The Venue RX

In this week’s episode of the The Venue Rx Podcast, our host Jonathan Aymin welcomes Becca Pountney, a UK-based wedding industry marketing expert to discuss effective marketing strategies for wedding professionals. Becca highlights the pivotal role of personal branding, particularly for small-business, and how to set themselves apart within the competitive landscape. She advocates for showcasing team members to bring life and personality into the business and allow for genuine connections with clients. She highlights her visibility bootcamp, a course designed to empower professionals in enhancing their marketing endeavors. Becca also shares practical insights on leveraging social media to help engagement and curating memorable content for your ideal client.  About Our Guest:  Becca Pountney, is a wedding business marketing expert, speaker, and consultant, who specializes in helping wedding businesses thrive. Renowned as the UK’s leading wedding industry marketing expert, she draws upon her extensive background, including owning her own wedding business and working in media for Endemol, Bbc, and Heart Radio. Becca empowers business owners to transform their visibility, from feeling unnoticed to highly sought-after and fully booked, through her straightforward, practical approach. With a deep understanding of the events industry, Becca established an award-winning wedding blog and consultancy business from scratch. Her mission is to inspire wedding professionals, demonstrating that it’s feasible to convert their passion into a profitable venture, doing what they love. Find Her Here:  Tel: 079-292-59152 Email: becca@beccapountney.com Website: https://beccapountney.com/  Instagram: https://beccapountney.com/about/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/beccapountney Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/vicinityweddings/

In this episode of The Venue RX Podcast, our host Jonathan Aymin sits down with Kristy Rice, a stationer who designs custom bespoke stationery for weddings and events. Kristy shares her insights into how visual artists can differentiate themselves from AI creators in their marketing strategies. She also emphasizes the importance of short form video in marketing and how it can be used for education and aesthetic content. Kristy's passion for teaching and connecting with people is evident in her love for going live on YouTube and interacting with her audience. Kristy also shares how she diversified her business and discovered her superpowers, and how she helps others to do the same! About Our Guest: Kristy’s work, like her personality, is at times difficult to pin down. Her brushstrokes can ebb and flow from highly detailed and meticulous to free-flowing and boundless, all the while remaining captivating and unmistakable. For the last 19 years, Kristy’s obsession with paint and paper has evolved into the innovative and wildly recognized brand, Momental Designs. Kristy has transformed event stationery into a persuasive and compelling medium that garners global attention from media, celebrities and some of the world’s most creative individuals. Widely regarded as an industry tastemaker, Kristy’s styling, painting and stationery innovations have been featured in creative editorials and installations in some of the world’s most famed publications. Kristy’s work has been credited in People Magazine, OK! Magazine, Good Morning America, New York Live, The Knot, Inside Weddings and Brides Magazines, Vanity Fair, Martha Stewart Weddings, Flutter, You and Your Wedding, Brides UK along with countless blogs. Kristy’s work has also crossed over into fine art and lifestyle markets with licensing and the development of branded product lines for the top Arts & Crafts stores nationwide. Her licensed artwork can be found at Bed, Bath and Beyond, Target, Walmart, Anthropologie, Chatbooks and more. She is an 9-time author with Schiffer Publishing. Find Her Here: Company: Momental Designs Phone Number: (877) 742-3465 Website: http://www.momentaldesigns.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/momentaldesigns/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/momental/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/momentaldesigns/ If you are a new or existing wedding venue owner and want a professional team to operate and manage your venue business click here! https://www.cseventservices.com Thanks for checking out The Venue RX! Where we document and share best practices for owning & operating profitable world class venues!

In this week's episode of the Venue RX podcast, our host Jonathan Aymin and guest Amanda Shuman, a brand strategist and designer, discuss the importance of branding for wedding professionals, with a focus on venues. They cover the components of a brand, the best practices for building a brand, and the common branding errors that wedding professionals make. Amanda emphasizes the importance of having a cohesive and personalized brand that reflects the values and personality of the business. She also shares her personal journey into branding and design and the process she uses for brand strategy and design. The episode provides valuable insights and tips for wedding professionals looking to build and elevate their brand. About Our Guest:  Amanda is an award-winning website designer and brand strategist. She founded Carrylove Designs in 2017 after leaving corporate America. At Carrylove Designs, Amanda’s approach to design is more of a science than an art. She and her team know that beauty alone doesn't sell. That's why they believe pairing a beautiful brand aesthetic with an intentional website strategy is the cornerstone for success and booking clients effortlessly. Over the years, she has crafted a Signature Experience, which is her proven 4-phase process to help clients see results within their business and income. Her mission has always been to help business owners increase their income and build an online presence by pairing a beautiful brand design with an intentional website strategy. Find Her Here:  Carry Love Designs  Email: hello@carrylovedesigns.com Website: https://carrylovedesigns.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carrylovedesigns/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carrylovedesigns  Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAYIs2ugwrfdBi5_wDa4eJA  Free Resources: https://carrylovedesigns.com/resources 

