Let's Get Real
Running a creative business isn’t hard because you lack talent.
You’re making decisions in a vacuum.
- Second-guessing your pricing.
- Wondering if you’re focusing on the right things.
- Holding big creative ideas while juggling very real financial responsibilities.
GET strategic Clarity,
ongoing accountability,
expert business guidance,
so you can build your creative business with confidence
and without burnout, decision fatigue and overwhelm.
It’s hard because you’re doing it alone.
THAT'S WHY YOU NEED A CREATIVE SIDEKICK
the strategic parnership for photographers
who are done with doing it all alone.
The invisible toll of doing it all yourself.
- Second-guessing your pricing every time you hit send on a proposal.
- Wondering if you’re focusing on the right marketing tasks.
- Holding big creative ideas while juggling very real financial responsibilities.
- Nowhere to pressure test your decisions before you make them
- Feeling like everyone else has everything in their business figured out.
→ spoiler alert: they don't. they just have support
There’s no team meeting.
No built-in sounding board.
No one checking your blind spots.
Just you… and your to-do list.
And mentally, over time, that takes a toll.
Not just on your business, but on your energy, your confidence, and your creativity.
reality check
Everything shifts when you have a strategic partner.
Everything shifts when you have a strategic partner.
instead of second guessing or scrambling to find answers
You have a
- understands the creative industry and the business side.
- can help you zoom out from the daily chaos, and bring you back to what actually will move you towards your goals.
- can gut-check your ideas
- helps you keep your priorities crystal clear — not by pushing harder, but by bringing clarity, structure, and perspective.
- provide help and guidance to managing client exceptions especially usage and licensing
- be a second pair of ears on a discovery call
creative sidekick who:
when you have a
creative sidekick
there is A steady rhythm of accountability, so things don't stall
A place to talk through decisions before they become stress spirals
A clearer plan for your marketing, money, and creative growth
you stop wondering what to focus on and actually start
everything changes
helping to project manage and Carry some of the mental load
researching the clients
designing the pitch
sitting in on the discovery and creative calls
how creative sidekick works.
That’s why I offer two ways to work together
You Business with a GPS
This is for the creative entrepreneur who doesn’t need someone inside their business every day. They have the capacity to make things happen
and at the same time want someone to check in with for the 10,000 view and keep priorities in check.
They wants clarity, structure, momentum, and someone they can trust to keep their goals moving forward.
→ a 90 min intake session to create a tailored roadmap anchored into monthly + quarterly milestones.
→ A monthly 45-minute call to track progress, reset priorities, and troubleshoot.
→ feedback inside your roadmap on a weekly bias via notion or google docs
investment: $750/month for 3 months
(or $2000 upfront)
Creative COO Partnership
High-touch, done-with-you support for creatives who want a partner inside their business — someone who helps strategize, systemize, and execute.
this includes everything in option 1 and:
→ a one time deep dive of the systems that keep the heartbeat of your business flowing. This audit will help to see if there is overlapping programs (money to be saved), how to better utilize what you have, what’s working and what needs a new solution.
→ business development support
- finding contact inforamtion
- reviewing pitches
- writing or co-writing pitches
- building outlines or templates you can personalize
- creating capabilities decks or revising your current ones
- helping strategize outreach campaigns
- Building estimates
- light editing or drafting important emails
- reviewing proposals
- helping you follow up with leads in a structured way
→ Weekly support mon-thurs, via google docs, whatsapp
investment: $1500/month for 3 months
(or $4200 UPFRONT)
One off "pick my brain" call
we hop on a zoom call and talk through your question, bid, usage, workflow, portfolio, marketing.
you'll get the recording.
come prepared with what you want to cover and what you want out the session. there is no prework, and no post follow up.
investment: $257/call 90 mins
Hey, I’m Shelly, Your sidekick.
I help commercial food and lifestyle photographers build the businesses they've always dreamed of without sacrificing their magic, vision or style.
As a photographer myself, I understand the challenges that come with running a successful commercial photography business. I've seen talented photographers struggle to navigate the intricacies of pricing, license usage, finding clients, marketing and more. That's why I started this business - to make the business of photography simple and understandable.
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