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WII 200 – Timeline Insiders and the Wedding Planning Software that Changed Everything

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Top wedding influencers and educators reveal the truth about Timeline Genius

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What makes an incredible wedding day timeline? When we first set out to create a wedding planning software, we quickly learned that it takes a lot of heart and hard work. And thanks to some of the industry’s kindest and caring pros, we’re celebrating 13 years of Timeline Genius. 

We’re also celebrating 200 episodes of Wedding Industry Insider. That’s right: the 13th birthday of our company aligned serendipitously with the 200th episode of our podcast, and we knew we needed to do something big for it all. 

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WII 199 – What Belly Dancing Taught Vanessa Domenech About Wedding Planning

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Vanessa Domenech shares her best advice for growing a wedding planning business

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As the founder of a successful dance company, Vanessa Domenech was used to big productions and showcasing her personality. So when she decided to transition away from dancing, she needed a career that fueled her creativity — a career where she could be herself. 

So she returned to the places where she thrived, and she became a wedding planner. After all, as a belly dancer and Bollywood-style dancer, Vanessa was immersed in the world of events, especially South Asian weddings. So she used her connections, her business know-how, and her unique personality to build a successful wedding business. 

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WII 198 – The ‘Secret’ Clients Who Changed Joe Rogers’ Wedding Business

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When Joe Rogers started planning weddings in 2008, gay marriage wasn’t legal nationwide. So when he worked with gay couples, they often arrived without a clear vision of what their day could look like. They didn’t have a roster of must-do traditions they always dreamed of. Many of them weren’t even sure they’d be able to get married at all. 

What followed was nearly two decades of creating non-traditional, true-to-you weddings for couples who didn’t see themselves reflected in many traditions. And even better: Joe grew alongside his business, and alongside his clients. 

As he took his business full-time, Joe came out as gay. And he learned a lot along the way. He felt the emotional toll of clients’ unsupportive families, encountered homophobic vendors, and reassessed the most common wedding traditions. And it formed him into the creative, supportive wedding planner he is today (even as he began taking on “secret” straight clients!). 

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WII 197 – David Tutera’s Best Advice For Wedding Planners [Rebroadcast]

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This rebroadcast of David Tutera's classic Wedding Industry insider delves deep into his background, near bankruptcy, and his biggest successes.

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“There are a lot more people more creative than me. There are a lot more people that are more talented than me. The one thing that I have that a lot of people do not have in this business is I listen to the client.“

Want more from celebrity event planner David Tutera? Today on Wedding Industry Insider, we’re throwing it back to one of our earliest — and most popular — interviews. During this inspiring sit-down, David talks casually and candidly about his journey as a wedding pro, and how he became such a successful figure in the industry. 

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WII 196 – How Chelsea Brooke Started Her Wedding Business with Styled Shoots and Daily IG Posts

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Chelsea Brooke reveals her biggest lessons as a wedding planner on this week's wedding industry insider podcast

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Starting your wedding planning business from scratch? You’re going to need a good marketing plan – something that showcases the kind of work you want to do while drawing in your ideal clients. 

This week on Wedding Industry Insider Podcast, we sit down with Chelsea Brooke, a wedding planner and designer who specializes in weekend-long, nature-inspired events. Today, Chelsea is a respected pro whose business supports her lifestyle. But in 2016, she was starting from nothing… and she had 3 Instagram followers to prove it. 

Tune into this fantastic interview to discover Chelsea’s earliest marketing plan, which included 9 styled shoots and a daily Instagram flow. We’ll also discuss Chelsea’s other business ventures, her descent into burnout, and how she reinvented her business and lifestyle, complete with a risky name change and a slimmed-down client list. 

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WII 195 – Weighed Down by Your Wedding Planner Tasks? Katie Hendricks is Getting You Back to the Work You Love

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Katie Hendricks from Masterfully Managed talks about how she built a successful business by supporting wedding pros

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Are you getting lost in the grind? For many wedding planners, the operations and busy work can weigh us down and hinder our creativity. 

Middle-of-the-night ideas that disappear in the morning. Anxiety surfacing through the stress. Days filled with tasks you dislike. How can you work creatively and serve your clients when the day-to-day operations take up all your time and energy? 

This week on Wedding Industry Insider, we’ve got solutions that can help lighten your load and ease your stress… and you can get started right away. 

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WII 194 – Content Creation: Everything Wedding Planners Need to Know (with Reagan Teel)

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Content creation for wedding planners

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Wedding content creators: a valuable vendor, or just another person to manage? As wedding planners, we know that the demand for content creators is growing. But how do you work them into your planning flow, and how do you find ones that elevate weddings?

Today’s Wedding Industry Insider is all about wedding content creators. This is an episode we’ve been so excited about, especially since we realized that content creators aren’t a passing wedding trend. They are here to stay, and they can make a big impact on how couples remember their wedding day. 

What does that mean for wedding planners? We’re not only making space for these pros, we’re learning how to sell their services. Today’s interview is the perfect launching point. 

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WII 193 – What’s Your Next Level as a Wedding Planner? (with Sam Sheehy)

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Sam Sheehy is helping wedding planners find their next level as business owners

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Are you finally finding your groove as a wedding planner? Maybe you’ve taken the leap into full-time planning, or you’re finally reaching some of your early goals. Or maybe you’re at a turning point in your life where you need your career to evolve with you. 

This week’s Wedding Industry Insider podcast is for every wedding planner who is thinking, “What’s next?” 

What is your next level? How can you realize even more growth without getting burnt out? How can you make your business work in your next season of life? 

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WII 192 – The Content Strategy AI Can Never Replace (with Akua Konadu)

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Storytelling strategist Akua Konadu talks about content creation for wedding planners

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You can spot AI content from a mile away… and so can your potential clients. And as a wedding planner, authenticity and connection matter. But how can you create engaging content that doesn’t weigh down your workflow? 

The secret might be in one of the world’s oldest art forms: storytelling. 

This week on Wedding Industry Insider podcast, storytelling strategist Akua Konadu joins Eddie for a thoughtful conversation about embracing authenticity, standing out amid AI-generated noise, and safeguarding your productivity as a wedding pro. 

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