You might be wondering why I called this new venture www.rockstarweddingplanner.com. Well, I started off my career actually working with rockstars! I assisted with the coordination of the Canadian Juno Awards (Canada’s version of the Grammy’s). And as I started my own business I thought, if I can deal with rockstars, I can deal with brides. But it was more than that… as my business grew, I realized that I am a RockStar Wedding Planner! Brides line up and wait to talk to me at bridal fairs, I have media calling me for appearances all the time (3 this week alone!), I am courted by all sorts wedding industry heavy hitters to join their circles, AND I’m charging $10,000 for my services and getting it!
When I was working at the Juno Awards I had the opportunity to be around people like Avril Lavigne and Shania Twain to name a few. I noticed that aside from their talent, there was a mentality that really made these people into rockstars. AND, this mentality can help YOU become a rockstar wedding planner!
I want to share with you 3 tips that I picked up from watching these real life rockstars in action:
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Rockstars don’t do everything themselves, so why do you?
Aren’t you just swamped with work, couldn’t you use some help? You can bet that Celine Dion is not answering her own fan mail! Plus your time is worth so much more than you even realize! You could be paying someone to do the things that take you away from working on growing your business!
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Rockstars create a wall around them and only let in those who build them up, encourage them, and support them
Do you have negative influences in your life telling you that you can’t do it, that you’ll never be a successful wedding planner? Kick those influences to the curb or tell them to just plain SHUT UP! You can bet Beyonce’s Mom and Dad weren’t negative Nelly’s as she was pursuing her dream!
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Rockstars work on their talent ALL THE TIME so that they stay fresh and up to date for their fan base
Think about Madonna… she is the ultimate rockstar in my books! But she is always learning, studying and growing. She could never play guitar, so she took lessons. When she won the role in Evita, despite being a worldwide icon she still decided to take singing lessons to be even better! As a wedding planner you need to be pursuing ways to improve yourself and your business. And you need to be doing it all the time (once a year at a conference is not enough), you’re not staying current and you’re loosing your audience.
I’m going to give you a BONUS tip that I picked up from being around real life rockstars:
BONUS TIP: Rockstars are confident that they will succeed, that their projects will be out of this world and that their fans will always be there for them.
It’ll bet you have a hard time with that one. It’s hard to be confident and sure of yourself when your bank account is drying up and brides are wishy-washy with their commitment to sign on with you.
But instead of getting down on yourself why don’t you start building yourself up and invest in yourself to grow your business and your career? “Become A Rockstar Wedding Planner” is the program that will change your life.
