While most of us Wedding Planners and Coordinators are still in the thick of our fall wedding seasons, it’s important to remember that engagement season is right around the corner! With nearly 40% of engagements occurring between the months of November and February, we can’t discount that now is the time to shift our focus [...]

When I started Jessica Dum Wedding Coordination, I knew from the beginning I wanted to niche down. While most planners offer partial and full-service planning, I wanted JDWC to specialize in the execution side of wedding planning and solely focus on Day of Wedding Coordination. This was hands down the best decision I ever made [...]

As a business coach and mentor for fellow wedding planners, I see people undercharging for their services all the time (aka, pricing themselves too low). And when you undercharge your work, you are undermining yourself, your effort, your expertise and your experience. What I see often is, wedding planners lacking confidence in their pricing because [...]

As a small business owner, it’s imperative to find the right business resources and tools to assist in making your life easier and as productive as possible. Over the years, I’ve tried, tested and discovered many great tools that I use in all aspects of my wedding coordination business – from social media scheduling to [...]

In today’s post I want to share the benefits of defining your niche and why I think doing so can elevate your brand. As a company who focuses solely on Day of Wedding Coordination, we’re often asked (more so out of curiosity) if we’ll ever offer more than just day-of services for our couples. And [...]

As creative small business owners, we oftentimes get caught up working IN our businesses more than we do ON our businesses. And to be fair, we have to keep up with client work and the everyday nitty gritty in order to stay afloat. Am I right?! But if we have big dreams to scale our [...]