Wedding Pro Academy

🎙 Episode 71: Motherhood, Navigating Slow Seasons, Bonus Q+A Today we cover a bunch of questions around navigating running a business with small babies, how to pivot during a crisis or slow season, what it takes to build a business that lasts the test of time, and mindset shifts to empower and blow up your business (in the best ways possible).   You asked, I'm answering.  Today is part 3 of Q+A wi...

🎙 Episode 70: Q+A Wedding Business, Money & Partnerships What systems & processes helped grow your wedding business the most?  How do you manage cash flow during slow seasons?  Top money mistakes wedding planners make?  How do you protect yourself legally - when you have a partner?  What safeguards should every business owner have when they have a partner?  How do you protect your money wh...

🎙 Episode 69: Building a Wedding Biz in 2026 & Branding  You asked, we're answering - Nicole picked out 12 questions around building a wedding business & branding and has gone deep on these in this weeks episode.  Questions like... What did you do in your first year that actually brought in clients?  If you were starting over in 2026 with no reputation, what would you focus on? What mistak...

🎙 Episode 68: Stop Selling: What to Do When a Couple Hesitates If you keep getting ghosted after sales calls, you get "thank you so much, we'll be in touch” but then you never hear from them again - even when they clearly need your help - this episode is for you. I’m walking you through a real-life client case study of a wedding planner who kept facing objections from a bride who seemed interested...

🎙 Episode 67: The Skills No One Talks About That Actually Build a Profitable Wedding Business Why does your business feel harder than it “should”.? Why does it feels slow and frustrating - like everyone else has made it and you're still struggling? Today we break down why things feel hard, and what skill sets you MUST develop in order to sustain a lucrative, stable wedding business. I’m breaking d...

🎙 Episode 66: 21 Wedding Business Mistakes Preventing You From Booking More Weddings Are small mistakes quietly costing you bookings? Why aren’t couples inquiring—even when your work is good? What actually builds trust with couples (and what instantly turns them away)? Are you unintentionally making your business harder than it needs to be? What separates booked-out planners from the ones constant...

🎙 Episode 65: Stop Being Tested: Why Couples Actually Want You to Take the Lead Does it feel like couples are testing you on sales calls—or are they looking for guidance? Why does confidence matter more than having all the “right” answers? How does leading a consult turn into more bookings? What happens when you don’t take charge as a wedding planner? How does confidence directly impact the weddin...

🎙 Episode 64: Part 2 - Questions New Wedding Biz Owners Are Too Embarrassed to Ask a 6-Figure Owner How do I confidently talk about my pricing? What should I say on a sales call with a couple? How do I close more bookings without feeling pushy? What mistakes make couples lose confidence in a vendor? Can you build a six-figure wedding business without working every weekend? In this episode we go de...

🎙 Episode 63: 10 Questions New Wedding Biz Owners Are Too Embarrassed to Ask a 6-Figure Owner Why am I not getting inquiries even though my work is good? How do I get couples to trust me if I’m still new? How do I stand out in such a saturated wedding market? What should a wedding website include to actually convert inquiries? How do newer vendors compete with vendors who have years of reviews? Th...

🎙 Episode 62: 5 Things You Need to Get Your Website Ranked on Page 1 of Google in 2026 If your website isn’t booking…  If your rankings dropped…  If you feel like you’re doing everything and Google still isn’t rewarding you… You’re not alone. In this episode, I’m sharing the wake-up call that changed everything for me — when my website dropped from spot 1 to spot 11. Here’s the truth: SEO isn’t br...

🎙 Episode 61:  Stop Waiting to Feel Ready — How Fast Decisions Create Fast Growth If you’re waiting for the perfect time, more confidence, or “one more booking” before you make a move in your wedding business… this episode is for you. Most wedding pros don’t fail because they make bad decisions. They stay stuck because they don’t make any decisions at all. Endless researching. Constantly tweaking...

🎙 Episode 60: Wedding Business Homepage — 5 Tips to Book More Couples You can be incredibly talented, experienced, and have a professionally designed website… and still struggle with inconsistent inquiries. In today’s episode, we’re breaking down what’s actually happening when an engaged couple lands on your homepage — and why they decide in just seconds whether they trust you enough to reach out....

🎙 Episode 59: What To Do When You Feel Behind Today we're having a real, honest conversation about the belief almost every entrepreneur struggles with at some point — “I’m behind. I should be doing more.”  If you’ve been feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or like life has gotten in the way of your business lately, this episode is going to bring you clarity and reframe everything.  This isn’t about grindi...

