Season 1 · Episode 32

Motivational Encouragement Keep Going

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0:01Welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome
0:05to Alienize Photos Industry Talk.
0:10And this will be a little encouragement,
0:15a lot of motivation.
0:18And again, my personal journey
0:20on this entrepreneurship road
0:22and just live it life in general.
0:25It's a human being and
0:28we are in the age of AI
0:31and it's best to be your authentic self
0:38and your brand should represent that as well.
0:42You should have an identity.
0:44Your brand should have an identity.
0:48The messaging should both kind of be the same,
0:54you know, just something to think about.
0:58And I've had.
1:01I mean, I could say
1:03a tough few weeks in a row.
1:08From transportation issues with vehicles
1:12and getting that squared away and
1:16quote unquote, speed and tick the egg.
1:19Which I'm looking at the car as a liability now, you know.
1:24Is it really an asset?
1:26Yeah, it's getting me from point A to point B
1:28and also quicker and warmer, I should say.
1:33As everybody knows, it's very cold here in Cleveland, Ohio,
1:37up north, Midwest.
1:41But, you know, that
1:44I was an unexpected setback.
1:47And then things just started trickling down almost
1:50like I was in this negative cycle over and over and over again.
1:55Like it even took me a few weeks just to
2:00stay back from the podcast and not record an episode, a new episode.
2:08And this is finally me getting back on the mic.
2:11There's so many negative things that I could talk about, but I'm not.
2:16And then I didn't want to record that.
2:19In a sense, negative energy and throw that back.
2:23But this is me kind of recapping the last few weeks,
2:28which was tough, which was challenging.
2:30And it just reminds me to stay humble
2:33and keep your head up and keep persevering.
2:36Like, yeah, this is this is just a phase, just like the moon
2:40has different phases.
2:43So I take it with a grain of salt.
2:46I just want to remind you to also
2:50take it as a small incline that this will
2:56bypass and pass over.
2:59Never take it too much to heart,
3:02because when our feelings and emotions get involved,
3:06especially in business, I say don't mix it.
3:08People say don't mix
3:12love and business together.
3:16Many people say that because the emotion and feelings behind it.
3:22But I know a lot of successful couples,
3:25married couples, and it can work.
3:31So you just have to be aware of those emotions
3:34and those feelings that are attached and are involved.
3:37And sometimes you have to set them aside.
3:43And that's what I did.
3:45I just set it aside.
3:48So I know being in my feelings, being in this negative loop,
3:53almost like a hamster wheel in this negative loop,
3:59this negative cycle is going around and around and around
4:04and around and around.
4:05It's the same exact thing, the continuation of it.
4:10So by me, in a sense, breaking from it, by kind of just
4:14shifting my energy towards, OK,
4:19take it as a take away the grain of salt.
4:22You know, you don't need a lot of salt in your food.
4:24Just take it a little bit, a little pinch, break a little round.
4:30Yeah, it happened.
4:32Yeah, you're going to feel this.
4:36Emotionally, especially.
4:38Like, dang, I don't know what.
4:41Dang, dang, what is that?
4:43Oh, man, dang, ah, you know, you want to scream.
4:50But instead of screaming and being in the emotions
4:54behind it all is best to live life.
5:06Live life one moment at a time, live each business day.
5:14One moment at a time, live life one day at a time.
5:26And with your business,
5:29just start with one thing, one thing.
5:37Like, there's no better feeling when I pick up a camera
5:44and photograph, document
5:48a great event, those sacred moments,
5:56those marketing moments, those key moments,
6:01those one in a lifetime moments, those selling points
6:07and memories, the photos that you can relive,
6:12that you can re-see over and over again.
6:17Just see it, visualize it,
6:21whether if you're using it for marketing or to sell
6:25or if it's just something personal for you to have
6:28and for you to look at upon
6:31and for it to be history, a historical moment,
6:36because there's no other time like a moment in time like that.
6:39Even if you do the same thing over and over,
6:43nothing else happened on that day like this.
