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Marketing Strategy for Wedding Professionals & Businesses: The Evolve Your Wedding Business Podcast

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As a wedding professional, you're incredible at what you do but when it comes to marketing for wedding pros, you're stuck playing the social media game and hoping the right clients find you. Whether you love or hate the constant hustle, I've got news...

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As a wedding professional, you're incredible at what you do but when it comes to marketing for wedding pros, you're stuck playing the social media game and hoping the right clients find you. Whether you love or hate the constant hustle, I've got news for you...there's a better, more sustainable way to get more wedding clients and book more weddings without burning out. This show delivers actionable wedding marketing strategies to help you attract dream clients, increase your wedding bookings, & (finally) get your questions about growing a profitable wedding business answered! We'll cover questions like: Getting More Clients: Marketing Strategy & Channels: Sustainable Growth: After helping tens of thousands of wedding professionals around the world build sustainable wedding businesses, wedding business coach Heidi Thompson knows exactly what it takes to attract dream clients without the overwhelm. Through Evolve Your Wedding Business, she's on a mission to help wedding vendors create marketing strategies that work without working 60+ hour weeks. Heidi consistently makes wedding business marketing approachable and exciting! With a mix of solo episodes and guest interviews with successful wedding vendors and wedding marketing experts, you'll hear exactly how to grow your wedding business whether you're a wedding planner, DJ, officiant, florist, venue owner, or any other type of wedding vendor so you can spend less time chasing clients and more time doing the work you love. Ready to take your wedding business to the next level? Press play and visit evolveyourweddingbusiness.com/podcast for show notes, guest info, and even more free resources to grow your wedding business! 🎧

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English

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Episodes
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Is Your Wedding Marketing Giving Pickup Artist Energy?

4/29/2026
👉 Want to finally break free from The Knot and WeddingWire without losing leads? Save your seat for this free training. There's an entire subculture of guys who teach other men how to attract women using scripted tactics. Memorized openers. Specific moves. Elaborate routines designed to manufacture a connection that isn't actually there. It almost never works (surprise, surprise) and when it does work short-term, it never leads to what they actually wanted. I look at how most wedding pros approach their wedding marketing and I see the exact same mistake. A series of scripted moves aimed at a crowd of strangers with no real understanding of who those people are, what they care about, or why they should choose you specifically. More posts. More platforms. More tactics. And couples who can feel it's not actually about them. This episode is about what actually works instead. Get all the links from this episode: http://evolveyourweddingbusiness.com/358 ——— I’m hosting a free live class: Break Up With The Knot & WeddingWire (Without Losing Leads) We’ll cover why many wedding pros feel their directory listings aren’t delivering like they once did, what’s actually working for bookings right now, and how to create a marketing system that puts you back in the driver’s seat. Grab your free seat at evolveyourweddingbusiness.com/breakup ——— Find Heidi: Instagram (send a DM!) The Wedding Business Collective 🩵 (get your first month for $1) Ghosted Lead Booking Wizard 👻 Wedding Business Shop 🛍️ Free Training: Break Up With WeddingWire + The Knot Without Losing Leads 💔 Free Audio Training: Inside Profitable Six-Figure Wedding Businesses: What They Do That You Don’t (So You Can Grow & Scale Too) 👀 Case Study: Wedding Planner Marketing That Works – How Katie Sautter Booked 15 Weddings in Her First Year 🔍 The Knot & WeddingWire: Are They Worth It For Wedding Vendors?🤔

Duration:00:14:10

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How Wedding Vendors Get Found On Pinterest With Dana Bahr

4/22/2026
👉 Want to finally break free from The Knot and WeddingWire without losing leads? Save your seat for this free training. Most wedding pros either ignore Pinterest completely or treat it like Instagram and wonder why nothing happens. Pretty pictures. No context. No clicks. No inquiries. Here's the thing nobody tells you: Pinterest isn't social media. It's a search engine. And couples are using it heavily during the research phase, way before they're ready to book anyone. By the time they reach out to you, they've already spent 7 to 12 hours consuming content related to your service. Pinterest is where a huge chunk of that happens. That means if you're not showing up there with content that actually answers what couples are searching for, you're invisible during the most important part of their decision-making process. In this episode, Pinterest strategist Dana Bahr breaks down her VEIL method and exactly how wedding pros can use Pinterest to get found, build trust, and generate leads without creating a mountain of new content from scratch. Get all the links from this episode: http://evolveyourweddingbusiness.com/357 ——— I’m hosting a free live class: Break Up With The Knot & WeddingWire (Without Losing Leads) We’ll cover why many wedding pros feel their directory listings aren’t delivering like they once did, what’s actually working for bookings right now, and how to create a marketing system that puts you back in the driver’s seat. Grab your free seat at evolveyourweddingbusiness.com/breakup ——— Find Heidi: Instagram (send a DM!) The Wedding Business Collective 🩵 (get your first month for $1) Ghosted Lead Booking Wizard 👻 Wedding Business Shop 🛍️ Free Training: Break Up With WeddingWire + The Knot Without Losing Leads 💔 Free Audio Training: Inside Profitable Six-Figure Wedding Businesses: What They Do That You Don’t (So You Can Grow & Scale Too) 👀 Case Study: Wedding Planner Marketing That Works – How Katie Sautter Booked 15 Weddings in Her First Year 🔍 The Knot & WeddingWire: Are They Worth It For Wedding Vendors?🤔

