
The Classy Career Girl PodcastLessons Learned From Launching My Business with Char StackleToday I am thrilled to introduce you to Char Stackle, Founder of Lifeonherown.com. Welcome Char! Thanks for being here and sharing how you turned your business plans into action.
2017-06-0217 min