Welcome to another episode of Creative Moms Focus, where we share our personal and professional challenges and triumphs of being mompreneurs. Today, we're focusing on a quite overlooked aspect of life and business: setting boundaries.

Why Boundaries Matter

As creative professionals and mothers, the line between work and home life often blurs, leading to stress and potential burnout. We wanted to take some time to share our personal strategies for maintaining clear boundaries that help us manage our businesses without sacrificing family time.

Productivity Strategies

Each of us has specific morning routines that give us the confidence to meet the day and whatever challenges may arise. We have found that writing our to-do lists before getting started helps us clear our minds and prioritize our daily tasks. And one thing that has really helped keep our priorities where they need to be is block scheduling. Not only does this keep us focused, but it prevents our professional life from spilling over into our family time.

What Boundaries Realistically Look Like For Each of Us

Tara - prioritizes client communications and managing her daily tasks in order of importance.

Jessica - emphasizes the importance of block scheduling to avoid overworking and maintain a healthy work-life balance.

Samantha - shares insights into using tools like Calendly to manage client interactions efficiently, respecting her time and that of her clients.

Combating Burnout

We have learned this lesson the hard way and wanted to share how you can avoid common pitfalls as a mompreneur. Make sure you’re setting realistic work hours. And don’t be afraid to be firm with scheduling. Plus, remember how important it is to take breaks to recharge, especially during peak seasons.

Community and Support

We’d love for you to share your experiences with boundary setting. And remember, Creative Moms Focus is not just a podcast but a community where creative mothers support and uplift each other.

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Welcome to Creative Moms Focus Podcast

Creative Moms Focus is dedicated to mothers with a passion for photography and an entrepreneurial spirit. We aim to support, inspire, and empower creative moms on their business journey while balancing the joys of motherhood. In this episode, we have brought back the one and only, Melissa Arlena, a former IT nerd turned photographer who is obsessed with SEO.

With over 16 years in business, she is such a gold mine of information on all things business and motherhood. Melissa has moved her business multiple times and has continued to rank high on Google even when starting from scratch in a new location. We’ve brought her on today to share what she thinks is most important SEO-wise when moving your business and we can’t wait for you to dive in!

Are you stuck on what to share about on your blog to start driving some traffic to your website? Melissa has provided a freebie just for you - her top blog post topics!

Melissa’s goal is to help portrait photographers who aren’t getting enough inquiries get found on Google so they can fill their calendar with DREAM clients. She is THE one to trust with your SEO.

To connect with Melissa, visit her website: Picture Perfect Rankings.

To listen to her podcast with fellow photographer Alison Bell, check out Keep It Moving Podcast.

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Welcome to Creative Moms Focus Podcast

Creative Moms Focus is dedicated to mothers with a passion for photography and an entrepreneurial spirit. We aim to support, inspire, and empower creative moms on their business journey while balancing the joys of motherhood. In this episode, we’re discussing how to successfully transition wedding clients into portrait clients. All three of us, Tara, Samantha, and Jessica all started our businesses in the wedding industry. As time went on and our family dynamics changed, we each decided to transition into the portrait industry.

But let's be real - that's a terrifying transition to think about, isn't it? Maybe you've been there yourself and you can relate. OR maybe you're considering that transition yourself, but don't know where to start. This week's episode is for you! We're diving deep into all of the things we did wrong, what happened as a result, and what we recommend you do instead to be even more successful than we were!

Connect with us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creativemomsfocus

Find out more on our website: creativemomsfocus.com

We’d love it if you’d share this episode with a friend and tag us on social media! @‌creativemomsfocus

Join Us! Whether you're just starting out or you're a seasoned pro, Creative Moms Focus offers a community and resources to navigate the beautiful chaos of entrepreneurship and motherhood together.