In this week's podcast episode, our host Jonathan Aymin sits down with Sam Jacobson, owner of Ideaction, a business coaching and website copywriting company, to discuss the importance of having a plan and learning from others' mistakes, the challenges faced by wedding venues in the current economic climate, and the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in the wedding industry. Sam emphasizes the importance of human connection and creativity in tasks such as copywriting and sales, and suggests simplifying the sales process to improve the chances of converting leads into bookings. He also highlights the importance of dynamic pricing and ethical pricing to maximize revenue. About Our Guest:  Sam started Ideaction Consulting in 2016 to help small business owners grow their businesses. Over the past couple of years, his team has carved out a little niche helping solopreneurs and small sales teams set up extraordinary buying experiences and learn the art of science-backed sales approaches.They offers consulting and coaching to companies of all sizes – big and solo – and now provides online courses, workshops, and copywriting that helps convert website visitors into wedding inquiries. Sam Jacobson gets results for solopreneurs, small-business owners and emerging nonprofits with Ideaction Consulting. He focuses on directly applying best-practice models to getting things done for his clients! Before striking out on his own,  Sam’s spent more than a decade obsessing about how to grow event companies. Sam led Todd Events as the Director of Operations for two years in the luxury markets of Dallas and Houston, Texas. Prior to that role, he directed lodging and event operations for Roche Harbor Resort on San Juan Island in Washington for nearly a decade. Find Him Here:  Website: https://www.ideactionconsulting.com Email: sam@ideactionconsulting.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ideactionconsulting/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ideactionconsulting/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ideaction-consulting-sales-and-marketing/about/

In this week's episode of the Venue RX podcast, our host, Jonathan Aymin, interviews Fausto Pifferrer, a wedding professional and Co-Founder of Blue Elephant Events. Fausto discusses his background in the industry, the importance of treating venues with respect, and building strong relationships with them. He also talks about his experience starting Blue Elephant Events in Maine and how he has weathered economic storms including becoming an activist during the pandemic. Fausto emphasizes the importance of self-care and setting boundaries when it comes to prioritizing your time!   Fausto will be speaking at Catersource in Orlando, Florida. Next week (March 27th- 30th) More Info Here: https://schedule.catersource.com/speaker/pifferrer-fausto/50331 Get Tickets Here: https://informaconnect.com/catersource-thespecialevent/  About Our Guest:  Fausto Pifferrer is the Co-Founder of Blue Elephant and Catering in Maine. He began his catering and event planning career 35 years ago in Philadelphia. He has an eye for detail and production and is passionate about creating high-quality, memorable events for his wedding and corporate clients. Fausto is a member of the board of directors of the International Caterers Association (ICA), is past President of the Biddeford-Saco Rotary Club, and a founding member of the Maine chapter of NACE (National Association of Catering and Events). With almost four decades in the business, Pifferrer says he works hard to stay relevant, and to fight against ageism and an oversaturated market. Pifferrer started his first catering company in 1986 at just 18 years old. After that successful first year, Pifferrer worked at additional catering companies and had a stint in restaurant management before opening Blue Elephant Events and Catering in 2007.  Find Him Here:  Blue Elephant Catering  Uniquely Designed Catered Events Website:https://www.blueelephantcatering.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blueelephantevents YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0WWtOeTpF1hSQvzX3Olt0g  Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/belephantevents/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blueelephantcatering/ If you are a new or existing wedding venue owner and want a professional team to operate and manage your venue business click here! https://www.cseventservices.com Thanks for checking out The Venue RX! Where we document and share best practices for owning & operating profitable world class venues!

In this week’s podcast episode, our host Jonathan Aymin sits down with guest speaker, Alan Katz, owner of Great Officiants, to share his expertise on the wedding industry. The conversation covers topics such as how Alan got started in the industry, his business, and how a venue can set their business up for success. The main topic of the episode is reviews, and Alan emphasizes the importance of reviews for venues and the industry as a whole. He advises venues to be amazing at what they do and exceed expectations to guarantee better reviews. The conversation also covers how to handle hidden and negative reviews and the importance of prevention. Alan suggests leveraging video testimonials to attract potential clients. About Our Guest: Alan is known as the Best Officiant in the Wedding industry. His training on and off screen makes him the perfect mix of Performer and  Officiant or like Joey from the TV show Friends calls it a “Ministainer”. He is a well known Wedding Industry Influencer. He has worked with Brittany Spears, Kelly Clarkson  said she is obsessed with him when he appeared as a special guest on her show. In the Wedding Universe Alan was featured in Say Yes to the Dress, My Fair Wedding with David Tutera, Spouse House and the Finalie Episode of 90-day Fiance and as well as local and national news programs. He and his Wife Al-x will be featured in a New TV Show for ABC in 2023. He has created several reality shows concepts and is currently in consideration for a few. Alan Katz made his TV Debut on the Gong Show at age 16 doing a comedy act. He ended up doing 6 episodes of that show as the producers loved his act so much. From there he was on several Silly shows like: Love Connection, Blind date and Peoples Court, The Weakest Link and played various characters on The Jerry Springer show. Alan loves improv which has proven essential to his Wedding Ceremony success. He belonged to 2 different Improv troupes, The Orange County Crazies and Public Offenders in LA. While hosting Stand Up Comedy Shows for many years he produced a successful tour of Military Bases called Comics on Patrol. Getting cast for several TV Commercials he started down the road to success. He found one of his true talents becoming a Writer and Producer for commercials. He was nominated for a Clio Award for one of his commercials. Then he began Producing and Hosting Talk and Entertainment shows for Local TV Networks. Alan is a nationally known speaker and speaks across the country on wedding industry Success. He is also a constant guest on Wedding Business podcasts As a local Celebrity he has been interviewed by many News programs on Inside Edition, ABC, NBC, KCAL9 KTTV, PBS, CBS Telemundo and Univision. In Print he has been in LA Times, NY Times, Huffington Post, OC Register, OC and LA Weekly, Press Telegram, Grunion Gazette and many blogs and online forums. Find Him Here: Great Officiants Fun and Romantic Weddings Website: ​​https://www.greatofficiants.com/ Email: info@greatofficiants.com Tel: 562-435-4000 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreatOfficiants Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greatofficiants/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/greatofficiants Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/greatofficiants If you are a new or existing wedding venue owner and want a professional team to operate and manage your venue business click here! https://www.cseventservices.com Thanks for checking out The Venue RX! Where we document and share best practices for owning & operating profitable world class venues!

