Wedding Planners – 6 Tips for Getting Hired After a Free Telephone Consultation

As a wedding planner you may be offering free consultations over the phone to get brides to agree to meet and hire you. Don’t treat these lightly! You can’t wait until a face-to-face meeting to “Wow” a bride, you need to make a great impression over the phone in order for a bride to want to talk to you further.

Here are 6 tips that will help you get hired from a phone consultation:

1) Practice your phone voice

You need to sound confident, professional and easy to do business with when you speak over the phone.

2) Take the call from a quiet place

There shouldn’t be any background noise during your consultation. Take a scheduled call in your office away from the sound of children playing, dogs barking, gardeners mowing the lawn and other noises. If youre out running errands when a bride calls, sit in a quiet, parked car to speak or reschedule the call for later in the day. Of course, never carry on a conversation when driving!

3) Always be prepared

You should know the questions you need answered that will help you determine if a bride would be a good potential client. You should also know what you want to say about your services that would make her want to hire you. Consider writing a checklist and keeping it with you until you are skilled at remembering what to you need.

4) Listen and stay focused

When the bride tells you what she needs, don’t finish her sentences for her. Pay attention to what she says and listen to the tone of her voice so you can determine what is important to her. Also, don’t multitask when you’re on the phone, it’ll make you sound distracted and disinterested.

5) Keep it short

Don’t feel you need to create and share details of your plans for a bride’s wedding during your call. Free consultations should be not be more than 20 minutes long.

6) Ask for a face-to-face meeting

Thank the bride for taking the time to speak to you and, if you believe she would be a good client, ask her when she would like to meet with you and schedule an appointment.

This is important! She may not know what to do at the end of the call so you must ask her to take the next step.

If she isn’t ready, suggest she contact you if she needs more information and tell her you will follow up with her in a few days, then do so.

If you also have her email or physical address, write a thank you note letting her know you would love to plan her wedding and that you are looking forward to speaking with her again.

10 Reasons You Should Hire a Wedding Planner

A wedding planner could just be the best thing you spend money on.

Reason #1. You deserve everything to be perfect on your big day.

It takes a lot of time and hard work to pull a wedding together perfectly. A wedding planner has organised a wedding a hundred times, and with practice comes perfection. They know the right people to talk to, how to get the best prices, what should (and shouldn’t) be in a contract, and how to ensure that every single detail is prepared for your big day.

Reason #2. You’re not very good at sticking to a budget.

Money is one of the hardest aspects of planning your wedding. Who’s paying, how much, when is your bill due and how do you ensure you don’t spend too much of it? A wedding planner is like a financial adviser or an accountant who specialises in weddings. They know how much things should cost, roughly what percentage of your budget will be spent in each area, whether, and when payments will need to be made in order to secure services or products.

Reason #3. Your wedding planning experience should be enjoyable, not stressful.

Whether your engagement is long or short, you should enjoy every moment of that special time with your dream man. Most importantly, you do not want to turn into a neurotic Bridezilla who can’t sleep, can’t eat, can’t work and is constantly stressing about how much work there is to be done. Since it’s our job, a wedding planner has time and the skills to deal with everything on your behalf. All you have to worry about is taking care of yourself and enjoying your engagement period.

Reason #4. You don’t want to spend hours finding suppliers and trying to figure out who is trustworthy.

It’s daunting to know how many suppliers are out there (and how many people it takes to make a wedding a success). Knowing who to trust and who is right for you is one of the hardest tasks of planning a wedding. Once you find a great wedding planner however, the rest is much easier. They can recommend suppliers they’ve worked with before and know how to get the best prices, and the best results, from them. “Even if we have to use a new supplier, we know how to find the best one for your style and price.”

Reason #5. You don’t want to worry about forgetting to plan or pay for something.