Duration:00:50:07

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How To Book More Weddings As A Live Wedding Painter

4/15/2026
👉 Want to finally break free from The Knot and WeddingWire without losing leads? Save your seat for this free training. When live wedding painter Heidi Neilson joined The Wedding Business Collective, she had never received a single inquiry from a stranger despite 2.5 years of trying. Six months later, she's gone from 0 to 12 inquiries a month, turning away work that isn't the right fit, and just booked her most ideal client yet (they bought her highest package on the spot and then asked if Heidi could create something even bigger!) She is the same person, in the same market, getting completely different results. And none of it came from doing more. It came from getting specific, building a real marketing plan, and finally having a system. She breaks down exactly how she did it in this episode. Get all the links from this episode: http://evolveyourweddingbusiness.com/356 ——— I’m hosting a free live class: Break Up With The Knot & WeddingWire (Without Losing Leads) We’ll cover why many wedding pros feel their directory listings aren’t delivering like they once did, what’s actually working for bookings right now, and how to create a marketing system that puts you back in the driver’s seat. Grab your free seat at evolveyourweddingbusiness.com/breakup ——— Find Heidi: Instagram (send a DM!) The Wedding Business Collective 🩵 (get your first month for $1) Ghosted Lead Booking Wizard 👻 Wedding Business Shop 🛍️ Free Training: Break Up With WeddingWire + The Knot Without Losing Leads 💔 Free Audio Training: Inside Profitable Six-Figure Wedding Businesses: What They Do That You Don’t (So You Can Grow & Scale Too) 👀 Case Study: Wedding Planner Marketing That Works – How Katie Sautter Booked 15 Weddings in Her First Year 🔍 The Knot & WeddingWire: Are They Worth It For Wedding Vendors?🤔

Duration:01:04:21

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Who The Wedding Business Collective Is (And Isn't) For

4/8/2026
👉 Want to finally break free from The Knot and WeddingWire without losing leads? Save your seat for this free training. Most wedding business coaches will tell you who a program is for. They won't tell you what it isn't for. I'd rather do both because The Wedding Business Collective isn't for everyone, and I'd much rather be straight with you upfront than have you join and realize it's not what you were looking for. This episode is part four of a four-part series. We've talked about why doing all the right marketing things still isn't getting you bookings, what a real wedding booking system looks like versus random tactics, and why consistently booked wedding pros aren't working harder than you. Now I want to answer the question I get asked most: is The Wedding Business Collective actually right for my wedding business? Get all the links from this episode: http://evolveyourweddingbusiness.com/355 ——— I’m hosting a free live class: Break Up With The Knot & WeddingWire (Without Losing Leads) We’ll cover why many wedding pros feel their directory listings aren’t delivering like they once did, what’s actually working for bookings right now, and how to create a marketing system that puts you back in the driver’s seat. Grab your free seat at evolveyourweddingbusiness.com/breakup ——— Find Heidi: Instagram (send a DM!) The Wedding Business Collective 🩵 (get your first month for $1) Ghosted Lead Booking Wizard 👻 Wedding Business Shop 🛍️ Free Training: Break Up With WeddingWire + The Knot Without Losing Leads 💔 Free Audio Training: Inside Profitable Six-Figure Wedding Businesses: What They Do That You Don’t (So You Can Grow & Scale Too) 👀 Case Study: Wedding Planner Marketing That Works – How Katie Sautter Booked 15 Weddings in Her First Year 🔍 The Knot & WeddingWire: Are They Worth It For Wedding Vendors?🤔

Duration:00:17:59

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How to Book More Weddings: What Booked Wedding Professionals Do

4/1/2026
👉 Want to finally break free from The Knot and WeddingWire without losing leads? Save your seat for this free training. The wedding pros who are booking consistently aren't working harder than you. They're working less. I know that's not what you've been told, but after working with thousands of wedding professionals over the years, I can tell you it's true. What they're doing differently isn't more posts, more platforms, or more networking events. It's focus. They've figured out which two or three things actually bring in bookings for their specific business and they've dropped almost everything else. No guilt. No FOMO. Just a clear decision to stop doing the stuff that doesn't work. If you've been trying to book more weddings by doing more marketing and it's still not clicking, this episode is going to reframe the whole thing for you. Get all the links from this episode: http://evolveyourweddingbusiness.com/354 ——— I’m hosting a free live class: Break Up With The Knot & WeddingWire (Without Losing Leads) We’ll cover why many wedding pros feel their directory listings aren’t delivering like they once did, what’s actually working for bookings right now, and how to create a marketing system that puts you back in the driver’s seat. Grab your free seat at evolveyourweddingbusiness.com/breakup ——— Find Heidi: Instagram (send a DM!) The Wedding Business Collective 🩵 (get your first month for $1) Ghosted Lead Booking Wizard 👻 Wedding Business Shop 🛍️ Free Training: Break Up With WeddingWire + The Knot Without Losing Leads 💔 Free Audio Training: Inside Profitable Six-Figure Wedding Businesses: What They Do That You Don’t (So You Can Grow & Scale Too) 👀 Case Study: Wedding Planner Marketing That Works – How Katie Sautter Booked 15 Weddings in Her First Year 🔍 The Knot & WeddingWire: Are They Worth It For Wedding Vendors?🤔

