{"id":13152,"date":"2017-12-22T13:59:14","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T18:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.qceventplanning.com\/?p=13152"},"modified":"2017-12-22T13:59:14","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T18:59:14","slug":"quiz-type-event-planning-specialize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qceventplanning.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/quiz-type-event-planning-specialize","title":{"rendered":"QUIZ: What Type of Event Planning Should You Specialize In?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The world of event planning has many different branches. You may find yourself studying a general event planning or management course, but \u201cgeneral events planner\u201d isn\u2019t exactly a great moniker to market yourself and your business with.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of people believe that specializing yourself will mean that you will lose out on clients who don\u2019t want such specific services. The truth is, you can achieve a specialization and still offer other services! Just because you learned how to organize a glitzy gala for a non-profit doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t also use your skills to plan tech conventions. Your skills are transferable and adding a specialization may just make you more marketable\u2014imagine becoming <i>the<\/i> go-to person in your city for luxury wedding planning!<\/p>\n<p>Curious to see what path you should take? It\u2019s quiz time!<\/p>\n\n<h3 align=\"center\"><i>Finished! What did you end up with? If you\u2019re really thinking about specializing, you may want to consider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qceventplanning.com\/online-event-courses\/event-and-wedding-planning\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">taking a course<\/a>!<\/i><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your planning skills are transferable and adding a specialization may just make you more marketable!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":13154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[351],"class_list":["post-13152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-quiz"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v26.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>QUIZ: What Type of Event Planning Should You Specialize In? - Pointers for Planners<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Just because event planning skills are transferable doesn&#039;t mean you shouldn&#039;t specialize! 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