Get a "Heck Yes" with Carissa Woo Wedding Photographer and Coach

Happy Woo Wednesdays!

The ceremony doesn't have to be the most boring part of your wedding.

I have Alan Katz in the Get a Heck Yes House. He is my favorite officiant and we've been working together for over a decade. We are in WPPI together and he always has the most amazing colorful outfits. He's crazy as HELL.

When Alan shows up to a wedding, I'm put at ease, and the whole crowd is cracking up.

Allan Katz is the owner of Great Officiants. It is the largest wedding officiant company on the West Coast doing around 2000 a year. and he has over 3000 online reviews and he is known as the king of reviews.

Alana talks about how to get Reviews

Where to get reviews

How to ask for them

What to do with a bad review

And what do you do when you get a good review

You will learn the mechanics of reviews and be ready to start getting them

Alan has taken the concept of doing Fun and Romantic Wedding Ceremonies highest possible denominator. He's grown the company to the biggest in the industry and he is respected.

Favorite sales technique: How do you get a HECK YES from your dream clients?

You ask for it. Don’t expect it just to happen you have to make it happen.

Connect with Alan

Www.greatofficiants.com

https://www.instagram.com/greatofficiants/

Connect with Carissa

https://instagram.com/carissawoo

Sign up for the masterclass here https://carissawoo.clickfunnels.com/home

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En bland redefines the bridal gown shopping experience. Their mission is centered on making this the most pleasurable experience you’ll find during the search for your special dress

I worked with Bridget over the past 5 years and we’ve been published in multiple magazines. I shoot her team photos on her website and branding photos every year. You can check them out here. https://enblancla.com/ Book an appointment if you are engaged.

Hot Topic: Reflection about Post-Covid Brides - If you are in the wedding industry, you may have noticed that brides are a little different. Not in a good or bad way, they have just been through a lot.

️ I love Bridget’s confidence when she says she’s going to crush market

️ I was intrigued to know the psyche of an over-saturated bride

️ Process for the bride to say heck yes to the dress

️ The story about her high school counselor making her create a vision board is good!

️ I love her journey working at Nordstrom's and then going into finance. It taught her to create a brand before a business

️ How the dress community came together

Connect with Bridget

https://enblancla.com/

https://www.instagram.com/enblanc_la/

Connect with Carissa

https://www.instagram.com/carissawoo/

https://heckyesmedia.co/

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Deana is on the Heck Yes Media team and today she is on my podcast. This episode is dedicated to her mom. If you are dealing with grief, know that you are not alone.

I met Deana when her family hired me for a family shoot. She was in her teens but editing for a luxury wedding videography company. I kept in touch with her.

She is my video editor and go-to girl. She has edited the last 64 episodes and she is finally on. Deana edits all my youtube videos, reels, podcast, online courses, promo videos. She edits videos for many wedding professionals. Hit her up if you need video editing needs. Video is everything in marketing your biz.

I seriously love this girl and she is my close friend. Follow her Youtube https://www.youtube.com/user/XOXOACRISA

See a fun reel of us parasailing. https://www.instagram.com/reel/CShJISFHjXZ/

The hot topic today is "Overcoming Loss and Obstacles"

Her mom battled for 10 years with breast cancer and lost the battle this year but won the game of life.

You can see a video of her beautiful mother here.

https://vimeo.com/269532233

Deana opens up about the grieving process this past 7 months.

Some of my favorite parts of this conversation:

- How video journaling and writing in her journal every morning has tremendously helped her

- Why she doesn't pick up the phone first thing in the morning

- How she met the love of her life ten years ago on Myspace

- How having a 6 pm curfew led her to find her passion in videography

- Her alter egos that she has created on Youtube and Tiktok

- How to help business owners make more money and get more exposure by following IG and Tiktok trend

Connect with Deana here

https://www.instagram.com/alohaaaadeana/

https://www.youtube.com/user/XOXOACRISA

https://www.tiktok.com/@alohadeana

Connect with Carissa

https://www.instagram.com/carissawoo/

https://heckyesmedia.co/

Today I have my 1st repeat guest, my buddy Robert Hilo (Hilo Productions), best wedding DJ MC in town. My hubby and I loved him at our wedding back in 2015.

He is a master at networking and he drops the mic numerous times. Networking is something you must practice guys and girls. It didn't come easy to me at all.

Robert refers me like crazy and I refer him like crazy. All I have to say it, "Robert and his team get the party started" to my clients and all her has to say is "Carissa takes the best photos". It's a win-win situation.

Hot topic: Secrets to Networking

• I love how he gave us insight about being president of BNI networking group and the givers gain mentality.
• I love how he talks about nurturing his existing contacts.
• I love how he talks about how he grew his team during the pandemic.
• I love how he talk about networking up and networking down.
• I also love when he talks about his favorite memories at my wedding in 2015.

This is a fun one. Enjoy.

Connect with Robert Hilo

https://hiloproductions.com/

https://www.instagram.com/hiloproductionsevents/

Connect with Carissa

heckyesmedia.co

https://www.instagram.com/carissawoo/

Happy Woo Wednesdays! I love this episode with Jaki. She is so fun and now I know why Shotkit hired her to do their content. She inspired me to buy a drone. Check out her drone work. www.portolesephoto.com

https://www.youtube.com/c/Shotkit

I love that she asks her potential clients what the nerdiest thing about them is and admits that she had a 15 year long on again off again relationship with World of Warcraft. So cool.