In this week's episode, our host Jonathan Aymin welcomes Jess Caudill from Planning Pod to the show to discuss how event professionals can save time by streamlining processes and communication with their online event management software. About Our Guest: Jess Caudill is the Director of Customer Ops with Planning Pod, she and her team oversee all things customer related. She heads up the customer support and success departments as well as the development of onboarding, training and helping with product processes. Planning Pod was founded in 2006, at the time, the tech industry had been slow to offer new apps and software innovations for the events industry. Coming from the marketing sector, co-founders Steven and Jeff were already very familiar with event marketing and experiential marketing (via live events), so they started talking to all their peers in event and venue management about what would help them do their jobs better. They heard that they needed a better way to manage the hundreds of details that swirl around every event (vs. juggling lots of spreadsheets and emails, which is what they were doing). They wanted something to help smooth out their workflows. They wanted to automate processes that sucked up lots of time. And they wanted something that was easy to use because they simply didn't have time to learn a big piece of software. Planning Pod’s philosophy is that any piece of software, no matter how good it is, can always be better. This is why they constantly encourage their users to take an active role in providing feedback and input. Their personal challenge is to create solutions for event pros that also simplify your work life so you can focus on what you love ... creating amazing, enriching events!!! Find Them Here: Website: https://www.planningpod.com/ Email: training@planningpod.com Tel: 877-266-3885 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PlanningPod Twitter: https://twitter.com/planpod LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/2458271 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClLA8mCZksH_FHAkUQ8tSjg Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/planningpod/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/planningpod/ If you are a new or existing wedding venue owner and want a professional team to operate and manage your venue business click here! https://www.cseventservices.com Thanks for checking out The Venue RX! Where we document and share best practices for owning & operating profitable world class venues!

On this weeks episode our host Jonathan Aymin welcomes David Carde, the founder of WeddinClub, a company dedicated to making weddings less stressful by connecting vendors to couples simply & easily. A former film executive, David uses his organizational skills gained in the film industry and his “service” mentality to simplify the wedding planning process to ensure that the wedding is the positive, life starting event that it should be.   About Our Guest:   David Carde is a former entertainment industry executive on a mission to transform the wedding industry. After seeing people struggle with the process of finding the right vendors for their weddings, David decided to start his own company & founded WeddinClub. WeddinClub’s mission is connecting vendors to couples simply & easily.   In his movie career, David was an executive on numerous films – Mirror Mirror with Julia Roberts, Safe Haven with Julianne Hough, The Family with Robert De Niro, Out of the Furnace with Christian Bale, and House At The End Of The Street with Jennifer Lawrence. Having grown up in a family with multiple members who served in the Navy, the film he is most proud of working on is Act of Valor, which is about the SEAL Teams.   David is also a Christian and his “service” mentality toward doing business informs both the mission of WeddinClub & how David lives his life. He lives in Los Angeles & loves spending time with his family, trading stocks and watching mixed martial arts.   Connect With Him Here   Email: contact@weddinclub.com   Website: https://weddinclub.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/weddinclub   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/weddinclub/   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weddinclub/    If you are a new or existing wedding venue owner and want a professional team to operate and manage your venue business click here! https://www.cseventservices.com    Thanks for checking out The Venue RX on Youtube. Where we document and share best practices for owning & operating profitable world class venues!

