Power of Pragmatic Positivity
The recent passing of my mother brought the principles of pragmatic positivity into sharp focus, prompting me to challenge conventional beliefs about personal growth and fulfillment. I’ve come to realize, now more than ever, that my mother’s lesson is that we are already living our dreams, and that the status quo holds the potential for profound growth and transformation.
Behind the Scenes: How The Trilogy Hotel Photo Shoot Became a Wedding Venue UGC Story
It’s not every day that the past, present, & future align to create an extraordinary narrative. This is the story of our Wedding Venue UGC journey at the Trilogy Hotel, a story that allowed us to blend our unique experiences and skills to offer something special.
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Hello Hummingbird: Learning Process through A Passion Project
Diving into this endeavor is not really about feeding my interest in these delightful birds. I see it as a unique opportunity to navigate the complexities of creating a successful newsletter and YouTube channel. Before launching a larger, more ambitious project that will require a significant investment of time and resources, I want to learn the ropes through this smaller, simpler venture that I am equally passionate about.
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Virtual Groupie of the Rich & Famous-Amongst-Nerds
Shaan, Sam, and their guests to bring authenticity and engage in honest conversations aimed at personal and professional growth. While their advice may not be a panacea for everyone, for me, it feels like I’ve discovered the voices I want to hear in my head as I explore the market’s desire for what I have to offer.
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The Titans of Entrepreneurial Wisdom: Sam Parr and Shaan Puri’s Journey to Success
Disclaimer – this entire article was written by ChatGPT based on the following prompt…
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Elevating the Experience: A Fusion of Traditional Hotel Photography and UGC at Drury Plaza Hotel, Richmond, VA
Recently, we had the pleasure of photographing the beautiful Drury Plaza Hotel in Richmond,…
The Challenge of Pursuing Your Vision When You’re Living Your Dream
Our hotel photo shoot at the Drury Plaza Hotel – Disney Springs Resort was the perfect opportunity to explore the challenge of pursuing a vision while living a dream.
By showcasing your hotel in a magical, captivating light, you’ll make it stand out in search results and leave potential guests eager to book a stay. With careful planning, attention to detail, and a skilled photographer, your hotel can reap the benefits of twilight photography and truly shine online.
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When Everything Goes Wrong: Lessons Learned from a Challenging Hotel Photo Shoot
The Perfect Storm: A Hotel Shoot Filled with Foreseen & Unforeseen Challenges Embarking on…
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Navigating Changes in the Hotel Photography Business
As with any industry, the hotel photography business is constantly evolving. It’s important to understand the nuances of each hotel brand’s photography requirements in order to stay ahead of the game. In this blog post, we’ll discuss the importance of knowing whether a brand allows a preferred vendor, requires an approved vendor, or if the hotel is allowed to choose their own photographer.
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How to Build Your Hotel UGC Portfolio from Scratch: Show, Don’t Tell
As an aspiring hotel content creator, building a portfolio from scratch can be challenging.
However, it’s important to take a slow and steady approach, rather than relying on unrealistic expectations set by mood boards.
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Empathy in Business – Why It’s Not Just Kindness
Empathy isn’t just kind…it’s actually good for your business.
A recent trip to my dentist and the accompanying PTSD that ensued reminded me of this. My dentist isn’t in my network but I choose to use her for my dental work because of her empathy and kindness.
What can that teach me about my business?
The Power of Twilight Shots in Hotel Photography
Twilight exterior photos are the money shots that can elevate your hotel’s visual marketing to the next level.
By showcasing your hotel in a magical, captivating light, you’ll make it stand out in search results and leave potential guests eager to book a stay. With careful planning, attention to detail, and a skilled photographer, your hotel can reap the benefits of twilight photography and truly shine online.
Premium Real Estate Photography Add-Ons
In a slow real estate market, competition among realtors is fierce. With more listings and fewer buyers, it’s crucial for real estate professionals to up their marketing game and stand out among the competition. One way to do this is by incorporating premium add-ons like aerial photography and twilight photos into your listings. While these services may be particularly advantageous for high-end properties, they can benefit any listing that wants to make a lasting impression on potential buyers. In this blog post, we’ll discuss the importance of investing in professional photography services and how they can give you a competitive edge.
Dreams Change Nightly. Should Visions Change Daily?
Most people have no idea how to define their DREAM or articulate their VISION – much less create a plan to live the life they deserve. I created a framework called Get to No University to help you do that. I am testing myself to see if I can reverse engineer my framework as I pursue my own vision.
I want to be able to articulate my vision in a straightforward and concise way. I’m doing that through a repetitive process – a system that I created designed to help me understand and articulate my vision.
