Creative Business Rebellion: Anti-Strategy & Sorcery for a Wildly Successful Small Business

Creatives, this is a public service announcement. You do not have to be in a feast or famine cycle with your business. You do not have to take every client or project that comes along, and you do not have to work full-time hours or even all year round.What you need is a passive income stream. In this episode, I'm sharing 9 passive income streams that are booming in 2026. You can get started now and reap the benefits come summertime. From digital templates to YouTube channels to affiliate marketing, I'm breaking down what's working right now, the stats that prove it, and why diversifying your income is basically insurance for your creative business.Sign up for the free workshop, Find Your Winning Digital Product Idea 👉 https://www.amytakespictures.com/workshopTimestamps00:00:00 - you don't have to be in feast or famine00:00:47 - what passive income actually is00:02:00 - why this matters for creative businesses00:03:07 - diversification as business insurance00:04:17 - creators with 3+ income streams make $75k more00:04:40 - idea #100:05:39 - idea #200:06:18 - idea #300:08:01 - idea #400:08:38 - idea #500:09:17 - idea #600:10:25 - idea #700:11:55 - idea #800:12:36 - idea #900:14:06 - how to choose what to create-----------------------Join me on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/amy.takes.picturesWatch on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/amyeaton-----------------------Subscribe + leave a review! I'll love you forever. Seriously, it means so, so much.

Do you feel like every time you post online, you're just shouting into the void? Like the algorithm is against you, like no one's really listening or cares? It's kind of true.In this episode, I'm sharing how creative entrepreneurs are getting lost in a sea of sameness and how you can be a beacon to the right people who will show up for you time after time. We're talking about identifying your common enemy, why it's okay to alienate people (with kindness), and how being unapologetically yourself is the fastest way to build a community that actually cares. If you're tired of censoring yourself and playing it safe online, this one's for you.------------------------TIMESTAMPS00:00:00 - shouting into the void00:00:39 - how to make enemies00:01:23 - people rally around a common enemy00:02:07 - what is your business's enemy?00:03:44 - finding your shared values00:04:32 - how to alienate people00:05:22 - you cannot cast a wide net00:06:09 - cultivating the right community00:06:59 - stop censoring yourself00:08:21 - when alienation creates connection00:09:23 - being your own person online-----------------------------------------------Join me on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/amy.takes.picturesWatch on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/amyeaton-----------------------Subscribe + leave a review! I'll love you forever. Seriously, it means so, so much.

