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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 189 – Dana Kadwell Has Wedding Planning Down to a Science

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Dana Kadwell on the inspiration for her company Hustle & Gather, which helps wedding and event pros better run their businesses

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What happens when a scientist becomes a wedding planner? They operate with strong SOPs and make decisions based on data. Today on Wedding Industry Insider, we’re talking about how you can run your business like a scientist.

Our guest Dana Kadwell has a degree in chemistry and physics, and a background in education. Still, when she changed careers to wedding planning, she had problems finding balance. Her son’s early life is a blur because she was so busy. She got burnt out as her business grew. And in Dana’s words, her business became her god. 

But it didn’t stay that way.

During this heartfelt interview, Dana is walking us through her journey as a wedding planner and the changes she made to find balance and joy in her business. And a lot of it comes down to science. 

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[The Wedding Planner Edit] 6 Ways to Level Up During Booking Season

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Booking season tips for wedding planners

 

Hey wedding planners, the Timeline Genius team is here to give our hot takes and expert-driven opinions on the issues facing today’s wedding pros. This month, we’re getting into the trenches of booking season and helping you level up during this wild time of year. 

Booking Season for Wedding Planners

During January and February, most of you wedding planners are falling into one of two camps:

You’re really busy and just trying to plow through booking season, and you can’t imagine doing anything during this time except just getting through it. 

OR

You’re twiddling your thumbs, wondering where the bookings are. Sure, leveling up sounds good, but you’re too caught up in the worry of a slow season. 

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WII 181 – Fallon Carter Solves Your Wedding Planner Problems [Rebroadcast]

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If you’re looking for the dos and don’ts of running a wedding planning business, our interview with Fallon Carter is a great place to start. We’re revisiting this fan-favorite episode to soak up all the kindhearted wisdom and actionable advice Fallon has to offer, so tune in and see how you’re inspired to reshape your business. 

Fallon is the founder and creative director of Fallon Carter Events. She’s also an endearing podcast host and wedding expert who has persevered through challenges as an entrepreneur.  Read More “WII 181 – Fallon Carter Solves Your Wedding Planner Problems [Rebroadcast]” →

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WII 163 – Colleen Carswell on Growth That Feels Good

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Growth: it’s probably one of the major goals you have for your business. And even if you aren’t reaching your growth goals yet, you still need to set up your systems now so that you scale the right way. 

But what is the right way to grow your business? 

According to Colleen Carswell, growth should feel good to you. And to feel good while you grow, you need to be in energetic alignment. 

Colleen is this week’s guest on Wedding Industry Insider Podcast, and she’s talking all about tapping into your pillars of energy to grow and succeed as an entrepreneur. Colleen is the founder of Structured to Scale, a fractional COO company that helps businesses “create sustainable, scalable operations that free business owners to focus on what they love while increasing profitability, productivity, and impact.” 

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