In this week's episode, our host Jonathan Aymin sits down with Venue Consultant Lindsay Lucas, to discuss how to think about financing during tough economic times with high interest rates, what things to consider as you are looking for funding, and how to stay flexible in the method but firm in your goals! Book Links-- How to Buy Bank-Owned Properties for Pennies on the Dollar: https://amzn.to/3H8nuxE The Book on Investing In Real Estate with No (and Low) Money Down: https://amzn.to/3ZX02fn Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat: https://amzn.to/3Jfxpnu About Our Guest: Lindsay works directly with wedding venue owners to demystify the process of running a profitable, sustainable wedding venue and puts owners on the path to a business that works for them, not the other way around. Her favorite people to work with are the kind wearing dirty (but reliable) boots—farmers, ranchers, & other people who can confidently ride a horse. If you’re the type who likes to look off over the horizon & not see your neighbors … she’s all in. Since 2016, Lindsay’s helped more than 700 venue owners secure funding, scale for sustainable growth, and everything in between. Her portfolio of clients includes venue properties accounting for more than $46M in revenue over the last 6 years. She is also a wife, mom, and a sweet-tea addict. When she’s not in the office or running carpool, you can find Lindsay daydreaming about walking the rows of dahlias at Floret Flower Farm, or how she’d turn Yellowstone Ranch into Beth Dutton’s most virtuous business venture. Find Her Here: Email: hello@lindsaylucas.com Website: https://thelindsaylucas.com/home Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thelindsaylucas/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thelindsaylucas/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/thelindsaylucas/ Links & Resources From The Episode: Pro forma Business plan template Newsletter sign up Venue Acquisition Guide If you are a new or existing venue owner and want a professional team to operate and manage your venue business click here! https://www.cseventservices.com Thanks for checking out The Venue RX! Where we document and share best practices for owning & operating profitable world class venues! BE A GUEST! If you are interested in being a guest on our show, or you know someone who you would recommend, go to our website and submit a request!  We will review your application and get back to you promptly.

In this episode, our host Jonathan Aymin sits down with Myles Anderson from Event Helper to discuss all things insurance and liability and what is at stake with venue ownership and how to be protected in 2023!  About Our Guest: Myles Anderson is the Venue Relations Manager at Event Helper. His role is to help educate  and provide insurance services for venue partners! He does this by ensuring that the venues are well taken care of and fully understand what they need as far as insurance requirements. Myles has been working with Event Helper for a couple years now and has enjoyed working with venues to not only make the process easier for them and their clients but to provide education to venue owners who are getting started and are not sure where to start when it comes to insurance and legal defense. Find Him Here: Website: https://www.theeventhelper.com Email: myles@theeventhelper.com Tel: (855)493-8368 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheEventHelper Yelp: https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-event-helper-grass-valley PO Box 1549, Grass Valley, CA 95945 If you are a new or existing venue owner and want a professional team to operate and manage your venue business click here! https://www.cseventservices.com Thanks for checking out The Venue RX! Where we document and share best practices for owning & operating profitable world class venues! BE A GUEST! If you are interested in being a guest on our show, or you know someone who you would recommend, go to our website and submit a request!  We will review your application and get back to you promptly. ► Website http://thevenuerx.com/submit Don’t forget to smash that LIKE Button. Remember to SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube channel and click the BELL ICON to set alerts for all our new weekly videos!  CONNECT WITH US & SUPPORT!!! ✩ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thevenuerx/ ✩ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thevenuerx ✩ Website: www.thevenuerx.com ✩ Anchor: https://bit.ly/3gKSshE LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST ✩ Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3qW7ntS ✩ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gIz7h3Android: https://bit.ly/3njXOTE

On today's episode, our host Jonathan Aymin, sits down with Danielle Hayden, CEO of Kickstart Accounting, to discuss the metrics needed for a successful venue business in 2023! About Our Guest: Danielle Hayden is host of the Entrepreneur Money Stories podcast and CEO of Kickstart Accounting. As a reformed corporate CFO, she's on a mission to help rule-breaking  entrepreneurs understand their numbers so they can gain the confidence needed to create sustainable profits. As a Chief Financial Officer for over 10 years, Danielle loved accounting but felt like something was missing while just helping investors and board of directors of large companies. That’s when she realized her thrill for helping entrepreneurs, especially women, who were breaking the rules of business in order to create something amazing – something the rest of the world didn’t expect them to do. Danielle left corporate accounting and formed Kickstart Accounting, Inc; an accounting firm designed to help female entrepreneurs understand their financials in order to grow their businesses and become more profitable. Since then she has realized entrepreneurs need more than just a bookkeeper; they need real financial analysis and education in order to get the confidence required to create the sustainable wealth they deserve. Find Her Here: Website: https://kickstartaccountinginc.com Book a call: https://kickstartaccountinginc.com/book-a-call/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kickstartaccounting/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kickstartaccountinginc/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kickstart-accounting-inc-/ Podcast: https://kickstartaccountinginc.com/entrepreneur-money-stories-podcast/ If you are a new or existing venue owner and want a professional team to operate and manage your venue business click here! https://www.cseventservices.com Thanks for checking out The Venue RX! Where we document and share best practices for owning & operating profitable world class venues! BE A GUEST! If you are interested in being a guest on our show, or you know someone who you would recommend, go to our website and submit a request!  We will review your application and get back to you promptly. ► Website http://thevenuerx.com/submit Don’t forget to smash that LIKE Button. Remember to SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube channel and click the BELL ICON to set alerts for all our new weekly videos!  CONNECT WITH US & SUPPORT!!! ✩ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thevenuerx/ ✩ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thevenuerx ✩ Website: www.thevenuerx.com ✩ Anchor: https://bit.ly/3gKSshE LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST ✩ Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3qW7ntS ✩ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gIz7h3Android: https://bit.ly/3njXOTE