Springtime is here, and that means it's time to throw open the virtual windows of your business and let some fresh air in. In this episode, I'm walking you through 5 things you can do to spring clean your business - from updating your website to the most important one: running a realignment assessment to make sure your business still fits the life you actually want.If things are feeling a little stuck or you're in a bit of a funk, this reset is exactly what you need.Grab the Anti-Strategy Guide 👉 https://www.amytakespictures.com/anti-strategyTimestamps00:00:00 - feeling stagnant and stuck?00:00:48 - why spring cleaning matters for your business00:02:32 - the 5 things to spring clean00:02:37 - freshen up your online storefront00:04:11 - cultivating an engaged community00:06:27 - does it spark joy?00:08:52 - showing your face matters00:10:35 - the most important question of all00:11:53 - when your goals change00:13:18 - your business can pivot with you-----------------------Join me on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/amy.takes.picturesWatch on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/amyeatonSubscribe + leave a review! It means so much!-----------------------Full TranscriptTell me if this sounds familiar. You've been going through the motions in your business. You're going through your never-ending to-do list. Maybe you're in a funk, and things are starting to feel stagnant.Well, my friend, springtime is here, and that means it's time to throw open the virtual windows of your business and let the sunshine and fresh air in. You're going to do a proper reset on your business. Out with the old stagnant energy and in with new, fresh, revitalized energy.I'm Amy. I'm a former burned out photographer turned multiple 6-figure creative entrepreneur who works less than 25 hours a week. And I run my business in rhythm with nature. And that means that in springtime, it's time for spring cleaning. So let's dive in.Now, I don't know about you, but when springtime rolls around, I start to feel all the feelings of possibility and hope, and I look forward to what's to come. It really genuinely feels like an opportunity for a fresh start when the snow melts. I live in Canada, so that's a very real thing. When the snow melts and the flowers start to peek through and everything starts to become lush and green again, it's an exciting time. And it can be an exciting time for our business too.Now, one of the things that I love doing in springtime is spring cleaning, getting rid of all of the old stuff that's been bogging me down, making space for new things, and that's exactly what we're going to do in our business too.Now, if you're like me and you've been in business for a minute, you may find that things start to feel stagnant after a while. You go through the rhythm and things build up. So maybe you have an email list that's full of subscribers that don't really engage anymore. Or maybe your social media has become a weird mishmash of things that you're not really even interested in anymore. Maybe you have a ton of followers who don't engage because they're in a different place in their life and they're not interested anymore. Things become stale after a while.And that is why spring cleaning is so important and I think that we should all be doing it at least once a year.A reset lets you refresh your online presence. It lets you update your online presence, and it gives you an opportunity to realign your business with the goals that you have for your business and for your life. This is a good opportunity to take a close look at your business and make sure that it is actually what you want to be doing and that you're headed in the direction you really genuinely want to go.So with all that in mind, let's go through 5 things that you can do to spring clean your business this year.Number one, update that website, my friends.Listen, I am so guilty of this. So I'm in no position to criticize anyone about their outdated website, but I can tell you that with my spring cleaning this year, my website is at the top of the list, because my business has pivoted a fair bit in the last year and my website doesn't quite reflect that yet. I'm pretty sure the link in my menu to my podcast still goes to my old podcast name. So yeah, I have some work to do there.This is a great opportunity to check to make sure all of your links still go to the right place. Check and make sure that copyright at the bottom of your page is updated to the correct year. Go to your about page. How old is that headshot on your about page? Be honest. Maybe it's time for a fresh new one. Maybe you want to update some details there. Maybe you have some new accolades that haven't been added to it, or maybe you want to put a different tone on your about page. That is a great thing to do during spring cleaning.So go through all of the pages on your website, make sure all of the links still work. Make sure that there hasn't been anything that has been broken and has some weird formatting issues, and update any of the information that is now defunct or that could use a refresh. And have fun with it.It's great to refresh your online presence. Your website is like your online storefront or your online office building. Just imagine putting little flowers in your little window boxes outside of your virtual online space. That's what it's like to update your website. So enjoy it.Number two, time to purge that email list.So that means that you're going to go into your email list and you are going to remove anyone who hasn't engaged in some time.Now you don't have to straight up remove them. What I usually do is I will highlight people who haven't engaged with any of my emails in maybe the last 6 months or so. And I'll send them an email that says, "Hey, I'm cleaning my email list. If you still want to be on it, click this link." And that link will flag that they are still engaged, they do want to stay on the list. Everyone who doesn't click, they get deleted and removed from my list.Because number one, we pay for our subscribers. I'm not going to be paying for people who aren't reading my stuff. Plus, it changes your open rates. It makes your open rates look a lot lower than they really are just because you have a slew of uninterested people on your email list who just maybe goes to their junk mail and maybe they just delete them or maybe they just ignore them.We want to remove those people from our email list and cultivate a community online that is engaged and interested in what we do.Me personally, I am not interested in having a huge audience. I'm interested in having an engaged audience. A huge audience does nothing for me if they are ignoring everything that I'm doing. So I would rather have a small, more intimate audience of people who actually are interested in what I'm doing.So that's what I do with my email list is I cull that fairly regularly. Now that means that my email list doesn't necessarily grow by thousands every year. I don't care. My purpose of my email list is so that when I email the people who are on it to tell them about things that are going on or to share a new episode or to talk about a new program that I offer, that people are paying attention, they're like, "Oh, cool, something new" and they're clicking through and they're interested in what's happening.And that's why I go through and cull my email list on a regular basis. And the springtime is the best time to do that.So depending on what you use for an email marketing service provider, I use Kit, and I set up an automation. Most email marketing services will have the option for you to set up some automation, where you can identify the people who are what we would call cold subscribers, people who haven't engaged in quite a while, and you can send an email out just to those people, give them a chance to re-engage, and if they don't, they're out of here.Number three, you are going to Marie Kondo the crap out of your social media presence.Now, if you're not familiar with Marie Kondo, she is the genius mind behind tidying up and purging things from your life that don't hold as much meaning anymore. She has a series of books. I think her most famous book is probably The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. And basically, it involves sitting with everything in your home, having a look at it, looking at it carefully. Does it spark joy? If it doesn't spark joy, you can get rid of it. That's a very basic analogy of what she does.But essentially that's what you're going to do with your social media with the spring cleaning.As you're scrolling, you don't necessarily have to go and intentionally go on Instagram or go on TikTok or wherever and do this, but just as you're going through the spring and you're scrolling Instagram or you're scrolling whatever your social media platform of choice is, if you see a post that doesn't bring you joy, unfollow.You can also mark things as not interested on Instagram at least, and I believe also on TikTok and so on. Most places will have that. A way to cue the algorithm. I don't really want to see this is a way to manually take control of what the algorithm is showing you.So if you are scrolling, try to do it consciously so that as you're going through, "Oh, I like this post," like this, give it a heart, give the algorithm a cue that I want to see more of this. And then you scroll on. "I don't like this person anymore. They don't make me feel good, so I'm going to unfollow them." And then you're scrolling and you see a piece of content about something that just doesn't make you feel good inside, so you're not interested in that.It's about consciously scrolling and telling the algorithm what you do and do not want to see, because then when you open your social media, instead of being bombarded with things that make you uncomfortable or make you not feel good or make you feel bad about yourself, you are seeing things that make you happy, things that make you feel inspired, things that brin

