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187. 5 Tips for Being a Great Leader in the Wedding Industry

The Wedding Pro CEO Podcast - May 23, 2023 09:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
Becoming a great leader is essential for wedding industry entrepreneurs who want to build successful businesses and create time freedom. On today's show, I am talking about, five tips for being a great leader. Five practical tips that can be implemented right away to transform your leadershi...

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186. Marketing & Scaling for Wedding Industry Pros w/ Carrie Flynn

The Wedding Pro CEO Podcast - May 16, 2023 09:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
Meet Carrie Flynn, a former public school teacher turned fractional CMO and business consultant specializing in marketing and scaling strategies for service-based businesses. With a passion for helping service based entrepreneurs transition from growth to scaling, Carrie founded Virtual Simpli...

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185. Three Sales Funnels Every Wedding Entrepreneur Needs w/ Carissa Kruse

The Wedding Pro CEO Podcast - May 09, 2023 09:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
On today's episode, I am talking with Carissa Kruse about the importance of funnels in the wedding industry. Carissa is a sales and backend funnel strategy expert for wedding professionals who helps them book more weddings without constantly chasing leads. Carissa and I, discuss the three main...

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uRequest Live: Unleashing the Power of Audience-Driven Events

Event Tech Podcast - May 08, 2023 21:10 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Imagine an event where the audience takes the reins, curating the perfect musical experience by making real-time requests and communicating with the band. Today, we're thrilled to introduce you to uRequest Live, a groundbreaking platform that does exactly that. In this episode of the ...

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184. The #1 Reason You're Still Overwhelmed in Your Wedding Business (and what to do instead)

The Wedding Pro CEO Podcast - May 02, 2023 09:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
Hello CEOs!! In this episode, I discuss the biggest challenge I faced when running my wedding business: feeling overwhelmed, even with a large team. I realized that I was managing tasks instead of managing people, which meant that even when I delegated tasks to my team, I was still overwhelmed w...

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183. The Secret to Warm Leads! w/ Andrea Shah

The Wedding Pro CEO Podcast - April 25, 2023 09:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
In this episode, we have a special guest, Andrea Shah, who is a wedding pro copywriter. Andrea and I will be discussing the importance of creating effective copy that can attract your ideal couple and how to weed out couples who may not be the right fit for you. We will also delve into the signi...

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#EventProfs: Our New Community Platform

Event Tech Podcast - April 24, 2023 21:12 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
The #EventProfs community is a strong network of event professionals who’ve come together worldwide to share their ideas and insights and seek support in the ever-evolving event industry. Our thriving community includes event planners, marketers, sponsors, technology providers, and more...

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182. Accepting the Burn Out! (and how to fix it)

The Wedding Pro CEO Podcast - April 18, 2023 09:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
Today I am talking to Krista Marie. She is a photographer and a coach for photographers and course creators. We are talking all about how to get back on track with your goals after burnout or exhaustion knocks us off course. We can all agree that happens, right? Sometimes personal responsibili...

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182. Accepting the Burn Out! (and how to fix it) w/ Krista Marie

The Wedding Pro CEO Podcast - April 18, 2023 09:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
Today I am talking to Krista Marie. She is a photographer and a coach for photographers and course creators. We are talking all about how to get back on track with your goals after burnout or exhaustion knocks us off course. We can all agree that happens, right? Sometimes personal responsibili...

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181. Make More Money Series - Charge More!

The Wedding Pro CEO Podcast - April 11, 2023 09:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
Today we are concluding our three part Make More Money Series. In part 3 we are learning all about how to CHARGE MORE in your wedding business. This is going to be such a juicy episode!! I'm going to share with you the exact steps you need to do to start charging more for your services to maxim...

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180. Make More Money Series - Convert More!

The Wedding Pro CEO Podcast - April 04, 2023 09:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
Welcome to part two of the Make More Money series, and in this three part series we're breaking down three different ways that you can make MORE money in your wedding business!!  Couldn't we all stand to make a little more money in our wedding business!? BEFORE YOU LISTEN: This is part two. If...

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Let’s Revisit: ChatGPT and Other AI Technology You Need to Know

Event Tech Podcast - April 03, 2023 21:02 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Unlike the Metaverse, artificial intelligence (AI) is progressing rapidly. Will and Brandt published the ChatGPT, DALL-E, and Other AI Tools You Need to Know at the end of February 2023. After only a few weeks and many headlines later, they’re ready to revisit the ever-evolving topic.  ...

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179. Make More Money Series - Work More?

The Wedding Pro CEO Podcast - March 28, 2023 09:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
Today starts a three part series here on the podcast that I'm calling the Make More Money series because couldn't we all use a little bit more money in our wedding business? I know you are tired of working long hours and not seeing the results you want in your wedding business? (I was!) Do you ...

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178. "Guide to Smart Wedding Planning" w/ Jeri Solomon and Edna Dratch-Parker

The Wedding Pro CEO Podcast - March 21, 2023 09:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
I wanna ask you, have you ever thought of writing a book? If you've been in the industry for any amount of time, you've likely been told by a friend or a coworker that you should write a book. There's so many crazy things that happen to us in this industry, right? And putting it all in a book j...

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177. What Can TikTok Do For Wedding Pros? w/ Meagan Culkin

The Wedding Pro CEO Podcast - March 14, 2023 09:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
Are you on Tiktok? I'm talking with Meagan Culkin from Magnolia Collective, and she has mastered TikTok and how to use it for her wedding planning business.  She tells us all about how she first got on TikTok. How she first went viral, what kind of videos she makes, and we talk all about how s...

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S58. The 3 Biggest Mistakes Wedding Pros Make.

