Often Ambitious: A Photography & Business Podcast
Often Ambitious is for photographers, creatives, and entrepreneurs who want to work less, make more, and build a business that actually supports their life, not one that runs it.
Hosted by business strategist Alora Rachelle, this show is grounded in lived experience. Alora built a six-figure wedding photography business while raising kids, then went on to help wedding photographers generate over $3 million in collective revenue through Wedding Atelier. She’s done the work, questioned the rules, and helped others stop overworking for underwhelming results.
Each episode cuts through the noise with conversations about profitable pricing, boundaries without apology, authority without hustle, and growth that leaves room for creativity, rest, and a life you don’t need a vacation from.
If you’re ambitious but done with burnout, performative busywork, and chasing success that costs you everything else, Often Ambitious is for you.
Often Ambitious: A Photography & Business Podcast
100. Systems that Scale for Wedding Photographers with Melissa Rich
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About the Guest:
Melissa Rich is the founder of the Systems Secret Weapon behind Virtually Done Systems, a business dedicated to all things systems and workflows for creative small business owners. She has spent the last 15 years behind the camera as a full-time wedding photographer, secretly enjoying all of the behind-the-scenes work more than her time making pictures. Now, Melissa specializes in helping busy wedding photographers get their lives back by implementing proven, pre-strategized systems, workflows, and automation to take care of the day-to-day tasks that stress photographers out so they can fall back in love with their business and devote themselves to their craft.
When she's not busy making other people's lives easier, Melissa is a corgi mama that loves taking her sweet pups on all kinds of adventures, a fancy coffee fanatic that loves trying to find the best decaf, dairy-free latte in the city, spending as much time with her nieces, A&E as she can, and running away to the mountains every chance she gets.
LINKS:
- IG: @virtuallydonesystems
- TikTok: @virtuallydonesystems
- Website: https://virtuallydonesystems.com
About the Show
The HELLO CEO Podcast is a business podcast show that talks about entrepreneurship, management, and marketing that helps photographers grow and scale a profitable business without leading to burnout.
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