If you are a new or existing venue owner and want a professional team to operate and mangage your venue business click here! https://www.cseventservices.com    In this video, our host Jonathan Aymin sits down with Sam Jacobson from Ideaction Consulting to discuss how venue owners can pre-qualify their couples better, how to create a craft buying experience for your customers and how to set up a pricing structure that works!    About Our Guest:    Sam started Ideaction Consulting in 2016 to help small business owners grow their businesses. Over the past couple of years, his team has carved out a little niche helping solopreneurs and small sales teams set up extraordinary buying experiences and learn the art of science-backed sales approaches.They offers consulting and coaching to companies of all sizes – big and solo – and now provides online courses, workshops, and copywriting that helps convert website visitors into wedding inquiries.   Sam Jacobson gets results for solopreneurs, small-business owners and emerging nonprofits with Ideaction Consulting. He focuses on directly applying best-practice models to getting things done for his clients! Before striking out on his own,  Sam’s spent more than a decade obsessing about how to grow event companies. Sam led Todd Events as the Director of Operations for two years in the luxury markets of Dallas and Houston, Texas. Prior to that role, he directed lodging and event operations for Roche Harbor Resort on San Juan Island in Washington for nearly a decade.   Find Him Here:   Website: https://www.ideactionconsulting.com Email: sam@ideactionconsulting.com  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ideactionconsulting/   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ideactionconsulting/   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ideaction-consulting-sales-and-marketing/about/ BE A GUEST! If you are interested in being a guest on our show, or you know someone who you would recommend, go to our website and submit a request!  We will review your application and get back to you promptly. ► Website http://thevenuerx.com/submit Don’t forget to smash that LIKE Button. Remember to SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube channel and click the BELL ICON to set alerts for all our new weekly videos!  CONNECT WITH US & SUPPORT!!! ✩ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thevenuerx/ ✩ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thevenuerx ✩ Website: www.thevenuerx.com ✩ Anchor: https://bit.ly/3gKSshE LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST ✩ Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3qW7ntS ✩ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gIz7h3Android: https://bit.ly/3njXOTE

If you are a new or existing venue owner and want a professional team to operate and mangage your venue business click here! https://www.cseventservices.com    In this weeks video, our host Jonathan Aymin sits down with Chanda Daniels to discuss how to get your business organized, what an ideal client looks like and why its never too late to learn something new!    About our Guest:   Chanda Daniels is the Owner & Creative Director of Chanda Daniels Planning + Design (www.chandadaniels.com) and founder of A Monique Affair (www.amoniqueaffair.com), one of the leading event planning companies in the San Francisco Bay area. A natural at designing and planning events, Chanda’s years of design experience have established her as an expert in her field. Earning a bachelor of the arts degree in hospitality management from San Francisco State University, Chanda has mastered the fundamentals of her craft.    Combining these skills with her passion for creating events, she founded A Monique Affair in February 1999 and in 2018 founded Chanda Daniels, Planning + Design which focuses on refined fine art wedding weekends.  With 25 years of planning and design experience, Chanda has worked with some of the most prestigious venues and creatives in the industry.  As an industry educator, Chanda loves to educate her peers and new creatives entering the wedding industry on LGBTQ+ Weddings and Diversity and Inclusion.  Chanda believes in celebrating milestone events with class, style, and richness. Chanda’s weddings have been featured in several national publications, including Martha Stewart Weddings, Munaluchi Bride, The Knot, and Today’s Bride, and was recently named Top Wedding Planner by Harper’s Bazaar, Martha Stewart Weddings & BRIDES Magazine.    Find Her Here:    WWW.CHANDADANIELS.COM  chanda@chandadaniels.com  https://www.facebook.com/AMoniqueAffair/   https://twitter.com/amoniqueaffair   https://www.linkedin.com/in/chandadaniels/ BE A GUEST! If you are interested in being a guest on our show, or you know someone who you would recommend, go to our website and submit a request!  We will review your application and get back to you promptly. ► Website http://thevenuerx.com/submit Don’t forget to smash that LIKE Button. Remember to SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube channel and click the BELL ICON to set alerts for all our new weekly videos!  CONNECT WITH US & SUPPORT!!! ✩ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thevenuerx/ ✩ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thevenuerx ✩ Website: www.thevenuerx.com ✩ Anchor: https://bit.ly/3gKSshE LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST ✩ Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3qW7ntS ✩ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gIz7h3Android: https://bit.ly/3njXOTE

