Welcome to our Friday Favorites! Each week we share five of our favorite articles from around the web that will help you succeed in your wedding planning business and in life. How Couples Can “Resell” Their Wedding {Forbes.com} The Art of Building Your Brand: 10 Tips to Grow Your Audience {Aisle Planner Blog} Why Is […]

Welcome to our Friday Favorites! Each week we share five of our favorite articles from around the web that will help you succeed in your event planning business and in life. 6 Easy Ways to Marie Kondo Your Career {Her Money} How to Be Successful Without Burning Out {I Want My Life Back Project} Your […]

Welcome to our Friday Favorites! Each week we share five of our favorite articles from around the web that will help you succeed in your wedding planning business and in life. 17 Reasons Why You Need to Hire a Wedding Planner {SRS Events} Specific Advice on How to Make Your Website Text Better {Gill Andrews} […]

When you make your clients continually feel valued and appreciated throughout the time you work together, the quality of your work isn’t as significant as you might think. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣Yes, you have to know what you are doing as a profession event planner and provide the results they want. But more importantly, their experience of working […]

Wedding planners have a surprising selection of inspiring books to explore! Fresh wedding ideas, hilarious wedding stories, and real-world business tips abound. We sifted through a tall stack of choices and distilled them down to the 10 Best Wedding Planner Books. 1) Fete: The Wedding Experience by Jung Lee and Kathleen Boyes A fresh take on […]

The Event Leadership Institute (ELI) is an incredible resource for online wedding and event planning, design, and business-related classes and certification courses. Their courses and classes are taught by industry leaders such as Lindsay Landman, Sasha Souza, Jes Gordon, Howard Givner, Mark Addison, and other event industry experts. On-demand classes can be purchased individually or […]

She wants her best friend to design the flowers and her aunt to make the cake. They expect their wedding to look like a professional put it together, but they push you to use non-professionals vendors. How do you regain control of the process? What are the steps to achieve a realistic consensus? What do […]

The Association of Bridal Consultants (“ABC”) is the largest group of wedding planners in the world. ABC has more than 4,000 members currently located in all 50 states and 31 countries. What we do is simple.  We train wedding planners and then provide on-going career support.  We have been doing so for more than 60 years. As […]

As a new wedding and event planner, we often think we need to offer a full menu of services as soon as our business launches. This can be a recipe for disaster as a new planner. There are a variety of services that wedding planners offer. There are tons of logistics and details that go […]

When running an event planning business, it’s easy to forget to market yourself the way you truly need to. I know how it is, you have your website, business cards, and you’re ready to rock and roll. But how will you find your clients? Marketing doesn’t have to be hard for today’s event planner. With […]