Feeling trapped by the content hamster wheel and losing your creative soul?It's time to rewild your business. In this episode, I'm walking you through exactly what rewilding means and the 6 tangible things you can do to get back to the heart of why you started your business in the first place.This is about shedding the prescribed strategies that have left you burnt out, reconnecting with your creativity, and building a business that actually feels good to run. If you've been feeling like the dream you had for your business is far from your reality, this one's for you.Get The Free Anti-Strategy Guide! 👉 https://www.amytakespictures.com/anti-strategy/Timestamps00:00:00 - are you losing your creative soul?00:00:33 - what rewilding your business actually is00:02:43 - you want your crayons back00:03:23 - the 6 things you can do to rewild your business00:03:49 - shedding what you've been told you have to do00:06:09 - reconnecting with your creative voice00:09:10 - finding inspiration in the wild00:12:52 - making room to breathe00:14:18 - income that isn't tied to your time00:16:00 - getting support so you can be wild00:17:36 - it's hard to break old habits-----------------------Join me on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/amy.takes.picturesWatch on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/amyeaton-----------------------Subscribe + leave a review! I'll love you forever. Seriously, it means so, so much.

Are digital products actually profitable, or is it all hype? In this episode, I'm debunking the biggest myths about digital products and revealing the 3 digital products that will net me multiple 6 figures in 2026. I'll share what actually works, why saturation doesn't matter, and how you can create digital products that sell without falling for predatory BS.---------------------------------Timestamps00:00 - introduction: can you actually make money with digital products?00:58 - debunking digital product myths01:41 - myth 103:36 - myth 204:56 - myth 307:57 - myth 410:51 - what you *can* do with digital products11:05 - saturated niche? why that's actually good13:45 - the technology barrier isn't as bad as you think15:05 - you don't have to create an online course16:01 - the 3 digital products making me multiple 6 figures16:14 - product 118:40 - product 220:04 - product 322:51 - how to create a digital product that's guaranteed to sell---------------------------------🔥 Join my FREE WORKSHOP to find your winning digital product idea in 60 minutes → https://www.amytakespictures.com/workshop📸 My product photography course → https://www.amytakespictures.com/1h-photolab📱 Bold + Bloom Lightroom presets → https://www.boldandbloompresets.com❤️‍🔥 Rebel Collective → https://www.amytakespictures.com/rebelcollective-----------------------Join me on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/amy.takes.picturesWatch on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/amyeaton-----------------------Subscribe + leave a review! I'll love you forever. Seriously, it means so, so much.