Duration:00:12:36

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You Need a Wedding Booking System (Not More Marketing Tactics)

3/25/2026
👉 Want to finally break free from The Knot and WeddingWire without losing leads? Save your seat for this free training. If you've ever spent a week going all in on Instagram, then switched to Pinterest because someone in a Facebook group said that's where you need to be, then went down an SEO rabbit hole, then tried to blog every wedding on top of all of that... you already know what random marketing feels like. It feels like being perpetually behind. Like no matter how much you do, it's never enough. And the bookings are still inconsistent. Here's the problem. Most wedding marketing advice is obsessed with visibility. More posts, more platforms, more content. And visibility matters, but it doesn't equal bookings. You can post three times a day and still watch couples book someone else. Because visibility without the right foundation underneath it is just noise. A wedding booking system is different. And once you understand the difference, the way you think about marketing changes completely. Get all the links from this episode: http://evolveyourweddingbusiness.com/353 ——— I’m hosting a free live class: Break Up With The Knot & WeddingWire (Without Losing Leads) We’ll cover why many wedding pros feel their directory listings aren’t delivering like they once did, what’s actually working for bookings right now, and how to create a marketing system that puts you back in the driver’s seat. Grab your free seat at evolveyourweddingbusiness.com/breakup ——— Find Heidi: Instagram (send a DM!) The Wedding Business Collective 🩵 (get your first month for $1) Ghosted Lead Booking Wizard 👻 Wedding Business Shop 🛍️ Free Training: Break Up With WeddingWire + The Knot Without Losing Leads 💔 Free Audio Training: Inside Profitable Six-Figure Wedding Businesses: What They Do That You Don’t (So You Can Grow & Scale Too) 👀 Case Study: Wedding Planner Marketing That Works – How Katie Sautter Booked 15 Weddings in Her First Year 🔍 The Knot & WeddingWire: Are They Worth It For Wedding Vendors?🤔

Duration:00:10:44

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How to Book More Weddings: More Marketing Isn't the Answer

3/18/2026
👉 Want to finally break free from The Knot and WeddingWire without losing leads? Save your seat for this free training. You're posting on Instagram. You're networking. You've paid for directory listings. You've dabbled in SEO, started a blog, messed around with Pinterest. You're doing the things. And somehow, bookings are still inconsistent enough that you're refreshing your inbox wondering where everyone went. That's not a work ethic problem. That's a strategy problem. And it's way more common than you think. Here's the thing nobody talks about when they give you advice on how to book more weddings: tactics only work when they're connected to an actual plan. Without that, you're not marketing your business. You're just staying busy. This episode is about why that happens and what actually fixes it. Get all the links from this episode: http://evolveyourweddingbusiness.com/352 ——— I’m hosting a free live class: Break Up With The Knot & WeddingWire (Without Losing Leads) We’ll cover why many wedding pros feel their directory listings aren’t delivering like they once did, what’s actually working for bookings right now, and how to create a marketing system that puts you back in the driver’s seat. Grab your free seat at evolveyourweddingbusiness.com/breakup ——— Find Heidi: Instagram (send a DM!) The Wedding Business Collective 🩵 (get your first month for $1) Ghosted Lead Booking Wizard 👻 Wedding Business Shop 🛍️ Free Training: Break Up With WeddingWire + The Knot Without Losing Leads 💔 Free Audio Training: Inside Profitable Six-Figure Wedding Businesses: What They Do That You Don’t (So You Can Grow & Scale Too) 👀 Case Study: Wedding Planner Marketing That Works – How Katie Sautter Booked 15 Weddings in Her First Year 🔍 The Knot & WeddingWire: Are They Worth It For Wedding Vendors?🤔

Duration:00:09:24

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The Wedding Business Plan That Actually Gets Bookings

