{"id":6813,"date":"2015-03-16T20:39:25","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T00:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/?p=6813"},"modified":"2016-09-12T10:44:30","modified_gmt":"2016-09-12T14:44:30","slug":"380-why-do-you-want-to-plan-weddings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/380-why-do-you-want-to-plan-weddings","title":{"rendered":"LIVE! Why Do YOU Want to Plan Weddings? &#8211; WFAL380"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Why do You Want to Plan Weddings for a Living?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The answer to this question fueled a lively discussion during this month&#8217;s live wedding planner chat session.\u00a0 So, do you plan weddings because you:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Simply love weddings?<\/li>\n<li>Want to help people? (hear this one a lot)<\/li>\n<li>Hope that the income from planning weddings will replace your current job?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class='et-box et-shadow'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'><h3>Listen to this Episode<\/h3>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1897\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/confetti\/content.blubrry.com\/confetti\/confetti-380-20150314.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('1897','https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/confetti\/content.blubrry.com\/confetti\/confetti-380-20150314.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-380-20150314.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/?powerpress_pinw=6813-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<h3>The Real Deal When it Comes to Planning Weddings<\/h3>\n<p>Whatever your reason, just know that a considerable amount of your time as a professional wedding planner is spent behind the scenes. Pulling together a great wedding is so much more than the end result&#8211;the decor, the gorgeous wedding party, the fantastic photos&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And then, don&#8217;t forget, that many of us are juggling our wedding business with another full-time venture: a day job and\/or a family PLUS evenings and weekends are when we do what we do.<\/p>\n<p>The truth is planning weddings for a living isn&#8217;t the ideal business model (and does such a thing even exist?).\u00a0 As an owner-operator, it takes time to develop your local reputation and with very little (read: no) repeat business, marketing what you do is a constant.<\/p>\n<p>So, take some time to research the ins and outs of what being a professional wedding planner is really\u00a0 all about and know that wedding planner certification courses don&#8217;t always paint the true picture.<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I&#8217;m a HUGE fan of limited hand-holding when it comes to my professional involvement with weddings.\u00a0 Day-of wedding coordination and officiating both fall into this category. It&#8217;s been my experience that engaged couples are in need of one of these services before they consider a full-service wedding planner.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"3 Steps to Making Money Performing Wedding Ceremonies\" href=\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/3-steps-to-make-money-performing-wedding-ceremonies\" target=\"_blank\">Learn how you can make money on weekends performing wedding ceremonies as a wedding officiant.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Volunteer your time with local wedding vendors so that you can see firsthand what it&#8217;s like to work a wedding. This type of experience is priceless! And as an added bonus, assuming that you stick with planning weddings, the wedding vendor that you&#8217;re helping is probably going to send you more business. (Nice, right?)<\/p>\n<h3>Coming Up: Same-Sex Weddings<\/h3>\n<p><strong><em>Do you believe that wedding vendors who do not want to work with same-sex couples planning a wedding should get out of the wedding business?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a business owner, this is an important question for you to consider PLUS it&#8217;s the topic for our next live broadcast.<\/p>\n<p>Please, call the Listener Talkback Line to share your thoughts and leave your feedback for playback during our upcoming live event:\u00a0 +1 202-681-2126.<\/p>\n<h2>Mentioned on this Episode:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Let&#8217;s Connect<\/strong>: Weddings For a Living is on Twitter (stop laughing!) <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/wedforaliving\" target=\"_blank\">@wedforaliving<\/a>\u00a0 and <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/104329310704625411064\/posts\" target=\"_blank\">on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Officiant on Wheels<\/strong>: Here&#8217;s a great story about mobile wedding officiants (and when I say mobile, I mean mobile!).\u00a0 Click here for the story.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listener TalkBack Lin<\/strong>e:\u00a0 Call +1 202-681-2126 or <a title=\"Gotta Question?\" href=\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/ask-debbie\" target=\"_blank\">go to the &#8216;Ask&#8217; page<\/a> to leave your feedback<\/p>\n<p>HAPPY PLANNING!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The real deal when it comes to planning weddings for a living<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6819,"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":[],"post_series":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>LIVE! 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