In this video, our host Jonathan Aymin sits down with Justin Sutton from Nuptial to discuss how to navigate risk, how to remain compliant, and how to protect the structure of your venue business.    About our Guest:  Justin founded Nuptial to be a bridge between venue owners, vendors, attorneys, accountants, insurance brokers, and other professionals. It wasn’t possible, or even practical, to get all of those people in the room together and discuss an owner’s goals.   There he found the challenge. If there were a group of people who knew, at a high level, how to discern what a venue needed and how to walk an owner through the questions to ask of all of the people above, the right answers would fall in line as they should.   This approach starts from the bottom, with the nuts and bolts of what you do. Then we determine how relationships, both internal and external, should be founded. When you’re entering and exiting these relationships tens or even hundreds of times a year, it is, without question, fundamentally important to get right every time.   Find Him Here:   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nuptialrisk/ Website: https://nuptialrisk.com   Email: hello@nuptialrisk.com  Phone: 678.805.6600   If you are a new or existing venue owner and want a professional team to operate and manage your venue business click here! https://www.cseventservices.com BE A GUEST! If you are interested in being a guest on our show, or you know someone who you would recommend, go to our website and submit a request!  We will review your application and get back to you promptly. ► Website http://thevenuerx.com/submit Don’t forget to smash that LIKE Button. Remember to SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube channel and click the BELL ICON to set alerts for all our new weekly videos!  CONNECT WITH US & SUPPORT!!! ✩ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thevenuerx/ ✩ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thevenuerx ✩ Website: www.thevenuerx.com ✩ Anchor: https://bit.ly/3gKSshE LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST ✩ Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3qW7ntS ✩ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gIz7h3Android: https://bit.ly/3njXOTE

If you are a new or existing venue owner and want a professional team to operate and mangage your venue business click here! https://www.cseventservices.com    In this video, our host Jonathan Aymin sits down with Kinsey Roberts owner of Vista View Events to discuss how she started her wedding venue, how to create boundaries when working with family, and why its not about what you know, but who you know!    About Our Guest:   Kinsey Roberts is a marketing coach for wedding pros, venue owner, and host of the popular industry podcast, She Creates Business.   You can typically find her acting as the self-appointed hype-girl for women in the industry and helping wedding pros create, strategize, and execute their revenue-generating marketing plans through personalized one-on-one coaching and her suite of digital marketing products.   On the rare occasion she’s not immersed in the world of weddings, she’s likely enjoying her most important roles as a wife, mom, daughter, sister, and friend.   Kinsey Roberts is also co-owner of Vista View Events and a Certified Wedding Planner through The Bridal Society. She is dedicated to helping women dominate their market and diversify their revenue streams through She Creates Business, a podcast, online shop and marketing agency. You can also catch her as a co-host on The Venue Podcast, which helps venue owners navigate trials and tribulations within the event industry.   Find Her Here:    She Creates Business Links   Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/shecreatesbusiness   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shecreatesbusiness/   Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kinseyroberts/   Website: https://www.shecreatesbusinesspodcast.com  Venue Links   Venue: https://vistaviewevents.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vistaviewevents/   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vistaviewevents   Email: hello@vistaviewevents.com    Thanks for checking out The Venue RX on Youtube. Where we document and share best practices for owning & operating profitable world class venues! BE A GUEST! If you are interested in being a guest on our show, or you know someone who you would recommend, go to our website and submit a request!  We will review your application and get back to you promptly. ► Website http://thevenuerx.com/submit Don’t forget to smash that LIKE Button. Remember to SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube channel and click the BELL ICON to set alerts for all our new weekly videos!  CONNECT WITH US & SUPPORT!!! ✩ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thevenuerx/ ✩ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thevenuerx ✩ Website: www.thevenuerx.com ✩ Anchor: https://bit.ly/3gKSshE LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST ✩ Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3qW7ntS ✩ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gIz7h3Android: https://bit.ly/3njXOTE

If you are a new or existing venue owner and want a professional team to operate and mangage your venue business click here! https://www.cseventservices.com    In this video, our host Jonathan Aymin sits down with Greg Todd owner of GT Marketing & Consulting to discuss why its important to look at marketing in terms of overall business goals, how to create content without getting overwhelmed and what to look for when hiring for social media management.    About Our Guest:    GT Marketing & Consulting was founded by Greg Todd to provide small business owners, wedding creatives, and fellow entrepreneurs with online marketing tools and resources to make Social Media, SEO, and Paid Ads easy on you! His company offers "done for you" services including social media management, content creation, website audits, and more.   Greg brings a vast knowledge and a proven record of success.  His varied background in marketing, sales, and leadership allow him to relate and understand the pressures of small business owners, media buyers, and non-profit administrators.    Ultimately, Greg sees his role as a partner with each client.  He will work diligently to ensure that customers reach their personal goals by offering content marketing, brand development, and social media integration and optimization.    He is also a passionate coach that helps entrepreneurs streamline their business practices.  He is an avid proponent of creating systems to allow you to work on your business rather than always working in it.   Greg is also a respected public speaker.  He has been a keynote speaker for The Inspire Design Workshop in New Orleans, and has been a guest on The Two Bright Lights Podcast.     Greg is a devoted husband, father of four, and lover of Presidential history.  You can find him helping his beautiful wife on weekends with their wedding and event design business.  On a rare day off, look for him on a golf course!   Find Him Here:  Website: https://www.gtmarketingandconsulting.com   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gtmarketingandconsulting   Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/gtmarketingco   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gtmarketingandconsulting/   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC85yezYGXggu73E5QwQSmKQ    Thanks for checking out The Venue RX on Youtube. Where we document and share best practices for owning & operating profitable world class venues! BE A GUEST! If you are interested in being a guest on our show, or you know someone who you would recommend, go to our website and submit a request!  We will review your application and get back to you promptly. ► Website http://thevenuerx.com/submit Don’t forget to smash that LIKE Button. Remember to SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube channel and click the BELL ICON to set alerts for all our new weekly videos!  CONNECT WITH US & SUPPORT!!! ✩ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thevenuerx/ ✩ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thevenuerx ✩ Website: www.thevenuerx.com ✩ Anchor: https://bit.ly/3gKSshE LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST ✩ Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3qW7ntS ✩ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gIz7h3Android: https://bit.ly/3njXOTE