3/10/2026
👉 Want to finally break free from The Knot and WeddingWire without losing leads? Save your seat for this free training. Let me save you weeks of work right now. If you’re searching for or thinking about creating a wedding business plan because your calendar isn’t full, you’re looking in the wrong place. What you actually need is a marketing plan that gets you more wedding bookings. The truth is, you don’t need a 50-page business plan with financial projections and market analysis. What you ACTUALLY need is a strategic marketing plan. Here’s the difference: A business plan is for banks and investors. A marketing plan is for booking clients. I’ve helped 1000s wedding pros through this exact process inside The Wedding Business Collective, and I can tell you that not one of them needed a formal business plan to fill their calendar. But every single one of them needed a marketing plan. In this episode, I’m going to show you why you need a marketing plan, what it actually does for your wedding business, and how to get started. Get all the links from this episode: http://evolveyourweddingbusiness.com/351 ——— I’m hosting a free live class: Break Up With The Knot & WeddingWire (Without Losing Leads) We’ll cover why many wedding pros feel their directory listings aren’t delivering like they once did, what’s actually working for bookings right now, and how to create a marketing system that puts you back in the driver’s seat. Grab your free seat at evolveyourweddingbusiness.com/breakup ——— Find Heidi: Instagram (send a DM!) The Wedding Business Collective 🩵 (get your first month for $1) Ghosted Lead Booking Wizard 👻 Wedding Business Shop 🛍️ Free Training: Break Up With WeddingWire + The Knot Without Losing Leads 💔 Free Audio Training: Inside Profitable Six-Figure Wedding Businesses: What They Do That You Don’t (So You Can Grow & Scale Too) 👀 Case Study: Wedding Planner Marketing That Works – How Katie Sautter Booked 15 Weddings in Her First Year 🔍 The Knot & WeddingWire: Are They Worth It For Wedding Vendors?🤔

Duration:00:42:06

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End Feast Or Famine In Your Wedding Business With Erinn Bridgman

3/4/2026
👉 Want to finally break free from The Knot and WeddingWire without losing leads? Save your seat for this free training. Are you stuck in the feast or famine cycle in your wedding business? One month you feel flush with cash and the next you are wondering how you are going to cover expenses. It is stressful, distracting, and it makes it nearly impossible to plan ahead with confidence. In this episode, I am joined by Erinn Bridgman to talk about what is really going on behind the scenes with wedding business finances and why seasonal cash flow can feel so unpredictable. We dig into wedding pro money habits, what causes those extreme highs and lows, and how to pay yourself consistently as a wedding pro without crossing your fingers and hoping for a big booking to come through. If you want to stabilize your wedding business cash flow, understand your numbers, and finally feel in control of your income instead of reacting to it, this conversation is going to open your eyes. We are breaking down practical steps you can take to smooth out the feast or famine pattern and build a wedding business that supports you all year long. 👉 Grab your FREE spot for Erinn's Masterclass on March 11th! Get all the links from this episode: http://evolveyourweddingbusiness.com/350 ——— I’m hosting a free live class called Break Up With The Knot & WeddingWire (Without Losing Leads) and you're invited! We’ll talk about why those listings stopped working, what’s actually getting results right now, and how to build a marketing plan that gives you back control. Grab your free seat at evolveyourweddingbusiness.com/breakup ——— Find Heidi: Instagram (send a DM!) The Wedding Business Collective 🩵 (get your first month for $1) Ghosted Lead Booking Wizard 👻 Wedding Business Shop 🛍️ Free Training: Break Up With WeddingWire + The Knot Without Losing Leads 💔 Free Audio Training: Inside Profitable Six-Figure Wedding Businesses: What They Do That You Don’t (So You Can Grow & Scale Too) 👀 Case Study: Wedding Planner Marketing That Works – How Katie Sautter Booked 15 Weddings in Her First Year 🔍 The Knot & WeddingWire: Are They Worth It For Wedding Vendors?🤔

Duration:00:50:12

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Reddit: An Untapped Wedding Marketing Goldmine With Emily Rochotte

2/25/2026
👉 Want to finally break free from The Knot and WeddingWire without losing leads? Save your seat for this free training. What if one of the most powerful wedding marketing platforms is one you have barely considered? When most wedding pros think about wedding marketing, they jump straight to Instagram, Pinterest, Google, or paid ads. But there is a place where couples are having honest conversations, asking detailed questions, and sharing exactly what they are worried about when planning their weddings. And most wedding professionals are completely ignoring it. In this episode, we are talking about Reddit and why it might be one of the most overlooked opportunities in wedding industry marketing right now. If you have ever wished you could get inside your ideal client’s head and see what they are really thinking, this is going to feel like gold. Because Reddit is not just another platform to post on. It is real time wedding market research. It shows you what couples care about, what frustrates them, how they talk about pricing, and how they decide who to book. I am joined by Emily Rochotte to break down how to use Reddit strategically for wedding business marketing without being spammy, awkward, or salesy. We are diving into how to find the right conversations, how to position yourself as helpful instead of promotional, and how to turn insights from Reddit into smarter messaging across your website and marketing. If you want your wedding marketing to feel less like guessing and more like speaking directly to what your dream clients actually want, you are going to love this one. Get all the links from this episode: http://evolveyourweddingbusiness.com/349 ——— I’m hosting a free live class called Break Up With The Knot & WeddingWire (Without Losing Leads) and you're invited! We’ll talk about why those listings stopped working, what’s actually getting results right now, and how to build a marketing plan that gives you back control. Grab your free seat at evolveyourweddingbusiness.com/breakup ——— Find Heidi: Instagram (send a DM!) The Wedding Business Collective 🩵 (get your first month for $1) Ghosted Lead Booking Wizard 👻 Wedding Business Shop 🛍️ Free Training: Break Up With WeddingWire + The Knot Without Losing Leads 💔 Free Audio Training: Inside Profitable Six-Figure Wedding Businesses: What They Do That You Don’t (So You Can Grow & Scale Too) 👀 Case Study: Wedding Planner Marketing That Works – How Katie Sautter Booked 15 Weddings in Her First Year 🔍 The Knot & WeddingWire: Are They Worth It For Wedding Vendors?🤔

