Over the last several years, I’ve been coaching and mentoring fellow wedding planners and coordinators who want to grow their wedding planning businesses and get more wedding inquiries. Chatting with fellow wedding planners about this has quickly become a new favorite thing of mine, because I’ve been there. I created JDWC from a place of [...]

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 it comes to pricing your services as a wedding planner, you might think that you only have a few options. One of the biggest mistakes I see fellow wedding planners and coordinators make is including everything in a single package! They often offer too much for far too little. This can include unlimited hours [...]

Knowing your numbers is one of the most important parts of running any business - especially as a wedding planner! Our finances are often a bit more confusing since each client might have different packages and expenses. But that is all the more reason to keep track of everything! One of the biggest game-changers in [...]

As a wedding planner, you spend a lot of time working with your couples. From initial consultations to dozens of emails back and forth to researching décor and vendors, it adds up quickly! Oftentimes, planners never take the time to track how much time they work on each client's wedding. But we are going to [...]

As a wedding planner, you email a lot. And for most of us planners and coordinators, email is our main form of communication with our couples (and their vendors!). Which means a lot of emails, over and over again! As you plan more and more weddings, you start to see a pattern. Some of the [...]