By Evan Brown It is unsurprising that the owners of wedding businesses often find themselves overwhelmed by their limited budget or resources. As indispensable as keeping on top of your work is the use of viable DIY tools to help you continue on your path to success by streamlining work. Although even a startup requires a healthy amount of

By Christine Scalera There aren’t enough hours in the day to finish your To-Do list — in fact, it probably keeps getting longer and longer. As a creative entrepreneur, saving time is probably #1 on your wish list because you’re handling everything by yourself. Check out these time-saving hacks that every creative business owner should know: 1. Write things down.

There’s nothing worse than the frustration of an unending List of Things To Do that just gets longer. No sooner do you cross off one item than another takes its place. Does this sound familiar? (I currently have over 300 items on my giant list. I can’t even look at it all at once or it will send me into

Terry Ziemba is the owner of Flash Shack Photobooth. Her passion is working with kids at all kinds of events — weddings, proms, school dances, Sweet 16 parties, team building and non-profits in the fundraising arena. How does she keep the fun alive and grow her business at the same time? Let’s take a peek inside her business success. What

By Megan Miranda As a busy wedding professional, you need to keep on top of your clients and events. You may be dedicated to a pen and datebook, or you may keep all your plans in your iPhone. Whether you are ready to try an awesome digital task management system, or intend to keep using your paper calendar, follow these tips

Question:  “How do I divide the time I spend on each part of my business to be most effective and least wasteful of said time? I need to be more efficient. I feel like between blogging, web design, email management, client meetings, shooting, and editing, SEO, building relationships with vendors, getting publications… how can I get it all done myself?

  Have you ever had so many projects and things to do that you lose track of an important task? Or maybe you manage a team in your wedding business and you struggle with keeping track of what everyone’s doing? Or perhaps you’re wasting time sifting through dozens of emails while working on a wedding. There’s got to be a

This was the last straw. I couldn’t find the bride’s email.  I’d forgotten to call the accountant before the deadline, and I’d missed a client phone call appointment (which I never do!)  Everything was falling apart. The worst part was that I knew better. I knew how to tame the wild beasts lurking in my email inbox, the overgrown jungle

  Confession: I stole the apps on this list from Sonny Ganguly of Wedding Wire.  In his presentation at the Wedding MBA 2013 called, “Planet of the Apps,” he shared 36 of his favorite apps you can use for your wedding business. Honestly, I couldn’t write fast enough to keep up!  Here are the ones that jumped out at me

So you are running your own wedding business which is really cool, except for how much time you are spending every day on it. You are probably like the rest of us, wondering how on earth you can get everything done that you need to, but still have time for outside activities like spending time with family. In Justin Lukasavige’s