Duration:00:52:33

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How to Book More Weddings AND Get Your Life Back

2/11/2026
👉 Want to finally break free from The Knot and WeddingWire without losing leads? Save your seat for this free training. Why does it feel so hard to book more weddings right now without completely burning yourself out? You’re doing the things. You’re showing up. You’re responding to inquiries. And yet your calendar still isn’t filling the way you want it to. Or it is filling, but at the cost of your time, energy, and sanity. In this episode, we’re talking about how to book more weddings and get your life back at the same time. Not by working more hours. Not by chasing every new tactic. But by fixing the things that quietly make your business harder to book than it needs to be. I’m breaking down what actually helps wedding pros book more weddings consistently, why being busy does not always equal being profitable, and how small shifts in your marketing and inquiry process can free up hours every week. If you want to book more weddings without being glued to your inbox, constantly following up, or feeling like your business owns you, this episode is for you. Get all the links from this episode: http://evolveyourweddingbusiness.com/348 Get your FREE Ticket to the Wedding Business CEO Summit at https://www.evolveyourweddingbusiness.com/ceo ——— Find Heidi: Instagram (send a DM!) The Wedding Business Collective 🩵 (get your first month for $1) Ghosted Lead Booking Wizard 👻 Wedding Business Shop 🛍️ Free Training: Break Up With WeddingWire + The Knot Without Losing Leads 💔 Free Audio Training: Inside Profitable Six-Figure Wedding Businesses: What They Do That You Don’t (So You Can Grow & Scale Too) 👀 Case Study: Wedding Planner Marketing That Works – How Katie Sautter Booked 15 Weddings in Her First Year 🔍 The Knot & WeddingWire: Are They Worth It For Wedding Vendors?🤔

Duration:00:20:42

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Why You’re Still Not Booking More Weddings Even Though You’re Doing All The Things

2/4/2026
👉 Want to finally break free from The Knot and WeddingWire without losing leads? Save your seat for this free training. Why are you still not booking more weddings even though you are doing all the things? You are showing up on social media. You are following the advice. You are trying to stay consistent. And yet your inquiries are not where you want them to be and booking more weddings still feels frustratingly hard. This is something I hear from wedding professionals all the time. The confusion. The exhaustion. The feeling that if you just tried one more thing, it would finally click. In this episode, we are talking about the real reason booking more weddings is not happening even when you feel like you are doing everything you are supposed to do. It is not about working harder or adding more to your plate. And it is definitely not about chasing every new marketing tactic that pops up. If you are tired of spinning your wheels and want clarity on what is actually keeping you from booking more weddings, this episode will help you see your situation differently and make smarter decisions moving forward. Tune in and let’s talk about what is really going on. Get all the links from this episode: http://evolveyourweddingbusiness.com/347 Get your FREE Ticket to the Wedding Business CEO Summit at https://www.evolveyourweddingbusiness.com/ceo ——— Find Heidi: Instagram (send a DM!) The Wedding Business Collective 🩵 (get your first month for $1) Ghosted Lead Booking Wizard 👻 Wedding Business Shop 🛍️ Free Training: Break Up With WeddingWire + The Knot Without Losing Leads 💔 Free Audio Training: Inside Profitable Six-Figure Wedding Businesses: What They Do That You Don’t (So You Can Grow & Scale Too) 👀 Case Study: Wedding Planner Marketing That Works – How Katie Sautter Booked 15 Weddings in Her First Year 🔍 The Knot & WeddingWire: Are They Worth It For Wedding Vendors?🤔

Duration:00:12:09

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Posting More Won’t Fix Your Wedding Booking Problem. Here’s What Will.