6:46And this moment will never happen again,
6:49even if it's the same tomorrow or the next day.
6:53It's still something different about it each day.
6:57You may be feeling something different each day.
7:00The people around you in attendance may be feeling,
7:02the presenters, whoever may be feeling
7:07or acting a different way
7:11the next day, the next day
7:14or a stage play or a presentation, whatever.
7:18And maybe the same words, maybe the same actions,
7:22but something that's different and also the time is different,
7:26the space may be even different.
7:28So just something to think about.
7:33That was deep, like, wow.
7:35But again, I want you to use all the fuel that's given to you,
7:40whether it's positive or negative, use it as fuel, as jetpacks.
7:46Take it in. Have a moment.
7:48Take a deep breath. Let it out.
7:55Do it again if you have to repeat.
7:57It's good to take that moment.
7:58Take that deep breath because, whoo, boy, I tell you,
8:04I wanted to not life the...
8:09You know, it's like, ah, what the...
8:12What is going on? Like, man.
8:15Just really feeling it and really being in it.
8:19And it's good to be around others and moments like that
8:25or even just having that dialogue and taking a nap,
8:29you know, going to bed early.
8:32Hang it up for the day and start fresh tomorrow, you know.
8:36Sometimes those moments are needed.
8:39Just want to go to sleep, you know.
8:43Mine is doing too many gymnastics and Olympic tricks.
8:48Like, man, the monkey mine is real.
8:54So sometimes I get up early, go to bed early,
9:02go to sleep, take a nap, you know, 20 minute nap, wake up.
9:07OK. What just happened?
9:13Wow, I can't believe that happened.
9:14What happened to me? Well, I get it done.
9:18Got to get it taken care of, whatever it may be,
9:20whatever the situation may be.
9:22And just like in your business, you just have to get it done.
9:27And that's something I'm being big on myself this year.
9:32And this will be the year I leave my nine to five.
9:40It is 2026.
9:46By the end of January 2027,
9:54I will no longer be nine to five.
9:59Well, I'm going to say I never will, but because I may go back,
10:02you know, you know how it is.
10:04So I will be running Alienize Photos Media
10:13and also Alienize Photos Industry Talk.
10:17This lovely podcast, talk show,
10:21radio, whatever you want to call it, educational piece.
10:30Whatever you want to call it.
10:33But I am doing it full time and serving my audience,
10:38my network, my people, my clients, my tribe, my team.
10:46And also being more involved
10:49with LaunchArts as we continue to grow.
10:52Eleven years, y'all.
10:54That is major.
10:56So I'm happy to be a part of LaunchArts Media.
11:00It gets you noticed. So tap in with the brand.
11:05One of the best in Ohio
11:09when it comes to digital marketing and video production,
11:18like me being a part of that team.
11:21And everybody knows what I bring.
11:24But man, the team that's in place
11:28is just elevates it to another level.
11:32And shout out to my mentor, Jamar, who's the CEO
11:37and lead creative director.
11:40I might as well just say every director
11:44of LaunchArts Media.
11:46And it's just it's amazing to see sometimes.
11:51You know, what what can be done, especially with a team as,
11:55you know, Alienize Photos, believe it or not, is a personal brand,
12:00even though I run it as a business.
12:04And I serve B2B clients, business to business, businesses.
12:11That's like my business, my niche event photography
12:15for B2B, business to business,
12:20because I am business and I love doing businesses with other businesses
12:23because what I learned that individuals do not necessarily
12:30have the proper budget, especially for what you want to do.
12:34Yeah, they're throwing an event, but they may only have a two hundred
12:39three hundred dollar budget for an event.
12:44When you already ran your costs, you ran your expenses.
12:49Of course, you've been doing it for years.
12:52You have that experience, that that technical skill,
12:57that that knowledge that you could bring, even the insight,
13:00even if you're not even, you know, filming or doing photography for the event.
13:06You can't consult and say, well, OK, well, you don't have the budget.
