Amy Jackson is the founder of learn blog photography where she empowers bloggers to ditch stock photos and learn to create their own high-quality business photos; no fancy camera needed. Amy is a single mom to a teenage son, who happens to share her passions for skiing and photography.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Jill & Josh Stanton of Screw the Nine to Five
When business started difficulties overcame:
“Confidence and invisibility because I didn’t want my boss knowing that I was doing this, so I kind of hid a little bit and I didn’t want them to see that I was working on something at lunch so I would kind of go off to the side and ultimately trying to find the time was also the other difficult thing that I had to kind of rework my life around to find the time to do it”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level Book by Gay HendricksFavourite Quote:
“It doesn’t have to be perfect, it just has to be done”
Recommended Online Resources:
Instagram – A simple, fun creative way to capture, edit share photos, videos messages with friends family
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Done is better than perfect. Start selling right away. I have that mindset that they have to know, like and trust me first, I have to give them massive value and tons of content all for free and they’ll be tossing money at me when I start selling to them, well no. In hindsight I would have gone back and started selling much earlier”…[Listen for More]
More About Amy Jackson:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“The mind when it has an old experience will add that data into its current experience, and it keeps coming up with wrong answers.” L. Ron Hubbard
Other Quotes From the Chat with Amy Jackson:
“I think having a good, whether it be a mastermind or mentor, is crucial because you’re always going to, maybe guys are different because you have a totally different mindset on things but women especially are almost conditioned to play small and so visibility is something that’s a little harder for them to do and so having that mentor or biz-bestie or whatever you want to call it that is going to help push you to get out there is probably integral”
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