{"id":2761,"date":"2012-10-23T15:16:36","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T19:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/confettiradio.com\/?p=2761"},"modified":"2016-09-12T11:03:34","modified_gmt":"2016-09-12T15:03:34","slug":"325-wedding-planner-faqs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/325-wedding-planner-faqs","title":{"rendered":"LIVE! #325 &#8211; Wedding Planner FAQs"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class='et-dropcap' style=\"font-size: 60px; color: #eeb74e;\">W<\/span>edding Planners: What are you struggling with when it comes to being a professional wedding planner and\/or running a wedding planning business:<\/p>\n<p>During today&#8217;s episode get the answers to questions like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What tools, equipment and software are essential for wedding planner&#8217;s\u00a0 home office?<\/li>\n<li>Should I provide clients with a letter to give to their wedding party stating they have hired our company to assist them with their wedding date?<\/li>\n<li>Should I expect my clients to pay half of my wedding planning fee, upfront?<\/li>\n<li>&#8230;and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> Client Consent Lette<\/strong>r &#8211; this is a great way to let your client&#8217;s wedding vendors and bridal party know that you are now their professional wedding planner\/coordinator.\u00a0 You can <a title=\"Client Consent Letter\" href=\"http:\/\/www.weddingbusinessguide.com\/members\/DOWNLOAD_Sample_Client_Consent_Letter.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">download a sample Client Consent Letter at the Wedding Business Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Wedding Business Guide<\/strong> &#8211; an online resource to help you start your wedding planning business.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/WeddingBusinessGuide.com\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more about Wedding Business Guide, here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wedding MBA<\/strong> &#8211; The Wedding Merchant Business Academy is an annual event dedicated to the business side of the wedding, well, business. <a title=\"Wedding MBA\" href=\"http:\/\/weddingmba.com\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more about WeddingMBA, here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Your Wedding Planner&#8217;s Home Office<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>MyWeddingWorkbookPro<\/strong> &#8211; this is an affordable online solution for managing your weddings.\u00a0 <a title=\"My Wedding Workbook Pro\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myweddingworkbookpro.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more about MyWeddingWorkBookPro, here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>TryFreedomVOICE<\/strong> &#8211; This is a\u00a0 fantastic tool that I use to manage all of my incoming (and outgoing) wedding business-related telephone calls.\u00a0 There are other virtual telephone services out there, but I&#8217;ve used FreedomVOICE for several years now, and love it!\u00a0 <a title=\"An affordable virtual telephone system for wedding planners\" href=\"http:\/\/TryFreedomVoice.com\" target=\"_blank\">Try FreedomVOICE free by clicking, here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>iDo by Elm Software<\/strong> &#8211; Check out this comprehensive professional wedding planning software package designed for event professionals. <a title=\"iDo for Wedding Pros\" href=\"http:\/\/www.elmsoftware.com\/idowpe\/\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more about iDO for Pros, here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Grasshopper &#8211; <\/strong>Another virtual telephone system.\u00a0 <a title=\"Grasshopper\" href=\"http:\/\/grasshopper.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more about Grasshopper, here.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>RingCentral<\/strong> &#8211; One more virtual telephone system to look into.\u00a0 <a title=\"RingCentral\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more about RingCentral, here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Google Voice<\/strong> &#8211; No surprise to know that in addition to offering a truckload of other features, Google also has an online telephone service (imagine that!).\u00a0\u00a0 <a title=\"Google Voice\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/voice\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more about Google Voice, here.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>magicJack<\/strong> &#8211; Although my initial firsthand experience with the magicJack wasn&#8217;t so great (I received a faulty unit), this is yet another way to accept\/make telephone calls.\u00a0 The device plugs into the USB port of whatever computer you&#8217;re using allowing you to make unlimited calls to the USA and Canada. A great solution if your wedding business is based outside of the US but you make\/receive frequent calls from clients and vendors who are.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/magicjack.com\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more about magicJack, here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get the answer to Wedding Planner FAQs about pricing, setting up a home office and client consent letters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[302],"tags":[],"post_series":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wedding Planner FAQs - How to Price your Services, Setting up a Home Office, Client Consent Letter<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Get the answers to Wedding Planner FAQs about pricing, setting up a home office and the client consent letter.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/325-wedding-planner-faqs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wedding Planner FAQs - How to Price your Services, Setting up a Home Office, Client Consent Letter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Get the answers to Wedding Planner FAQs about pricing, setting up a home office and the client consent letter.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/325-wedding-planner-faqs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Weddings for a Living\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-10-23T19:16:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-09-12T15:03:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/faqs.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1050\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Debbie\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Debbie\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/325-wedding-planner-faqs#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/325-wedding-planner-faqs\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Debbie\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c034f0454dd3042b17efaa198fc8caa3\"},\"headline\":\"LIVE! 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