welcome to the BEJ blog!
here we dive deep into all things website strategy & design tips for wedding pros.
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What’s holding your website back?
Brand shoot BTS: Styled wedding at Wish Well House
Do wedding vendors need a privacy policy or terms & conditions on their website?
Optimize your contact form to increase your wedding inquiries
The best places to find stock photos for wedding pros
The essential website images to attract better wedding clients
Building websites that connect with Gen Z couples: A guide for wedding vendors
My top 7 website copywriters for wedding pros
Discovering cycle syncing with Julia Richards: Balance & self-care in a fast-paced world
Making blogging approachable: Simple tips for success in the wedding industry
Benefits of blogging: The secret weapon for wedding businesses
25 crucial questions to ask yourself before redesigning your website
Designing a wedding business website that converts: The importance of a website strategy
8 Reasons your wedding business website isn’t helping you book couples (+ Podcast episode)
20 Meaningful questions to set awesome business goals (for those who hate goal-setting)
How to build the perfect website for your business (step-by-step process)
To really make your investment count (time and/or money), you want to make sure all the components of the website will be working in harmony to tell the same story and attract the right type of client. Your website-building experience will also go MUCH faster if you first have a solid gameplan with all the important pieces on hand.
What does web design cost in 2023 for service-based businesses?
The cost of web design services vary widely but there do tend to be some industry standards! After reading this you can decide how to proceed based on your desired budget, where you are in your business journey, and how much support you think you need or want.
How to book more clients with easy email marketing for wedding businesses
Having an email list can allow you to have more control over your stream of inquiries & clients, instead of just helplessly riding the wave of wedding seasonality. Here’s how to do it.
Wedding & event professionals need these contract templates - Creative Law Shop review
When you have a business and you’re advertising through a website, you need certain legal documents in place to protect yourself (and your clients). If you are a venue, planner, photographer, florist, baker, caterer, calligrapher, stationer, live painter, dj, band, or any other vendor that offers a service, this is for you :)
The biggest lessons I learned from my first 6 months growing a business
Even though some of the numbers are slightly embarrassing, I wanted to honestly and publicly record as much as I feel comfortable with, so I can track my progress over time and hopefully inspire someone to go after their goals even though it’s not easy. 🙂 So let’s get into what’s working, what’s not, and some of my best advice for new business owners! I’m going to go roughly in the order in which I started working on the different areas of success (Feel free to skip ahead to the topic you’re most interested in): Mindfulness | Marketing | Creativity | Sales | Community For each area I’ll touch on what education I benefited from, what I achieved, what lessons I learned, and what my goals are moving forward, where applicable. And then I’ll get to the non-business related stuff I’ve enjoyed most so far this year! Let’s get into it 😈
How I dealt with chronic pain by starting my own business
Up till now, I’ve kept the focus of my blog on helping small biz owners create better websites and in turn, increase the perceived value of their businesses. But I think it’s time I give a little background on who I am and what drives me.
I want you to know why this blog and this business means so incredibly much to me. And perhaps, just maybe, there’s a chance it’ll inspire someone in some cool way.
In early 2019 I started doing website design and development inside of Squarespace. But let’s back up a bit. Like a LOT bit. I want to share what led me to this point.
Because I didn’t go to school for design, or anything computers-related for that matter. In fact, I never even thought I could or would want to get into this industry until 2018. But that just goes to show how bad we are at predicting our futures, and how quick we are to falsely label the limits of our abilities.