The Wedding DJ Podcast

Have you ever wondered what it is like to chase a dream of becoming a wedding photographer? Join Russ Collins as he sits down with Tyler Ford of Tyler Ford Photography to talk about starting a wedding photography business from scratch. Tyler has always loved taking photos, chasing light, and adventure. Now, he combines his love for people, creativity, an business knowledge to chase his dream to do photography full time.

Check out Tyler's amazing work right here.

Join us this week for a sales masterclass from Kelly Mortimer, a wedding sales expert, based in London UK. Kelly has spent over 20 years in the wedding industry as a destination wedding planner and consultant for some of the biggest hotel brands in the world with loads of success. Kelly has increased revenue for some of the most luxurious hotels in the UK by the multi millions and today she shares a few tips on how you can increase revenue in your wedding business immediately by developing a value ladder for your products.

You can connect with Kelly on her website at www.kellymortimer.com

How do you justify which expenses to keep in your wedding business? In today's episode, Russ Collins explains what expenses should be cut from your wedding business. If the expense isn't making your business money, it has to go! We break down the process of reducing expense and Russ shares a personal story of how his expenses are going through an overhaul this month.

Join The Cash Flow For Wedding Pros Community

Music:
Song: Cartoon - Don't Be A Stranger (Ft. Jason Diaz) [NCS Release]
Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds
Free Download/Stream: http://NCS.io/DontBeAStranger
Watch: http://youtu.be/82FyrLo5N4Y

The only way we can truly get a clear picture of our business expenses each month is to be completely honest. Russ shares a quick way to color code your bank statement in order to know your real expenses number. This is the first step in identifying toxic spending in your wedding pro business and the first step in setting up a cash flow system to increase revenue and grow your business. Take the first step with us. Be honest! You can do this!

Want more tips on expense management? Join #teamcashflow right here!

The biggest struggle I had when starting my wedding business was shifting my mindset from that of an employee to that of the CEO or owner of the business. Essentially, I hold the keys to my wedding business and am ultimately responsible for everything within the business. So, how do we make this shift? I share a few tips and tricks to be your own boss.

Want to join the Cash Flow For Wedding Pros membership?

Ozark Mix

There are so many options and platforms to advertise your wedding business. However, it can be overwhelming to figure out the best platform to use. Russ shares tips on today's show about consistency and systems that will help maximize your efforts on any wedding lead generating platform. Do you need more ROI on your ad spend? This episode is for you!

Do you want to join the Cash Flow For Wedding Pros Membership? Let's go!

Let's face it, managing cash flow and expenses is tough. Russ Collins shares tips on creating a cash flow dashboard for your wedding business by opening 5 bank accounts and telling your revenue where to go. In this episode we share how creating a cash flow dashboard with guarantee you pay yourself first and increase your profit on day one.

If you'd like to be included in the Cash Flow For Wedding Pros membership, now's your chance!

Profit First book

Music:
Song: Cartoon - Don't Be A Stranger (Ft. Jason Diaz) [NCS Release]
Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds
Free Download/Stream: http://NCS.io/DontBeAStranger
Watch: http://youtu.be/82FyrLo5N4Y

Russ Collins shares how creating a deposit and retainer policy can increase your wedding business cash flow and create a sustainable business model. Today, he shares how Ozark Mix uses retainers to create predictable and why every wedding business should require a retainer or deposit.

We use Honeybook at Ozark Mix to create the absolute best client experience and keep our daily tasks to a minimum. Here is a trial offer if you'd like to try Honeybook!

Ozark Mix

Music:
Song: Cartoon - Don't Be A Stranger (Ft. Jason Diaz) [NCS Release]
Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds
Free Download/Stream: http://NCS.io/DontBeAStranger
Watch: http://youtu.be/82FyrLo5N4Y

Russ Collins shares his story of how he and his wife started a wedding business as a side hustle in March of 2020 and watched it grow into a full time gig by January of 2021, during the global Covid-19 pandemic. He shares his tips and tricks of growing revenue and maximizing cash flow as you start your wedding business. We want to help wedding professionals who struggle managing cash flow by implementing simple steps to help grow their business and maximize profit. We are on this business building journey with you and can't wait to share our progress.

Ozark Mix

Music:
Song: Cartoon - Don't Be A Stranger (Ft. Jason Diaz) [NCS Release]
Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds
Free Download/Stream: http://NCS.io/DontBeAStranger
Watch: http://youtu.be/82FyrLo5N4Y