I love how to share the AI software that let's her edit in 30 minutes.

I also love her organizing Gmail hack that I implemented right away.

Hot Topic:

Saving time within your business so that you can make more time to do the things you love.

- Batch editing in Lightroom

- Using culling tools

- Outsourcing your photo editing (namely through Imagen

Jaki is a Seattle based wedding photographer and content creator. She also writes and films YouTube reviews about photography software for ShotKit and works with the AI-powered photo editing software company, Imagen.

Biggest takeway: Our mental health is an integral part of our creativity and success and is absolutely a worthwhile investment. It's okay to ask for help with blogging and editing, as it will take more time out of your workflow and allow you more time to focus on other ways to diversify your income and live your life fully.

1500 free edits with Imagen via: https://www.imagen-ai.com/start?ref=HECKYES

Connect with Jaki

www.portolesephoto.com

https://www.instagram.com/jacquelyn.portolese/

https://www.instagram.com/jakfruitcreative/ https://www.jakfruitcreative.com/about

Connect with Carissa Woo

https://instagram.com/carissawoo

https://heckyesmedia.co/

Janine is my past bride. We grew up together in Torrance.

She is gorgeous and hilarious. Today she talks about what to do in your downtime to stay inspired. She is an actress so there is always downtime. Do you recognize her? She is the star of Yappie Wong Fu Productions.

Check out her Youtube Channel.

https://www.youtube.com/c/JanineOda3

Happy Woo Wednesdays!

I have my girl Kylie Cochran, owner of sprinkles of love events in the Heck Yes house. We worked together and she plans the most magical events.

A big takeaway in this episode is what to look for in a good planner/coordinator so your day will run smoothly. I love how she overcomes objections about her being so young and how she turns it into a benefit. She booked out her year even though she started her business during the pandemic. She leveraged Wedding Wire and share tips and tricks.

Hot Topic : How to hold yourself to the highest standard to stand out from other planners or wedding pros.

We share a secret on how I got on her preferred vendor list

1, being honest and transparent with the couple.

2, Keeping in contact the whole planning duration, even if they hire me for a day of.

3, Keeping my website clean

Kylie's favorite sales technique: How do you get a HECK YES from your dream clients?

Initially meeting them face to face and sealing the seal with handwritten notes!

Offer to my listeners

10% off to all couples who book! Mention the podcast and let's chat about your magical day!

Connect with Kylie

sprinklesofloveevents.com

https://www.instagram.com/@sprinklesofloveevents/

Connect with Carissa

https://heckyesmedia.co/

https://instagram.com/carissawoo

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I have Bree in the house : San diego and Las vegas based destination wedding photographer & educator. She turned her high school side hustle into a full-time photography business led with passion and purpose that works with her lifestyle. She is an enthusiastic national park adventurer and lead photographer for Parallel 33 Photography.

I asked Bree to come on because I was so impressed by her instagram, marketing, and templates in her shop. I use all of them. https://p33photography.com/guides Get 15% off with code HECKYES15

A great Client Experience is the most important thing in keeping clients happy and coming through your door, and referring others to your business. We all should know that so let's get deep into this topic.

Today's hot topic:

Why a good Client Experience is important: you love your clients, good reviews, good referrals, keep them coming back

How to create a great CE:

- relational, not transactional

- templated/automated but personal email funnel

- planning help/meet their needs

- provide resources and education guide

- personal touches before booking, after, and post-wedding

Connect with Bree:

wedding welcome guide and pricing guide TEMPLATES

15% off for listeners

https://p33photography.com/guides

https://p33photography.com/

https://www.instagram.com/parallel33photography/

Connect with Carissa and download my free guide on how to generate consistent guides

https://instagram.com/carissawoo

https://www.instagram.com/carissawoophotography

https://heckyesmedia.co/

Happy Woo Wednesdays!

Owning a small business can be overwhelming AF. With all the moving parts of running a business, legal matters tend to take a back seat. Well, that’s about to change. Have you been drowning in ‘legalese’ while operating your business? Has your only option been to piece together contract clauses from the internet, or worse-other people’s contracts? BREATHE. Kudbi started Legally Set to save your butt. You can finally shop lawyer-drafted contracts, policies and guidelines that will help you be #LegallySet and secure moving forward. Peace of mind comes at a very affordable price. It’s time to go legit!

Kunbi Odubogun is a Business Attorney and Strategist based in New York. She is the Founder of Legally Set an online template shop offering legally sound contract templates for entrepreneurs, event pros, and creative business owners.

Kunbi is a seasoned Online Business Owner as the Founder of Perfête, a luxury events publication providing stylish yet valuable guidance for the overwhelmed celebrant.

Connect with Kunbi

https://legallyset.com/

https://perfete.com/

Business planning checklist https://legallyset.com/pages/freebies

Connect with Carissa

https://heckyesmedia.co/

https://instagram.com/carissawoo

Happy Woo Wednesdays!

It's my 1st personal podcast after posting 57 interviews.

Today I share all about my 3-month coaching program for wedding photographers. 

This program is near and dear to my heart. I share about where you are in your journey and if you were put into a machine (my program), where you will be after we work together.

I couldn't just freely speak to a mic a year ago. I would start shaking and wouldn't be able to get my point across. Practice definitely makes progress. 

Welcome to...

For more information, go to my website www.heckyesmedia.co and book a 15 minute call with me.