LEVEL UP
Ready to level up your wedding videography or photography business? Created to help wedding filmmakers + photographers level up their businesses and their craft, so they can make more and work less.
LEVEL UP gives filmmakers + photographers every tool needed to confidently enter the luxury market.
Learn the ins and outs of the luxury market, how to align your brand within it, and become fully prepared to take your business from mainstream to luxury.
In a nutshell: this is the wedding filmmaking + photography podcast for creatives striving for more in their businesses.
The wedding industry can be a challenging place to build a career, and we are here to help.
https://thelevelupco.com/
Episodes
172 episodes
How to create your own luck w/ Austin Trenholm
How many times have you looked at someone else's success and gone "wow they got so lucky." Yes luck is a thing but what if we also told you that luck is where opportunity meets preparedness?Today's guest, Austin Trenholm of Trenholm Pho...
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Episode 177
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43:38
Life/Business Updates + Chit Chat
Okay guys we're baaaaack! Did you miss us? Cuz we missed you! We loved taking some time off after launching our workshop + fall mastermind but we are so excited to be back and catching up! Today's episode we are chatting about all ...
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Episode 176
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46:13
The strategy you need to break into the luxury market
As you may know, last week we hosted Break Into the Luxury Market - a free 3 day workshop where we shared our step by step system e to constantly booking 5 figure weddings. It was incredible and had nearly 2000 photographers and videographers r...
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Episode 175
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54:21
How to Have Your Most Profitable Year Yet
Are you ready for 2025 to completely blow 2024 out of the water? Are you ready to start booking the types of weddings you want to be booking and start charging the prices you want to be charging? Are you ready for your most profitable year yet?...
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45:49
Take your blinders off w/ Carl S Miller
There is a time and place to put your blinders on- but did you know there is also a time and place to take them off? There is something to be said about putting your head down and putting the work in, but make sure to come up and learn from oth...
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Episode 173
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38:18
$3k to $10k in 12 months w/ Myla Li Photos
If we are being honest, a lot of people don’t understand what market they are in and how to utilize a strategy that fits not only that market, but where they want to go. But former luxury mastermind student Myla Garlitz understood that from day...
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Episode 171
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38:59
Attracting the planners you want to work with w/ Bustle Events
A lot of times we hear “How can I show a planner that I can be a really great creative partner without having worked with them directly before?” Well today’s guest, Erin Taylor of Bustle Events is giving her take on just that. And do you want t...
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Episode 172
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51:24
An honest conversation about seasons of growth w/ Madeline Kuzminsky
You can’t compare your day 1 to someones day 100. And today’s guest, former Luxury Mastermind student Madeline Kuzminsky joins us to talk about how she learned that first hand. We have had so much fun with our Allstar series but we ...
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Episode 170
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42:36
Is your brand attracting or deterring your ideal client?
You are your brand. Not your logo. Not the font you pick for your website. It is YOU. So are you attracting the types of clients you want? No? Well it is time to start. Today’s episode we are discussing how branding really is the ke...
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Season 169
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34:15
How to set yourself up for success for 2025
We won't be the first to tell you that 2024 has been a weird year for most of us. And we are sure more than a few of you are ready to leave it behind. So as we begin to open our books for 2025, we want to make sure you are setting yourselves up...
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Episode 168
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31:01
Pre-wedding habits for success
Today we are rebroadcasting one of our favorite episodes from last year! Having a repeatable go-to process for the days leading up to a wedding helps to ensure success on the wedding day. Making sure you are in a great creative mindset and feel...
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Episode 167
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30:53
Things we wish we knew 5 years ago
Do you ever wish you could go back in time and spill alllll the secrets you have learned over the last 5 years? Today's podcast we are doing just that! The year 2019 and our 2024 selves are holding nothing back. From not taking eve...
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25:42
All things content creation w/ Social Saira
We know content creation is a hot topic in the industry right now. You either are triggered by it or you are embracing it. We figured it was time to really dive into what it all entails because it is not going anywhere. Today's gue...
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34:30
Adapt or die w/ PenWeddings
Not only has technology changed over the last decade, but so has the industry, the way we form relationships and lets not even get started with the rise of social media. No matter what facet of the industry you serve, you really have to either ...
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Episode 164
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45:51
Tastemakers and trendsetters w/ Bash Please
So what does it truly mean to be a tastemaker and trendsetter in this industry? When you first start out, of course you want to work with these big names. But the clout chasing will only make your work look like everyone else's work. You are be...
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Episode 163
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39:55
Paying your dues w/ Rosemary Events
Did you know that it is possible to level up too quickly? Listen, we are all about growth here and love to encourage fellow creatives as they scale their businesses, but jumping too quickly doesn't do you, or your creative partners, any favors....
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Episode 162
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48:24
Finding your signature style w/ Christina McNeill
Are you doing it because you are copying somebody and copying a trend or are you doing it because you authentically believe it is storytelling? These are the types of questions that led today's guest, Christina McNeill, to discover who she trul...
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Episode 161
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44:45
Introvert vs. extrovert: a take on marketing
Being an introvert or extrovert can totally impact your networking style and it is really important to understand where you fall so you can play to your strengths. Today on the podcast, Taylor and Kelley are sharing how understandi...
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42:09
Fake it till you make it w/ Brooke Keegan
We all start at the same starting line. It is time to realize that enough is enough, take control of your business and no longer let it run you. Today's guest Brooke Keegan, one of the top wedding planners in the world, is sharing ...
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53:24
The myth of overnight success w/ Amanda Crean
Is there really such a thing as an overnight success? With 17 years in the industry, today’s guest Amanda Crean is sharing her take on the phrase. After moving halfway across the world and reestablishing her business in a completely new city, A...
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Episode 158
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52:43
Going the extra mile w/ Harrison Films
Do you think it is possible to be tactical and strategic within your business while still approaching things in an authentic and organic way? That truly is today’s guest in a nutshell! Deanna from Harrison Films is on the podcast talking all ab...
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Episode 157
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46:07
Answering your questions (part 2!)
If you could only do ONE thing to level up your business what would it be? We are picking right back up where we left last week and we are so excited to answer this question and others like it. We are diving a little deeper and getting into som...
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Episode 156
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19:20
Answering your questions (part 1!!)
We are putting a quick pause in our all-star series to answer YOUR questions!! That's right you asked and we answered! From our tips on how to build relationships with planners without cold calling them to how much time do we really spend on Le...
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Episode 155
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20:58