If you are a new or existing venue owner and want a professional team to operate and mangage your venue business click here! https://www.cseventservices.com    In this video, our host Jonathan Aymin sits down with Kevin Dennis - owner of a renowned full-service lighting and entertainment company that serves the wedding & event market in California. Today he discusses how to maximize creative partner relationships as a vendor working at multiple venues.    About our Guest:    With over 30 years in the game, Kevin Dennis is no stranger to the wedding biz.   He entered the industry when he started Fantasy Sound Event Services right after high school — funny enough, his intentions were to become a legit DJ and meet girls. (No, really.) Whether he was successful is neither here nor there, but one thing that’s certain: Fantasy Sound was built to last. Today, his Livermore-based business has evolved into a renowned full-service lighting and entertainment company that serves the wedding & event market in California.   Over the years, Kevin’s love for the industry would also evolve, inspiring him to become more involved in education, networking, and thought leadership to contribute to the future of the industry. He is a sought-after speaker in the national circuit and a regular contributor to B2B publications, including Catersource and Special Events, and has been featured in Brides, Martha Stewart Weddings, and Travel Channel.  Having served in multiple board positions for Silicon Valley NACE, as a trustee on the Foundation of NACE board, and as Director of National Marketing and International President of WIPA for two terms, Kevin has dedicated his career to the growth and development of the wedding pro community. He also founded the Tri-Valley Wedding Professionals networking group, which has grown to a membership of 700+ pros.   Taking over WeddingIQ was just another step in Kevin’s effort to develop a hub of information and opportunities for wedding professionals across the industry, and his visionary way of thinking has a lot in store to bring education to the forefront.   Tune into some of Kevin’s podcast episodes:  The Level Up Co.  Bridechilla Bridal  Business Bootcamp  The Celebrated Life  Wedding Bossness  Evolve Your Wedding Business   Find Him Here:   Email: kevin@fantasysound.com  Website: https://weddingiq.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WeddingIQ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wedding_iq/  https://www.instagram.com/kevinmdennis/   Book Him As A Speaker: http://bit.ly/KevinDennis⠀⠀  Thanks for checking out The Venue RX on Youtube. Where we document and share best practices for owning & operating profitable world class venues! BE A GUEST! If you are interested in being a guest on our show, or you know someone who you would recommend, go to our website and submit a request!  We will review your application and get back to you promptly. ► Website http://thevenuerx.com/submit Don’t forget to smash that LIKE Button. Remember to SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube channel and click the BELL ICON to set alerts for all our new weekly videos!  CONNECT WITH US & SUPPORT!!! ✩ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thevenuerx/ ✩ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thevenuerx ✩ Website: www.thevenuerx.com ✩ Anchor: https://bit.ly/3gKSshE LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST ✩ Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3qW7ntS ✩ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gIz7h3Android: https://bit.ly/3njXOTE

On this weeks episode, our host Jonathan Aymin sits down with Kelly Ann Peck, owner of Emerson Reese Creative to discuss how to create the perfect pricing structure. She’ll also speak to the most effective packaging techniques and how to price your offerings in a way that keeps clients happy and your bank account full. About Our Guest: Kelly Ann Peck, owner of Emerson Reese Creative, is committed to helping event entrepreneurs create their own path in life by translating her experience into actionable strategies that turn ideas into profitable businesses. As a life-long fixer, Kelly has solved countless problems: from helping businesses address budgeting oversights to launching her own business out of a need for more freedom.   Her innovative way of thinking has driven not just herself, but those around her, to strive for more and, in turn, reach their full potential. Today, Kelly serves her clients with empathy and understanding, having stood in their places once upon a time. She knows what it’s like to feel exhausted and worry about whether a client had a great experience. She’s wondered how she’ll get enough clients to make a profit. She has seen her entrepreneur father worry about mortgage payments. She has ripped her hair out to produce a successful event. She knows the challenges entrepreneurs face and is committed to helping her clients avoid these common pitfalls. In every way, she is the guide she wished she had when starting out as a new business owner. Her insider perspective allows her to provide foundational business knowledge for every event entrepreneur. For more information about Kelly and her services, visit her at EmersonReeseCreative.com and @emersonreesecreative on social media. Find Her Here: Website: https://emersonreesecreative.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emersonreesecreative/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/emersonreesecreative Linkedin:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellyannpeck/ Thanks for checking out The Venue RX on Youtube. We are a team of content creators bringing you weekly reviews, tutorials, and business coaching videos. For a look at all things motivation, mindset, podcast interviews, and more...this is the place to be! BE A GUEST! If you are interested in being a guest on our show, or you know someone who you would recommend, go to our website and submit a request!  We will review your application and get back to you promptly. ► Website http://thevenuerx.com/submit Don’t forget to smash that LIKE Button. Remember to SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube channel and click the BELL ICON to set alerts for all our new weekly videos!  CONNECT WITH US & SUPPORT!!! ✩ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thevenuerx/ ✩ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thevenuerx ✩ Website: www.thevenuerx.com ✩ Anchor: https://bit.ly/3gKSshE LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST ✩ Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3qW7ntS ✩ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gIz7h3Android: https://bit.ly/3njXOTE

