Sharing all things about how I feel deep inside, venturing into a new unknown and starting a whole new business. I share my deep and honest thoughts about aligning myself with my goals and sharing my fears and revelations about where I am now compared to where I was a few years ago. It's an honest sit-down and heart-to-heart conversation that I hope you'll find encouraging in your own journey to creating your own path as a creative entrepreneur.Enjoyed this episode? Don't forget to leave me a review.You can also follow me on the socials: @joshjay.co and @offbeat__academy

Jonathan Suckling is a wedding photographer who went viral on Facebook many years ago for his comedic take on being a wedding photographer. Since then he has gone viral many times over, and has seen a huge amount of success on TikTok and Instagram Reels. We analyse his career and success and Jonathan shares his thoughts on the current social media climate and tips for those who are wanting to create video content as a way to market their photography business.As always, don't forget to leave a review after you've listened to this episode.Your can find Jonathon on Instagram and on TikTok as: @jonathansucklingEnjoyed this episode? Don't forget to leave me a review.You can also follow me on the socials: @joshjay.co and @offbeat__academy

Let's talk about the two C's. Something that I know has been able to put me on the path of success in my personal, creative and business life. I'm here to explain why these two C's are beyond important when standing out above the crowd, and how this will make your business desirable and in demand.Enjoyed this episode? Don't forget to leave me a review.You can also follow me on the socials: @joshjay.co and @offbeat__academy

We're looking at why you shouldn't listen to your gut all the time when making decisions in your business. Listening to your intuition is an important exercise, but it should never be what drives your final decision regarding business. What should, you ask? Data. Raw data is what you should look at when you want to make business decisions when you pick your ideal clients, and your marketing plans and want to increase your pricing. In this episode, I run through how looking and using data instead of my gut has grown my business over the past 13 years.If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to leave me a review! Enjoyed this episode? Don't forget to leave me a review.You can also follow me on the socials: @joshjay.co and @offbeat__academy

In this episode, we're doing deep. And I mean deep down into our feelings and subconscious to shed light on why we suffer from perfectionism and how my journey of being able to break myself free from that has been for the past 2 years and how that's allowed me to start this podcast, and start 2 new businesses after hanging up my hat from being a full-time wedding photographer.Have a listen and don't forget to leave a review!Enjoyed this episode? Don't forget to leave me a review.You can also follow me on the socials: @joshjay.co and @offbeat__academy

In this episode, we dive into 7 key reasons your business might not be growing and understand the whys behind them and figure out the hows to ensure that you can do the opposite instead and grow your business.These points are short and sweet, but pack a punch and will definitely need a second listen-through once you've spent some time thinking about them.Enjoyed this episode? Don't forget to leave me a review.You can also follow me on the socials: @joshjay.co and @offbeat__academy

A positive experience will almost certainly make up for an average product but a great product will not compensate for a bad experience. In this episode, we talk through something that's commonly overlooked for small business owners, especially photography businesses. Your client's experience of your business is sometimes more important than your final product and we're going to explore why and what you can do to enhance your own client experience with you so you can get free marketing and generate more leads organically.Enjoyed this episode? Don't forget to leave me a review.You can also follow me on the socials: @joshjay.co and @offbeat__academy

In this episode, we dive into discussing the difference approaches people have to work - working smart vs working hard and look at debuting a common misconception when it comes to working hard and exploring why the phrase of 'working hard will always pay off' is misleading and inaccurate for most people in application when they look at the output of their efforts put in.Enjoyed this episode? Don't forget to leave me a review.You can also follow me on the socials: @joshjay.co and @offbeat__academy

In this episode, we dive into the difference between having a scarcity and abundance mindset and why people who have a scarcity mindset will not only gradually ruin their business but will also stay poor in the process. There is a way to improve your mindset and not stay poor in your business, so listen in and find out how to access the abundance mindset and turn your business around.Enjoyed this episode? Don't forget to leave me a review.You can also follow me on the socials: @joshjay.co and @offbeat__academy

In this episode, we're looking at why sales feels icky and how to get to the bottom of the reason why so many of us feel uncomfortable when we enter sales calls or try and upsell to our client.We cover three main points of the 'ick' and go through why this may be the case for you and how you can turn that around to make sales work in your favour and not feel the ick anymore.Enjoyed this episode? Don't forget to leave me a review.You can also follow me on the socials: @joshjay.co and @offbeat__academy