Wedding checklists can be pages long, so it’s no surprise if you’re worried about forgetting something. Luckily a planner knows what needs to be done like the back of their hand! They will keep track of all your deadlines and remind you when things need to be done and decided on. Nothing will ever be missed, and there’s no danger that something won’t turn up on the day because of poor preparation.

Reason #6. You both work and you don’t want wedding planning to take over your life.

Planning a wedding takes a lot of time, even more if you do everything yourself. Having a wedding planner is like having a personal assistant whose sole responsibility is doing all the running around for your wedding.

Reason #7. You have a great venue coordinator but they don’t take care about any of the other details.

You’ve already found your venue and you get on really well with the venue co-ordinator (the person who takes care of all the logistics of the venue and often is provided as part of your wedding package). She’s great and has got everything under control, she’s even given you a recommended list of suppliers that they work with. But keep in mind, that’s generally as far as her services extend. A wedding planner goes beyond these tasks and can help you manage your budget, mediate disputes with your family, tell you what flowers are in season on your wedding date, take you to meet the other suppliers, research prices, and anything else you wish.

Reason #8. You need help making your vision a reality.

No matter whether you know exactly what you want, have a vague idea, or no idea at all, a wedding planner can help you define the look, style, mood and emotions you want to create. They know the latest trends and are inspired daily by other brides, suppliers and the industry. They can visualise what will work in your venue and know how to bring your desired mood to life.

Reason #9.You’re struggling to meet the demands of your friends and family.

Does your family have a different idea of how your wedding should look? Many brides have to deal with a plethora of conflicting opinions from their friends and family about how the wedding should unfold, and it can be hard to please everyone. Not to mention stressful. A wedding planner will deal with your family’s expectations, show you the available options and can be relied upon to give you expert advice so you make an informed decision.

Reason #10. You’re planning a wedding somewhere other than where you live.

Planning a destination wedding has it’s pros, but it’s hard to organise suppliers that you’ve never met or imagine a space you’ve never seen in person. A wedding planner with experience in organising abroad weddings has a trick or two up their sleeve for getting the job done the way you want.

Pre-Wedding Puzzles

During the planning process, there are several choices that every bride faces, and these are probably choices that your fiancé does not want to spend one more second debating with you. Here are some of the most common queries:

How many bridesmaids should I have?

You should have as many bridesmaids as you want, but remember to consider how easy or difficult your friends are to manage in large numbers. If your fiancé has a sister, then you should probably include her, seeing as you probably want your brother to be a groomsman. It’s only fair. When it comes to picking sorority sisters, you might want to limit yourself to asking your “big” and your “little” – you can’t fit your whole pledge class on the altar.

 

How long should I be engaged?

In terms of planning, the more time you have between your engagement and your wedding date, the easier it is. Also consider the size and extravagance of your wedding – the smaller and simpler, the less time you need. It also works to be engaged just as long as it takes you to fly to Vegas. You cannot get engaged in December, plan a 200-guest destination wedding for February, and expect to be completely satisfied with the result.

Should I wear flats or heels under my dress?

Now that embellished ballet flats are becoming more standard for brides, you do have a comfier option than heels. Consider what kind of terrain you will be walking on – if you will mostly be going from flat floors to concrete to church steps, heels are fine. If there are cobblestones or grass involved, you might want to have a pair of flats on hand. You can always wear flats to the ceremony and throw on those gorgeous blue Manolos for the reception.

 

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Intro to wedding planning ..

Its time to start planning for your wedding.

Lets start with the question that's already there in your mind, "Wedding planner, do i really need one?"
We are sure you can handle it but do you have the time.. Even if you have the time, do you want to go through the whole stress of planning your own wedding.. why not leave it to the experts who do it everyday..
We would let you and your family enjoy the wedding rather than worrying about things like music,decor, food.. Leave all that to us.

A wedding is a reflection of your style. Our idea is to help you create something that's your style and takes the worry, stress and time commitment off your shoulders. From the pre wedding preparations to smallest detail on the wedding day, for all your work we just have one answer  " OK Done !! " :)