Nicole Smith - Wild Business Growth Podcast #280 Travel Photo Maestro, Founder of Flytographer

Nicole Smith – Wild Business Growth Podcast #280: Travel Photo Maestro, Founder of Flytographer

Keep going with your side hustle. You might just create a side hustle for people all around the world. That’s the story of this week’s Wild Business Growth Podcast guest, Nicole Smith. Nicole is the Founder and CEO of Flytographer. Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and your other favorite podcast platforms.

Episode 280: Nicole Smith – Travel Photo Maestro, Founder of Flytographer

Nicole Smith, the Founder and CEO of Flytographer, joins the show to share her journey from selling her car to stay in business to creating the vacation photo marketplace that’s captured over 4 million memories in nearly 400 cities around the world. Hear how to sleep on a trampoline, turn your side hustle into a full-time business, stay easy to work with, run a global company, and a special Travel Edition of Rapid-Fire Q&A. This episode covers everything from Roberta in Rome to the time zones in Antarctica. Here’s a small sample of what you will hear in this episode:

  • Eating KD
  • Where did the idea for Flytographer come from
  • What’s the benefit of Flytographer for customers and photographers
  • How much of the Flytographer business is vacation photos
  • Freak Encounters!
  • How often should you speak with your coach or mentor
  • Where’s the most beautiful place Nicole has traveled to
  • What country had the biggest culture shock

Connect with Nicole at Flytographer.com, on Instagram @Flytographer and @FlytographerLife, and on LinkedIn.

Enjoy the shoooooow! Check out the show notes below for much more detail. You can also find the full transcript here.

Show Notes

Nicole Smith Flytographer
So Fly
  • The Flytographer Story
    • [9:34] Flytographer: The Opposite of Raccoons
    • [9:52] Where did the idea for Flytographer come from
    • [11:00] Selfie
    • [11:43] Wide-Angle Shot or Wide Shot (WS)
    • [12:23] iPhone
    • [14:10] What did Flytographer look like as a Side Hustle
    • [20:18] Slack Channel API (Application Programming Interface)
    • [20:32] Staples Easy Button
    • [20:54] What’s the benefit of Flytographer for customers
    • [23:15] Shoutout, Roberta in Rome!
    • [23:31] Why did Nicole expand Flytographer into other local photoshoots
    • [24:49] How much of the Flytographer business is vacation photos
    • [25:32] Poor Antarctica
    • [25:49] How do you navigate different business laws in different countries
    • [26:05] COO (Chief Operating Officer)
    • [27:00] Super-citing!
    • [27:22] How much time do photographers spend on Flytographer
    • [28:07] How does it feel to start a side hustle that became a side hustle for so many
    • [28:38] Flytographer Global Meetup
    • [29:45] Shoutout, Brad!
    • [30:00] Joanna in Amsterdam, Olga in Paris
    • [31:02] Honeymoon Pics
    • [31:53] Freak Encounters!
    • [32:52] Come to CEX (Content Entrepreneur Expo) May 5-7, 2024 in Cleveland, OH! Save $100 off the in-person ticket price by registering at CEX.Events and using the coupon code: MAX100
    • [32:54] The Wild Business Growth Podcast is on YouTube! Subscribe @MaxBranstetter to watch full video interviews with Wild entrepreneurs like Nicole
    • [33:52] Sign up for the Podcasting to the Max newsletter at MaxPodcasting.com/Newsletter and receive How to Edit Your Podcast in Audacity. It’s where podcasting meets entrepreneurship – and terrible puns
    • [33:53] Such an honor speaking at Podcast Movement ’23 in Denver! Sign up to grab the slides from my session at MaxPodcasting.com/PM23
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Nicole Smith - Wild Business Growth Podcast #280: Travel Photo Maestro, Founder of Flytographer

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