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The WedPro Podcast

Author: Katie Lyth - The Wedding Business Hub

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The straight-talking business podcast for wedding suppliers and vendors who are done winging it.
Hosted by Katie Lyth, wedding business strategist, 2 x Amazon #1 bestselling author, founder of WedPro CEO and Wedcon. Every episode tackles the real reasons wedding businesses stay stuck, and, exactly what to do about it.

Real conversations and. actual strategy. Nothing you need to unlearn tomorrow.

Katie has coached thousands of wedding professionals using her Five Ps framework.

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How to Plan a Month of Wedding Business Content in 20 Minutes (and Get More Enquiries)Spending hours creating Instagram content for your wedding business but not seeing enough enquiries or bookings? Today we share how to plan a month of wedding business content in just 20 minutes, using a smarter marketing strategy that attracts the right couples rather than simply chasing likes and views.Discover how to turn lost enquiries into content ideas, create posts that build trust and overcome booking objections, and use AI tools like WedPro Studio to save time on content creation. It's time to make your wedding business marketing work harder, without spending your evenings glued to Instagram.Episode HighlightsWhy spending hours on Instagram could be costing your wedding business more than you realiseThe surprising reason your content might be attracting the wrong couplesHow to use enquiries that didn't convert to discover your best content ideasThe 20-minute method for planning 30 days of wedding business contentFour types of posts that help couples find you, trust you and book youWhy content with fewer views can sometimes be more valuable than a viral ReelHow to turn one real wedding into multiple pieces of marketing contentCreating content that can keep attracting couples through Google, Pinterest and your websiteHow to use AI and WedPro Studio to plan content and write captions fasterWhat to do with the hours you save to grow your wedding business without burnoutExplore WedPro Studio: https://www.wedprostudio.com If this episode helped you rethink your marketing, follow The WedPro Podcast and share it with another wedding supplier who's spending far too much time creating content.
Pinterest for Wedding Businesses: How to Get Found & Book More WeddingsHow can you use Pinterest to market your wedding business and get found by more engaged couples?In this episode of The WedPro Podcast, Katie is joined by Pinterest strategist Guadalupe, founder of Haus of Horizon, to explain how Pinterest for wedding businesses actually works and why wedding photographers, planners, florists, venues, cake makers and other wedding suppliers could be missing a major search and discovery opportunity.You'll learn how to use Pinterest SEO and keywords, what wedding content to Pin, how to appear in local wedding searches, where your Pins should send people and how Pinterest can drive potential couples to your website long after you've published.Most importantly, we look at how to turn Pinterest visibility into website visits, wedding enquiries and bookings without creating another social media platform you have to feed every day.Episode HighlightsIs Pinterest worth it for wedding businesses?Pinterest marketing for wedding photographers, planners, florists, venues and other wedding suppliersHow engaged couples use Pinterest when planning their weddingsWhy Pinterest isn't the same as InstagramHow Pinterest SEO works for wedding businessesUsing Pinterest to get found by couples searching for wedding suppliersHow local wedding businesses can target specific locationsWhat wedding content performs well on PinterestHow Pinterest and wedding blogs work togetherPinterest wedding trends and how suppliers can use themCommon Pinterest mistakes wedding businesses makeWhat to do with an old Pinterest business accountPinterest, AI and the changing way couples search for wedding suppliersAbout Guadalupe Guadalupe is a Pinterest strategist and founder of Haus of Horizon, helping businesses use Pinterest to build long-term online visibility and create content that keeps working beyond the lifespan of a traditional social media post.Find Guadalupe and Haus of Horizon at www.hausofhorizon.com and @housofhorizon on Instagram If you're a wedding photographer, planner, florist, venue, stylist, cake maker, celebrant or other wedding professional looking for better ways to market your wedding business, this episode will give you a practical starting point for Pinterest.Follow The WedPro Podcast for more wedding business marketing, sales, pricing, visibility and business growth advice - and share this episode with a wedding supplier who's been saying, “I really need to sort out my Pinterest.”
If you're marketing your wedding business constantly but still not getting the bookings, income or growth you want, more marketing might not be the answer.In this episode, Katie explains why wedding business marketing is only one part of building a sustainable, profitable business and breaks down the five areas that actually work together: Positioning, Pricing, Processes, Promotion and Profit.You'll learn how to identify what's really holding your wedding business back, why more enquiries won't fix the wrong problem, and where to focus if you want more bookings without simply adding more work.Why so much online business advice focuses on marketing - and what it missesWhy more visibility and more enquiries don't automatically mean more wedding bookingsThe 5Ps of a sustainable wedding business: Positioning, Pricing, Processes, Promotion and ProfitHow weak positioning can look like a marketing problemHow poor processes can waste the enquiries your marketing generatesHow to work out which marketing channels are actually producing bookingsA simple 5Ps audit to identify where your wedding business needs attentionHow to build a profitable wedding business rather than simply a busier oneWant to go deeper into the strategy behind building a profitable, sustainable business?Get a physical copy of The Profit Shift completely free at www.theprofitshift.co.uk — you just pay shipping.And if you want Katie's help working out exactly what your wedding business needs next, find @wedproceo on Instagram and DM the word WEDPRO.