1/28/2026
👉 Want to finally break free from The Knot and WeddingWire without losing leads? Save your seat for this free training. Why does it feel like you’re posting all the time but your bookings still aren’t where you want them? This is one of the most common frustrations I hear from wedding professionals right now. You’re showing up on social media, sharing your work, trying to stay consistent, and yet you’re still dealing with slow inquiries, ghosting, or a calendar that isn’t filling the way it should. In this episode, we’re talking about the real reason posting more isn’t fixing your wedding booking problem and what actually needs to change if you want consistent inquiries and better clients. Because the issue usually isn’t effort or visibility. It’s what happens after someone finds you, how they experience your brand, and whether your marketing is doing the job of helping couples decide that you’re the right fit. If you’ve ever wondered why some wedding pros seem booked out without posting nonstop while you feel stuck spinning your wheels, this episode will help you see what’s really going on and where to focus instead. Get all the links from this episode: http://evolveyourweddingbusiness.com/346 Get your FREE Ticket to the Wedding Business CEO Summit at https://www.evolveyourweddingbusiness.com/ceo ——— Find Heidi: Instagram (send a DM!) The Wedding Business Collective 🩵 (get your first month for $1) Ghosted Lead Booking Wizard 👻 Wedding Business Shop 🛍️ Free Training: Break Up With WeddingWire + The Knot Without Losing Leads 💔 Free Audio Training: Inside Profitable Six-Figure Wedding Businesses: What They Do That You Don’t (So You Can Grow & Scale Too) 👀 Case Study: Wedding Planner Marketing That Works – How Katie Sautter Booked 15 Weddings in Her First Year 🔍 The Knot & WeddingWire: Are They Worth It For Wedding Vendors?🤔

Duration:00:18:36

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Please, I Beg You: Stop Trying to Do Everything. It’s Killing Your Business.

1/14/2026
👉 Want to finally break free from The Knot and WeddingWire without losing leads? Save your seat for this free training. You didn’t start your wedding business to work nonstop, feel overwhelmed, or wonder if burning out is just part of the deal. But for so many wedding professionals, that is exactly what it feels like. Long hours, scattered marketing, constant pressure to say yes to everything, and still not seeing the results you want. Wedding business burnout is becoming more common, and it is not because you are doing something wrong or not working hard enough. In this episode, I am talking about why wedding business burnout shows up so often in the wedding industry and what is really driving it behind the scenes. This is not about hustling harder or adding more to your plate. It is about understanding what is actually creating the overwhelm and why so many wedding pros feel stuck in it. If you are tired of feeling drained by your business and wondering if there is a better way to run it without burning out, this episode will hit close to home. Get all the links from this episode: http://evolveyourweddingbusiness.com/345 ——— I’m hosting a free live class called Break Up With The Knot & WeddingWire (Without Losing Leads) and you're invited! We’ll talk about why those listings stopped working, what’s actually getting results right now, and how to build a marketing plan that gives you back control. Grab your free seat at evolveyourweddingbusiness.com/breakup ——— Find Heidi: Instagram (send a DM!) The Wedding Business Collective 🩵 (get your first month for $1) Ghosted Lead Booking Wizard 👻 Wedding Business Shop 🛍️ Free Training: Break Up With WeddingWire + The Knot Without Losing Leads 💔 Free Audio Training: Inside Profitable Six-Figure Wedding Businesses: What They Do That You Don’t (So You Can Grow & Scale Too) 👀 Case Study: Wedding Planner Marketing That Works – How Katie Sautter Booked 15 Weddings in Her First Year 🔍 The Knot & WeddingWire: Are They Worth It For Wedding Vendors?🤔

Duration:00:17:54

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You Didn’t Start Your Wedding Business to Burn Out — So Why Does It Feel Like That’s the Only Option?

1/14/2026
👉 Want to finally break free from The Knot and WeddingWire without losing leads? Save your seat for this free training. Why does running a wedding business feel so exhausting right now? You didn’t start your wedding business to work nonstop, feel overwhelmed, or wonder if burning out is just part of the deal. But for so many wedding professionals, that is exactly what it feels like. Long hours, scattered marketing, constant pressure to say yes to everything, and still not seeing the results you want. Wedding business burnout is becoming more common, and it is not because you are doing something wrong or not working hard enough. In this episode, I am talking about why wedding business burnout shows up so often in the wedding industry and what is really driving it behind the scenes. This is not about hustling harder or adding more to your plate. It is about understanding what is actually creating the overwhelm and why so many wedding pros feel stuck in it. If you are tired of feeling drained by your business and wondering if there is a better way to run it without burning out, this episode will hit close to home. Get all the links from this episode: http://evolveyourweddingbusiness.com/344 ——— I’m hosting a free live class called Break Up With The Knot & WeddingWire (Without Losing Leads) and you're invited! We’ll talk about why those listings stopped working, what’s actually getting results right now, and how to build a marketing plan that gives you back control. Grab your free seat at evolveyourweddingbusiness.com/breakup ——— Find Heidi: Instagram (send a DM!) The Wedding Business Collective 🩵 (get your first month for $1) Ghosted Lead Booking Wizard 👻 Wedding Business Shop 🛍️ Free Training: Break Up With WeddingWire + The Knot Without Losing Leads 💔 Free Audio Training: Inside Profitable Six-Figure Wedding Businesses: What They Do That You Don’t (So You Can Grow & Scale Too) 👀 Case Study: Wedding Planner Marketing That Works – How Katie Sautter Booked 15 Weddings in Her First Year 🔍 The Knot & WeddingWire: Are They Worth It For Wedding Vendors?🤔

