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Wedding Pro CEO | Building Profitable Wedding Businesses — 399 episodes
335. The Brutal Truth About Why Your Bookings Are Down
334. Why Your Wedding Business Isn’t Booking Consistently
333. Why Your Wedding Business will Plateau at $300K
332. Scaling Success: Eliminating Growth-Stalling Habits in Your Wedding Business
331. What Changes When You Scale Past $500K
330. Why Wedding Businesses Plateau (Even When You're Booking Weddings)
329. This Sales Mistake Is Costing Your Wedding Business $120k/year
328. The Email Habit Killing Wedding Business Owners
327. The Real Reason Your Wedding Business Is Still Broke
326. How To Turn Your Small Following Into Big Revenue
325. The Reason Your Lead Flow Is Unpredictable (And How to Fix It)
324. How to Triple Your Wedding Bookings Without Being Pushy
323. It Sucks, But It Will Double Your Wedding Business Revenue
322. If you feel GROSS selling, you're doing it WRONG
321. Your Sales Funnel is BLEEDING Cash
320. This Will Break Your Wedding Business
319. If you want 2026 to be the best year in your business...
318. 54,000 Couples Spoke: The Brutal Truth About Why Your Wedding Bookings Are Slowing Down in 2026
317. 10 Wedding Industry Icks We are NOT taking into 2026
316. Your 2026 Wedding Business Plan Needs This
315. Making the Most of Your Wedding Off-Season w/Erica Jankowski
314. If You’re Asking “Can I Afford to Hire?” — Listen Now
313. The $20 Tasks That Were Blocking Her 7-Figure Breakthrough w/ Melissa Gaines
312. The $140k Mistake this Wedding Pro Will Never Make Again!
311. We Fast Tracked Her Wedding Business Success w/MK Morrissey
310. The Wedding Industry is Lying to You
309. We Helped a Wedding Pro Explode Her Business With 3 Tiny Tweaks (Steal Them!)
308. What NOT to Do in Your Wedding Business This Engagement Season
307. Top 5 Beginner Mistakes Wedding Pros Keep Repeating
306. Most Wedding Pros Skip the Budget Talk (and It's Costing You Money)
305. The Dirty Truth About Courses No One Tells You
304. The Math That's Bankrupting the Wedding Industry
303. 3 "Sales Tips" That Kept My Wedding Business Broke
302. Unlock Passive Revenue with Engine Room Blocks w/Renee Epstein-Ross
301. No One Talks About This Part of Building a 6-Figure Wedding Biz
300. Why We Switched CRMs - Part 2
299. Why We Switched CRMs – Part 1
298. I Closed a $12k Contract to Prove it's Not Luck
297. This is Why 99% of Wedding Pros Don't Make a Profit
The #1 Belief Holding Back 6-Figure Growth
More Clients Less Hustle
Become Better Than 99% of Other Wedding Pros
How We Took Her Pricing from $400 to $14,000!
Why I Spent $35K on a 12 Month Mastermind
296. Why Your Wedding Business is Stuck at $100K (2025 Summit Keynote)
295. (AMA) How Do I Get on Venue Preferred Lists?
294. Wanna Make $100K? Here’s Exactly How Many Leads You Need
293. Give Me 9 Minutes and I'll Increase Your Bookings by 200%
292. (ALERT) How Tariffs are Affecting the Wedding Industry.
