{"id":3704,"date":"2013-04-02T21:42:04","date_gmt":"2013-04-03T01:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/confettiradio.com\/?p=3704"},"modified":"2016-09-12T10:58:30","modified_gmt":"2016-09-12T14:58:30","slug":"342-wedding-mba-launching-a-wedding-biz-wedding-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/342-wedding-mba-launching-a-wedding-biz-wedding-star","title":{"rendered":"LIVE! #342 &#8211; Wedding MBA, Launching a Wedding Biz, WeddingStar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This was another great live show!\u00a0 A H-U-G-E thank you to our live listeners.<\/p>\n<div class='et-box et-shadow'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'>LISTEN TO THE EPISODE<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8697\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/confetti\/content.blubrry.com\/confetti\/confetti-342-20130402.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('8697','https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/confetti\/content.blubrry.com\/confetti\/confetti-342-20130402.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/blubrryplayer6.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/confetti\/content.blubrry.com\/confetti\/confetti-342-20130402.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/?powerpress_pinw=3704-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>WeddingMBA<\/strong> &#8211; If you&#8217;re serious about planning weddings, then the Wedding Merchants Business Academy might be the event for you! The event is scheduled to take place in Las Vegas this year on October 1 -3, 2013. The sooner you register, the less you pay! So <a href=\"http:\/\/weddingmba.com\" target=\"_blank\">head on over to WeddingMBA.com to learn more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Document your Wedding Planning &amp; Create an Operations Manual<\/strong> &#8211; Kiki, who is also a wedding officiant, shared her experience with a missing marriage license and the importance of documenting what you do as a wedding planner. I agree, it&#8217;s not a fun task, but it&#8217;s a great way to train your staff and every successful wedding planner should have an operations manual.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Great Audio Book<\/strong> &#8211; Currently, I&#8217;m reading <em>The Pumpkin Plan<\/em> by Mike Michalowicz. To get your free audiobook go to <a href=\"http:\/\/confettitalkshow.com\/audible\" target=\"_blank\">ConfettiRadio.com\/audible<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Making the Decision to Start a Wedding Planning Business<\/strong> &#8211; Any business that you start takes time and a special level of commitment.\u00a0 If you&#8217;re ready to make that commitment to launching your wedding business but you&#8217;re not sure where to start or what forms you need or where to meet your clients for that all-important first meeting, then the Wedding Business Guide might be what you&#8217;re looking for.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Launch Privately&#8230;<\/strong> &#8211; Just because you&#8217;ve launched your wedding business doesn&#8217;t mean that you need to publicize it&#8230;right away.\u00a0 Remember, news is relative to when it&#8217;s announced; not when it happened.\u00a0 Take a moment to work out some of the kinks and nuances of being a business owner before you shout it from the rooftops, okay?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Selling Great Wedding Accessories<\/strong> &#8211; Have you ever noticed the inspiring WeddingStar wedding accessory magazine on newsstands?\u00a0 Did you know that as a wedding business owner, you can sell those very same accessories to your clients?\u00a0 Well, you can!\u00a0 This is a great way to get your foot in the door with potential customers and a great way to up-sell your existing brides and grooms.\u00a0 The merchandise practically sells itself!<\/p>\n<h2>ALSO MENTIONED ON THIS EPISODE:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Confetti is on iTunes<\/strong> &#8211; Subscribe to the show (and leave a review while you&#8217;re there).\u00a0 Here&#8217;s the link, <a href=\"http:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/itunes\" target=\"_blank\">ConfettiRadio.com\/itune<\/a>s.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Weddings For a Living<\/strong> &#8211; A free online resource for new wedding planners. <a href=\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\" target=\"_blank\">Check out WeddingsForaLiving.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sound advice about launching your wedding business, WeddingMBA details and selling Weddingstar accessories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[137,135,136],"post_series":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Launching your Wedding Business, Weddingstar<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Get sound advice about launching your wedding business, WeddingMBA details and selling Weddingstar accessories.\" \/>\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\/342-wedding-mba-launching-a-wedding-biz-wedding-star\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Launching your Wedding Business, Weddingstar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Get sound advice about launching your wedding business, WeddingMBA details and selling Weddingstar accessories.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/342-wedding-mba-launching-a-wedding-biz-wedding-star\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Weddings for a Living\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-04-03T01:42:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-09-12T14:58:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/wedding-biz-card.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"540\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"360\" \/>\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\/342-wedding-mba-launching-a-wedding-biz-wedding-star#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/342-wedding-mba-launching-a-wedding-biz-wedding-star\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Debbie\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c034f0454dd3042b17efaa198fc8caa3\"},\"headline\":\"LIVE! 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