Are you building a business that feels like a golden cage?You started your business for freedom, but somewhere along the way it started running you instead of the other way around. In this episode, I'm sharing exactly how I built a multiple six-figure business that lets me live like I'm semi-retired, including the three unconventional things I do that most business coaches would never tell you about.Automation, intuition, and nature as a business guide. Yeah, it's a little wild. But it works.JOIN REBEL COLLECTIVE and have a burnout-proof business that fuels a life you love 👉 https://www.amytakespictures.com/rebelcollective-----------------------Join me on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/amy.takes.picturesWatch on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/amyeaton-----------------------Subscribe + leave a review! I'll love you forever. Seriously, it means so, so much.

GET THE ANTI-STRATEGY GUIDE HERE 👉 https://www.amytakespictures.com/anti-strategy/-----------------------------------What if you could stop doing all the stuff that feels like a total slog in your business?Last week I shared how the anti-strategy came about. This week, I'm breaking down what it actually is, the three pillars that guide it, and most importantly, what it's NOT.Dive deep into the "ANTI strategy," a unique approach to running your business that prioritizes what feels good and eliminates the slog. The anti-strategy goes beyond business tips; it's a philosophy for creative entrepreneurship on your own terms. I'm sharing the core pillars of this philosophy, giving small business owners an alternative/awesome approach to the same, tired marketing strategies and achieve sustainable, burnout-free business growth.This is all about filtering out the noise of everything you've been told you "should" do in your business and finding your own path forward. One that doesn't burn you out, actually feels good, and leads to real growth.If you're tired of following everyone else's formula and ready to build a business that fits your life, this one's for you.TIMESTAMPS00:00 - what is the anti-strategy?00:59 - rejecting the status quo01:36 - filter out what you've been told you "should" do02:37 - there is no one size fits all04:02 - finding creativity and joy in your business again08:27 - the three pillars of the anti-strategy09:02 - pillar 1: individuality13:04 - pillar 2: simplicity17:40 - pillar 3: feeling21:48 - what the anti-strategy is NOT25:44 - finding a platform that lights you up28:24 - standing out from AI by being purely human29:02 - embracing the anti-strategy takes time-----------------------Join me on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/amy.takes.picturesWatch on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/amyeaton-----------------------Subscribe + leave a review! I'll love you forever. Seriously, it means so, so much.

Tired of bending over backwards for the Instagram algorithm?Yeah, me too.In this first episode of Creative Business Rebellion, I'm sharing how I hit a breaking point with social media last year and what happened when I stopped following all the "rules" I'd been told I had to follow. Spoiler: my business got better, not worse.This is the intro to what I'm calling the anti-strategy. It's not another marketing strategy you have to learn. It's actually about unlearning a lot of the crap we've been told about how we "have" to run our businesses.If you've been feeling boxed in by all the things you think you're supposed to be doing in your business, this one's for you.-----------------------Join me on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/amy.takes.picturesWatch on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/amyeaton-----------------------Subscribe + leave a review! I'll love you forever. Seriously, it means so, so much.

