The wedding industry can be a very lucrative market to be involved with. The average wedding in the UK costs £20,000, and for many money is no object when it comes to their big day. This means that wedding planners can charge an amount of money for their service that people would normally not even begin to contemplate in other areas of their lives. With this profitability, however, comes an expectation that everything will be handled to a very high level.
Couples often come to wedding planners because they want the guarantee that the big day will finish without even the smallest mistake and they will consult various companies before making their decision. Competition here is fierce and one way that a wedding planner can get ahead of the rest is by devoting attention to their marketing strategy. Many will not have any experience of this whatsoever, but marketing is what gets people to contact specific companies and is the only way that wedding planners can ensure profitability. As such, here are some marketing techniques that are proven to be effective here.
All-encompassing service
With appropriate networking, a wedding planning company can ensure that they have caterers, photographers, venues and the rest, willing to work alongside them. These do not have to be components of the company, but by establishing links the reach of the company is extended significantly and, wherever the couple decide to start their planning process these bridges can bring your company to the attention of them in credible places. This is extremely beneficial to the brand.
Discovery
It is important to think from the perspective of the couple and how they will go about researching wedding planners. In the modern world, they may begin by asking friends who have married recently who they used and how professional the company was. In this respect, experience counts, particularly with regard to locality. However, beyond this, couples will then either consult the yellow pages or, and this is the much more likely option, they will go online and use Google to find a list of ten or so wedding planners that they will then contact before making their choices. As such, it is vital that wedding planners have a professional website that is supported by a good search engine optimisation strategy. This will involve hiring writers to upload publications with keywords and quality contact that increases the presence of the website on the internet and, as such increases the position of the website in the rankings.
These steps are well known to increase the flow of clients to the doorstep of wedding planning companies but quality of service is also a vital component of a wedding planning company’s profitability in the long term. This can be better ensured by appropriate training, the design of the receptions location and so forth, and being able to show couples nervous about the success of the big day qualifications and credentials, as well as experience, is important in getting them on board.