Duration:00:12:47

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How Wedding Businesses Can Stand Out (When Everyone Does The Same Thing) with Nadine Bozeman

1/7/2026
👉 Want to finally break free from The Knot and WeddingWire without losing leads? Save your seat for this free training. When it feels like every wedding business is saying the same thing online, standing out can feel nearly impossible. You are showing up, posting consistently, refining your website, and still wondering why couples keep choosing someone else. If wedding businesses all offer similar services, similar pricing, and similar promises, how do couples actually decide who feels like the right fit? In this episode, I am joined by Nadine Bozeman to talk about how wedding businesses can stand out in a crowded market without trying to be louder, trendier, or everywhere at once. We dig into what really makes couples pay attention, how client experience plays a bigger role than most wedding professionals realize, and why trying to copy what appears to be working for others often backfires. Nadine shares practical insights on wedding professional marketing, navigating wedding industry competition, and creating a brand presence that helps the right clients recognize themselves in your business. If you have ever felt stuck blending in while trying to grow your wedding business, this conversation will help you rethink how you stand out in a way that actually leads to more bookings. Get all the links from this episode: http://evolveyourweddingbusiness.com/343 ——— I’m hosting a free live class called Break Up With The Knot & WeddingWire (Without Losing Leads) and you're invited! We’ll talk about why those listings stopped working, what’s actually getting results right now, and how to build a marketing plan that gives you back control. Grab your free seat at evolveyourweddingbusiness.com/breakup ——— Find Heidi: Instagram (send a DM!) The Wedding Business Collective 🩵 (get your first month for $1) Ghosted Lead Booking Wizard 👻 Wedding Business Shop 🛍️ Free Training: Break Up With WeddingWire + The Knot Without Losing Leads 💔 Free Audio Training: Inside Profitable Six-Figure Wedding Businesses: What They Do That You Don’t (So You Can Grow & Scale Too) 👀 Case Study: Wedding Planner Marketing That Works – How Katie Sautter Booked 15 Weddings in Her First Year 🔍 The Knot & WeddingWire: Are They Worth It For Wedding Vendors?🤔

Duration:00:48:32

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What I Learned This Year Coaching Wedding Businesses

12/31/2025
👉 Want to finally break free from The Knot and WeddingWire without losing leads? Save your seat for this free training. What actually moves the needle in wedding businesses and what quietly wastes your time and energy? After another year of coaching wedding businesses behind the scenes, I started noticing some very clear patterns. The wedding pros who made real progress were not necessarily working harder or doing more marketing. And the ones who felt stuck were often doing all the right looking things but still not seeing results. In this episode, I’m sharing what I learned this year coaching wedding businesses and what surprised me the most. These are the things I saw over and over again as a wedding business coach working with planners, photographers, florists, stationers, DJs, and more. We’re talking about where wedding businesses are getting tripped up, what actually helped people gain traction, and why some changes made a bigger impact than anyone expected. If you run a wedding business and you want more clarity on what matters right now and what does not, this episode will give you a lot to think about before you plan your next move. Get all the links from this episode: http://evolveyourweddingbusiness.com/342 ——— I’m hosting a free live class called Break Up With The Knot & WeddingWire (Without Losing Leads) and you're invited! We’ll talk about why those listings stopped working, what’s actually getting results right now, and how to build a marketing plan that gives you back control. Grab your free seat at evolveyourweddingbusiness.com/breakup ——— Find Heidi: Instagram (send a DM!) The Wedding Business Collective 🩵 (get your first month for $1) Ghosted Lead Booking Wizard 👻 Wedding Business Shop 🛍️ Free Training: Break Up With WeddingWire + The Knot Without Losing Leads 💔 Free Audio Training: Inside Profitable Six-Figure Wedding Businesses: What They Do That You Don’t (So You Can Grow & Scale Too) 👀 Case Study: Wedding Planner Marketing That Works – How Katie Sautter Booked 15 Weddings in Her First Year 🔍 The Knot & WeddingWire: Are They Worth It For Wedding Vendors?🤔

Duration:00:32:48

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Why Your Wedding Business Goals Keep Fizzling Out And How To Turn Things Around This Year

