Here is a collection of our downloads.
We think the wedding industry can be made stronger if every small business owner armed themselves with a solid business plan. It is our mission to make this a reality. Read the posts here. And, if you wanna learn more, join us at The Simple Plan.
Analyze the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of your business.
A 2-page checklist of 30 concise steps to guide you in the start of your wedding business. Read the start-up “first things first” post here.
A budget for calculating start-up expenses. Read the start-up budget post here.
An excel template for tracking your vendor networking. Read the promotional startegies post here.
A template to aide in your goal setting. Read the SMART Goal Strategies here and the 10 Goal setting tips here.
An expel spreadsheet to aid in writing an expense budget (monthly and yearly). Read the budgeting post here.
An excel template that sets your break-even sales and your targeted sales amounts. Numbers auto-calculate (no math!) This compliments the budget (above). Read the sales plan post here.
A quick-n-easy one-sheet designed for you to write a super-simple business plan. (Yes, you have no excuses to write your plan!) Read the quick-n-easy business plan post here.
A guide for doing an overall monthly review of your business. Read the monthly review post here.
- Sage Wedding Pros On Vacation Feeling (a process to clear your mind and desk) (FREE)
How to feel free of everything… before vacation… or to enjoy your weekend. Read the “on vacation” feeling post here.
A 15-page e-book with our Accounting 101 series. Learn how to get organized, basic terminology, and how to use Quickbooks. Read Accounting 101 here.
An excel spreadsheet to help you plan your cash flow over 12 months. Learn how to plan for seasonality and streamline your cash flow. Read Cash Flow Planning here.
Identify 3-5 competitors and identify their characteristics with the purpose of learning how you can stand out from your competitors.
What is it that you REALLY want to accomplish in the next 3 months, 6 months, 12 months? Read the post(s) here.
An excel spreadsheet for tracking the timing and flow of your inquiries, appointments, sales, and cash. Track the seasonality of your business. Read the post on tracking inquiry and sales here.
An excel spreadsheet for identifying goals for promoting your business. The spreadsheet shows month-by-month sales quota for all of your promotional activities (advertising, networking, editorial, etc.) It also asks you to estimate any costs or time associated with these activities. Read the post on marketing/promotional strategy here.
A 17-page Word document with exercises and activities for examining your past performance, your present state, and your future plans. Read the 2012 planning posts here.
by Michelle Loretta
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