You ready, Rebels?! We're so over following someone else's script, strategy, or formula. We're doing business our way, on our terms, and guess what? It's gonna be GREAT.Because when we shed all the pressure put us on to do or be certain things and start following our own path? That's where the magic really starts to happen.We enjoy our running our businesses more. We connect better with our target audiences. We're less vulnerable to burnout. We make more money. We're happier human beings and live fuller, richer lives.Welcome to the Anti-Strategy. I'm your guide, Amy, and I'm a multi-six-figure creative business owner and mentor. Let's get weird and blaze our trails, shall we?-----------------------Join me on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/amy.takes.picturesWatch on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/amyeaton-----------------------Subscribe + leave a review! I'll love you forever. Seriously, it means so, so much.

Hey, Amy here! The Bold Company podcast is going on hiatus for the summer. But never fear! We'll be back in the fall with new guests, new insights, and lots more to share. Over the summer, we'll be busy working with our course creators on Brioka to get their courses ready to launch. Want to join us? Sharing your craft with the world is not only fulfilling, but a great way to make your creative business more profitable and sustainable. Plus, there are zero startup or monthly fees. Learn more and join us at www.brioka.com. Follow Amy on Instagram 👉 @amy.takes.pictures Follow Brioka on Instagram 👉 @createwithbrioka-----------------------Join me on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/amy.takes.picturesWatch on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/amyeaton-----------------------Subscribe + leave a review! I'll love you forever. Seriously, it means so, so much.

Over the next few weeks we're revisiting some of our favourite episodes related to creativity and creative self-care. This week we're revisiting Amy's chat with Jenni Kowal, a fantastic self-care and creative exploration coach!  Original Description: In this episode I am chatting with Jenni Kowal of Anytime Creative. In addition to being a visual artist, Jenni is a self care and creative exploration coach. How cool is that?  Listen in to hear us talk about bringing joy and a sense of play into your creativity, running a successful Kickstarter campaign, and the importance of boundaries when it comes to self care. Plus we talk about her awesome Self Card Aventure Card Deck, which you are definitely going to want to check  out! About Jenni: Jenni Kowal is a multi passionate, visual artist and personal development coach specializing in self care and creative exploration. Founder of Anytime Creative, she offers a variety of life coaching services, mindfulness support. Her flagship product is the Self Care Adventure Cards - an intuitive card deck that sparks inspiration for every step of your self care journey. Her mission is to help scattered and multi-passionate creatives use self care to fuel their creative expression, get out of their own way and spend more time in flow! Links: Jenni's Website: https://anytimecreative.com Jenni on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/anytimecreative   Amy's Website: https://www.amytakespictures.com Amy on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/amy.takes.pictures   Brioka's Website: https://www.brioka.com Brioka on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/createwithbrioka-----------------------Join me on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/amy.takes.picturesWatch on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/amyeaton-----------------------Subscribe + leave a review! I'll love you forever. Seriously, it means so, so much.

Over the next few weeks we're revisiting some of our favourite episodes related to creativity and self-care. This week we're revisiting Amy's chat with Mari Reisberg, creativity coach and host of the Sustaining Creativity Podcast!   Original Description: In this episode, I'm speaking with Mari Reisberg: therapist, performer, creativity coach, and host of the Sustaining Creativity Podcast.  Mari and I talk about her journey as a very creative child, to the world of performing, and then onto her role supporting other creatives. We talk about rejection as a creative (something we all experience), creative self-care, and creating on your own terms.  Words you'll hear… "Affirmations lead us to goals, they lead us to the changes we want to make in our life." "When we give our mind space to relax, answers show up." "Creativity is a present moment experience." "I think we forget how important mindfulness is to creativity." About Mari Mari Reisberg, LPC is a therapist, performer, podcast host of the Sustaining Creativity Podcast and creativity coach. She holds a BFA in Acting from the University of Hartford's Hartt School and an MA in Somatic Counseling Psychology, Dance/Movement Therapy, from Naropa University. She currently splits time between the traditional 9-5 world as the director of utilization review and internship programming for a substance abuse treatment center, and her own Sustaining Creativity coaching business where she works 1:1 with performers and non-performers to spark, grow, sustain, share and transform creativity in their lives. She has shared her Sustaining Creativity work at conferences, Universities and in workshops across the country. Mari believes we are all creative and life is way more fun when we can find creativity.   Links Mari's Facebook: facebook.com/sustainingcreativity Mari's Instagram: instagram.com/sustainingcreativity Mari's Podcast: https://sustainingcreativity.buzzsprout.com/ Amy's episode of the Sustaining Creativity podcast: https://sustainingcreativity.buzzsprout.com/1028026/9485614-amy-eaton Mari's LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/marika-reisberg-b1320151 Mari's 7 Day Creativity Challenge: https://courses.skillfulmeans.life/7-day-Awakening-Creativity Mari's Free Creativity Guide: https://courses.skillfulmeans.life/Awakening-Creativity Brioka: https://www.brioka.com Brioka on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/createwithbrioka Amy's website: https://www.amytakespictures.com/ Amy's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amy.takes.pictures  -----------------------Join me on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/amy.takes.picturesWatch on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/amyeaton-----------------------Subscribe + leave a review! I'll love you forever. Seriously, it means so, so much.

