{"id":491,"date":"2011-05-31T20:38:22","date_gmt":"2011-06-01T00:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/?p=491"},"modified":"2018-02-14T17:01:46","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T22:01:46","slug":"210-before-you-start-a-wedding-planning-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/210-before-you-start-a-wedding-planning-business","title":{"rendered":"10 Things You Should Do Before Launching your Wedding Planning Business – WFAL210"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOST: Debbie Quain<\/p>\n

During this episode, learn the “10 Things you Should Have in Place BEFORE Launching your Wedding Planning Business.”<\/p>\n

\"Play\"<\/a><\/div>\n

Podcast: Play in new window<\/a><\/p>\n

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE…<\/h3>\n

Here’s a list of the Ten things that I believe are important to have in place before you start your wedding planning business. \u00a0You should:
\n\n\t\t

\n\t\t\t
    \n
  • 1. Learn Weddings<\/li>\n
  • 2. Create a Wedding Planning Niche or Specialty<\/li>\n
  • 3. Set-up a Dedicated Space or Area for your Wedding Planning Business<\/li>\n
  • 4. Be able to communicate quickly and easily with prospects, clients and wedding vendors<\/li>\n
  • 5. Be available evenings and weekends<\/li>\n
  • 6. Have a support system–preferably from those who mean the most to you (although not always)<\/li>\n
  • 7. Have a relatively steady cash flow<\/li>\n
  • 8. Have a reliable method of transportation (not necessarily your own car)<\/li>\n
  • 9. Have a fairly predictable schedule<\/li>\n
  • 10.Make sure there are enough prospects\/clients who want\/need what you’re offering in your target area<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div> \n

    So, Should you Wait?<\/h3>\n

    Is it possible to get started with your wedding planning business if only some of these items are in place? \u00a0I think so.<\/p>\n

    But, if you’re committed to running a wedding planning business that’s professional and, ultimately, profitable it’s important to work toward checking off most of the items on this list.
    \n

