If you are starting a wedding planning business, a wedding venue business, a wedding photography business, or any other wedding industry-related business – you will need to follow a successful wedding business plan if you want to be successful from the start.
To start a successful wedding business – I recommend following my 4-week launch your wedding business plan that includes the following steps:
- Picking your wedding business name and registering your business
- Selecting your domain and hosting
- Setting up a business bank account
- Creating your wedding business contracts and terms of service
- Putting your wedding business plan on paper
- Understanding your numbers and what you want to earn from your business.
- Understanding your ideal customer and where to find them
- Creating your service or product packages and prices
- Designing your essential business designs
- Setting up your wedding business website
- Creating your social media accounts
- Designing your wedding business pricing guide and brochure
- Signing up with an email autoresponder
- Creating a lead magnet opt-in form
- Setting up your sales page or landing page
- Creating a follow-up email sequence and nurture sequence.
How to Launch Your Wedding Business in 4 Weeks
I have created a free guide that dives deeper into each step of this 4 week’s wedding business plan for startups. You can grab your copy by entering your details in the box at the bottom of this article.
In the guide – I explain why you need to follow each step in more detail so you can understand the reason for each step and why it is important to follow the plan from step one to step two and onwards.
This guide is for wedding business startups that are eager to create a successful wedding business plan that they can follow from day one.
Do you Need to Reset or Rebrand Your Existing Wedding Business?
Some of you may have an existing wedding business. Maybe you have had your wedding planning business for some time but need to upgrade or rebrand.
Have you been struggling to get new bookings or do you want to raise your wedding prices but feel that your existing wedding brand and design do not align?
If you want to update or rebrand your existing wedding business – you can use this guide to help you. It will help you uncover areas that may be holding you and your wedding business back.
For instance, if you want to raise your prices – you will want to ensure you have a deeper understanding of your wedding business numbers and your new target audience. If you are raising your rates, you will need to attract brides that can afford your new prices.
Why You Need a Successful Wedding Business Plan?
Starting a wedding business without any plan in place could cost you a lot of time and money in the long run. This wedding business plan lays out the specific step-by-step plan that I follow with my wedding business coaching clients.
Each step leads on to the next. If you start your wedding business without ticking off each step of this plan – you will have difficulties in the future.
For example – if you design your logo before understanding your target audience – you could miss the mark and put off the bridal couples that you want to work with.
When you understand your numbers, your target audience, and your goals – you will have a much better chance of success than you would if you tried to just take it day-by-day.
How to Download the Launch Your Wedding Business in 4 Weeks Guide
My free guide for launching or starting your wedding business in 4 weeks offers you a step-by-step plan in a simple pdf downloadable.
You can get a free copy of this successful wedding business plan by entering your details below. Simply enter your name and email address in the opt-in form and your free copy of the guide will be sent to your inbox.
If you do not get the email link in your inbox – please email me at nats@weddingbusinesspro.com to let me know.
Frequently Asked Questions for Wedding Business Startups
I have been coaching startup wedding business owners for a few years now and I’ve noticed the same questions pop up time and time again. Here are some of the most popular questions that I get asked:
Can I start my wedding business with no money or a tiny budget?
The answer to this one is quite simple for me to answer because I did it. I started my wedding business without any money in the bank. I had a laptop and my internet connection and that was it.
To start a wedding business without any money is obviously a lot harder than it would be if you had money in the bank for backup but for me, the lack of funds made me work harder than I probably would have if I had money available.
I have an article about starting a wedding business that you might find helpful. Click here to read it now.
My guide will help you get your wedding business started, and most of the steps in the process can be done for free or with a minimal budget.
Can I Start my Wedding Business With No Experience
Yes, this is possible and again, I can vouch for this because I did it with my wedding planning business back in 2009.
To find out more > Read this article.
What Should I Do First to Get Bookings for My New Wedding Business
I know it can be a little frustrating and overwhelming at first, especially if you’re not getting any bookings. My advice to get more wedding bookings as a startup business is to give a wedding away for free or offer to work with other wedding vendors.
This may go against your desire or need to make money, but go with me here. When you do free weddings or work with other vendors, you are getting the experience you need, but you are also building your relationships.
Relationship building is an essential step if you want to get more bookings. If you create good relationships with other vendors, they may be more likely to send bookings your way when they are booked for that wedding date.
When you work for free, you can use the images that you get from those weddings in your gallery and social media posts to help build up your portfolio and further reach your target audience.
I’m Not Happy With my Existing Business – How can I Start Over?
This is more common than you probably realize and the reason why so many wedding business owners want to reset or start over from scratch is that they rushed in with their first business without following a step-by-step wedding business plan.
If you want a successful wedding business – you need to follow a plan!
I have outlined my step-by-step wedding business plan in my Launch Guide. This simple guide is yours for free – simply add your details below to get an instant copy sent to your inbox!
Conclusion
Running a wedding business is hard work. It can take time to get noticed, but I can assure you that if you plan it all out strategically and follow a successful wedding business plan like this one. You will have success.
Until the next time,
Take care
Nats
