Host: JENNIFER STINNETT - eJenn Solutions, Inc.

Guest: RACHEL ARBUCKLE, 2000paces.com

Episode Summary:

Our guest today is Rachel Arbuckle, owner and Memorabilia Archivist of 2000Paces, a business that helps individuals, families, and other small businesses to organize photos for personal or marketing purposes.

In this episode, I sit with Rachel, who realized there was a need to address the preservation of photos and other memorabilia from being lost, destroyed, or forgotten and was motivated to start the business.

Top Takeaways:

"I've always thought of what we're doing as really helping people to preserve their journey... and we're all on a different and unique journey"

- [Rachel Arbuckle]

"Just about everything in our homes is replaceable except those memories"

- [Rachel Arbuckle]

"We're not only trying to preserve these memories, but we're trying to make it so people can enjoy them"

- [Rachel Arbuckle]

"There's statistical data that shows that companies spend hours and hours, and therefore hundreds and thousands of dollars looking for the right photo"

- [Rachel Arbuckle]

"There are things that we're all really good at, and there's things we have time for"

- [Rachel Arbuckle]

Episode Highlights:

[00:13] Introducing today's guest, Rachel Arbuckle from 2000Paces.

[01:22] About 2000Paces

[04:55] How did you come up with the name "2000 Paces"?

[10:31] Rachel describes the services offered by the company to small businesses.

[26:45] How to contact Rachel

[26:57] Final comments from Rachel

Episode Notes:

“2000Paces” is a Photo Organizing Business started by Rachel following her experience with fires in 2014 in San Diego. She describes that while fires have become a thing to expect when living in that area, and most people are mentally prepared for it, very few are physically prepared for it. Having to create her solution to preserve her family's memories in case of a fire outbreak inspired the business of helping others do the same.

Describing the inspiration for the name "2000 Paces", Rachel explains that the goal of the business is to preserve different journeys that in the lives of people, and "2000 paces" in ancient times was used to describe a day's journey.

Our family photos, videos, and memorabilia are priceless and these are key items in the home that cannot be replaced. The work done at 2000Paces involves collecting all these photos and memorabilia from all kinds of sources, renaming them, putting them together in an external drive, and finally having an online photo site that can be accessed at any time.

Explaining the services offered by 2000Paces to small businesses, Rachel shares that 2000Paces helps these businesses find the perfect pictures for their marketing, saving time and money since they usually cannot afford to employ personnel solely for this purpose. Rachel's company identifies the service or product of small businesses, collects their photos, attaches keywords, and organizes the photos based on Who? What? When? and Why? The small businesses can then go through these pictures more easily and make selections for their marketing campaigns.

Another service offered by 2000Paces is video conversion from many different formats to easily playable ones, especially those formats that are out of date and may require inaccessible equipment to play. Rachel's company also creates photo books by organizing the pictures.

The company website offers a free consultation for prospective clients to discuss the available options regarding what the company can offer them. Rachel explains that since each project is unique based on the journey, this helps the client to have an idea of what to expect.

Rachel encourages listeners to get started on documenting these photos and memorabilia, and discussing them with loved ones around.

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