When it comes to managing your wedding-centric business, I’ve got you covered.
Not to brag but I can easily handle the aspects of your business that are sucking the life out of you.
No, seriously, I can.
When you’re forced to step away from the work you love, the work you feel you were born to do…the work you can’t believe you get paid to do…when you step away from those aspects of your business to do something administrative in nature, it pretty much sucks.
It’s kinda like being forced to clean the toilet because there’s nobody else to do it and you like a clean toilet but you really just want to be playing Wii Fit.
It would be a good idea, in times like that in your business, to ask yourself, “Would Martha, Oprah or Donald be doing this task themselves if they were me?”
In your wildest dreams, can you picture Oprah doing vendor research and planning an itinerary for one of her trips? Ha! She’s probably as likely to make her own travel arrangements as she is to be seen swishing the Vim around her own toilet bowl.
Do you believe for one second that Martha whips up her own financial spreadsheets? Well, actually, maybe she does cause she’s kind of weird like that. But we’ll bet dollars to donuts that Donald doesn’t.
Anyway, you get the picture.
If you want to build your wedding-focused empire further (whether you’re a wedding planner, photographer or florist) you have to focus on your core service or product and developing that. Stop drowning in the details…send those over to me!
Wedding Planning Services
Vendor Research. Let me compare the photographers and the florists and the venues for you. You have better things to be doing than poring over all those details online.
Creating processes. I can help you develop systems for your business so everyone knows how each bride will be dealt with from beginning to end. Wouldn’t it be great to have that documented and every process automated? Not only for yourself but for any team members you add to know exactly what needs to be done at each step of the way? How brilliant would that be!?
Buffer/bodyguard services. This is like virtual bodyguard stuff. Sometimes wedding planners can get overtaken by brides. I don’t want that to happen to you so I’ll teach you some boundary setting tricks and when all else fails, I’ll be your go-between. Buh-bye, bridezilla!
Follow up. I can touch base with potential brides, and keep your current clients in the loop. I’ll follow up with vendors and even grooms if you need me to. There’s so much back and forth with the follow up calls. You could spend all day doing that. But don’t. Allow me the pleasure!
Vendor management. I know how to manage operations with the publicist, florist, photographer, videographer and so on and so forth. Remember, I’ve planned weddings professionally. I’ve got this covered!
Leverage time and resources. I can be working on building that empire for you by overseeing the creation of all those product ideas you’ve had for ages! I’ll also take great pleasure in diversifying your marketing funnel. Look at me go!
Closing Sales with Brides
Customer Service. Do you ever wish you could hire an assistant to be your customer service department? Hello…that’s what I do! Let me respond to your customers’ inquiries, phone calls and emails. I’m very, very good at it. You can tell by how good my own customer service is. Stellar, really.
Shopping Cart Support. I have several nerds VAs up my sleeve, each skilled in shopping cart systems. Wouldn’t you love to completely outsource your shopping cart to someone? Let that someone be us!
System implementation. I know all about Ali Brown’s programs and Sherri McConnell’s systems. If you have a system or program from one of those big-time marketers that you want implemented in your business, I can handle that for you very easily. You paid the big bucks for that knowledge, don’t you feel dumb for not implementing what you learned? Cause you should. Just sayin’.
Personal Concierge. Wouldn’t it be nice to have someone send flowers to your mom on her birthday or make your restaurant reservations for you? Like Carrie had in the Sex in the City movie only you don’t have enough room in your house to put your own Louise or you don’t feel like you have enough money? It doesn’t cost that much, but wait until your friends hear you have your own personal concierge. I wish I could see the looks on their faces! Priceless.
Bride Attraction and Retention
VIP Programs
Remember, on top of all these programs, I will also literally act as your Online Business Manager. That means I oversee your Project Management, Team Management, Metrics Management and Operations Management.
And Systems. I forgot to mention all the different systems I can implement in your business:
Marketing Systems. How are people finding your business? What’s the strategy or system behind your marketing? If you don’t have one, you need this service.
Relationship Building Systems. I’ll help you build relationships with the people who join your list. You didn’t think just having names on your list was going to help grow your business did you? Of course not, you have to have a conversation with those people and follow up with them to take them from potential client to paying customer.
Communication Systems. I’ll help document the way communications are handled in your business. Who sends emails, returns phone calls, etcetera. You might not think you’re a big enough operation for that now but if it’s an empire you’re building, let’s get to it.
Money Systems. Let’s see to it that the money gets from your clients’ shopping cart to your bank account!
Client Support Systems. How do you take care of the people who send you money? Do you have an enrollment process? Do you send a welcome package? Do you have a set of standard FAQs put together? Do you realize yet that you need me?
Delivery Systems. Have you been holding off on putting together some info products because you don’t know how to get everything in place? Larissa Parks to the rescue!
Back up Systems. Is your critical business information being backed up on a regular basis? If not, you should be ashamed of yourself. Don’t worry. Your secret’s safe with me.
Project Management Systems. I’ll keep track of what gets done and who does it. I’ll assign tasks and responsibilities to the right person and your life will never be the same. In a good way.
SOP Guide. You need a Standard Operating Procedures Guide. After all, if one of us gets hit by a bus someone should be able to step in and see how things are done. I’ll do it. Not get hit by a bus. The other thing.
Ethnic Weddings are my Specialty!
If you’re involved in an ethnic wedding and are a bit lost in the traditions, please call me! I adore other cultures and am familiar with many different types of traditional weddings for different ethnic groups. I can either take over the planning for you or I can provide you with some research to help make your job practically effortless!
I would like to help you with all of this, what do you think?