13:11You could do it yourself.
13:13I have someone take pictures on the phone, but make sure you have
13:16good lighting and this and this and that.
13:18Like you can still provide through knowledge and not even be there.
13:23It's almost like coaching.
13:27But if you want professionals
13:30tap in with alienized photos, media and also launched arts media
13:36and anything with marketing or media.
13:40Tap into brands.
13:43And also the pull up experience.
13:47Yes, if you have not heard the pull up experience podcast,
13:52the number one entrepreneur.
13:58Podcasts, not only in Cleveland, Ohio, but Ohio abroad.
14:04And we are coming.
14:07For the whole nation, for the whole US and then the whole world, we are.
14:17Going on five plus years, and I've been in it
14:24minus the plus.
14:26But five years, you know, as.
14:33I entered in like month two, month three, I believe.
14:39So not in a full existence, but.
14:43Mid is instance ongoing existence.
14:47It's going on almost five years,
14:51as distance this summer will be five years.
14:58And it's amazing to see also just the things
15:01we accomplish and accomplish as a team and the things we do
15:05as a team, as a unit with all the brands I'm attached to
15:13or all the brands that I work with, like anybody I work with,
15:17my creative entrepreneurs.
15:19I have room for you. I really do.
15:24Like if I could attend your event, even if you don't have the budget.
15:30For my services or my team or my expertise.
15:36Sometimes it's just best for me to attend, I'll take the night off.
15:42I'll pay that $20 ticket to a good event.
15:47$50 ticket for a good event.
15:51VIP.
15:54Extra services, OK, maybe tickets for $10.
15:57OK, let me support the vendors.
15:59I have a little extra. Let me support the vendors.
16:01I know vendors need love.
16:04I always got to like that, you know, when the bills hits,
16:08the purchase of the money.
16:10Catch me on the third.
16:14So that's good networking and to still shake hands
16:17and still introduce yourself, still hear their story, their brand story.
16:22You know, even if you don't buy it, you know, sometimes they just need
16:25that exposure to talk to people and feel good about themselves.
16:30That morale boost.
16:32You know, that juice, that fuel pack.
16:37Maybe you talking to them gave them different perspectives.
16:42Well, how they could say, well, maybe you're not the customer or client.
16:47But you can still get the business card information or social media.
16:52Follow them, support them.
16:55You know, you can help them in any way.
16:59Let them know that.
17:00Or say you could do it in advance at a later time.
17:06And if they could do the same for you.
17:09And I'll start to build that relationship.
17:12Every month, maybe, hey, how you been? How's business?
17:17You never know.
17:18Maybe it could be partners someday down the line.
17:22You never know. Maybe each other's clients.
17:26You never know.
17:28And that's why I always keep that hope, keep that faith,
17:35because I've been hurt.
17:40So badly.
17:43So badly in my life, like trauma so much.
17:53And I know a lot of people, other people have to like everybody goes through it.
17:59Some people on deeper degrees or higher degrees,
18:02and I don't know how my ass up or compared to other people's.
18:07But I know we all feel this and all feel that hurt, all feel that pain.
18:13That pain sometime in your heart.
18:17It's like, oh, man.
18:20Really? Why do I got to have a day like this?
18:27And it hurts, you know, especially when.
18:34You have loved ones that.
18:37Do not know what's going on or do not understand or feel
18:43you feel like you don't think they understand to the way you want them
18:49to understand, they can have understanding, but not to the degree
18:53are specific ality that you will want them to.
18:58And it's interesting.
19:01So we can never force
19:03we can't force anything on anybody.
19:05That's not even your services.
19:07I know it's good to be aggressive is good to.
19:12And I'll be assertive and be passionate about your brand,
19:15the services and whatever you do, even if it's a physical product
19:19or digital, but you can't force anything on anyone.
19:27Go to the people who wants
19:31your services, your products,
19:33what you offer.
19:38If someone's allergic to chocolate milk or milk in general,
19:42why would you try to sell the milk?
