The Wedding Business Podcast

A very warm welcome back to The Wedding Business podcast! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas break and are feeling ready for a prosperous 2022.  Before we get into today's episode I have a very exciting invitation for you because The Wedding Business Bootcamp i s back! This is a free 5-day Bootcamp for wedding business owners where you can learn my 4 step strategy that every wedding business sho...

When it comes to building your wedding business it’s so key to find what works for you.  Finding the way of working that lights you up, knowing your dream clients, and knowing the direction you want to take can all add up to building a successful business.  My guest today is the brilliant Kate Spicer, who has really nailed down the direction she wants to take for her business and having started ou...

Today I am delighted to be joined by club member and all-around fantastic human Meg Senior, whose work as a Celebrant delivers personal, meaningful, heartfelt ceremonies that illuminate every celebration.  Craving a career change at the start of the Pandemic, Meg started out looking for “a happy job” and through some exploration landed on training to be an accredited Humanist Celebrant. I’ve had t...

Today I’m joined by Wedding Business Club member, Wedding Calligrapher and SEO Expert - Stacy Westhead.  Having worked in digital marketing for many years Stacy took up calligraphy as a hobby to help create some time for herself outside of family life and to help her process her grief after losing her Dad. This transpired into a real passion and talent for the craft and lead her to launch her firs...

Hello, and a very warm welcome back to The Wedding Business Podcast Season 4!  I am so excited to be bringing you a fourth season of The Wedding Business Podcast with more even brilliant guests from our community who will be bringing their genius and sharing their knowledge and expertise. We’re going to be covering SEO, mindset, finding your niche, growing your business, looking after your mental...

It seems like only 5 minutes ago I was recording the first episode of this podcast, and here we are at the finale of Season 3!  We're going to have a break for the summer, so in the meantime, I wanted to take a moment to look back at this seasons’ brilliant club members who kindly came on the podcast to share their wisdom, advice and motivation for fellow wedding business owners.  It’s been a chal...

Joining me today is wedding photographer, Mum, and much-valued member of The Wedding Business Club, Becky Harley.  Now, if I had £1 for every time someone asked me, how on Earth do you juggle your wedding business, your coaching business, family, pets, and all the other things in life? I would be a very wealthy woman, and this is the focus of our conversation today.  After falling pregnant with he...

Today I am speaking with Wedding Planner, Celebrant, and Illustrator Andri Benson, all about how to pivot your wedding business.  I know this has been a topic of huge interest to many of you over the last 18 months, so I was really keen to understand from Andri how to identify the gaps where you can diversify your income and find the extra offerings that complement your existing business.  In this...

Rose Savage is an incredibly talented bridal designer creating bespoke dresses for modern, fun, sassy brides.  Her passion for fabrics, fashion and big dresses started at a young age with her obsession for designing and making clothes setting her on the path to founding her own business in the wedding industry.  For Rose, the process of making bridal wear is truly magical and in today’s episode sh...

In the wedding industry, we talk about “breaking into the luxury market” like it’s a destination to arrive at, but with everyone having their own definition of what luxury is, how do we get there, and how do we know when we’ve arrived?  My guest today is the brilliant Liz Inigo Jones, founder of the award-winning luxury florists Blue Sky Flowers.  With 20 years in the industry, Liz has a wealth of...

In our industry creating an exceptional customer experience is key in connecting with our dream clients and building a successful wedding business.  Today, my guest is the award-winning magician, Ricky Locke, who specialises in creating unique and unforgettable experiences for couples and wedding guests.  Ricky really understands how to sell the experience he delivers to his couples, not just the...

So far in this series, you’ve heard from some of the incredible members of The Wedding Business Club, but today I want to shed a little bit of light on who the club is for, what’s included in the membership and what you can expect from being apart of this special group.  Firstly, let me say the doors to the club are now open!  I typically get lots of questions when I open doors so I’ll be running...

I know social media can be a contentious subject, and as business owners, we can get ourselves in a real tangle with it, and it quickly becomes overwhelming knowing what and when to post.  So today I want to walk you through how you can schedule 30 days of social media posts, in 30 minutes.  I have a simple framework to share, that will take away the panic and the overwhelm, and make the whole pro...