291. Legal Landmines Wedding Pros are Stumbling Over in 2025 w/ Paige Griffith
290. How to Build a $100K Wedding Business This Year
289. Inside My 7-Figure Calendar (Daily Breakdown)
288. Why You Feel Broke—Even If You're Fully Booked
287. Reaction: What's REALLY going on in the Wedding Industry in 2025
286. No One Cares About Gen Z
285. Is the Wedding Industry Declining?
284. The 3 Numbers That Will Make or Break Your Wedding Business This Year
283. How to Scale Your Wedding Business Without Burning Out
282. The #1 Mistake That's KILLING Your Wedding Planning Business
281. The Power of Viral Content: Strategies for Creating Shareable Videos
280. 3 Things I Would Do TODAY If My Business Was Brand New
279. Close Every Wedding Sale in 4 Steps
278. The Key Differences Between a $100K and $500K Business (and How to Scale)
277. How to Reach Gen Z Couples in 2025
276. Why You’re Not Getting 3-5 Inquiries Per Day (and How to Fix It)
275. The Big Reveal: Why We Rebranded and What It Means for Wedding Pros
274. How a Viral Nightmare Turned Into 120 Clients in 7 Days
273. Meet the Woman Who's Flipping the Wedding Floral Industry on Its Head
272. 2025 Wedding Industry Predictions
271. This Mindset Will Make or Break Your Business {Founder vs CEO}
270. The Secret Strategy to Fill Your Calendar FULL in 2025
269. If I Were to Start a Wedding Business in 2025, Here's What I'd Do.
268. Why Price Transparency Will Make You MORE Money in Your Wedding Business
267. What Does It {actually} Mean to Be the CEO?
266. Why Your Consults Aren't Converting (and what to do instead)
265. The Perfect Sales Funnel Explained
264. Do Paid Ads Work for Wedding Planners?
263. Why Missing My Q3 Goals Was the Best Thing for My Business (and How You Can Crush Q4)
262. 3 Strategies to Book More Clients this Engagement Season
261. Our Wedding Business Failed for 10 Years Until I Learned This One Thing
260. No More Missed Follow-Ups: A Simple Email Workflow w/ Flodesk
259. Stop Discounting. How to Charge What You're Worth Confidently
258. 5 Strategies to 10X Your Wedding Business (Step-by-Step Guide)
257. Traditional Marketing is Dead: How to Win This Engagement Season
256. Employee vs. Contractor: Protect Your Wedding Business from Costly Fines w/ Kira La Forgia
255. She Launched a Rentals Biz—Here’s What Happened! w/ Katy Padilla
254. This DJ went from 40 weddings a year to 370+ w/ Gemma Sherry
253. 3 Reasons Why Your Wedding Business Isn't Growing
252. How They Doubled Their Revenue in 1 Year w/ Paige Held
251. How to Be Better Than 99% of Wedding Pros (5 Strategies)
250. Who Do You Serve? (Attract the Best Clients)
249. My Secret Hack to Taking Back My Time
248. Can I Afford a Full Time Team Member?
247 Why I Became a Coach (and why I'm SO passionate about business education for wedding pros)
246. If I wanted to book more weddings in 2024, I'd do this
245. Your Small Thinking is Keeping You Small
244. Are WeddingPro and Zola Wasting Your Money?
243. The Reality of AI in Wedding Planning
242. Are Paid Ads Right For You?
241. Understanding the FTC's Non-Compete Ban w/ Paige Griffith
240. Venue Wisdom: Sales Strategies Wedding Pros Cannot Live Without w/ Shannon Tarrant
239. From Ghosted to Booked: Transform Your Inquiry Responses and Win Clients
238. Making Your Business Your #1 Client w/ Tanisha Lee
237. Ghosting, Bookings, and Building Your Team: Mind Blowing Q1 Review
236. Consistent Lead Generation: Ads in the Wedding Industry Just Got Easier
235. 5 Steps to Take When an Employee Quits Your Wedding Business
234. Mastering Conflict Resolution in the Wedding Industry w/ Jen Trotter
233. You're Running a Business. Treat it Like One.
232. Should You List Pricing on Your Website?
231. Quick Pricing Strategy for Wedding Pros
230. Pricing Your Services to INCREASE Revenue [Coaching Call]
229. 15 Best Marketing Ideas [that will actually make you money!]
