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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Wedding Planners – 6 Ways Top Wedding Planners Prove They Are Worth What They...
As a new wedding planner, are you struggling with figuring out how to prove your worth? Special Events magazine recently printed an article of interviews with... Read more
Posted on 22 April 2013 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
Wedding Planner Q&A; – How Do I Follow Up With My Bridal Show Leads?
There has been a bridal show or wedding fair every weekend so far this month in my area. If you have recently participated in a fair, hopefully you are busy... Read more
Posted on 19 April 2013 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
Wedding Planners – 4 Tips For Staying Motivated
Every wedding planning business has highs and lows. When you are new, it may seem like there are a lot more lows than highs because success isn’t coming as... Read more
Posted on 15 April 2013 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
Wedding Planner Q&A; Day – How Do I Create A Wedding Planner Portfolio When...
New wedding planners have been contacting me with a lot of questions about putting together their portfolios so I’m covering that topic in my Q A today. Questio... Read more
Posted on 13 April 2013 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
Wedding Planners – 7 Tools To Help You Manage Your Time
You’re running a wedding planning business, trying to have personal life, and perhaps also working at a job, so you need to figure out how to get organized and... Read more
Posted on 08 April 2013 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
Wedding Planner Q&A; Day – Thinking Of Becoming A Wedding Planner After...
Can an organized bride, planning her own wedding, use that experience to become a top wedding planner? It can happen, but there are a few things you need to do... Read more
Posted on 05 April 2013 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
Wedding Planners – How Successful Is Your Marketing?
As a wedding planner, you probably have a Pinterest account and are pinning images to attract brides. Has it been bringing you the success you want from it? Read more
Posted on 01 April 2013 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
Wedding Planner Q&A; Day – Are You Giving Away Your Knowledge To Brides...
It’s so easy when you’re a wedding planner to just offer suggestions to a bride on how she can have a fabulous wedding. It’s fine to offer tips and general... Read more
Posted on 29 March 2013 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
Wedding Planners – Market Your Golden Benefits To Brides
The May/June 2013 issue of Bridal Guide magazine tells brides the “Golden Rules” of wedding planning, all the important details they need to handle and the... Read more
Posted on 25 March 2013 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
Wedding Planner Q&A; Day – Tips For Launching A New Wedding Planning Business
As you start your new wedding planning business, you’ll market online with a website, blog and presence on social networking sites, like Facebook, Pinterest, an... Read more
Posted on 22 March 2013 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
Wedding Planners – 5 Rules To Follow When Giving Free Consultations To Brides
Like many wedding planners, you are probably offering free consultations to brides who show an interest in hiring you. It’s a great way to give potential client... Read more
Posted on 18 March 2013 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
Wedding Planners – Get Answers To Your Pressing Questions
For years I’ve been answering questions for wedding planners who are subscribers to my biweekly ezine, “Wedding Planner Tips” (you can sign up if you’re not... Read more
Posted on 15 March 2013 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
Wedding Planners – 3 Mistakes To Avoid When Selecting Your Niche
When I start working with a new wedding planner, I ask them to tell me about their niche and why they choose to work with that particular group of brides. Read more
Posted on 11 March 2013 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
5 Things A Bride Looks For When Selecting A Wedding Planner
In the Spring 2013 issue of Martha Stewart Weddings magazine, Harmony Walton, owner of The Bridal Bar, gives advice to brides on how to select the right... Read more
Posted on 04 March 2013 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
Wedding Planners – 5 Ways To Cope With Rejection From Brides
As you start your wedding planning business, you’ll realize that you’ll need to be prepared for rejection. Not every bride will be interested in your services. Read more
Posted on 01 March 2013 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
Wedding Planners – 8 Tips For Using Skype To Connect With Brides
Whether you are planning a wedding with a bride who lives across town or across the world, one great way to meet is by video via Skype. Read more
Posted on 25 February 2013 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
Wedding Planners – 7 Ways To Avoid Wedding Day Disasters
One of the reasons a bride hires you to be her wedding planner is because she wants you to take care of all the details and emergencies that may come up on her... Read more
Posted on 18 February 2013 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
5 Ways To Make a Good Impression … Even Before You Become a Top Wedding Planner
Starting a wedding planning business means not only planning weddings but also going out into your community and marketing your services to brides, wedding... Read more
Posted on 15 February 2013 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
Wedding Planners – 12 Questions To Help You Define Your Ideal Bride
When you read interviews with wedding dress designers, you’ll notice that they are asked the question, “Who is the bride your collection is intended for?’ The... Read more
Posted on 11 February 2013 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
Wedding Planners – 6 Signs You’re Acting Too Desperate To Attract Brides
As a new wedding planner, it’s natural to be anxious to get your first brides. But too often, I’ve seen new wedding planners appear so desperate to get brides t... Read more
Posted on 04 February 2013 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING