| Author | Sharon Hill |
| Title | Career Change – Become a Top Wedding Planner |
| Category | Starting a Wedding Planning Business |
| Article |
If you are currently in a career but have always felt being a wedding planner was your real passion, the time is right for you to give it a try. You don’t have to quit what you are doing today and start tomorrow. Slowly begin the business part time and wait until you are comfortable with your success before you decide to give up your current career or job. Here is what you need to do to get started: #1) Learn all you can about being a wedding planner Even though this is something you have always dreamed of doing, you need to do some research and find out exactly what it is that wedding planners do. Interview wedding planners, go on the Internet and look at the websites and blogs of people in the wedding planning business, talk to recently married couples who used wedding planners, read books, and check out bridal consultant and wedding planner associations for further information. Learn if this is indeed something that you would find fulfilling. #2) Find out the skills you need to be a wedding planner From your research, determine the skills it takes to be a wedding planner and run a successful wedding planning business. Having the skills you need to run a business is just as important as having the skills you need to plan weddings. Unless you just want to do this as a hobby, you need know how to market and manage a business that supports you financially. #3) Do a self-assessment Ask yourself if you have the desire and passion be in this business and if you have the skills. If you have a career or have had a few jobs in the past, you may already have many of the skills it takes to be a successful wedding planner and not know it. For instance, do you organize people and events, create time schedules, and manage projects in your current position? Do you also manage people and frequently hold leadership roles? If so, you have some of the skills and experience it takes to be a wedding planner. #4) Set your goals and create your action plan If you know this is the right path for you and you have some of the skills and experience you need, write down your goals and put together a plan to make it happen. Decide how much time you will devote to this new business. Then determine the training and experience you still need and how you are going to get it. #5) Begin now Many people wait for the “right time” to start. If you ever want to have the wedding planning business of your dreams, the “right time” is now. No one can take action on this but you. And if you are ready to become a top wedding planner, I invite you to claim your Free Instant Access to my Special Report “7 Steps to Becoming a Top Wedding Planner” when you visit http://www.HowToBecomeaTopWeddingPlanner.com. |
| About the Author | Sharon Hill is a wedding and event planner, event consultant and author. She has been planning events professionally since 1991 and now she also helps people realize their dreams of becoming top wedding planners. |
