Don't let clients guilt you on your day off or when you are needing to take time off.
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I recently had a call with another planner who felt this guilt. Her son was sick, she was feeling sick, and yet she had a client that lashed back when a meeting needed to be canceled and rescheduled.
Corporate America allows for time off. Your clients take days off. I really feel entrepreneurs need to learn to run their business this way. It's okay to tend to the needs of your children or yourself....there is no shame in this!
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#weddingvendor
#weddingmentor #entrepreneur #runningabusiness #daysoff #weddingplannersofinstagram
HACKED + TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF ✨️✨️
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Normally, I'm on top of every penny filtering through our business. I'm good at it. I had projections, accountability, and have the business financials locked in ⤵️⤵️
Until...
I started to notice "random" charges on my business credit card for items I didn't remember purchasing but from stores that I would frequent often. (Supply stores, rental company, etc..)
To be honest, I started to let my reconciliation process at the end of each month slide because of time. We know the drill
"I'll deal with that later"
Weeeeelllllllll, my lack of follow-through has resulted in a literal nightmare!
It's not just the business account, it's been our personal accounts as well.
LEARN from me and my mistakes! I don't want anyone to go through this!
💰 Reconcile your accounts monthly.
💰 If money is not your "thing" get yourself an accountant ASAP or hire someone to run the financial part of your business
💰 As annoying as it may be, set notifications on your phone when a purchase is made. I've literally heard the ding and looked and knew I wasn't in Florida making a McDonalds purchase.
💰 As soon as you notice something. Freeze the card OR shut down the card immediately. Note: Freezing a card isn't the best fix, hackers have work arounds. Notify your institution for help
💰 We laugh, but change your passwords routinely! And try try try to not use similar passwords. Keep banking and cc passwords DIFFERENT from commonly used passwords like email or social media.
💰 Have you seen an increase in Spam Calls for emails for loans or new lines of credit? I did...hackers can sell your information. You read that right!!!
As a business we think we can do it all! If you are not the best with money (it's okay to admit this), don't have the time to manage your accounts OR just don't understand how to run the financial side of your business, talk to me and I'll introduce you to some amazing 💰💰 people to
What Do I Do??? 😡😡
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If you are a wedding planner I GUARANTEE you've had this happen!
What do you do if you have a family memeber of your client, a member of the wedding party, or a family friend start micromanaging the setup of a wedding? It's soooo frustrating, right??!!!
Watch this video for an EASY but HONEST way to stop the micromanagers in their tracks.
One simple acrynomn will help EVERY.SINGLE.TIME 💥💥
C.O.I's ⤵️⤵️
We do not carry insurance for every Tom, Dick, and Harry that comes to a wedding (well, in regards to setup). Use this tactic to not only protect your business BUT to help keep the setup process moving along.
Know your role, know your insurance!
#weddingbiz #weddingbusinesseducation #coi #weddingplanner #weddingmentor #weddinginfo #weddingeducation #smallbusiness #entrepreneur ##weddingplannersofinstagram
Riddle Time ✨️✨️
What is something everyone want to create
Yet noone wants to create
Hahah...
The Timeline 😆🙈
I recently heard this from a couple. My venue coordinator made the timeline for us to follow. Intrigued, I asked for a copy. Sooooo missing pieces. (And let me say, to all the Venue Coordinators-yall are AMAZING and no shade, I promise)
-transportation schedules
-hair and makeup schedules
-transition times
While I appreciate the efforts, one of the most important reasons a planner is hired is to manage the event. How can manage an event based on a timeline we didn't help create?
We should be reaching out to vendors and the venue to ask their needs while taking into account Transition times, catering needs, setup logistics, and client requests.
Ever had a vendor create a timeline for a client? What'd ya do?
#eventtimeline #wedding #weddingplannersofinstagram #weddingprogram #weddingindustrybusiness #mentorship #weddingmentor
I'm asking the HARD question today!
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So many variables and scenarios that may influence your answer, but I wanna know!
Contingency Money!
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Working with destination wedding couples most of my career, things are forgotten. Shoes, socks, belts, etc...
I've gotten the franic call from a bride asking me to run through Target or wherever to grab something. So my ❓️ for you is...
⁉️⁉️ How are you getting reimbursed?
I ask my clients provide a contingency payment that 90% of the time us reimbursed but every once in a while I have to dig into it. It's so much easier getting all the last minute things when you have THEIR money to spend:)
No need asking for reimbursement from them. You have the money and everything is taken care of
🔶️ save those receipts to show your proof of purchases :)
🔶️ always have the request in writing. Even if a client calls me I followup with a text / email confirming the purchas(s) and that I'm pulling from the contingency fund.
#budget #weddingbudget #weddingindustrybusiness #weddingprogram #mentorship #weddingplannersofinstagram #weddingplanning
Ever need a break? Not a day at the pool but like LEGITIMATE BREAK?
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I'm back from a pretty significant social media break. I needed time to refocus and pray and think through the "what's next" When we reach a time where this is necessary, we have to fully disconnect.
🔶️ Not every business has a team of planners, VA's, admin assistants, coordinators and the list goes on and on. Sometimes it's ME...YOU...NOONE ELSE
So, what happens when life happens when the break is essential?
I'm learning to control what I can and to let go of what I can't.
I'm evaluating my priorities and my non-negotiables in my life. And guess what is NOT making it at the top of my lists. Social Media. While I understand it's importance in our business I also recognize the dangers ⚠️ it brings to our business.
Social Media is NOT your life and your life is NOT Social Media.
#socialmediamarketing #socialmedia #socialmediabreak #solopreneur #weddinplanner #entrepreneurs #weddingindustrybusiness #planning #weddingbiz
Sound Familiar?
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🙈 I am gone EVERY weekend
🙈 I am burned out
🙈 I have little time for my family
🙈 I wish I could take a vacation
Listen people.. Just because you are booked every single weekend doesn't mean you are killing it! You are actually killing yourself instead!
Our businesses are a business. Remember that next time you are up at 2 am answering emails!
❓️ Are you overcomitting yourself
❓️ Are you charging enough
When you break down the costs of running your business compared to what you are charging, is there anything left that justifes all the work you did?
Let's Talk 👄
DM "PRICING" for the start of a great conversation!
#weddingmentor #weddingindustrybusiness #weddingbiz #eventplanner #weddingolanner #smallbusiness #profit #burnedout #WeddingIndustry ##weddingbusinesseducation #weddingeducation #weddingpro
My soapbox today 🧼
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Do you offer Vendor Management? This is for.you!! ⤵️
1️⃣ What's it's not! Vendor Management is not telling other vendors how to live their life. 😆 Stay in the Event Mindset
✔️ When are your timelines going out?
✔️ Are you introducing yourself to vendors BEFORE a final timeline goes out?
✔️ Have you asked your Vendors "What Do You Need"
The frustration is high from Vendors. Word on the street (from many vendors) is that they have 0 communication from the Coordinator/Planner until a couple of days before an event when a timeline is emailed Over.
Wait, what???!!!!!
I feel stupid because doesn't Vendor Management INCLUDE communicating? Planners, understand there is more to Management than sending a timeline.
I am genuinely curious. What is Vendor Management to you?
Talk To Me 🗣🗣
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#eventcoordinator #vendormanagement #communication #weddingtimeline #eventprofs #weddingpro #entrepreneurlife #weddingbizcoach #mentorship
Raise your hand if you have struggled with this?
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I have more times than I'd like to admit. The longer I have been in business the easier it is to recognize these feelings or 🚩
So what do you do if you meet a couple that checks all the boxes of being your ideal client BUT something inside you says, no!
First...LISTEN TO THAT VOICE! It's so valuable. It something doesn't feel right, it's probably not.
Often times in consultations we get so excited and wrapped up in the moment that we ignore feelings. I know what you are going to say, "But Karie as business owners we are to keep emotion out of the business" I believe this:
💥 Drama Emotion= BAD
💥 Intuition Emotion = GOOD
Not every client is going to be your client. Have you ever heard of a movie star turning down a roll? And you think man, how could they have done that? It made millions!!! Because they knew it wasn't the right one for them.
Let it go, planner...you were not their ONE.
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Have you ever had this happen?
#idealclient
#weddingindustrybusiness
#weddingbiz
#weddingprogram #weddingbusinesseducation #weddingcoordinator #entrepreneur #mentorship
Insecurities, do you have them?
🙋♀️ Hi, I struggle with this! My entire life I was told, " deep breath, put a smile on your face and go for it"
I can't tell you how many times I've dang near thrown up before a wedding or before a speaking opportunity. It's the fear of not being perfect. It's the fear of someone not liking me or my business. It's someone talking behind my back.
As creative business owners we want to believe everyone is for us but as the viral TikTok video says *Take A Look Around. Do you see her anywhere * (all the people loving us LOL)
I've learned over the years that no matter what I do someone will have something to say. It's an absolute (death, taxes, and gossip). But how we talk to ourselves impacts our business MORE than what others think.
Do you know Elvis Presleys manager sold "I hate Elvis" buttons to protesters of his music? He literally made money off the ones protesting his music! *It's the devils music* GENIUS 👏👏
So my question is this 🤔 ⤵️⤵️
Are you using the words of others as a barrier OR as fuel?
Are you working on your internal barriers or taking the words and doubts of others as your own truth?
Show the world you HAVE IT that you WANT IT.
#business
#businessowner
#entrepreneur #smallbusinessowners #weddingindustry #weddingindustrybusiness #WeddingBusinessOwners #weddingprofs #eventpro #eventbiz #eventindustry
💥💥💥 Tick Marks
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Does this look familiar 👀🔎👀👀🔎
EVENT MANAGEMENT
•Timeline
•Layouts
•Setup
•Vendor Assistance
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If you're not seeing the clients you want OR seeing conversion it could be because of ONE SMALL MISTAKE!
You are being to vague!
💥 You don't want to be so long winded that your client is thrown into service overload BUT you want to be very INTENTIAL in the way you present your services
💥 Present services you know you can do! Ever heard the phrase, " jack of all trades, master of none" This could be another reason you are not seeing the conversation you'd like. You offer literally everything 🤷♀️
I would encourage you to take a look at your Service Guide and get those tick marks in ✔️
DM today if you are interested in a package audit!
#plannercommunity #planning #smallbusiness #weddingbusiness #weddingpro #serviceguide #pricing #eventpro #eventmentor #eventplanner #mentor
