The Sandcastles Guide to Starting and Managing Your Own Wedding-Planning Business: How to Enjoy a Career in One of Today's Most Exciting Professions

From the author of The Proverbs Principle and Weddingology comes the ultimate guide for anyone who wants to become a wedding planner.Renowned wedding expert Shari Beck leads you through the complex steps of starting your business and keeping it running profitably. The Sandcastles Guide to Starting and Managing Your Own Wedding-Planning Business is the most detailed and informative book to date on the subject. If it's not in this book, you don't need to know about it! This complete business guide offers advice on such topics asGetting Started in BusinessWorking with ClientsThe Psychology of WeddingsSetting up Your OfficeCreating a Web SiteRunning an Efficient BusinessBridal Show ProductionFinancial ManagementPromoting Your BusinessYour Support TeamThe Professional YouAnd much more!Even if you have no previous business experience, you will find yourself thinking and acting like a CEO overnight!

Since 1996, Shari Beck has enjoyed a career as one of the Toronto area?s leading wedding planners. Her business interests now include the Sandcastles Institute of Wedding Planning, offering certification and organizational skills to those in the field. Shari lives in Ajax, Ontario, Canada with her husband, Fred Beck.