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 – 5 Ways To Build Trust With Brides
What key element makes a bride select you over another wedding planner? Trust. She needs to be able to trust you to fulfill your duties, help her have her... Read more
Posted on 01 February 2013 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
Wedding Planners – 6 Benefits of “Day Of” Wedding Coordination Services That...
More and more DIY brides are beginning to consider hiring wedding planners on the “day of” their weddings to relieve the stress of handling everything... Read more
Posted on 28 January 2013 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
Wedding Planners – 5 Wedding Design Trends For 2013
As a wedding planner, whether or not you do wedding design, you’ll want to keep up with the latest in event decor so you can offer suggestions to your brides. Read more
Posted on 25 January 2013 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
Wedding Planners – Don’t Give Up On Your Big 2013 Goals
We’re only three weeks into the year and I’ve learned that some new wedding planners are ready to give up on their 2013 goals. Read more
Posted on 22 January 2013 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
5 Questions You Need to Answer Before You Start Your Wedding Planning Business
It takes more than wedding planning experience and skills to have a profitable wedding planning business. You have to do some homework in order to set yourself... Read more
Posted on 17 January 2013 CAREER, WEDDING -
Last Minute Bridal Fair Opportunity? 5 Questions To Help You Decide If It’s Right
It’s bridal fair season! Every year at this time there are many bridal fairs planned to catch the attention of brides who have gotten engaged during the... Read more
Posted on 14 January 2013 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
Marketing for Wedding Planners – 12 Wedding Topics That Will Attract New Brides
This is an exciting time of year for you! As a wedding planner you have the opportunity to connect with many newly engaged brides. But I noticed recently that... Read more
Posted on 07 January 2013 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
Wedding Planners – Help Your Bride Design Her Wedding Day
As a wedding planner, one of the most important things you can help a couple do is make sure their wedding is an expression of their personalities. No wedding... Read more
Posted on 02 January 2013 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
3 Easy Steps For Setting Goals For Your Wedding Planning Business
It’s the last day of 2012, have you written your goals and action plans for 2013? For wedding planners it’s so easy to sit down with brides and help them set... Read more
Posted on 31 December 2012 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
4 Ways to Become a Trusted and Highly Sought-After Wedding Planner
What really gets a bride to select one wedding planner over another? Trust. A bride needs to feel she can trust a planner to relieve her of the stress of weddin... Read more
Posted on 24 December 2012 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
Wedding Planners: 3 Tips for Marketing Your Business During the Holidays
The holidays are busy for everyone, but as a wedding planner you may feel more overwhelmed than most people. You may be juggling personal holiday commitments an... Read more
Posted on 17 December 2012 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
New Wedding Planners – 5 Types of Wedding Vendors You Don’t Want In Your Network
As a new wedding planner you’ll be looking for wedding vendors you can rely on to work with you to plan weddings. I’ve found that many new planners are too eage... Read more
Posted on 26 November 2012 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
Wedding Planners – What Special Diet Requests Will Your Brides Have?
When you’re working with brides to plan weddings, you’ll find that when it comes to planning the menus, you’ll hear requests for special meals to meet dietary... Read more
Posted on 24 November 2012 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
Wedding Planners – Happy Thanksgiving!
When you’re a wedding and event planner, weekends and holidays are often a blur because you could be planning a wedding or social event any day of the year. Read more
Posted on 22 November 2012 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
New Wedding Planners – DO’s and DON’Ts of Planning Holiday Events For Free
As a new wedding planner, you may find that with the holidays just around the corner, you are being asked, by members of the business and social groups you... Read more
Posted on 19 November 2012 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
New Wedding Planners – 4 More Tips for Creating An “About Me” Page That...
As a new wedding planner, one of the first things you’ll do to market your wedding planning business is put up a website. Earlier this year, I wrote a post... Read more
Posted on 12 November 2012 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
How Successful New Wedding Planners Market Their Services
Many new wedding planners who come to me have spent a lot their marketing time reaching out to brides and vendors online. They’ve set up their Facebook page... Read more
Posted on 09 November 2012 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
7 Questions You Need A Bride To Answer At Your First Meeting
When you plan your first meeting with a bride you are well-prepared to talk to her about your wedding planning services. You know the information you need to ge... Read more
Posted on 05 November 2012 CAREER, LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
Wedding Planners – 5 Ways To Stop Worrying About The Weddings You’re Planning
As a wedding planner you’re detail oriented, organized, energetic, a perfectionist and, most likely, a worrier. You have nightmares about forgetting something... Read more
Posted on 29 October 2012 LIFESTYLE, WEDDING -
4 Wedding Planner Secrets You Don’t Want To Share
With all of the wedding “reality” shows on television today, it sometimes seems as if there are no secrets about weddings, brides, wedding planning, or wedding... Read more
Posted on 15 October 2012 LIFESTYLE, WEDDING