Over the next few weeks, we're revisting some of our favourite episodes related to creativity and self-care. This week we're revisiting Amy's chat with Becca Rich, our favourite Holistic Time Coach! Original Description: In this episode I'm chatting with Becca Rich, a holistic time coach who helps busy, ambitious entrepreneurs reclaim their time and combat time scarcity. How many times have you said or thought "there's never enough time"? I've thought it MANY times - today. While scarcity mindset in terms of money is something we hear about often, time scarcity was a brand new concept for me and one I really needed to hear. What Becca shares in this episode is absolutely game-changing for entrepreneurs and creatives who feel like they're always struggling with time. Time is finite, but the way we view our time can make it feel like there truly is more hours in the day. About Becca Becca Rich is a holistic time coach and consultant supporting conscious yet ambitious business owners heal time scarcity and leverage their unique way of operating, so they can unapologetically live and work their way. As an engineer turned mindfulness teacher and holistic coach, her mission is to blow up the hustling status quo and help folks discover tools and mindsets authentic to them. Becca's deeply committed to the ripple effect that happens when we begin to reclaim our time. If you're interested in her work, be sure to connect with Becca!   🔗 Links 🔗 Website: https://www.theholistictimecoach.com/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theholistictimecoach/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/theholistictimecoach/ Amy's Website: https://www.amytakespictures.com/ Brioka: https://www.brioka.com Join the free Brioka Creators Group: https://creators.brioka.com Amy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amy.takes.pictures Brioka on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/createwithbrioka-----------------------Join me on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/amy.takes.picturesWatch on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/amyeaton-----------------------Subscribe + leave a review! I'll love you forever. Seriously, it means so, so much.

Over the next few weeks we're revisiting some of our favourite episodes related to creativity and creative self care. This week we're revisiting Amy's chat with Lauren Saunders, an entrepreneur and business mentor for heart-driven entrepreneurs.    Original Description:   In this episode of Bold Company I'm chatting with Lauren Saunders, business mentor and entrepreneur who shares with us how mindset and manifestation aren't just buzzwords - they're important, valuable, and legitimate pieces to the success puzzle.   There's a lot of talk about mindset and manifestation in the online business world, and sometimes they're romanticized concepts that don't seem like they carry much weight. Lauren shares with us how mindset and manifestation, when combined with action that is in alignment with what feels good to us, is the key to unlocking forward momentum in your business.   Listen now to hear about how you can change your way of thinking to begin making serious strides in your business.   Lauren Saunders is a Business Mentor who coaches ambitious, heart-driven entrepreneurs to align with their desired success. At the age of 28, she left her career as a high school art teacher for a life of entrepreneurship, and she's built two full-time businesses by implementing mindset, marketing, & manifestation strategies that actually work. Her experience and success has allowed her to coach business owners all over the world into full-time entrepreneurship. As an entrepreneur, she's quadrupled her income as a teacher and lives a life of travel, freedom and passion. She is lit up when providing ambitious business owners with the tools they need to manifest the success and lives they truly desire. Links ⤵️   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurencsaunders/  Website: https://www.laurencsaunders.com/ Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3wpu3QJln0Tcq5unwqTWuW   Amy's Episode on Lauren's Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7E85Ae7C3Mntdcl33lrr08 Amy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amy.takes.pictures Amy's Website: https://www.amytakespictures.com -----------------------Join me on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/amy.takes.picturesWatch on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/amyeaton-----------------------Subscribe + leave a review! I'll love you forever. Seriously, it means so, so much.

Over the next few weeks, we're revisiting some of our favourite episodes related to creativity and creative self-care. This week we're revisiting Amy's chat with Nicola Taylor, which is still one of Amy's favourite convos to date. Original Description: In this episode of the Bold Company podcast, I'm chatting with Nicola Taylor of Makers Business Toolkit. Nicola is a fine art photographer and mentor for makers and artists running their own businesses. She and I had one of my favourite conversations to date - all about finding your unique voice as a creative, maintaining your creativity and inspiration as a professional creative, and how there's no "right" or "wrong" way to go about it. If you are a creative professional of any kind, you are going to LOVE this conversation.-----------------------Join me on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/amy.takes.picturesWatch on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/amyeaton-----------------------Subscribe + leave a review! I'll love you forever. Seriously, it means so, so much.

Over the next few weeks, we're revisiting some of our favourite episodes related to creativity and creative self-care. We thought there'd be no better place to start then with Amy's own personal journey of creative rediscovery. Original Episode Description: Last summer, I hit a breaking point. I had stifled my creativity out of fear for so long that I firmly believe I was "not a creative person". Until it began bubbling up out of me in the most unexpected of ways - anxiety, mood swings, tears randomly bursting out of my face at the oddest of times. I couldn't keep it locked away any more. At the time, I didn't even know what "it" was - only that I was really struggling. I was disconnected, lost, unsure of where to go with my business and how to "fix" whatever it was that felt broken inside me. One conversation changed everything for me, and in this episode I share what was said that made me really evaluate my beliefs that I "wasn't creative", and how that began a beautiful, painful, and transformative quest to finding myself and my voice as a creative. Follow Amy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amy.takes.pictures Follow Amy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amyeatonphotography Go to Amy's website: https://www.amytakespictures.com/ Music: Happy Life by FREDJI https://soundcloud.com/fredjimusic https://www.facebook.com/fredjimusic/ Music promoted by Audio Library -----------------------Join me on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/amy.takes.picturesWatch on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/amyeaton-----------------------Subscribe + leave a review! I'll love you forever. Seriously, it means so, so much.

In this, the 50th episode of Bold Company Amy answers another awesome question from a listener. And this one is near and dear to Amy's heart because it's about books! "What are your favourite business books or authors?" Listen in as Amy shares her favourite recommendations as well as a list compiled from her Instagram followers!  The book list: Free to Focus: A Total Productivity System to Achieve More by Doing Less by Michael Hyatt Embrace Your Weird: Face Your Fears and Unleash Creativity by Felicia Day You Are a Badass at Making Money: Master the Mindset of Wealth by Jen Sincero All Along You Were Blooming by Morgan Harper Nichols Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert Driven to Succeed: From Poverty to Podium - A First-Nation Success Story by Kendal Netmaker It's About Time: The Art of Choosing the Meaningful over the Urgent, by Valorie Burton Atomic Habits by James Clear (Instagram recommended as well) We Should All Be Millionaires: A Woman's Guide to Earning More, Building Wealth, and Gaining Economic Power by Rachel Rodgers (Recommended by Julieanne from Heirloom Island) Words that Sell: The Thesaurus to Help You Promote Your Products, Services, and Ideas by Richard Bayan The Zen of Creativity: Cultivating Your Artistic Life by John Daido Loori Trust the Process: An Artist's Guide to Letting Go by Shaun McNiff Stories That Sell: Turn Satisfied Customers into Your Most Powerful Sales & Marketing Asset Donald Miller: Marketing Made Simple, Business Made Simple, Hero on a Mission Contagious: Why Things Catch On by Jonah Berger Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity by Kim Scott Links: Leave us a review - www.ratethispodcast.com/boldcompany Amy's Website - www.amytakespictures.com Amy's Instagram - www.instagram.com/amy.takes.pictures  Brioka's Website - www.brioka.com Brioka on Instagram - www.instagram.com/createwithbrioka  -----------------------Join me on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/amy.takes.picturesWatch on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/amyeaton-----------------------Subscribe + leave a review! I'll love you forever. Seriously, it means so, so much.

