It’s the quarterly business bestie chat! In this episode, Colie James and I discuss our 2025 so far, the highlights and struggles of quarter one, plus what goals we have planned for quarter two.

The Shoot It Straight Podcast is brought to you by Sabrina Gebhardt, photographer and educator. Join us each week as we discuss what it’s like to be a female creative entrepreneur while balancing entrepreneurship and motherhood. If you’re trying to find balance in this exciting place you’re in, yet willing to talk about the hard stuff too, Shoot It Straight Podcast is here to share practical and tangible takeaways to help you shoot it straight.

This episode is brought to you by my new free quiz, What’s Your Photographer Marketing Personality? This quiz is designed to identify your strengths when it comes to marketing, plus what might be holding you back. If you’re ready to say goodbye to overwhelm, exhaustion, and dead ends when it comes to your marketing, take the quiz today.

Review the Show Notes:

Exciting highlights of Q1 (2:02)

The struggles of Q1 (8:29)

Getting your return on investment (13:57)

The Creative Educators Conference (25:52)

What’s happening in Q2 (33:33)

Planning our Chicago trip (40:39)

What has already changed this year (43:54)

Connect with Colie:

Website: coliejames.com

Podcast: coliejames.com/podcast

Challenge: coliejames.com/glowup

Connect with Sabrina:

Marketing Quiz: sabrinagebhardt.com/marketing-quiz

Root To Rise Mastermind: sabrinagebhardt.com/mastermind-waitlist

Episode 128 Q1 Business Bestie Chat: sabrinagebhardt.com/podcast/128-q1-2025-business-bestie-chat

Episode 114 Q4 Business Bestie Chat: sabrinagebhardt.com/podcast/q4-business-bestie

Big Break Club: bigbreakclub.com

Creative Educators Conference: layleeemadi.com/conference

Instagram: instagram.com/sabrinagebhardtphotography

Website: sabrinagebhardt.com

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