228. The 4 Buyer Types and How to Close Them w/ Kenda Laney
227. You're Using Instagram Wrong. Do This Instead.
226. How to Generate More Leads and Close More Weddings
225. Flower Power: From Farm to Flourishing Business w/ Sydney Garvey
224. Wedding Photographer to CEO: Cayla Cummings' Scaling Journey
223. From $47k to $150k+ in Just Months w/ Accelerator Student Madeline Hockley
222. Stop Getting Ghosted and Start Getting BOOKED!
221. What Worked, What Didn't & What I'll Be Doubling Down on in 2024
220. Why You Aren't Hitting Your Goals (and what to do instead!)
219. The Simple Way to Maximize Your Productivity in the New Year!
218. Copywriting Strategies: Unlock Post-Wedding Profits! w/ Prerna Malik
217. Avoid these 5 Pitfalls in Wedding Industry Marketing w/ Tayler Cusick Hollman
216. "How do you calculate full service planning?" and other Q&A
215. Five A.I. and Automation Tools for Wedding Pros w/ Dawn Richardson
214. Unlocking Corporate Events: A Profitable Path for Wedding Pros w/ Susan Southerland
213. "I want to hire but I'm afraid!" CEO Q&A
212. Surprising Instagram Strategy That Turns Followers into Paying Clients
211. Master Authentic Leadership w/ Ashley Ebert
210. Instagram vs. TikTok - What Really Matters for Wedding Pros
209. 2024 Wedding Industry Predictions: What Lies Ahead
208. Crafting A Spending Plan that Can Save You Thousands!
207. 3 Red Finance Flags Every Business Owner Should Recognize w/Danielle Hendon
206. Instagram Gold: Organic Strategies for Wedding Pros w/ Nina Addeo
205. Closing Consultations: Aligning with Your Client's Vision
204. Digital Detox: How to Organize the Backend of Your Wedding Biz
203. How to Grow Your Wedding Business 30% Faster
202. Healthy Money Mindset Strategies for Wedding Business Owners w/ Erinn Bridgman
201. The Perfect Time to Join: Exclusive Insights into the Growing Wedding Pro CEO Accelerator
200. The Art of Growth: Inside Casey Cannon's Unique Approach to Scaling Her Wedding Business
199. From Solo Hustler to Team-Driven Success: Sammy Kesner's Business Evolution
198. From Overwhelmed to CEO: The Transformation Journey of a Wedding Pro w/ Julie Rupert
197. Turning the 'Engagement Gap' into a Success Story for Your Wedding Business!
196. From Wedding Pro to Industry Coach. Brandee, guest on So Here's the Thing Podcast
195. "Reel" in More Clients: Leverage Instagram Reels for Your Wedding Business Success. Brandee, guest on Wedding Pros Who Are Ready to Grow Podcast
194. Building a Sustainable Wedding Business: Time, Goals, and Outsourcing Insights. Brandee, guest on She Calls her Shots Podcast
193. Maximizing Profitability in the Wedding Industry: Brandee, Guest on Confetti Hour Podcast
192. Building Wealth in the Wedding Industry: 3 Immediate Actions for Success
191. Are YOU the Reason They're Not Booking? w/ Tom Chelednik
190. A.I. Secrets and SEO Strategies w/ Sara Dunn
189. Grow Your Wedding Business by "Getting a Bigger Tank"
188. Understanding Your Money Like a CFO! w/ Christy Bowie
187. 5 Tips for Being a Great Leader in the Wedding Industry
186. Marketing & Scaling for Wedding Industry Pros w/ Carrie Flynn
185. Three Sales Funnels Every Wedding Entrepreneur Needs w/ Carissa Kruse
184. The #1 Reason You're Still Overwhelmed in Your Wedding Business (and what to do instead)
183. The Secret to Warm Leads! w/ Andrea Shah
182. Accepting the Burn Out! (and how to fix it) w/ Krista Marie
181. Make More Money Series - Charge More!
180. Make More Money Series - Convert More!
179. Make More Money Series - Work More?
178. "Guide to Smart Wedding Planning" w/ Jeri Solomon and Edna Dratch-Parker
177. What Can TikTok Do For Wedding Pros? w/ Meagan Culkin
S58. The 3 Biggest Mistakes Wedding Pros Make.
176. Setting Boundaries & Achieving Goals: Q&A w/ Dallas Roy
S57. The Best Laid Plans.
175. Are You Exhausted or Are You Saturated? Social Media Strategy with Tahnee Sanders
S56. Fake It 'Til You Make It!
174. Building a Powerhouse Brand w/ Kristin Hubbard
S55. Let Success Be Your Response.
173. Check Your Ego & Be a Humble Learner: Opening the Wedding Pro CEO Summit 2022
S54. Let's Do a Sales Funnel Audit.
172. A Wild Idea or Your Next Big Move?
S53. Free vs. Paid Education. Real Talk.
171. Your Network is Your Net Worth.
S52. Avoid the Valley of Despair!!
170. Rethinking Feedback: Separate Emotion From Business.
S51. Your Biggest Obstacle in Growing Your Business.
169. Contracts: Protect Your Business & Your Sanity.
S50. Do Wedding Pros Tiktok?
168. Answering Your Questions: 4 Tips for Maintaining Focus and Productivity in Your Wedding Business.
S49. This WILL Grow Your Business in 2023!
167. Vision Boarding: Why it's ineffective.
S48. YOU DID IT!
166. Protecting Your Wedding Business During Uncertain Times.
S47. The Difference Between Success and Failure.
165. How to Find and Work with Your Ideal Couples.
S46. 3 Reasons Wedding Pros Aren't Making Money from Social Media.
164. Google Ads: Let the Leads Come to You!!
S45. Why That Course Didn't Work.
