{"id":926,"date":"2011-12-13T22:01:17","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T03:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/?p=926"},"modified":"2022-07-19T14:55:05","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T18:55:05","slug":"223-wedding-planning-business-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/223-wedding-planning-business-tools","title":{"rendered":"#223: Wedding Planning Business Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some of the tools that I have found to be really helpful in running a wedding planning business:<!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_48\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/confetti\/content.blubrry.com\/confetti\/show_223_20111213.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('48','https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/confetti\/content.blubrry.com\/confetti\/show_223_20111213.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\/show_223_20111213.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/?powerpress_pinw=926-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Wedding Planning Business Tool #1: Business Telephone Solution<\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s amazing how technology changes everything.&nbsp; Just a few short years ago, using your mobile phone as a business line was considered amateurish and unprofessional! Now, most of us would much rather have the &#8216;cell number&#8217; than the &#8216;office number&#8217;, of the people we do business with, right?<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, I prefer to use a virtual telephone system (that still involves me using my mobile phone) for all of my incoming business calls.&nbsp; Here&#8217;s why:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I instantly know when I&#8217;m receiving a call from a bridal client, or wedding vendor, or anything related to my wedding planning business &#8211; so I can use my best &#8216;telephone&#8217; voice when I answer \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<li>I can stop taking calls after a specified time.&nbsp; No more calls on Sunday!<\/li>\n<li>I have only ever needed to list one telephone number for my wedding business (it&#8217;s been the same one since 2001) even though I&#8217;ve changed my cell phone, added and removed staff members<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"FreedomVOICE \" href=\"http:\/\/TryFreedomVOICE.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here&#8217;s a link to the service I use: FreedomVOICE<\/a>.&nbsp; The most basic plan costs less than $10\/month and includes enough monthly minutes that you&#8217;re unlikely to go over that basic rate for at least the first few months of operating your wedding planning business.<\/p>\n<h3>Wedding Planning Business Tool #2:&nbsp;A suite of office software<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Microsoft Office<\/li>\n<li>Open Office<\/li>\n<li>Google Docs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><div class='et-box et-info'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'>Call the CONFETTI Listener 24\/7 TalkBack Line at +1 (202) 681-2126 to ask your question!<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<h3>Wedding Planning Business Tool #3:&nbsp;A Business Address<\/h3>\n<p>If you operate your wedding planning business from your home, you can maintain your privacy by using a business address.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Get a USPS post office box\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usps.com\/business\/get-a-po-box.htm?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Post Office Box<\/a> &#8211; this is an affordable option, however you won&#8217;t be able to received packages here.&nbsp; Regular mail, only.<\/li>\n<li>Executive Office or Virtual Office &#8211; with this set-up you can publish a physical address, usually in a commercial area, and list your box number as your suite number.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Wedding Planning Business Tool #4:&nbsp;An Online Presence<\/h3>\n<p>Just like everything else, there are several resources if you need someone to design a website for your wedding planning business.&nbsp; There are also several do-it-yourself options, too.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>WordPress<\/li>\n<li>Facebook Fanpage for your Business<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Wedding Planning Business Tool #5:&nbsp;Customer Payment Solutions<\/h3>\n<p>Now, everyone can accept credit card payments without having to apply for a traditional merchant account.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Accept credit cards via your mobile phone!\" href=\"https:\/\/squareup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Square Up<\/a> &#8211; Use this nifty device to accept credit cards using your mobile phone.<\/li>\n<li>PayPal Business Account<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Wedding Planning Business Tool #6:&nbsp;Pocket Video Camera<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Kodak zi8 &#8211; Great way to capture site visit; very easy to upload video to your computer (may not be in production, now; replaced with Kodak Playsport)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Wedding Planning Business Tool #7: Professional&nbsp;Wedding Planning Software<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Professional Wedding &amp; Event  Planning Software\" href=\"http:\/\/myweddingworkbookpro.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">My Wedding Workbook Pro<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class='et-box et-info'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'>Call the CONFETTI Listener 24\/7 TalkBack Line at +1 (202) 681-2126 to ask your question!<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"alert\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some of the tools that I have found to be really helpful in running a wedding planning business:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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":[359,360],"post_series":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wedding Planning Business Tools &amp; Resources<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out these great tools and resources for running a successful wedding planning business. 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