Start Your Own Wedding Consultant Business: Your Step-By-Step Guide to Success

By Eileen Figure Sandlin

Book Overview

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 friendsUsing social media to attract and communicate with clientsTips from the pros for handling the unexpectedWhat licenses and permits you needHow to avoid common mistakesHow to negotiate with vendors and suppliers to get the best pricesThe most important contacts to makeYou 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

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1599184273
• ISBN13: 9781599184272
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Entrepreneur Press
• Length: 159 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.9" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Superior Content in this Book. A 5 Star Winner!

This book was exceptional and full of practical and useful knowledge. I obtained my wedding consultant certificate and found this book invaluable and packed with information on how to realistically start my future business. The principles were well thought out and an excellent resource. Five stars. Buy it! Elaine Bales Anchorage, Alaska

Everything I needed to know.

The title says that it is a "Step-By-Step Guide" and this is truly accurate. It gives, in detail, everything I needed to know about starting up a wedding consulting business. My daughter, daughter-in-law and I, have helped friends and family with their weddings for several years and thought we knew it all. Wrong! There are so many aspects of helping someone with all their wedding plans and we have done a lot. But when it comes to doing this for a living, it's another story. This book is very detailed without being overwhelming. We now know exactly what to do and how to achieve success with this business. I would recommend this book to anyone thinking about starting a wedding consulting business.

Overflowing with Relevant Information for the Novice Planner

I highly recommend this book for anyone who wants to get inside information on starting a business as a wedding planner. The authors really provide some relevant and important information for the business side. I really love the market research survey they provide in the book which can be easily adapted for your own market. For the bargain price of $10.47 it is well worth every penny!!!

I couln't stopy reading!!!!

I don't want to ramble on how good this book is, but if you are looking to start up your own wedding consultant business then this is the book for you. It's awesome!! It has answered so many questions and doubts that I had. When I finished reading it (Which I did in three days) I just wanted to go out and start planning my future as a wedding consultant as soon as possible. I finally found something I can appreciate and enjoy.

Highly recommended for novice wedding consultant

This books provides lots of valuable information for someone who is starting their wedding consulting business. It provides information on all aspects of the business. From establishing a name for the business,license,permits & insurance needed to run effectively. Also what business equipments are needed, from office supplies, computer and the use of different types of softwares to help you track your expenses. What I found very valuable was the marketing information. All the marketing aspects of the business Elieen goes into great details. From creating your own press releases to understanding all the ins and outs of bridal shows, also how to submit your manuscript and promote your cause. Marketing is the belly of your business and this book can get you started. I followed the advice on press release and my company information is due to be released on Sept.03. This book is worth every penny!! I highly recommend this book. Thumbs up!! I also recommend fabjob's wedding planner study guide.