163. Building A Legacy: Enabling Employees To Own Their Career.
S44. 5 Things You MUST Do Before Next Year!
162. How to Implement Percentage Based Pricing.
S43. What Are You Thankful For?
161. What Do Couples Think About Your Brand?
S42. Is Your Funnel Ready for Engagement Season?
160. Design Your Business to Run Itself!
S41. You Need to Become the Coach!
159. What's Next CEO?
S40. 3 Things I Would Do If I Was Starting My Business Today.
158. Ready to Retire Your Spouse?
S39. Is TikTok a Waste of Time?
157. Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) Get Paid Back for Keeping Employees
S38. This 1 Thing Will Lead to Success.
156. When Is It Time to Open a New Market?
S37. 3 EASY Steps to Increase the ROI of Your Reels.
155. "There's Something About Merri." (Take Your Designs to a New Level)
S36. 3 Tips to Get Back Your Time (and Grow Your Sales)
154. What Does a CEO Really Do?
S35. Stop Saying You Don't Have Overhead (spoiler alert...you do!)
153. How to Price Your Packages for PROFIT.
S34. Being a Solopreneur is Costing You Money!
152. Understanding Niche in the Wedding Industry
S33. Three Reasons I'm Passionate About Reels! (and why you should be too!)
151. How to Use a Podcast to Scale Your Business!
S32. Three Steps to Take Your Business to the Next Level.
150. The Power Of Patience And Consistency
S31. Views are Vanity! Here's What to Look For Instead.
149. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of The Wedding Pro CEO Summit.
148. 6 Key Frameworks Every Wedding Pro Should Master for Success
147. Contracts and Clauses For The Wedding Industry!
146. Becoming More Visible On Social Media With Instagram Reels.
145. Show Up As The CEO!
S30. 4 Podcasts You NEED To Add To Your Library!
144. Why Your Business Needs An Operational System (And How To Create One!)
S29. 7 Tips for Taking an Unplugged Vacation
143. This is Literally Brilliant!
S28. The Power of {IN PERSON} Community!
142. Avoid the FOMO!!!
S27. You're Just One Belief Away... From A Wildly Different Business.
141. Quit Being A Martyr For Your Business.
S26. Off-boarding MAY be the Most Important Part of Your Process!
140. Why You Need Warm Leads (And How To Get Them!)
S25. Build the Business YOU want. Not the one you think THEY want.
139. 3 Tips For Taking Parental Leave As An Entrepreneur.
S24. What is a team retreat and why do you need one?
138. Lessons From A Serial Entrepreneur.
S23. Permission Granted. Copy my content.
137. How To Use A QUIZ To Increase Your Leads.
S22. It's Time for a {Free} Vacation.
136. How To Make Your Sales Strategy Irresistible!!
S21. Are You Sure You're Making A Profit?
135. Nothing Bad Happens When Women Make More Money
S20. How To Share The Audience "Juice" On Instagram
134. Your Most Burning Legal Questions, Answered!
S19. Want More Time In Your Week? Do These 3 things!
133. Is Your Business Financially Healthy?
S18. I Had An Identity Crisis!
Welcome to The Wedding Pro CEO Podcast!!!
132. The key systems your business cannot live without (and how to create them!)
S17. How to show up when you have nothing to share.
131. Three secrets to building your dream team
S16. 4 things you're doing wrong in Instagram (and what to do instead)
130. Growing your traffic with Pinterest (without it taking over your life!)
S15. Well, what do you think?
129. Pushing back on the guilt
S14. 5 Reels mistakes I've made (so you don't have to)
128. Listen in on a 1:1 Coaching Call
S13. Ready for a break from your business? Do this first!
127. What a difference a year makes!
S12. Spread kindness like confetti (but like, really)
126. Starting (and growing) a business is freaking hard!
S11. Lessons from a 12 year old entrepreneur
125. Is that next online course worth it?
S10. Overexposed and underdeveloped
124. Reliance and creativity during challenging times.
S9. "No balls, no babies!"
123. Using data to drive your marketing decisions.
S8. What are you willing to sacrifice?
122. When your mess becomes your message.
S7. You're scaring your clients!
121. But what about actually servicing our clients?
S6. Some lessons are learned the hard way.
120. Mistakes you're making in your business (and how to fix them!)
S5. I'm sitting in the muck.
119. Why your business NEEDS systems!
S4. Get yourself a cheer squad!
118. 3 blogging myths: debunked!
S3. What does it even mean to work ON your business?