19:47If they cannot drink it.
19:50Now, are there other uses of milk?
19:54I'm sure there's thousands.
19:56You would take a milk bath.
19:58I've never done that, but I've seen photo shoots.
20:03But, you know, it's depending on your message and your angle, so
20:08but nine times out of ten, people drink milk.
20:12So why sell to that 10 percent?
20:18When you have people that buy cereal, most people
20:22pour milk and cereal.
20:25And cereal with milk.
20:29Cookies with milk, so don't
20:31have somebody get cookie crisps, the cereal,
20:36and think they're not going to buy milk.
20:38You might even get 99 percent.
20:43Versus that 10 percent.
20:46So that's just something to look at,
20:49something to think about.
20:52Just want to give everybody that encouragement.
20:55My creative entrepreneurs, my business owners,
20:59my artists, creatives,
21:03media producers, content creators,
21:07photographers, event photographers specifically.
21:11But all my photographers, all my camera users,
21:15videographers, media producers, podcasters.
21:19I see y'all, I hear y'all, I feel y'all, I'm there.
21:24And whatever I need to create to help you get through that,
21:27let me know.
21:28I need to build a course, make a course,
21:31film it, do all this stuff, I will.
21:35I know I say I have a lot of things
21:38that I want to do and could do and should be doing.
21:43And dream about.
21:47I can only do one thing at a time most times, maybe two, but
21:52one thing at a time.
21:56But if you let me know and analyze to what I am
22:00agreeing with and feeling and what's already going to do,
22:04that's just confirmation that I really need to focus on this,
22:08make this priority versus another thing.
22:12So your feedback helps.
22:13Even the feedback for this show is podcast,
22:18alienized photos, industry talk.
22:23Like, this is my baby.
22:24This is this is something special.
22:28And I love it.
22:30I love you.
22:32I know you are great.
22:35Stay true to you.
22:37Keep elevating.
22:39Keep evolving.
22:40Keep growing.
22:42Stay calm.
22:43Take those deep breaths.
22:46You're wise, you're powerful, you're great.
22:50So there's greatness within you.
22:54When we come from the greatest source.
22:57So always remember that.
23:00Times get hard.
23:02It's only a phase, just like the moon.
23:05Let it carry over to the next day.
23:08Go to sleep, get your rest.
23:11No longer words to say.
23:15And this is alienized photos, industry talk with your host,
23:21photographer Jackson, Steve Jackson of Alienized Photos Media.
23:30And if you want to find more information on me, on the podcast,
23:35on my event photography and video production services.
23:39I want to talk and chat.
23:42Or book me.
23:44Follow me on all social media at Alienized Photos.
23:51Or I could say our end.
23:55Follow me on creative frequency.
24:01On a creative frequency or media and also
24:06Patreon where I do have an inner circle.
24:10And that's the entry level right now.
24:13Come be involved in our inner circle with me and Brie.
24:18And to me, it's free game.
24:20But to get in our inner circle, $10 and you can read what we have attached.
24:29And then last but not least, visit Alienized Photos dot com.
24:35And there's a booking link.
24:37That you can book me directly.
24:41You want to have a quick.
24:44No, consulting car, maybe if we can align.
24:48Or how I could help you, you know, visit Alienized Photos dot com.
24:56That's Alienized Photos with a Z, Photos with an S.
25:02Alienized Photos dot com.
25:06And again, Alienized Photos of normal media.
25:10And this is again, Alienized Photos in the street talk with photographer Jackson.
25:19And I appreciate you for listening.
25:22This has been another great episode.
25:25And catch you on the next one.
25:27Let's go.
25:29Share this out to a friend and need that encouragement.
25:32Especially if they're creative entrepreneur, run a business or even organize and curate events.
25:42This is the perfect episode for them.
25:45Share with them.
25:46Have conversations about it.
25:49And continue to keep listening to Alienized Photos in the street talk.
25:55All right, peace.
25:57Thank you.