In this episode Amy talks to Emma Freeman, an incredibly talented intuitive artist and poet. Amy and Emma dive deep into their respective creative journeys and practices.    Listen in as they discuss their spirituality and how it affects their creativity, their shared love of objects with rich histories and healing through creativity. You are definitely going to want to hear this fantastic and fascinating conversation.    Bio:   Emma Freeman is an artist, poet, and teacher who uses creative and spiritual practices to heal and unearth deeper knowing and meaning in her life. Her practice is  contemplative, slow and focused on quiet play and intuitive listening. She loves creating community spaces that encourage deep conversation, intuitive self-expression, spiritual discovery and collective healing. She's a Buddhist, queer, highly sensitive and sober. She lives in Wisconsin with her two rescue beagles.    Links:   Emma's Website: www.creativeunearthing.com Emma's Instagram: www.instagram.com/emmafreemanart   Amy's Website: www.amytakespictures.com Amy's Instagram: www.instagram.com/amy.takes.pictures    Brioka's Website: www.brioka.com Brioka's Instagram: www.instagram.com/createwithbrioka -----------------------Join me on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/amy.takes.picturesWatch on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/amyeaton-----------------------Subscribe + leave a review! I'll love you forever. Seriously, it means so, so much.

In this episode Amy answers a listener's question about setting up email marketing. She talks about the ins and outs of email marketing and exactly why you need to have an email list set up. Hint: you TOTALLY need to!   Listen in to hear Amy's best recommendations for content, frequency and building your email list. Plus she talks about which program she uses now and why she recommends it so highly.   Thanks to Ayla at Ruya Creations for the question. And if you want to submit your own question to be answered in a future episode you can send Amy a DM or submit it at the link below. We'd love to hear from you.   Links:   Ruya Creations Website: www.ruyacreations.com    Question Submission: www.amytakespictures.com/submitaquestion    Shine Bright Registration: www.amytakespictures.com/shinebright Amy's Website: www.amytakespictures.com Amy on Instagram: www.instagram.com/amy.takes.pictures   Brioka's Website: www.brioka.com Brioka on Instagram: www.instagram.com/createwithbrioka-----------------------Join me on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/amy.takes.picturesWatch on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/amyeaton-----------------------Subscribe + leave a review! I'll love you forever. Seriously, it means so, so much.

In this episode Amy answers the first of the questions listeners have submitted! Melissa asked "How did you approach hiring your assistant and how did you know it would be a good fit? Where did you start looking and where did you find her?"   Listen in to hear how Amy hired Megan, who started out handling her customer service but has grown into Amy's invaluable right hand assistant. Amy talks about how you know it's the right time to hire a Virtual Assistant (VA), what it can do for the growth of your business and her most important tips for how to go about finding and hiring the right person!   We would love to hear your questions - you can submit them at amytakespictures.com/submitaquestion    Amy's Website: www.amytakespictures.com Amy on Instagram: www.instagram.com/amy.takes.pictures  Question Submissions: www.amytakespictures.com/submitaquestion   Brioka's Website: www.brioka.com  Brioka on Instagram: www.instagram.com/createwithbrioka   -----------------------Join me on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/amy.takes.picturesWatch on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/amyeaton-----------------------Subscribe + leave a review! I'll love you forever. Seriously, it means so, so much.