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If you are an entrepreneur or work from home regular looking for northside Indianapolis coworking spaces this is the list you need! Let’s be real – working from home has its perks (hello, pajama pants), but it also comes with distractions that are not on your to-do list. Maybe your toddler bursts into “Let It […]

The Best Northside Indianapolis Coworking Spots

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I tried this once before. A few years ago I started a podcast, published a handful of episodes, and then set it down. I had the ideas and the gear and a name I liked. What I didn’t have was the capacity, and every episode cost more than that season of my business had to […]

Introducing So On Brand: A Podcast on Branding, Content & AI for Business

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Getting Started with AI It started coming up between setups. A client would be changing into her third look of the day and ask, half-joking, whether she was supposed to be using AI yet. Then another one asked. Then another. The funny part is that by the time those conversations started, AI had already been […]

Why a Brand Photographer Is Helping Business Owners Set Up AI

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TL;DR Someone asked me at a networking event what I do, and when I mentioned brand photography, she nodded politely and said, “So… headshots?” It’s the most common mix-up in my world, and it’s worth untangling, because the two solve different problems at different price points. So, plainly: brand photography is professional photo and video […]

Let me open with something you might not expect from a photographer: AI image generators are good now. Really good. As of this summer, you can type a few sentences into a free tool and get back a polished, professional-looking headshot of someone who looks a whole lot like you. I’ve tested them. Some results […]

AI Can Generate Your Photos Now. Here’s What It Can’t Do.

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TL;DR Most business owners have a couple of nice written reviews sitting on their website doing absolutely nothing. They’re real, they’re kind, and they blend into the page like wallpaper. Nobody stops to read them, because everyone knows a business only posts the good ones. Here’s my take: a written review is fine, but a […]

Why Video Testimonials Beat Written Reviews

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TL;DR “… just a few photos.” It’s the most common thing I hear from business owners across Carmel, Fishers, and Westfield, and I get where it comes from. A few photos feels manageable. A few photos feels like a reasonable ask. So let me answer the question underneath it. A content day is a planned […]

A lot of business owners get stuck on one question before they ever reach out: where would we even shoot? They don’t have a sleek storefront. Their office is fine but not photogenic. And in their head, brand photos happen on some perfect set they don’t have access to. So the project stalls. Not because […]

Best Brand Photo Spots on the Northside of Indianapolis

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Something shifted in how businesses get recommended by AI, and most owners haven’t caught up to it yet. Last week, instead of typing “brand photographer near me” into Google and scrolling, someone opened ChatGPT and asked, “Who’s a good brand photographer in Carmel?” They got back two or three names, a sentence on each, and […]

Will ChatGPT Recommend Your Business?

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“What exactly happens behind the scenes at brand photography sessions?” I get this question almost weekly, usually followed by some version of “I just need a few photos” or “how long does it take?” The honest answer? Way more planning happens before we ever pick up a camera, and way more content gets created than […]

I have been talking about, and thinking about, content batching for small business and strategies I can use for as long as I can remember. And for years, I was kind of doing the exact opposite for my own business. Back in February I hit a turning point. Not a super intentional one — just […]

How I Finally Got Ahead on My Own Content (And What Actually Made It Possible)

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