🎙 Episode 58: The One Thing You Can Do Today to Become the Obvious Choice In this episode, I’m breaking down the one insanely simple thing you can do in under an hour that instantly increases trust, legitimacy, and bookings — without selling, posting more content, or chasing leads. This isn’t about SEO hacks or complicated strategies. It’s about understanding how couples actually make decisions —...

🎙 Episode 57: From Inquiry to "We're In": How I Book Weddings in a Single Call Without Being Salesy  💍 How to Book Couples in a Single Call Without Being Salesy Ever hang up an inquiry call thinking “that went well” … and then never hear back? 😩 You’re not bad at sales — you just haven’t been taught how to lead the call. In this episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on how I run inquiry consults...

🎙 Episode 56: The Truth About Competition in the Wedding Industry There are just too many insanely good wedding photographers, planners, and florists 😰   “How will I ever fit in?” You will. You deserve to. Your people are waiting for you—and in this episode, we’re exploring exactly why . If scrolling Instagram makes you feel like everyone is already booked, established, and miles ahead, this epis...

🎙️ Episode 55: “3 Reasons Brides Are Ignoring You (Even after you've catered to their every need and discounted your price)” Why are brides ghosting you—even when your prices are great and you’ve bent over backward to please them? In this episode, we break down the 3 real reasons brides are ignoring you , and it has nothing to do with your talent or your pricing. You’ll learn why: Brides don’t see...

🎙️ Episode 54: “Ingredients Successful Wedding Businesses Have in Common” Wondering why it's taking so long to get over that hump of "nothings working, this is taking so long, everyone else seems to be booking but not me, IDK what I'm doing, my inbox is empty - again" stuck place that so many wedding businesses give up in?  Today we talk about WHY it takes so long to get a wedding business off the...

🎙️ Episode 52: “Why Brides Aren’t Finding You Online (And How to Fix It Fast)” If your inbox is quiet, it’s easy to wonder what you’re doing wrong. But the truth is—you’re probably far more talented than your bookings show. Brides just aren’t finding you yet. 💛 In this episode, we pull back the curtain on how couples actually search for vendors, what instantly builds trust, and why a few small tw...

🎙️ Episode 52: When it Feels Like Nothing is Working 😩 In this episode, we get real about the season of business that feels slow, messy, confusing, and like nothing is working. You’ll learn why people give up, what building a business actually feels like, and the one decision that changes everything: going all in. We’ll talk about self-trust, reframing your thoughts, staying on your own path, and...

🎙️ Episode 51: Why Cold Pitching Established Wedding Planners Is the Worst Way to Book Your First Wedding🚫📩 If you’ve been told to “email 50 planners and offer to work for free,” this episode is your wake-up call. Cold pitching rarely works — and I’m breaking down exactly why established planners ignore those messages and why it has nothing to do with you. You’ll learn what planners actually loo...

🎙️ Episode: 50 Things I’d Do if I Was Starting a Wedding Biz from Scratch Starting a wedding business can feel overwhelming — but it doesn’t have to be. In this episode, I’m breaking down 50 practical, simple steps I would take if I were building a wedding business from the very beginning. We cover everything from choosing your niche, naming your business, and setting up the essentials… to creatin...

🎙️ 5 Mistakes That Are Keeping You from Booking More Weddings If your inbox has been a little too quiet lately, this episode is for you. Whether you’re a planner, photographer, florist, or any kind of wedding pro — there are a few simple but powerful shifts that can completely change how many couples are reaching out to you. Today we break down the most common mistakes that keep newer wedding busi...

🎙️ Why You’re Not Being Seen as an Expert (and What to Do About It) You’re amazing at what you do — your weddings run smoothly, your couples love you, and you give everything to every event. So why aren’t you being seen (and paid) like the expert you actually are? In this episode, we’re diving into one of the biggest reasons wedding planners and creatives stay stuck: you’re not positioning yoursel...

🎙 Episode 47:  8 Wedding Pro Secrets to Nailing Phone Consults Are your phone consults feeling like pressure, stressful, awkward, insecure, hit-or-miss? In this episode, I’m breaking down the 8 secrets to booking brides over the phone — the same ones that transformed my consults from "please pick me" to "can't wait to work together" immediate bookings. You’ll learn how to:  • Set yourself up for s...