In this video, our host Jonathan Aymin welcomes Renee Roberts & Marc McIntosh to the show to discuss how to better qualify your leads, how to determine what is working so you can do more of that and why there is no shortcuts to success when it comes to your venue business.    About Our Guests:   Renee and Marc are the owners of Team Wedding Marketing  a full-service marketing agency specifically focused on the wedding industry.  Both of them have spent their entire careers in the wedding industry, and in 2020 they shifted focus to helping wedding pros create marketing that is as awesome as they are.     Renee Roberts began her career in the wedding industry as the owner of a floral, décor, planning, and tuxedo rental business that grew from a home based business to a large retail storefront. She went on to produce the Best Wedding Showcase, the largest and longest running wedding planning events in the Central Pennsylvania region.     Marc McIntosh has worked his entire career in the wedding industry, first as the owner of a wedding-specific DJ service, then as producer of the largest wedding planning events in the Mid-Atlantic region. As a nationally recognized speaker, writer, and marketing expert, he has shared his knowledge with wedding professionals worldwide.    Although they provide comprehensive marketing services for wedding venues, the primary reason for the appearance on the VRX podcast is to talk about Wedding Venue Success, a program they developed specifically for venues.  They have developed a strategic plan that any venue can use to increase the number of qualified prospects who visit their venue for a tour.  The best part of the strategy is that it provides this benefit without spending more money on advertising.   What’s the big secret?  They show venues how to produce their own in-house Wedding Planning Events.  When done the right way, these events (sometimes called wedding shows, open houses, etc.) attract qualified engaged couples to the venue.  By inviting other local wedding professionals to participate by purchasing exhibit space, this covers the entire cost of producing and promoting the event.   Of course, a lot of venues have tried producing these sorts of events, but most of them fail to attract couples who still need a venue.  Even if the event is well attended, quite often the venue sees no direct benefit.  Their program is a comprehensive course that teaches venues everything they need to know about planning, selling, marketing, and producing these events.  The course includes video segments, workbooks, a bi-weekly group zoom meeting, and one-on-one coaching (a complete list of benefits is HERE).   Listeners get a 50% discount off of the program with coupon code RX.   FInd Them Here:   Website: https://teamweddingmarketing.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TeamWeddingMKTG Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teamweddingmktg/   Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd4vlZSWAZXk-65wOKJ9vPQ   Course: https://weddingvenuesuccess.com    Thanks for checking out The Venue RX on Youtube. We are a team of content creators bringing you weekly reviews, tutorials, and business coaching videos. For a look at all things motivation, mindset, podcast interviews, and more...this is the place to be!

In this video, our host Jonathan Aymin welcomes Bonnie Galam to discuss how to pave your path toward financial freedom, how to protect your assets, and the legal way to set yourself up for success!   About Our Guest:  Bonnie Galam is an attorney, real estate investor, entrepreneur, and mom. She helps real estate investors - landlords, flippers, wholesalers - protect and grow their investments with DIY legal templates and trainings. She had the incredible benefit of becoming an attorney before she ever bought her first investment property. After speaking to hundreds of real estate investors about how to protect themselves, she consistently got asked for more. More trainings. More resources. More accessibility.   She knew she had to share this information on a larger scale and also knew the law firm model wasn’t the way to deliver it. Her belief is that investors shouldn’t have to screw up to learn the importance of having the right legal documents and systems in place.    Find Her Here:    Website: bonniegalam.com   Podcast: House of Horrors    Instagram: instagram.com/bonniegalamesq ;   Free legal checklists: bonniegalam.com/checklist ;   Free Legal Workshop: bonniegalam.com/workshop attendees get $400 off landlord law school and special bonuses   Thanks for checking out The Venue RX on Youtube. We are a team of content creators bringing you weekly reviews, tutorials, and business coaching videos. For a look at all things motivation, mindset, podcast interviews, and more...this is the place to be! BE A GUEST! If you are interested in being a guest on our show, or you know someone who you would recommend, go to our website and submit a request!  We will review your application and get back to you promptly. ► Website http://thevenuerx.com/submit Don’t forget to smash that LIKE Button. Remember to SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube channel and click the BELL ICON to set alerts for all our new weekly videos!  CONNECT WITH US & SUPPORT!!! ✩ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thevenuerx/ ✩ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thevenuerx ✩ Website: www.thevenuerx.com ✩ Anchor: https://bit.ly/3gKSshE LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST ✩ Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3qW7ntS ✩ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gIz7h3Android: https://bit.ly/3njXOTE