Relationships are my passion, and they’re the reason for the success I’ve had as a business owner.  I started my first business in 2006 while attending college in Western Oregon.  I was attending classes by day, running my business on nights and weekends, and pouring lattes in Portland, Oregon to pay my bills.   Fast forward three years, I was graduating college during the heart of the 2009 recession, with a degree in International Studies (uh, what can you do with this again?).  In the months leading up to graduation I didn’t consider looking for a job, I had grown my photography business to a place where I could stop pouring lattes and start operating my business full time.  My photography skills were fine, but they weren’t the reason my business was successful, it was because of the relationships I built with my clients, relationships that kept them coming back, telling their friends, and ultimately supporting me to build a successful business in a very competitive marketplace.  Today I live in Boise, Idaho, I’m a content marketer that helps businesses build audiences, deepen relationships and convert those relationships into revenue.