{"id":4179,"date":"2013-10-03T10:27:26","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T14:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/confettitalkshow.com\/?p=4161"},"modified":"2016-09-12T10:53:05","modified_gmt":"2016-09-12T14:53:05","slug":"360-but-people-dont-hire-wedding-planners-where-i-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/360-but-people-dont-hire-wedding-planners-where-i-live","title":{"rendered":"LIVE! #360 &#8211; Doing Business with DIY Brides"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During this episode we focus on a response to a wedding planning business question left on the listener talkback line and my thoughts on discounting your wedding planner services.<\/p>\n<div class='et-box et-shadow'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'><h3><span style=\"color: #f42d87;\">LISTEN TO THE EPISODE<\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9309\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/confetti\/content.blubrry.com\/confetti\/confetti-360-20131001.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('9309','https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/confetti\/content.blubrry.com\/confetti\/confetti-360-20131001.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\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/confetti\/content.blubrry.com\/confetti\/confetti-360-20131001.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/?powerpress_pinw=4179-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<h3>As a wedding planner, how do I get clients when I&#8217;m based in an area where everyone plans their own weddings?<\/h3>\n<p>Mykia is living in an area where the mothers, sisters, mother-in-laws of anyone planning wedding take on the role of wedding wedding planner!\u00a0 Hiring someone else to do the job isn&#8217;t what folks do there.<\/p>\n<p>What should Mykia do? [Listen beginning at 9:44]\n<p>Remember:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>There <strong>has<\/strong> to be a demand for the wedding service you plan on providing.\u00a0 Is there?<\/li>\n<li>Find out what people want &#8211; conduct a local survey<\/li>\n<li>Position yourself as THE local wedding planning expert<\/li>\n<li>Educate couples about what a wedding planner does &#8211; don&#8217;t assume that they know<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Do you live in an area where hiring a wedding planner isn&#8217;t the &#8216;norm&#8217;?\u00a0 Have you figured out a way to work with area DIY-ers?<\/p>\n<p><strong>*Please, leave your feedback in the comments, below.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Do you discount your wedding planning services for friends and family?<\/h3>\n<p>We&#8217;ve all done it.\u00a0 And, we almost always regret it.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of discounting your professional wedding planner services, add stuff on!\u00a0 Listen to the audio replay [beginning at the 26:30 minute mark] for tips.<\/p>\n<h2>LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Weddings For a Living<\/strong> &#8211; has free articles and info about being a professional wedding planner. <a href=\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\" target=\"_blank\">Visit WeddingsForALiving.com to learn more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Plan Weddings on the Side!<\/strong> &#8211; looking for downloadable wedding planning business forms, a step-by-step guide to launch a wedding business part-time and monthly live wedding planning classes?\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/dayofweddingbusiness.com\" target=\"_blank\">Visit DayofWeddingBusiness.com to learn more.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>TryFreedomVoice.com<\/strong> to set-up a professional wedding business telephone system.\u00a0 It&#8217;s affordable and super-easy to set-up.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/tryfreedomvoice.com\" target=\"_blank\">Visit TryFreedomVoice.com to get started today<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are your options when area couples choose to plan their own weddings instead of hiring a wedding planner?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4184,"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":[91],"tags":[117,71,129],"post_series":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Doing Business with DIY Brides<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What are your options as a wedding planner when the brides in your area prefer to plan their weddings on their own?\" \/>\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\/360-but-people-dont-hire-wedding-planners-where-i-live\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Doing Business with DIY Brides\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What are your options as a wedding planner when the brides in your area prefer to plan their weddings on their own?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/360-but-people-dont-hire-wedding-planners-where-i-live\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Weddings for a Living\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-10-03T14:27:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-09-12T14:53:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/brides-wont-hire-planner.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\/360-but-people-dont-hire-wedding-planners-where-i-live#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/360-but-people-dont-hire-wedding-planners-where-i-live\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Debbie\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c034f0454dd3042b17efaa198fc8caa3\"},\"headline\":\"LIVE! 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