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Although last year was filled with many moments we all hope to never relive again, there were also equally as many bright spots to keep us smiling and moving forward. For our team, one of the bright spots will forever be our couples. No matter the season, our brides, grooms, and their families and friends [...]
Fall Downtown Indianapolis Central Library Wedding with Danielle Harris Photography | Jessica Dum Wedding Coordination

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Building a wedding planning business, especially if you're also working full time, takes a lot of work. Come up with the perfect branding, consistently show up on Instagram, write all the blog posts, attend those networking events, design the perfect mood boards, and oh yeah - don’t forget to actually meet with clients, work on [...]
Wasting time on things that aren't moving the needle forward. With a little automation, improve your efficiency and productivity in your wedding planning business with these time-saving tips!

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Wondering how to overcome overwhelm? If you’re like me, these last few months have been nothing but coo-coo bananas! You too? Between rescheduled weddings, regularly scheduled weddings, even a SURPRISE wedding (!!!), keeping my business afloat and just managing life with two busy babies during a pandemic – I won’t lie, it’s been HARD. There [...]
3 simple ways to overcome overwhelm during busy seasons of life | As a busy wife, mom and business owner life has been rather chaotic these days and it was time to press pause on a few things that were only adding to the overwhelm. In this post, I share the 3 simple steps you can take to eliminate the things that aren't bringing you JOY, or moving the needle forward!

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5 Benefits of using email templates. Have you ever heard the phrase “time is money”? Well, it could not be more true – especially when you own your own business. And it is something I for one have learned the hard way as a small business owner. When I first started my wedding coordination business, [...]
5 Benefits of Using Email Templates for Wedding Planners. Learn why I think every wedding planner and day of wedding coordinator should be using email templates in their wedding planning businesses. Plus you can snag the exact email copy my team and use for communicating with both prospective clients and current clients, as well as their wedding vendors.

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Let’s be real.. owning your own business, regardless of what it is you do, is no easy feat. There are times where I struggle with the many different tasks that come up during the workday and feeling like I have a never-ending inbox. With the amount of work that started coming in with my business, [...]

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If you’ve been around here for a while, you know that writing has never come easy to me. In fact, I often struggle REAL hard with imposter syndrome, and some days find myself nixing ideas or avoiding blogging altogether just because I’ve seen other business owners that have shared something similar in the past. However, [...]
Over the years, I've created a tried-and-true blogging workflow that I follow every time I sit down to write a new blog post. From selecting blog topic ideas to scheduling and sharing the blog post itself. And I want to help YOU establish a blogging workflow too so that you can reach more ideal clients and share your wealth of knowledge with the world! Plus, I've created a free list of 72 blog post ideas for wedding planners that you can snag here! #bloggingworkflow #growyourblog