The Candid Creative Podcast

In this episode of The Candid Creative, Lys Lytle and Manda Worthington dive into a hot topic in the creative business world: niching down. Does narrowing your focus really lead to more revenue, a stronger brand following, and clients that are a perfect fit? Or has it become just another overhyped buzzword? At first, both hosts are a bit skeptical—questioning whether focusing on a single niche actually helps grow your business. But as they dig deeper, they explore the potential benefits and challenges of committing to a niche, especially in the wedding industry. Tune in to hear their candid discussion, and find out whether niching down is the right move for your business on this episode of The Candid Creative Podcast. To Stay Updated with Lys and Manda: The Candid Creative Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/candidcreativepodcast/ [https://www.instagram.com/candidcreativepodcast/] The Candid Creative Podcast Website: https://www.candidcreativepodcast.com/ [https://www.candidcreativepodcast.com/] Manda: https://www.maeandcomonthly.com/ [https://www.maeandcomonthly.com/] Lys: https://www.floweringminds.education/ [https://www.floweringminds.education/]

This week on The Candid Creative Podcast, Manda and Lys are sitting down together and sharing their lowest moments in business, and what they took away from those low points. The two dive into a few topics before going into today’s main takeaway, such as pricing “concerns” that some people may have for business coaching and masterminds. Manda shares how she transitioned into percentage pricing as she broke through to the luxury market, and Lys talks about her persistence with showing up every day and putting in the work for the future payoff she believed was coming. Join in on this week’s conversation as Lys and Manda get vulnerable and share their experiences on this episode of The Candid Creative Podcast. To Stay Updated with Lys and Manda: The Candid Creative Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/candidcreativepodcast/ [https://www.instagram.com/candidcreativepodcast/] The Candid Creative Podcast Website: https://www.candidcreativepodcast.com/ [https://www.candidcreativepodcast.com/] Lys: https://www.floweringminds.education/ [https://www.floweringminds.education/] Manda: https://www.maeandcomonthly.com/ [https://www.maeandcomonthly.com/] If you enjoyed the show please Subscribe, Rate, and Review!

This week on The Candid Creative Podcast, Lys and Manda are diving into your questions and giving us their genuine and unfiltered takes. Should you show your face online if you want to break into the luxury industry? Do you try to jump on a call with every inquiry you get?  And, how can you “break up” with a business partner? Listen in and join this week’s conversation on The Candid Creative Podcast! To Stay Updated with Lys and Manda: The Candid Creative Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/candidcreativepodcast/ [https://www.instagram.com/candidcreativepodcast/] The Candid Creative Podcast Website: https://www.candidcreativepodcast.com/ [https://www.candidcreativepodcast.com/] Lys: https://www.floweringminds.education/ [https://www.floweringminds.education/] Manda: https://www.maeandcomonthly.com/ [https://www.maeandcomonthly.com/] If you enjoyed the show please Subscribe, Rate, and Review!

This week on The Candid Creative Podcast, Lys and Manda are taking a deep dive into the 4 changes you can implement on your website that will help increase your inquiries. To start the show the two revisit AI, how it is implemented in their businesses, and some of the do’s and don’ts of utilizing Artificial Intelligence in today's creative entrepreneur landscape. Manda and Lys share 4 important insights and changes that you can make to your website in order to increase your inquiry responses such as reducing friction on the inquiry form itself, your website’s first impression, and more in this week’s episode of The Candid Creative Podcast! To Stay Updated with Lys and Manda: The Candid Creative Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/candidcreativepodcast/ [https://www.instagram.com/candidcreativepodcast/] The Candid Creative Podcast Website: https://www.candidcreativepodcast.com/ [https://www.candidcreativepodcast.com/] Lys: https://www.floweringminds.education/ [https://www.floweringminds.education/] Manda: https://www.maeandcomonthly.com/ [https://www.maeandcomonthly.com/] If you enjoyed the show please Subscribe, Rate, and Review!

This week on The Candid Creative Podcast, Manda and Lys and jumping into the whether or not you should have a close relationship with your clients. To start the show Lys talks about dealing with hail damage, and Manda unpacks photographers’ attitudes towards the ownership of their photos before they jump into this week’s discussion. The two touch on how they have evolved their client relationships to a more minimalist relationship instead of the trend of being “besties” with all of your clients, and Manda talks about how differently she treated client relationships at the start of her career as opposed to now. Listen in on this week’s conversation on this episode of The Candid Creative Podcast. To Stay Updated with Lys and Manda: The Candid Creative Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/candidcreativepodcast/ [https://www.instagram.com/candidcreativepodcast/] The Candid Creative Podcast Website: https://www.candidcreativepodcast.com/ [https://www.candidcreativepodcast.com/] Lys: https://www.floweringminds.education/ [https://www.floweringminds.education/] Manda: https://www.maeandcomonthly.com/ [https://www.maeandcomonthly.com/] If you enjoyed the show please Subscribe, Rate, and Review!