# The "Full Plate" Framework: Alex Coombs - Northern Spruce Media Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-spiro-podcast-managing-your-real-estate-photography-videography-business-5659239/the-full-plate-framework-alex-coombs-northern-spruce-media Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-spiro-podcast-managing-your-real-estate-photography-videography-business-5659239/the-full-plate-framework-alex-coombs-northern-spruce-media.md Podcast: [The Spiro Podcast: Managing your Real Estate Photography & Videography Business](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-spiro-podcast-managing-your-real-estate-photography-videography-business-5659239) Published: 2026-03-11T09:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://spiromedia.podbean.com/e/the-full-plate-framework-alex-coombs-northern-spruce-media/ Audio file: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/gx4eqsucrmb5m4w9/Alex_Coombsa3i5u.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-spiro-podcast-managing-your-real-estate-photography-videography-business-5659239/episodes/the-full-plate-framework-alex-coombs-northern-spruce-media Duration seconds: 3466 ## Resource Alex Coombs, owner of Northern Spruce Media located in Hamilton, Ontario gave a main stage presentation at the January 2026 Spiro Sync Conference on building a framework in your business to handle a "full plate". Alex joins Todd & Craig on this episode to share some highlights from that presentation, and gives you tips on how to handle that overflowing plate you have as a real estate media company owner. (*Note: Craig prematurely released the Tattoo Video before this episode where the tattoos are announced - He just couldn't wait!) Chapter Timestamps: 0:00 Episode Open 01:12 Craig's Tattoo Announcement 05:30 Spiro Updates 06:20 The Full Plate Framework - Alex Coombs 54:19 Episode Wrap-up ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-spiro-podcast-managing-your-real-estate-photography-videography-business-5659239/episodes/the-full-plate-framework-alex-coombs-northern-spruce-media/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-spiro-podcast-managing-your-real-estate-photography-videography-business-5659239/the-full-plate-framework-alex-coombs-northern-spruce-media.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.