My guest this week is the fantastic Louise Baltruschat from the wedding blog and directory Whimsical Wonderland Weddings .  Louise has been running Whimsical Wonderland Weddings for 11 years, so she really was one of the first on the scene in the UK wedding blogging world, and was actually one of the first blogs to feature my work.  I was so excited to hear her story of launching the blog and the...

My guest this week is the incredibly talented Rachel Kitchen, Copywriter and Wedding Poet - and if you’re thinking what on Earth is a wedding poet, then you’re in for a real treat today.  Unable to land on a unique poem for her wedding Rachel began writing her own, which led her to launch her first business Veil and Verse , where she creates memorable, show-stopping words for a wedding day from sp...

As a real stationery geek myself, I’m so excited to be joined today by the brilliant, Hannah Stubbs co-founder of Bonny and Clyde. After starting her career as a primary school teacher Hannah took the leap and teamed up with her graphic designer husband to launch Bonny and Clyde, creating beautiful timeless wedding stationery, creative branding and web design. In this episode, Hannah shares the im...

A very warm welcome back to The Wedding Business Podcast! Since we wrapped up Season 2 back in November we’ve entered and exited another lockdown in the UK, and we now finally have a plan. The light is not only at the end of the tunnel, it’s shining bright.  So I want to speak to you today about what you can do right now to get your wedding business ready to go post-lockdown.  It’s been a long tim...

I can barely believe it but here we are at the end of Season Two of The Wedding Business podcast. So for this season finale, I wanted to take a look back on all of the fabulous guests and the topics we’ve covered, and to guide you back to some episodes you might have missed. As well as giving you a sneak peek at what’s coming up in season 3. Now, I have to admit, before launching my own podcast, I...

Welcome back to The Wedding Business podcast, and today is a very special, very exciting episode because today, my book, I Do: How to say YES to running a successful and profitable wedding business is finally available!   So, I wanted to use this episode to talk to you a bit more about my book - why I wanted to write about my experience of building a wedding business, and why I would love for you...

My guest today is the fantastic Sophie Tyler, founder and designer of ALT | A Lover’s Thread , an alternative bridal brand offering vintage re-design and bespoke embellishment services that tap into, and incorporates a couples love story.  Launching your own business takes so much courage, trust and faith in yourself which can be really challenging.  Now as you know, I believe mindset is everythin...

I’m often asked how I juggle all the things I am doing. Like most people I’m spinning a lot plates by running a business and having a family. So if that's you too, and you’re thinking I don't even know where to begin, I hear you!  Today I’m going to share with you my secrets to productivity, and specifically the one thing I do every week without fail that sets me up for the best week possible. I s...

Today I am joined by the talented and much loved member of the Wedding Business Club, Charlotte Argyrou. Charlotte is a botanical illustrator who found her niche in the wedding industry creating beautiful illustrations of bridal bouquets.  Charlotte might be my only guest who started out aged just 8 years old knowing she wanted to be a botanical illustrator from school age but was deterred by a ca...

Joining me this week is Wedding Business Club member and founder of Carriages Events, Meera Majithia.  Meera has not only built a successful wedding planning business coordinating Indian & interfaith weddings, but has recently expanded the business to also include bridal coaching - providing an online community for brides to support them in their planning, and on top of that, also has a book in th...

This week I have a laser focused and super practical episode for you on how you can run a SWOT analysis to uncover the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats within your business.  Now, if you’re thinking, Faye, a SWOT analysis sounds a bit stuffy, well I hear you. However, while the wedding industry is a creative place and far from the corporate world, we still need strategies and tools...

This week on The Wedding Business podcast I am joined by a very special member of The Wedding Business Club , Felicity Abekah, the incredibly talented designer and founder of  Felisiti Greis .  Felicity is very much a natural creative who has loved art from a young age. Her passion for creating intricate and technical pieces led her to designing beautiful handcrafted wedding dresses which are intr...