In this episode, we're tackling the assumption that the answer to a quiet wedding business is always more enquiries.The simple answer is that before you spend more time and money on marketing, you need to understand what is actually stopping your business from growing. Katie breaks down how to identify whether you have a positioning, pricing, process, promotion or profit problem, how to find the biggest constraint in your business, and how to turn that into a focused 12-week strategy instead of another overwhelming to-do list.If you're constantly trying new wedding business marketing tactics but still don't feel like you've got a clear plan, this episode will help you work out what actually needs your attention next.Why “I need more enquiries” isn't a business diagnosisThe difference between a lead problem and a strategy problemWhy doubling your enquiries won't necessarily double your wedding bookingsHow to identify where you're losing potential revenueThe five areas Katie looks at: Positioning, Pricing, Processes, Promotion and ProfitWhat a quiet inbox can tell you about your wedding marketingWhy plenty of enquiries but few bookings points to a completely different problemHow attracting the wrong wedding enquiries could be a positioning issueWhy being fully booked doesn't necessarily mean you need more weddingsHow your pricing and average booking value affect the business you have to runWhy growth can sometimes mean fewer, better weddingsHow to identify the biggest bottleneck in your wedding businessWhy copying another wedding supplier's marketing strategy rarely worksHow to build a focused 12-week wedding business strategyWhy a good strategy should tell you what not to doThe questions Katie asks when helping wedding business owners decide what to focus on nextIf you've listened to this episode and realised that you don't actually know whether you need more enquiries, better conversion, stronger positioning, different pricing or a completely different marketing strategy, that's exactly the work we do inside WedPro CEO.We look at your actual wedding business — your numbers, positioning, pricing, sales, marketing, processes and goals - identify what's holding you back and build a clear strategy around what needs to happen next.No generic 47-point marketing plan. No trying to do everything at once.A strategy built around your business and your goals, with support to actually implement it.Want to find out more?Head to Instagram at @wedproceo and DM me the word WEDPRO.I'll come back to you personally with the details and we can have a chat about whether WedPro CEO is right for where you want to take your business next.If this episode made you think differently about what your wedding business actually needs, follow The WedPro Podcast for more and come and find us on Instagram. Episode HighlightsWant a strategy for your wedding business?
In this episode, Katie is tackling the gap between couples actively searching for wedding suppliers and the businesses they actually manage to find.The simple answer is that being brilliant at what you do is not enough if your business is invisible when couples are searching.Katie explains why wedding business SEO matters, how local search and AI recommendations are changing discovery, and why the gap between businesses that are easy to understand online and those that are not is likely to get much bigger.You’ll also hear why creating more content is not always the answer, why supplier language often differs from the words couples actually use, and how to start thinking about SEO in a much simpler, more useful way.Why the booking you never knew you lost could be your biggest visibility problemWhat a broken dishwasher can teach you about how couples search for wedding suppliersWhy wedding business SEO is really about helping the right people find the right answerThe difference between what suppliers call their services and what couples actually type into searchWhy local search matters so much for wedding businessesWhy not every keyword or search is equally valuableHow to think about buyer intent rather than chasing random trafficWhy generic AI blogs are unlikely to be the answerHow AI search is changing the way couples get supplier recommendationsWhy traditional SEO and AI visibility now need to work togetherWhy being clear, specific and useful online is becoming more importantHow the gap between businesses that get this right and those that do not could widen quicklyWhy engagement season is the wrong time to start becoming findableHow WedPro Visibility helps wedding businesses see what local couples are actually searching for and turn that demand into useful contentWe have just launched a new visibility tool inside WedPro Studio designed to take a lot of the guesswork out of SEO.WedPro Visibility helps you identify what couples in your local market are actually searching for, so you can stop guessing what to write about.Once you find a relevant opportunity, you can send it straight into WedPro Content and turn that search demand into useful content for your website or marketing in minutes.The goal is not to turn wedding suppliers into SEO experts.It is to make it much easier to understand what couples are already looking for, create content around real demand and give your business a stronger chance of being found through search.Explore WedPro Studio here:https://www.wedprostudio.comEngagement season is getting closer, and now is the time to make sure your wedding business is ready before newly engaged couples start searching.The aim is to get your business into the strongest possible position before engagement season rather than trying to fix everything once demand has already arrived.Episode HighlightsWedPro Visibility
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