Sharonhill
Sharon Hill is a wedding and event planner, author, and mentor to new wedding planners.
She started her event planning company, Sharon Hill Events, in 1998 after managing tradeshows, meetings, conferences, and product launches for one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world.
When she first opened her company, she handled events for corporations and Internet start ups around the country. She was then asked by clients to also handle their social events and weddings.
As her business grew, more and more people who wanted to become wedding and event planners contacted her to help them start businesses of their own. In order to help more people, she wrote the ebook, "Become a Top Wedding Planner - Start a Successful Wedding Planning Business." She also now mentors new wedding planners and maintains a blog and article site filled with business and marketing tips to teach them to be successful.
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Become a Top Wedding Planner Blog
http://becomeatopweddingplannerblog.com/
Tips on becoming a wedding planner, starting, running and marketing a wedding planning business and planning weddings as a professional wedding planner.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 449 )
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5 Traits of Successful Wedding Planners
Everyone knows wedding planners need to be organized and detail-oriented but it takes much more than just those traits for you to be a success. Read more
Posted on 14 April 2014 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
Wedding Planner Q&A – “What Types of Associations and Groups Should I Join t...
If you’re a new wedding planner who is trying to build your network of wedding vendors and other business owners, you’ll probably want to join a professional... Read more
Posted on 11 April 2014 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
Wedding Planners – Tips for Designing a Website That Attracts More Brides
Happy Wedding Wednesday! Here’s some quick and easy advice that can help you get more weddings. ~~~ Today I’m asking a few questions that will lead you to make... Read more
Posted on 09 April 2014 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
Wedding Planners – 3 Things to Tell People About What You Do
When people ask you what you do, what do you say? If your only response is, “I’m a wedding planner,” you run the risk of people believing you are just like the... Read more
Posted on 07 April 2014 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
Wedding Planner Q&A – “I’m New, Why Would a Bride Want to Hire Me?”
You love planning weddings! But when you first start out as a wedding planner, you maybe a little insecure about what you have to offer to brides. Read more
Posted on 04 April 2014 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
Wedding Planners – 3 Tips for a Successful Wedding Planning Business
You’re excited to finally start your own wedding planning business. But, are you trying to attract brides before you have a clear idea of what your business is... Read more
Posted on 01 April 2014 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
Wedding Planner Q&A – How Do I Work With a Vendor Who Doesn’t Use a Contract?
As a wedding planner, you’ll be relying heavily on your network of vendors to help you give your brides the weddings of their dreams. Read more
Posted on 28 March 2014 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
Wedding Planners – 3 Things to Consider When Determining Your Rates
How did you decide what to charge for your wedding planning services? Many new wedding planners I speak with select their rates very randomly. Read more
Posted on 26 March 2014 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
Wedding Planner Q&A – “How Do I Add Wedding Products to My Wedding Planning...
While you’re planning weddings, brides will undoubtedly ask you for help selecting invitations, favors, and bridal accessories so consider selling them yourself... Read more
Posted on 21 March 2014 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
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! Read more
Posted on 17 March 2014 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
Wedding Planners – Avoid These 4 Ways New Wedding Planners Waste Their Money
It’s very exciting to finally be starting your wedding planning business. But it’s during the first few months of starting a business that many new wedding... Read more
Posted on 10 March 2014 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
Wedding Planner Q&A – “Should I Get a Certificate in Wedding Planning Or...
If you’re not a wedding or event planner yet and are considering taking an online class, here are tips that will help you choose the right course of study. Read more
Posted on 07 March 2014 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
7 Ways New Wedding Planners Can Build Trust with Brides
As a new wedding planner you may be concerned that you will have problems getting clients because brides won’t trust someone who is new to the business. Read more
Posted on 03 March 2014 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
Wedding Planner Q&A – “What Do I Do When a Client Disappears?
Question I have a client who accepted my proposal. I sent a contract and invoice with a request for a deposit. The wedding is later this year. The client... Read more
Posted on 28 February 2014 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
Wedding Planners – 5 Tips for Building Online Visibility with Local Brides
Millions of brides all over the world can see the website, blog and social media pages for your wedding planning business, but you need the brides in your... Read more
Posted on 24 February 2014 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
Wedding Planner Q&A – “Do You Have a Wedding Planning Contract I Can Use wit...
When you decide to become a professional wedding planner, you have to do what other business professionals do, get a business license, open a business bank... Read more
Posted on 21 February 2014 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
Wedding Planners – Tell Brides the 3 Ways They Benefit From Your Small Wedding...
As a new wedding planner with a new, small business, you may be tempted to “mimic” wedding planners with large, well-established wedding planning businesses. Read more
Posted on 17 February 2014 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
Wedding Planner Q&A – “What Do I Say When a Bride Tells Me I’m Too...
No matter what you charge for your wedding planning services, you’re bound to meet a bride who tells you that your prices are too high. Today I provide tips on... Read more
Posted on 14 February 2014 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
Wedding Planners – 4 Tips for Impressing Brides with Your Written Communication...
As a professional wedding planner, you not only need to impress brides with your wedding planning skills and experience to get hired, you also need to impress... Read more
Posted on 10 February 2014 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
Wedding Planner Q&A – “How Can I Make Money Without Offering Full Service...
If you’ve been planning weddings but now have to make some changes to your business because of life events, or if you want to offer some new services, my tips i... Read more
Posted on 07 February 2014 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING