| Are you a natural born party planner and organizer? | | | | have different tastes and their own personal set of |
| Do you love making lists, forging new business | | | | needs. To best fulfill these needs, you will want to |
| contacts, and organizing activities? If so, then you are | | | | have at your disposal a large network of appropriate |
| the perfect person to run a service providing all | | | | vendors to draw from. Keep in mind that many people |
| needed wedding decorations! Planning a wedding is a | | | | plan themed weddings either with very distinct styles |
| difficult challenge for anyone, time consuming and for | | | | based on a bygone era in history or sometimes with a |
| most folks-- just plain hard to do. Just locating different | | | | strong color theme. For instance, some brides want |
| vendors to perform the appropriate services is a huge | | | | every petal, every ribbon, every stitch, every scrap of |
| part of the difficulty. Weddings can be the most | | | | paper used in their wedding to be the color pink. You |
| stressful and emotionally intense time of a bride's life | | | | will need to be able to locate and offer these to your |
| so any service that will help her bear that burden | | | | clients at a moment's notice. This requires preparation |
| would be such a needed relief! Your fees would likely | | | | and careful record keeping on your part to keep track |
| want to be in the ballpark of 15% of the total costs, | | | | of where any given service or item can be procured. |
| depending on the prevailing market in your area. | | | | While you are in the process of building up a customer |
| Since people plan weddings both locally and by | | | | base, you will likely want to advertise your services by |
| long-distance (exotic wedding locations are growing | | | | running an ad in a local phone directory as well as by |
| more popular all of the time!), this kind of resource | | | | listing your business with an online business directory. It |
| would be a lifesaver for the bride or wedding planner | | | | would be a good idea to create a website with your |
| given the responsibility of decorating the wedding site! | | | | contact information on it and samples of weddings that |
| You will want to be able to give your clients (be they | | | | you have decorated. You also might want to offer |
| brides or professional wedding planners) many stylish | | | | ideas for their future wedding or for interesting |
| options for their wedding site. They will likely also want | | | | wedding themes that they may want to try. |
| to be able to choose between styles of vendors such | | | | While your business is in its fledgling phase, you will |
| as florists or printers for things such as flower | | | | likely also want to print up flyers and post them in |
| arrangements or banners. The more options that you | | | | places where people of all occupations would be likely |
| can offer your customers, the more control they will | | | | to frequent. Be sure to include popular lunch places and |
| feel over the situation and the happier they will be. | | | | coffee shops! Most post offices and grocery stores |
| Some people prefer the look of silk flowers, arches, | | | | also have bulletin boards that they will allow you to |
| and shrubs because they do not wilt under harsh | | | | place an advertisement on. Be sure to take advantage |
| weather conditions. Some like to import large amounts | | | | of any public bulletin boards in your area to find the |
| of exotic floral arrangements and they want to be | | | | people who are looking for you and your services. |
| able to hang them from every available rafter and | | | | Don't neglect places like medical service buildings, |
| pew. Some like large gothic pedestals and other props | | | | health food stores, libraries, bridal shops, and any other |
| in every available corner to make their wedding more | | | | place that your potential clients may frequent. In no |
| of a theatrical production and some will want just a | | | | time at all, you will have built up a large clientele base, |
| discreet feminine touch here and there. Every bride | | | | many by word of mouth as they witness your |
| wants to have a wedding like no other. Each one will | | | | professional services in action! |