I want to start my own wedding planning business and want to......?

Question

offer wedding invitations and favors and things like that, how would i go about doing this??? also where would i find a wholesaler to buy these things from when someone wants them???

Answer 1

Associations may be a good avenue to explore. These organizations will address many of the thoughts, questions and concerns you'll inevitably have as well as many you haven't anticipated yet. See the source box for some relevant links.

Research, research, research – this cannot be stressed enough. Read as much as you can about the industry. Here are some book titles that are relevant:

* How To Start A Wedding Planning Business by Cho Phillips, Sherrie Wilkolaski
* Start Your Own Wedding Consultant Business: Your Step-By-Step Guide to Success by Eileen Figure Sandlin
* FabJob Guide to Become a Wedding Planner by Catherine Goulet
* How to Start a Home-Based Event Planning Business by Jill Moran
* Start Your Own Event Planning Business: Your Step by Step Guide to Success by Krista Turner

I also posted links to some free articles in the source box.

Hope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!

Answer 2

STEP 1 Business Ideas
To start a business you will need to choose or create a business idea, which you have already done.

STEP 2 Business Plan
Writing a business plan is your next and most important step, this is how you and others will evaluate your business. When seeking financing the investors or lenders will want to read your plan before they supply you with funding. If you're financing the business yourself, you will still want to have a written plan to develop business strategies and financial projections. A key element within the business plan is the marketing plan, which explains marketing strategies that will be used to advertise and promote the products or services. The goal setting steps of the plan will help you to analyze the success of the business in future years and clearly illustrate the capital needed to operate the company to break-even.

STEP 3 Financing
With your business plan in hand, you are ready to go find yourself some capital. Most small businesses have three options for financing: friends & family, investors or bank loans. Each of these options has different considerations for the business. Investors and even friends & family usually want ownership and control of their portion of the business. Bank loans burden the business with an additional expense of the loan payment, which can erode the business profits.

STEP 4 Getting started
You've got the plan, the money and the enthusiasm; you're ready, right? Not yet, as with everything you need to take the legal issues into consideration. First you should choose a legal structure: Sole Proprietorship, Partnership, or Corporation. Your financing decisions will have an effect on what legal structure you choose. Now you can file with the state to incorporate and obtain a federal Identification number.

STEP 5 Opening the Doors
Okay, it's time to get on the road to making some money; this of course means spending money. Where are you going to run your business? Will a home office do or is commercial space needed to service your customers? Do you need to hire employees to help you run the business? What are your bookkeeping needs, do you need an accountant? Finally, who could forget taxes, what taxes do you have to pay and collect? Now that your business is through the start-up phase, you can now look forward to the issues of managing a small business.

Answer 3

I have a few suggestions to get you started: 1st: If you haven't already, go to the library and check out as many books and magazines as you can on the industry. 2nd: try to find a mentor- I know you said that there aren't any in your area so I would start looking nationwide. Go online and check out some other wedding planners websites. Try to find one that seems to mesh with your personality and give them a call. Have a list of questions prepared before hand so as not to waste their time. Explain your situation and ask them if they would be willing to offer you some advice. Try finding 3 or 4 because the 1st one might turn you down, but for the most part people like to talk about themselves and give advice so you should be able to find someone. 3rd: Do some research to see if there is a wedding planners networking site. A lot of industries have networking sites where people get together and share ideas and support- there may be one for your industry. 4th: check out the small business administration website at www.sba.gov they have tons of information on starting your own business. I hope this helps you! Good Luck!

Answer 4

Wedding planning business is not that easy...you have to know about what is involved in a wedding and keep a list of suppliers that will work with you. i.e. build a business network first. List down all that is needed or will be needed or possibly needed for a complete wedding, and talk to people to make sure you don't miss out anything...
e.g.
Bridal & Groom - photographers, make up artists, hair stylists, gowns, jewels etc
Caterer - Different caterer for different food
Baker - Wedding Cakes and pastries
Flowers - Florists or Landscape designers or flower arrangement
Set up - Tables and chairs rental companies
Props - Carpenters
Cards - printers
Door gifts - Suppliers for little things
etc etc etc
After all the above are checked, start printing and distributing your namecard and go with the advertising and you'll be on the roll.

Good luck!

Answer 5

You could do it one of two ways. Method one, contact the companies that make the cards and invitations and get yourself set up with them as an agent. You would get a commission, or discount from what you pay them vs. what you collect from your clients. Method two, find a local printer that can handle that kind of printing. Have them make you some samples, then place your orders directly with the printer.

Answer 6

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