    \n\t\t\t\t\t
    Please, remember to\u00a0post your feedback and comments<\/strong>, below or\u00a0leave a voicemail on the listener talkback line: 202-681-2126<\/strong>\u00a0(I love hearing from you!).<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Is it (finally!) time to launch your wedding planning business? Do these 10 things, first.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10758,"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":[92,129],"post_series":[],"yoast_head":"\n10 Things You Should Do Before Launching your Wedding Planning Business - WFAL210 | Weddings for a Living<\/title>\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\/210-before-you-start-a-wedding-planning-business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"10 Things You Should Do Before Launching your Wedding Planning Business - WFAL210 | Weddings for a Living\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Is it (finally!) time to launch your wedding planning business? Do these 10 things, first.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/210-before-you-start-a-wedding-planning-business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Weddings for a Living\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-06-01T00:38:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-02-14T22:01:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/before-you-start-your-wedding-business.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\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=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/210-before-you-start-a-wedding-planning-business#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/210-before-you-start-a-wedding-planning-business\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Debbie\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c034f0454dd3042b17efaa198fc8caa3\"},\"headline\":\"10 Things You Should Do Before Launching your Wedding Planning Business – WFAL210\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-06-01T00:38:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-02-14T22:01:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/210-before-you-start-a-wedding-planning-business\"},\"wordCount\":243,\"commentCount\":7,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/210-before-you-start-a-wedding-planning-business#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/before-you-start-your-wedding-business.png\",\"keywords\":[\"featured\",\"wedding planning business\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Confetti Vault\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/210-before-you-start-a-wedding-planning-business#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/210-before-you-start-a-wedding-planning-business\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/210-before-you-start-a-wedding-planning-business\",\"name\":\"10 Things You Should Do Before Launching your Wedding Planning Business - WFAL210 | Weddings for a Living\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/210-before-you-start-a-wedding-planning-business#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/210-before-you-start-a-wedding-planning-business#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/before-you-start-your-wedding-business.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-06-01T00:38:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-02-14T22:01:46+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/210-before-you-start-a-wedding-planning-business#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/210-before-you-start-a-wedding-planning-business\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/210-before-you-start-a-wedding-planning-business#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/before-you-start-your-wedding-business.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/before-you-start-your-wedding-business.png\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":800},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/210-before-you-start-a-wedding-planning-business#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"10 Things You Should Do Before Launching your Wedding Planning Business – WFAL210\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/\",\"name\":\"Weddings for a Living\",\"description\":\"For new and aspiring Wedding Planners\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Weddings for a Living\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/wfal-badge-pink225.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/wfal-badge-pink225.png\",\"width\":225,\"height\":101,\"caption\":\"Weddings for a Living\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wedforaliving\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c034f0454dd3042b17efaa198fc8caa3\",\"name\":\"Debbie\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a09122c885cdd22ca45ffb4ca4f01b10?s=96&r=g&d=mm\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a09122c885cdd22ca45ffb4ca4f01b10?s=96&r=g&d=mm\",\"caption\":\"Debbie\"},\"description\":\"Equal parts wedding consultant, talk show host and instructor.\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"10 Things You Should Do Before Launching your Wedding Planning Business - WFAL210 | Weddings for a Living","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/210-before-you-start-a-wedding-planning-business","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"10 Things You Should Do Before Launching your Wedding Planning Business - WFAL210 | Weddings for a Living","og_description":"Is it (finally!) time to launch your wedding planning business? Do these 10 things, first.","og_url":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/210-before-you-start-a-wedding-planning-business","og_site_name":"Weddings for a Living","article_published_time":"2011-06-01T00:38:22+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-02-14T22:01:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/before-you-start-your-wedding-business.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Debbie","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Debbie","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/210-before-you-start-a-wedding-planning-business#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/210-before-you-start-a-wedding-planning-business"},"author":{"name":"Debbie","@id":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c034f0454dd3042b17efaa198fc8caa3"},"headline":"10 Things You Should Do Before Launching your Wedding Planning Business – WFAL210","datePublished":"2011-06-01T00:38:22+00:00","dateModified":"2018-02-14T22:01:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/210-before-you-start-a-wedding-planning-business"},"wordCount":243,"commentCount":7,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/210-before-you-start-a-wedding-planning-business#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/before-you-start-your-wedding-business.png","keywords":["featured","wedding planning business"],"articleSection":["Confetti Vault"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/210-before-you-start-a-wedding-planning-business#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/210-before-you-start-a-wedding-planning-business","url":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/210-before-you-start-a-wedding-planning-business","name":"10 Things You Should Do Before Launching your Wedding Planning Business - WFAL210 | Weddings for a Living","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/210-before-you-start-a-wedding-planning-business#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/210-before-you-start-a-wedding-planning-business#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/before-you-start-your-wedding-business.png","datePublished":"2011-06-01T00:38:22+00:00","dateModified":"2018-02-14T22:01:46+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/210-before-you-start-a-wedding-planning-business#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/210-before-you-start-a-wedding-planning-business"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/210-before-you-start-a-wedding-planning-business#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/before-you-start-your-wedding-business.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/before-you-start-your-wedding-business.png","width":1200,"height":800},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/210-before-you-start-a-wedding-planning-business#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"10 Things You Should Do Before Launching your Wedding Planning Business – WFAL210"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/","name":"Weddings for a Living","description":"For new and aspiring Wedding Planners","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/#organization","name":"Weddings for a Living","url":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/wfal-badge-pink225.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/wfal-badge-pink225.png","width":225,"height":101,"caption":"Weddings for a Living"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/twitter.com\/wedforaliving"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c034f0454dd3042b17efaa198fc8caa3","name":"Debbie","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a09122c885cdd22ca45ffb4ca4f01b10?s=96&r=g&d=mm","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a09122c885cdd22ca45ffb4ca4f01b10?s=96&r=g&d=mm","caption":"Debbie"},"description":"Equal parts wedding consultant, talk show host and instructor."}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10660,"href":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491\/revisions\/10660"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491"},{"taxonomy":"post_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_series?post=491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}