12/24/2025
👉 Want to finally break free from The Knot and WeddingWire without losing leads? Save your seat for this free training. Are you setting wedding business goals every year but somehow ending up in the same place? You start the year motivated. You make plans. You tell yourself this is the year things will finally click. More bookings. Better clients. More control over your time. And then a few months in, those wedding business goals quietly fizzle out. In this episode, we are talking about why that happens and what is actually getting in the way. I see so many wedding professionals working hard, trying to book more weddings, and doing what they think they are supposed to do. But without a clear wedding business plan, effort alone is not enough to create real momentum. If you have ever wondered why your wedding business goals do not stick, why progress feels slower than it should, or why you keep starting over instead of building forward, this conversation will hit close to home. We are digging into what needs to change if you want to stop spinning your wheels and finally create wedding business goals that lead to consistent bookings and real growth. If you want to know how to book more weddings without burning yourself out and start following a wedding business plan that actually works, this episode is for you. Get all the links from this episode: http://evolveyourweddingbusiness.com/341 ——— I’m hosting a free live class called Break Up With The Knot & WeddingWire (Without Losing Leads) and you're invited! We’ll talk about why those listings stopped working, what’s actually getting results right now, and how to build a marketing plan that gives you back control. Grab your free seat at evolveyourweddingbusiness.com/breakup ——— Find Heidi: Instagram (send a DM!) The Wedding Business Collective 🩵 (get your first month for $1) Ghosted Lead Booking Wizard 👻 Wedding Business Shop 🛍️ Free Training: Break Up With WeddingWire + The Knot Without Losing Leads 💔 Free Audio Training: Inside Profitable Six-Figure Wedding Businesses: What They Do That You Don’t (So You Can Grow & Scale Too) 👀 Case Study: Wedding Planner Marketing That Works – How Katie Sautter Booked 15 Weddings in Her First Year 🔍 The Knot & WeddingWire: Are They Worth It For Wedding Vendors?🤔

Duration:00:23:27

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Wedding SEO In 2026: What Wedding Pros Need To Know About Search and AI with Sara Dunn

12/17/2025
👉 Want to finally break free from The Knot and WeddingWire without losing leads? Save your seat for this free training. If wedding SEO feels confusing right now, you are not imagining it. Search is changing fast. AI is changing how couples find vendors and what used to work may not be enough to get you found on Google in 2026. So what actually matters now when it comes to wedding SEO and how do you get found by more engaged couples? In this episode, we are digging into what is really happening with search, how AI is influencing search, and what wedding professionals need to understand if they want to stay visible. We talk about how couples search today, what Google is rewarding now, and why SEO for wedding pros is not just about keywords anymore. If you want to get found on Google as a wedding vendor, understand how SEO for photographers and other wedding pros is evolving, and make smarter decisions about your website moving forward, this episode will give you clarity. Get all the links from this episode: http://evolveyourweddingbusiness.com/340 ——— I’m hosting a free live class called Break Up With The Knot & WeddingWire (Without Losing Leads) and you're invited! We’ll talk about why those listings stopped working, what’s actually getting results right now, and how to build a marketing plan that gives you back control. Grab your free seat at evolveyourweddingbusiness.com/breakup ——— Find Heidi: Instagram (send a DM!) The Wedding Business Collective 🩵 (get your first month for $1) Ghosted Lead Booking Wizard 👻 Wedding Business Shop 🛍️ Free Training: Break Up With WeddingWire + The Knot Without Losing Leads 💔 Free Audio Training: Inside Profitable Six-Figure Wedding Businesses: What They Do That You Don’t (So You Can Grow & Scale Too) 👀 Case Study: Wedding Planner Marketing That Works – How Katie Sautter Booked 15 Weddings in Her First Year 🔍 The Knot & WeddingWire: Are They Worth It For Wedding Vendors?🤔

Duration:00:52:18

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Are You Advertising On The Knot and WeddingWire Just To Keep Your Reviews?

12/10/2025
👉 Want to finally break free from The Knot and WeddingWire without losing leads? Save your seat for this free training. Are you still Advertising On The Knot and WeddingWire because you are afraid to lose your reviews if you stop paying? You are not alone. So many wedding pros tell me they feel stuck. They are spending hundreds every month to advertise on The Knot or advertise on WeddingWire, but the leads are slow, the inquiries are cold, and they are starting to wonder if any of this is even worth it. If you have ever asked yourself is WeddingWire worth it or felt pressure to keep paying just to keep your hard earned reviews visible, this episode is for you. Today we are looking at what is really going on behind that fear and how directories use your reviews to keep you on the hook. Before you make another payment, you need to hear this. If you want to make smarter decisions about your marketing and get clear on whether these platforms should still have a place in your strategy, you are in the right place. Tune in and let’s talk about what is really happening when you feel trapped by directory advertising. I’m hosting a free live class called Break Up With The Knot & WeddingWire (Without Losing Leads) and you're invited! We’ll talk about why those listings stopped working, what’s actually getting results right now, and how to build a marketing plan that gives you back control. Grab your free seat at evolveyourweddingbusiness.com/breakup *** Tired of random marketing and unpredictable bookings? You’re not alone—most wedding pros fall into the trap of random acts of marketing that don’t actually lead to more bookings. It doesn’t have to be this way. In my free audio training, I pull back the curtain on the strategies and frameworks six-figure wedding businesses use to book dream clients without working 60+ hour weeks. 🎧 Listen for free now: evolveyourweddingbusiness.com/secret

Duration:00:14:45