{"id":9550,"date":"2016-07-26T07:31:33","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T12:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.qceventplanning.com\/?p=9550"},"modified":"2016-07-26T07:31:33","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T12:31:33","slug":"surviving-first-year-wedding-planner-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qceventplanning.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/surviving-first-year-wedding-planner-part-1","title":{"rendered":"Surviving Your First Year as a Wedding Planner\u2014Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Heather Vickery is the Owner and Event Director of Greatest Expectations Special Events and Weddings<\/a>, one of Chicago\u2019s most celebrated event planning and design firms.<\/i><\/p>\n

It\u2019s official; you’ve finally launched your wedding planning business! That’s pretty darn exciting, congratulations! Now, how do you make it successful? How do you not<\/i> work yourself to death?<\/p>\n

It’s easy to jump into this industry thinking, \u201cWow, it is so much fun to plan parties!\u201d and not actually have your act together to be successful. Trust me, if you go into this business thinking that it’s easy and that the pieces will simply fall into place, it’s not going to work out. The same goes if\u00a0you think you need to work 90 hours a week and be available 24 hours a day. You’ll burn out fast<\/a> and your final product will not be the best it can be.<\/p>\n

I believe there is a three-part process to running a successful business: Business structures, building community<\/i> and being authentic<\/i>. If you have these three pieces firmly in place, you’ll be set up for an awesome first year that will lay the groundwork for a long-running, well-respected and successful business.<\/p>\n

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