The Wedding Pro CEO Podcast - March 09, 2023 10:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
I want to share three mistakes that I see happening so often in the wedding industry. I work with so many wedding pros and I absolutely love getting to like, dig into their business and really figure out what is causing some of their stress. That stress is created by either lack of profit or a...

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176. Setting Boundaries & Achieving Goals: Q&A w/ Dallas Roy

The Wedding Pro CEO Podcast - March 07, 2023 10:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
Today I am being interviewed by Dallas Roy of, Details by Dallas Marketing Firm. This is such a fun conversation!!! Dallas has a group of mostly seasoned wedding planners that submit questions to her.  She then interviews wedding pros, asking them the questions and then publishes the answers to...

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Cybersecurity for Event Planners: How to Protect Your Events

Event Tech Podcast - March 06, 2023 22:16 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
In 2022, the United States saw 1,774 data breaches. And while 1,774 might not sound jaw-dropping, those breaches impacted an estimated 422,143,312 people. Cybersecurity for event planners is a recurring theme on the podcast because cyber threats are never-ending and are only getting mor...

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S57. The Best Laid Plans.

The Wedding Pro CEO Podcast - March 02, 2023 10:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
The best laid plans are revisited and monitored. Now back on episode 167 of the Wedding Pro CEO Podcast, I shared with you how I set my goals every single year and how I goal set with my accelerator members as well. Today, on this Short episode, we will be tracking & pacing those goals togethe...

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175. Are You Exhausted or Are You Saturated? Social Media Strategy with Tahnee Sanders

The Wedding Pro CEO Podcast - February 28, 2023 10:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
Tahnee Sanders, a journalist turned floral designer-turned creative entrepreneur, takes a bold career pivot and starts the Strategy Studio to help female-founded creative service providers communicate their value, charge what they're worth, and run more profitable, sustainable businesses - all w...

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S56. Fake It 'Til You Make It!

The Wedding Pro CEO Podcast - February 23, 2023 10:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
Today I wanna talk about, "faking it until you make it." Now, listen, I know that this term gets a really bad rap in a lot of industries, right? My husband hates when I use this term because it can convey the idea of falsifying your credentials to gain some sort of unwarranted notoriety. "Fak...

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174. Building a Powerhouse Brand with Kristin Hubbard

The Wedding Pro CEO Podcast - February 21, 2023 10:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
In this episode, we are excited to introduce Kristin Hubbard, the owner of Our DJ Rocks and Photo Booth Rocks in Orlando, Florida, who will be speaking at the upcoming Wedding Pro CEO Summit. Welcome to the Wedding Pro CEO Podcast, where we help wedding industry entrepreneurs build a profitable...

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174. Building a Powerhouse Brand w/ Kristin Hubbard

The Wedding Pro CEO Podcast - February 21, 2023 10:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
In this episode, we are excited to introduce Kristin Hubbard, the owner of Our DJ Rocks and Photo Booth Rocks in Orlando, Florida, who will be speaking at the upcoming Wedding Pro CEO Summit. Welcome to the Wedding Pro CEO Podcast, where we help wedding industry entrepreneurs build a profitable...

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Chat GPT, Dall-E, and Other AI Tools You Need to Know

Event Tech Podcast - February 20, 2023 21:14 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Artificial intelligence (AI) tools have dominated the headlines lately. And tools like ChatGPT, Midjourney, and DALL-E have artists and writers sounding alarms about job security. So, what does this have to do with the events industry? In this episode of the Event Tech podcast, Will and...

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S55. Let Success Be Your Response.

The Wedding Pro CEO Podcast - February 16, 2023 10:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
On today's Short, I wanna talk about, letting success be your response. A few weeks ago I saw a post by a fellow educator, Terrica. She's a force in the wedding education space. She's also a wedding planner on the East coast. And Terrca's post said, let success be your response. And I was like...

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173. Check Your Ego & Be a Humble Learner: Opening the Wedding Pro CEO Summit 2022

The Wedding Pro CEO Podcast - February 14, 2023 10:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
I opened the 2022 Wedding Pro CEO Summit encouraging all in attendance to be a Humble Learner. The theme of the summit was to help established wedding business owners to scale beyond the hamster wheel and become the CEO of their business. I wanted everyone to learn a lesson from a Tiktok my hu...

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S54. Let's Do a Sales Funnel Audit.

The Wedding Pro CEO Podcast - February 09, 2023 10:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
Today, I want to discuss the importance of auditing your sales funnel.  For those who may not be familiar, a sales funnel refers to the process of bringing new followers into your business through various networks such as referrals, social media, and advertising.  However, sometimes you may fi...

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172. A Wild Idea or Your Next Big Move?

The Wedding Pro CEO Podcast - February 07, 2023 10:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
On today's show, I am talking with Gretchen Culver of Rocket Science Events and Moon and Stars events and Minne Weddings. I wanna ask you, CEO. Have you ever had an idea for an additional revenue stream, or maybe even a whole separate company, but you're afraid to? Or maybe you started it and t...

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8 Tips for Handling Reduced Event Budgets

Event Tech Podcast - February 06, 2023 21:24 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
As we continue to transition out of the pandemic and into 2023, the effects of economic downturn, layoffs, and budget cuts are felt across the tech industry. And with record-breaking inflation, it’s no surprise many event professionals are forced to navigate tighter budgets with rising ...

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S53. Free vs. Paid Education. Real Talk.

The Wedding Pro CEO Podcast - February 02, 2023 12:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
On today's short, real talk ya'll!! I want to talk to you about free, versus paid education and friends, we are gonna have a real heart to heart today on this podcast. Now, the reason that this is coming up is because recently a coach friend of mine in the industry. (I did ask if I could share ...

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