Question: How Do You Dump a Bad Client? Hey Steph, How do you gracefully decline a couple you feel isn’t right for you? It just seems odd to tell them you just booked the date on them right after you just met with them. Thanks, Jimmy Answer: Hey, Jimmy. I hate when that happens! Both you and the couple set

Have you ever wondered why you just can’t seem to break through something in your wedding business? It might be that you have trouble closing the sale, or have trouble promoting your business. No matter what it is, according to esbjournal.com most of the time the main thing holding you back is fear. Now sometimes that fear is deep rooted and

  Like it or not, sometimes problems in a wedding business come directly from the top. Resolving those problems is what builds a successful business, while allowing them to fester can quickly destroy your business. When you are running your own business it is crucial to take time at least twice a year to analyze your attitudes towards your work

  The first few years of building a business are tough. There is a lot of work, not enough pay, and a lot of headaches along the way. As a result businesses during this period are often connected with the term “suffering” which can easily lead to moments of despair. So how do you turn that suffering and despair into

  What’s the biggest challenge facing your wedding business right now? Is it… Getting more leads? Booking more weddings? Finding more time? Convincing “price shoppers” to pay the price you deserve? Simply making more money so you can pay the bills? When the problem gets really big, it’s all we think about. It’s like a jagged splinter in the bottom

Lately I’ve heard a lot of pessimism in the wedding industry, a lot of hand wringing about shrinking wedding budgets, the DIY trend, unfair expectations set up by the bridal media.  Yadda, yadda, blah, blah. I get it.  It’s tough out there.  According to the Wedding Report, average US wedding expenses dropped 32% from 2007 to 2009.  That truly sucks.