117. SEO strategies you can't live without! w/ Sara Dunn
S2. "No." is a definite maybe!
116. When hustle and grit is all you have
S1. Talent will only get you so far
115. New YEAR, new GOALS!!
114. How to increase your productivity!
113. Finding your passion within
112. Using emotional marketing to attract your ideal client
111. Why you MUST be using email marketing!
110. SIX tips for mastering the sales call
109. Does your marketing have a strategy?
108. Do you have a hobby, side hustle or a business?
107. What does your brand say about you?
106. Power of "no one else" moments
105. Why Are They Ghosting Me?
104. Maximize your Instagram visibility
103. Planning your exit strategy from day 1
102. How to market to your ideal client!
101. Why PR is essential to the growth of your business
100. What stage of business are you in?
99. How to make the most of your conference experience
98. 5 simple ways to optimize your digital footprint
97. Creating the David Tutera Experience
96. Talk about smarter social media
95. How to prevent squirrel brain
94. Using Instagram REELS and Clubhouse in your business
93. Getting paid what you're worth
92. Meet the Gaars: Roadtrip!
91. 7 keys to personal and professional abundance
90. Creating an Award Winning Internship
89. Stop "selling"
88. Marketing from a different perspective
87. Planning to programming
86. 3 Tips to Cure Social Media Overwhelm
85. Simple etiquette
84. Why can't we be friends?
83. Streamline event planning with Planning Pod
82. What does your style say about you?
81. Creatives! Don't make these 5 mistakes
80. 4 Phases of creating a cohesive BRAND
79. 5 tips to network like a boss
78. Is your website making you money?
77. You're leaving money on the table (Percentage vs. Flat Fee Pricing)
76. Listen in on a 1:1 coaching call
75. Use Pinterest to grow your biz!
74. It's OK to say the F-word
73. Google my business
72. VAs and OBMs and Integrators, oh my!
71. Creating a 5 star client experience
70. How to use Reels for organic reach
69. 3 Pillars of a 6-figure wedding business
68. Stop trying to beat the algorithm
67. Are you in the business of acquiring customers?
66. Creating a sustainable business you love
65. Overwhelmed to organized
64. Special Episode
63. Setting boundaries as a people pleaser
62. 2020; A year we'll never forget
61. If you can't join 'em, beat 'em!
60. Why I am not a "Mompreneur"
59. How to know your financials (When you're not a numbers person)
58. An entrepreneur's guide to modern etiquette
57. Are you showing up? (for your clients online)
56. Are you running yourself into the ground?
55. It's not who YOU know. It's who THEY know.
54. Finding a voice to inspire
53. What is brand photography and why do you need it?
52. A look back at a year of messy action
51. 3 steps to growing your money mindset
50. Get some perspective
49. The day our business changed forever
48. My journey to 6-figures and beyond
47. She said yes! to being her own boss
46. What I learned when I left the wedding industry
45. How to increase your visibility with styled shoots
44. How to use Facebook Groups to grow your business
43. The power of a personal brand!
42. How to turn an upset client into a raving fan
41. Why networking is vital to your success
40. go BIG or go HOME!
39. Why time blocking doesn't work
38. The girl behind the box truck
37. Can money buy you happiness?
36. 5 tips to get on a wedding planner's preferred vendor list
35. Outsourcing this one thing can change your business
34. Making your first hire
33. This is what leadership looks like
32. These 5 things will make or break your business!
31. Defining your brand
30. Want to be an overnight success?
29. Everything she touches turns to gold
28. How will you be remembered?
27. How to stand out for success
26. Fear factor
25. The one thing we did to pivot during COVID
24. COVID, contracts and clauses
23. Help me help you
22. Meet the Gaars: part 2
21. The details behind Every Last Detail
20. What I learned from being the new kid
19. Not just chairs anymore
18. Creating the world’s most exclusive: Engage Summit
17. Building a female focused business
16. Live from Orlando Perfect Wedding Pros Luncheon
15. How They're Making a Smaller "Mark"
14. She makes magic with her lens
13. How her battle with cancer has helped re-shape her business
12. Lead, Love, Excel!
11. Her venture from florist to a software developer
10. Meet the Blush team (2019)
9. Kill the duck
8. From DIY hobby to BIG business
7. Raising young entrepreneurs; they have a seat at the table
6. How she made her passion her business
5. It all started with a Facebook Group
4. The girl behind the apron
3. Creating and opening a bridal boutique in 8 weeks
2. Meet the Gaars
1. Finding your WHY...and a bit about mine