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Get Booked: A Photography Marketing Podcast

by Alison Bell, Melissa Arlena

Stop posting and praying. Start booking. Get Booked is the podcast for photographers who want real marketing, SEO, and business strategies—not another guru telling you to "just be consistent." Your hosts? Alison Bell and Melissa Arlena—two photographers and military spouses with 27+ combined years in the industry. Melissa is an SEO educator who runs Picture Perfect Rankings, teaching photographers how to get found on Google. Alison is a business mentor who's successfully moved her photography business across the country (multiple times) and knows how to book clients fast in any market. Each week, they break down what's actually working: SEO that gets you on page one, marketing funnels that convert, email strategies that book sessions, and the business foundations you need to grow sustainably. It's why thousands of photographers have made this a top 5% podcast. This is the business education photography school skipped.

Latest episodes

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118: Mini Mentoring with Jessie Johnson in Illinois

Blogging for photographers feels totally doable right up until you have to pick the photos, and then suddenly the laundry needs folding. In this mini mentoring episode, w

Nov 9
24 min

117: Instagram: Edits, Trial Reels & Hooks for Photographers

If you're still editing reels inside the Instagram app, we love you, but it's time to stop. Today we're breaking down the Instagram Edits app: reusable reel templates, tr

Nov 2
22 min

116: Q4 2026 Quarterly Catch Up

A runaway dog, a power outage and a canceled field trip couldn't stop this quarterly catch-up (though the chickens of Kāneʻohe gave it their best shot). We're grading our

Oct 26
32 min

115: Red Flags In New Inquiries

We've both got the scars (and the one-star reviews) to prove it — so this week we're handing you our full red-flag playbook for spotting a bad-fit inquiry before it ever

Oct 19
25 min

114: Your Biz Bestie Is Your Backup Plan

This is a tough topic this week, but stick with us — because if you died tomorrow, would anyone know how to deliver your clients' photos? We're breaking down exactly how

Oct 12
24 min

113: Pinterest for Photographers

We're back with Natalie Bardo, Your Pin Coach, for round two on Pinterest — because one episode was never going to cover keywords, boards, AND what to actually pin when y

Oct 5
30 min

112: Pinterest Explained with Nadalie, Your Pin Coach Part 1

We've been telling you to post more Reels, but what if the real answer was sitting in an app you haven't opened since 2019? Nadalie Bardo — aka Your Pin Coach, and a form

Sep 28
42 min

111: Email Marketing 103: Email Analytics

We're finally cracking open the spreadsheet on email marketing analytics — the authority stuff, the numbers that actually matter, and why your unengaged subscribers are b

Sep 21
30 min

110: Email Marketing 102: Opt-In Options

We're back with round two of our email marketing series — and this time we're getting into the good stuff: how to actually turn random website visitors into people on you

Sep 14
25 min

109: Email Marketing 101: CRM vs. ESP

We know, we know — "CRM vs. ESP" sounds like alphabet soup, but getting email marketing for photographers right might just be the missing piece between random Instagram e

Sep 7
25 min

108: How to Get Repeat Clients as a Photographer (Without Being Salesy)

The easiest clients to book might be the ones who already love you. One Facebook comment. That's all it took. Melissa was doom scrolling when she spotted a video of a s

Aug 25
18 min

107: IG B-Roll for Photographers

Confession: our reel game has been feast or famine all summer. So we brought in a marketing pro to show us how to build a B-roll bank so full, you'll never scramble for c

Aug 25
27 min

106: Quarterly Catch Up Q3 2026

Grab a red pen — we're grading our own Q2 goals on air, and not everybody's getting a gold star. From a marketing launch that tripled expectations to a very suspicious st

Aug 17
26 min

BONUS: I've Never Been a Black Friday Person. I'm Speaking At a Black Friday Summit Anyway

This summit isn't about photography. It's about business: 26 business experts and mentors talking about launches, strategies, sales, copywriting, integration, and automat

Aug 13
7 min

Summer Bonus: How to Write Blog Posts That Actually Book Clients

Summer bonus time. While we're on our mid-season break, we wanted to drop something in your ears that you might have missed — because it's too good to sit on. This epis

Aug 10
17 min

Summer Bonus: Client Experience That Builds Trust

We're flipping the script this week — Alison's in the guest chair for a replay of her conversation with Colie James on the Business-First Creatives Podcast. When every cl

Aug 3
1 h 00 min

Summer Replay: Photography Marketing Systems with Dolly Delong

  You sat down and wrote the blog post. You hit publish. And then...nothing. No traffic, no inquiries, no traction. The post just sits there. That's the part nobody talks

Jul 27
32 min

Summer Replay: Time Blocking Your Calendar

If your schedule is running you instead of the other way around, this one's for you. We're bringing back one of our favorite episodes because the advice is just as releva

Jul 20
28 min

Summer Replay: Stop Marketing Your Photography Business Like a Hot Mess

You know that feeling when you've thrown together a mini session announcement two weeks before the date and then spent the whole time stressed, underbooked, and hating li

Jul 13
24 min

Summer Replay: Hotels & Hustle - Get Away to Get It Done with a Workcation

Ever look at your to-do list and think, "I will never get to this unless something changes"? Same. That's exactly why we're re-airing this episode — because a workcation

Jul 6
24 min

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Such a great podcast! I'm new to listening but feel like this is the content i e been searching for as a photography business owner. Great practical advice!

KelcyNG · May 2026

I love this podcast. It’s short, to the point, and both Alison and Melissa send show notes if you’re on their email lists. I took Alison’s blogging workshop - which was really helpful. Both ladies know the business side of photography well & have great ideas about cutting through the noise & getting legitimate.

Elise.S. · May 2026

Love listening to this podcast…it’s easy to listen too and practical steps to put in place. Sure wish I had had it a few years ago when I moved!

acitydweller · Feb 2025

This podcast was so helpful for me as I prepared to move my styling business from Alabama to Delaware. Thanks to Alison and Melissa, I knew how to start preparing for my move, and when. I’m so grateful to have fellow business owners giving such great tips for the rest of us!

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