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Mastering Smart Brevity with ChatGPT, the Key to Unlocking My Writing Potential
Embracing the power of Smart Brevity and utilizing ChatGPT as a writing companion can transform the way I communicate, allowing me to share my insights with the world more effectively.
Join me on this journey by following my progress here and on Medium, and let’s learn the art of saying more with less together.
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Introducing our New Vision: Passionately Pursuing the Life WE Deserve to Inspire YOU to Pursue Yours
The mission of Vision Quest, LTD is to passionately and publicly pursue the life we deserve in order to inspire others to pursue theirs. When people find out that we travel around taking pictures for a living, the consistent answer is some version of “OMG it’s always been my dream to travel!” The story of how we got started, the sacrifices we made to get here, and the realities of a nomad lifestyle are indeed the stuff of dreams.
More Vision, Less Quest
Our dream life didn’t just manifest one day but neither did we set out to create the life we live now.
COVID forced us to stay home for the first time since we got married. And it forced us to RETHINK everything about what it meant to LIVE THE DREAM. And here’s what we found – we don’t want the world’s longest honeymoon to end. We just want to spend more time in the places and with the people that we love.
To that end, we are excited to announce three new areas of focus that will allow us to continue pursuing the life we deserve while also helping others to achieve their own dreams.
We blew so far past Living the Dream that we didn’t even realize our DREAM had changed.
Vision Quest Media – Where Authenticity Meets Creativity
In addition to our traditional hotel photography services, we are now partnering with content creators to bring authentic guest experiences to life. By combining our expertise in hotel photography with the storytelling skills of experienced content creators, we can create a more compelling and engaging experience for guests. This allows us to work in the areas where we excel and create even more value for our clients.
Furthermore, Vision Quest Media will also offer clean slate white background product photography at our photo studio as well as authentic at-home reviews in our home studio. This allows us to provide high-quality product photography for our clients without the need for them to travel or spend time away from their business.
With Vision Quest Media, we’re excited to bring together all of our skills and experience to provide comprehensive and valuable services to our clients.
Ask Auntie Paige Coaching
We are excited to offer Ask Auntie Paige Coaching. As a late-diagnosed neurodivergent woman, Auntie Paige has learned to succeed in life and business by self-selecting opportunities that utilize her particular strengths and make her areas of struggle less impactful. With her no-nonsense, straight talk approach, she can help you find your own brilliance and succeed in the areas where you excel.
Curated Content Safari
Don’t worry – we aren’t giving up our Hotel Photography business. Why would we when we love it and have gotten really good at it!
The Curated Content Safari is a new offering from Vision Quest Media that brings together our expertise in traditional hotel photography with a team of talented and hand-picked content creators to tell the story of a hotel or resort in an authentic and genuine way. We work with professional organic content creators to provide authentic guest experience videos and photography, and our agency model is non-exclusive and based on a profit-sharing model where the creator and the hotel own their content.
Our goal is to provide a social media kickstart program called the Brand Opening Package that includes an a la carte selection of deliverables that can be customized to the smallest detail. We also work with brands who dream of beautiful destination photo shoots for their products but don’t have the budget for a dedicated destination photo shoot.
Get to No University: A Framework for Building the Life and Business You Deserve
In addition to our new focus areas, we’re excited to share that we’re also working on a book called Get to No University. The book will detail the framework we’ve used to build the business we deserve and the lifestyle we love. We recognize that our current success is not easily replicable because we didn’t set out to create the current version of our lifestyle. However, as we intentionally build the next phase of our honeymoon to support the lifestyle we love, we realize that we are already living the dream.
The framework outlined in Get to No University is designed to help entrepreneurs and business owners build the business and lifestyle they deserve. We’ll share our experiences and insights, as well as practical tips and strategies for creating a successful business on your own terms. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to take your business to the next level, we believe that the principles in this book will help you achieve your goals.
We invite you to join us on this new journey as we explore the framework in more detail and work to build the business we deserve for ourselves. Together, we can create the life we want and inspire others to do the same.
Get to No University
What if your dreams really could come true? Ours did. We believe that yours can too. Our DREAM forms the hypothesis, our PLAN becomes the experiment, and our life STORY documents the journey… so far. Get to No University – Asking Why and Saying No to Revolutionize the Status Quo Read More posts… Get to…
Ask Auntie Paige Coaching
Let’s Revolutionize the Status Quo! Our coaching is focused on Revolutionizing the Status Quo. Tired of being told you’re “too much” or “not enough”? You are perfect just the way you are, quirks and idiosyncrasies included. We each deserve to live the life that is most aligned with the blueprint of our soul. My coaching…
