by Barbara Wallace
The first how-to book written especially for wedding vendors, Wedding Vendor Handbook features:
- The simple steps to joining the ranks of top wedding vendors
- Insider information shared by successful wedding vendors
- Iron clad rules to follow that will help you get to the top
- Stories and anecdotes to illustrate wedding vendor etiquette
- Valuable tips on running your own besiness successfully
Contents
Definition of "Top Wedding Vendor"
- Reputation is your most important asset
- Be a problem solver
- A wedding is show business
- This is a service industry
- Stay current
- Working with high end clients
- How long will it take to get to the top?
Elements of Being a Top Wedding Vendor
- Professionalism
- Conducting Business
- Referral Fees/kickbacks
- Ethics
- Complaints and Unhappy Clients
- Marketing, Sales, Advertising and Publicity
- Networking and Public Speaking
- Competition
- Wedding Design
Wedding Vendors by Discipline,p>
- Bakers
- Bands
- Bartenders and Beverage Providers
- Calligraphers
- Caterers
- Catering Managers at Venues
- Churches/Church Wedding Directors
- Coordinators/Consultants/Planners
- Disk Jockeys
- Dove and Butterfly Providers
- Favor Providers
- Florists
- Gowns
- Hardresssers and Makeup Artists
- Ice Sculptors
- Invitation Providers
- Lighting Providers
- Limosine and Other Transportation Providers
- Musicians
- Officiants
- Photographers
- Rental Companies
- Servers/Waiters
- Tuxedo Rental Companies
- Valets
- Videographers