Start Your Own Wedding Consulting Business

Professional Wedding Planners MUST HAVE THIS Book! Whether you're just getting started or need to improve your business.Used by the most premier industry educators, "How to Start a Wedding Planning Business" is unlike any other instruction manual for the business of planning weddings.

Say, I Do, to Success From wedding bells to wedding bills, gain an inside look at the billion dollar wedding industry and learn how to earn a pay check coordinating the big day of today’s brides and grooms. Dive into and become an expert on wedding trends, such as destination weddings, tapas-style catering, disposable video cameras, wedding logos and more. Plus, learn everything else you need to know to start and run a successful, home-based wedding consultant business, including: How to market your services and find customers beyond family and friends Using social media to attract and communicate with clients Tips from the pros for handling the unexpected What licenses and permits you need How to avoid common mistakes How to negotiate with vendors and suppliers to get the best prices The most important contacts to make You don’t need an office or a lot of startup money. With your creativity and help from our experts, you’ll be well on your way to success!

This step-by-step guide shows how to become a wedding consultant--no office is needed and start-up costs are low.

Say I Do to Success From wedding bells to wedding bills, gain an inside look at the billion dollar wedding industry and learn how to earn your next pay check coordinating the big day of today’s brides and grooms. Discover the newest wedding trends, such as destination weddings, tapas-style catering, disposable video cameras, wedding logos and more. Plus, learn everything else you need to know to start and run a successful wedding consultant business, including: • How to market your services and find customers • Using social media to attract and communicate with clients • Tips from the pros for handling the unexpected • What licenses and permits you need • How to avoid common mistakes • How to negotiate with vendors and suppliers to get the best prices • The most important contacts to make • And more! You don’t need an office or a lot of startup money. With your creativity and help from our experts, you’ll be well on your way to success. The First Three Years In addition to industry specific information, you’ll also tap into Entrepreneur’s more than 30 years of small business expertise via the 2nd section of the guide - Start Your Own Business. SYOB offers critical startup essentials and a current, comprehensive view of what it takes to survive the crucial first three years, giving your exactly what you need to survive and succeed. Plus, you’ll get advice and insight from experts and practicing entrepreneurs, all offering common-sense approaches and solutions to a wide range of challenges. • Pin point your target market • Uncover creative financing for startup and growth • Use online resources to streamline your business plan • Learn the secrets of successful marketing • Discover digital and social media tools and how to use them • Take advantage of hundreds of resources • Receive vital forms, worksheets and checklists • From startup to retirement, millions of entrepreneurs and small business owners have trusted Entrepreneur to point them in the right direction. We’ll teach you the secrets of the winners, and give you exactly what you need to lay the groundwork for success. BONUS: Entrepreneur’s Startup Resource Kit! Every small business is unique. Therefore, it’s essential to have tools that are customizable depending on your business’s needs. That’s why with Entrepreneur is also offering you access to our Startup Resource Kit. Get instant access to thousands of business letters, sales letters, sample documents and more – all at your fingertips! You’ll find the following: The Small Business Legal Toolkit When your business dreams go from idea to reality, you’re suddenly faced with laws and regulations governing nearly every move you make. Learn how to stay in compliance and protect your business from legal action. In this essential toolkit, you’ll get answers to the “how do I get started?” questions every business owner faces along with a thorough understanding of the legal and tax requirements of your business. Sample Business Letters 1000+ customizable business letters covering each type of written business communication you’re likely to encounter as you communicate with customers, suppliers, employees, and others. Plus a complete guide to business communication that covers every question you may have about developing your own business communication style. Sample Sales Letters The experts at Entrepreneur have compiled more than 1000 of the most effective sales letters covering introductions, prospecting, setting up appointments, cover letters, proposal letters, the all-important follow-up letter and letters covering all aspects of sales operations to help you make the sale, generate new customers and huge profits.

Do you love all things romance, follow the wedding trends, and pay attention to detail? Starting a wedding planning business could be just the thing for you. The event and wedding planning market’s having a moment right now, and roughly 66% of millennials are willing to employ wedding planners for their special day. Need help to get you on the right track? Get your budding wedding planning business in full bloom with our comprehensive step-by-step guide.

Looking for a way to get over that unemployment slump? Make the plunge in a field that is constantly full of opportunities and only continues to grow. Starting your own wedding planner business doesn't have to be just a dream. This book reveals just how you can make that happen. This is the wedding planning business self-starter 101. Learn how to start making connections to create the most spectacular weddings. Find out how to listen to the individual needs of each unique client. Discover how easy it can be to start getting the word out about your fabulous wedding business. Best of all, see firsthand how rewarding and lucrative your wedding planner venture can be. Make money, work for yourself, and be the behind-the-scenes person making sure your clients have the best memories for the most important day of their lives.

Wedding Bells Can Be Sweet Music to Your Bank Account It's the most important day in many couples' lives, and everything needs to be perfect. With weddings becoming larger, costlier and more complex, more than two-thirds of engaged couples are turning to professional wedding consultants for help. Learn how to combine your creative vision with their individual preferences to create the wedding of their dreams. Discover the newest wedding trends, such as destination weddings, tapas-style catering, disposable video cameras, wedding logos and more-and find out how to be the first to adopt new trends. Plus, learn everything else you need to know to start and run a successful wedding consultant business, including: How to market your services and find customers Tips from the pros for handling the unexpected What licenses and permits you need How to avoid common mistakes How to negotiate with vendors to get the best prices The most important contacts to make And more! You don't need an office or a lot of startup money. With your creativity and the tips in this book, you'll be well on your way to success!

Do you want to know how to start a home-based wedding planning business? Look no further, this book will detail exactly how to get your business started the right way! Learn how to gain valuable experience, market your services, meet with clients, and plan every detail of a wedding. Get insight into what it's like to plan weddings for a living (including average hours spent, typical work load, and day-of responsibilities). This book includes: Practical Advice from a professional wedding planner with over 10 years of experience Sample contracts for you to use to book clients Checklists, worksheets, and templates for you to use to plan any size or type of wedding BONUS (a free PDF download of all of the forms in this book is included with your purchase! print and fill them out as many times as you need to) Grace Lorenzen is a wedding planner based out of the Central Coast of California. Her work has been published in Style Me Pretty, Green Wedding Shoes, Wedding Chicks, Grey Likes Weddings, and Once Wed. Grace has authored two books, one for aspiring wedding planners and one for brides looking to plan their own weddings. Grace earned her degree in Hospitality Management in 2006 and has since owned and operated two restaurants, a hotel, and a wedding venue. She launched her planning business in 2008 and has since planned over 100 weddings. In addition to planning weddings, Grace also offers consulting services to wedding venues & aspiring planners.

"Renowned wedding expert Shari Beck leads you through the complex steps of starting your business and keeping it running profitably"--Page 4 of cover

Planning weddings is a growing business area. The author is one of our top-selling home-based business authors and is herself a successful event and wedding planner.