We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Tori Brango a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Hi Tori, thanks for joining us today. What’s the backstory behind how you came up with the idea for your business?

I came from a family of photographers who growing up owned a wedding photography studio. I started shooting alongside my mom at the age of 12 and always knew I had a passion for it. As I got older I discovered different avenues in the creative world including teaching myself videography and how to edit. From that point on the limits were endless and I ventured into the music scene, shooting for some of my favorite artists and then having the privilege to shoot for businesses of all kinds that needed help with their social media presence and marketing. From there my passion grew and I knew that’s what I wanted to continue. My best friend and I began our own marketing and media agency in 2025 that is everything and more than I could’ve ever imagined, and a dream that we now get to chase together.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

We offer everything from photography and videography, to logo and website design, rebranding, and merchandise for your business. We love to watch our creative visions help businesses who were once struggling, to now blossom because of what our minds were able to create together. What sets us apart is our ability to understand that every business and their story is different and allowing their individual brand voice to shine, is what will make them successful in their own unique and beautiful way. Also being best friends in this industry allows to understand our clients as our friends too and that this is a partnership that we all are in together as a team. We love our clients and are so grateful for the relationships we curated from this venture. I’m so proud to say I’m a business owner, and to be able to live a life where I’m doing what I love most every single day.

We’d love to hear about how you met your business partner.

My current business partner, Ariel, and I have had a 12 year friendship that began back in college. We were both always creators even at a young age. We shared similar mindsets and understood each other on a level that not many people could, because as creators sometimes you’re misunderstood. There’s also a beauty in that because finding your people is hard but when you do, it can turn into something as special as a business together. Besides being so talented amongst so many reasons, Ariel has a marketing background which was the piece I was missing when I only had a media background. Together we joined forces to create our agency, Say Fired Up.

How’d you build such a strong reputation within your market?

Something that has helped us has been continuing to be us and authentic through outlets like telling our story and sharing behind the scenes moments of our journey. Taking a risk and starting a business together as best friends is something I’m sure other people have dreamt of or strived for and having a platform to show that you can do anything you want you just have to start. There’s never a right time but you’ll never regret trying. We both began this venture at a time when we were both lost and confused and life, and decided it was time for a change and only we can make it happen. So we put our faith in god and the universe and it’s guided through the entire way.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://SayFiredUp.com
• Instagram: @sayfiredup
• Facebook: Say fired up
• Youtube: Say fired up

Image Credits

@sayfiredup

Artists featured in photos:
-Marshmello
-Alison wonderland
-Swedish House Mafia