The Union Podcast - hosted by Jamie Wolfer

How To Know If Being A Wedding Planner Is Right For You? | Wedding Planning Business Q&A with Jamie

Episode Summary

In this episode Jamie answers questions for the members of The Union Mastermind. Want to have your questions answered? Join The Union Mastermind! Questions from this episode: 1. Do you have all your proposals and contracts in Honeybook so you can download them as a pdf from there? 2. What is the best platform to take payments on? 3. What is your best advice for someone who hates social media, but wants to go into the wedding industry? 4. I’m not great with social media and my target audience is luxury couples, where do you recommend advertising? 5. I am still trying to figure out if I even want to become a wedding planner, how did you figure out this was what you wanted to do with your life? 6. How many hours on average does it take to plan a full service wedding from start to finish? 7. What is your opinion on buying wedding supplies to offer to your clients as an additional service you offer? 8. How do you establish a customer base? 9. How do you establish pricing? Do you change by season or any other circumstances? 10. Should I post my pricing on my website? 11. What do you keep track of for taxes? 12. I’m doing my first styled shoot, what are your tips for running things on the day of the shoot? 13. Can you walk us through your client onboarding process? 14. If I have a clause in the client’s contract that their photos and videos may be used as marketing content, do I need to have a similar agreement with their photographer?

Episode Notes

Honeybook - Jamie’s community gets 50% OFF for the first year!  Use Honeybook for organizing all your client details.

What type of wedding planner should you be? - Here’s a quiz to help you think about some options!

Two other episodes you might want to check out:

How To Know If Being A Wedding Planner Is Right For You? | Wedding Planning Business Q&A with Jamie

How To Book Your First Clients + Follow Through | Wedding Planning Business Q&A with Jamie

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Jamie would love to help you get started with your wedding planning business or optimize the one you have already started.  If you’d like personal guidance from Jamie, access to her community of VIP wedding professionals, and the opportunity to be listed on her preferred wedding planner listing that is shared with thousands of engaged couples every month, consider joining The Union Mastermind. You can find out more about that program HERE.

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