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In today's episode, Laura has a wee blether with Oskar Gilchrist-Grodnicki. A man of many talents – he’s a multi award winning Wedding Planner, Humanist Celebrant and also provides Consultancy for wedding businesses too!

Today we focus on wedding planning and talk about how he started out in the industry and how he quickly progressed to operating in the luxury market.

His passion and commitment to provide the highest level of service is clear and trust me when I say his attention to detail is second to none!

I hope you enjoy this one!

 

Hello & a huge welcome to A Wee Wedding Blether! 

In this first season, Scottish based hair & makeup artist, Laura Fairley chats to fellow industry pros about a myriad of topics relating to what life is really like working in the wedding industry! 

There are lots of great guests lined up and if you would love to be a guest get in touch via the Instagram page. 

Enjoy & thanks for listening! 

 

 

We are so excited to have our first Canberra guest – DJ Sue Freeman! Sue is a mobile DJ playing at weddings, corporate and other private events in the ACT and surrounding areas. She operates under her business Runaround DJs. Sue became an international celebrity last year when a video of her DJing at a shopping centre went viral. Aussie Instagram account Brown Cardigan got a hold of a video clip showing her transitioning from Usher’s Yeah into California Love and the rest is history!

What made this video special was that Sue is 63 years old and she was mouthing the words to some absolute bangers. It’s not a common sight and caught the attention of media outlets around the world.

We hope you enjoy listening to Sue's story, how she got into working at weddings, what it’s like to go viral overnight and how it’s never too late to start in the wedding industry!

We are so excited to have our first Canberra guest – DJ Sue Freeman! Sue is a mobile DJ playing at weddings, corporate and other private events in the ACT and surrounding areas. She operates under her business Runaround DJs. Sue became an international celebrity last year when a video of her DJing at a shopping centre went viral. Aussie Instagram account Brown Cardigan got a hold of a video clip showing her transitioning from Usher’s Yeah into California Love and the rest is history!

What made this video special was that Sue is 63 years old and she was mouthing the words to some absolute bangers. It’s not a common sight and caught the attention of media outlets around the world.

We hope you enjoy listening to Sue's story, how she got into working at weddings, what it’s like to go viral overnight and how it’s never too late to start in the wedding industry!

It's our first episode of season 2! And what a cracker!

In this episode, we chat to Laura about her own journey from celebrant side hustler to full timer and now wedding biz coach as well as sharing some tips on how to develop a CEO mindset, which we're so passionate about!

The themes in this episode carry on from Season 1 - it's all about "finding your people", developing solid systems and processes and thinking like a professional business owner!

It's our first episode of season 2! And what a cracker!

In this episode, we chat to Laura about her own journey from celebrant side hustler to full timer and now wedding biz coach as well as sharing some tips on how to develop a CEO mindset, which we're so passionate about!

The themes in this episode carry on from Season 1 - it's all about "finding your people", developing solid systems and processes and thinking like a professional business owner!

In our final episode of season 1 (omg!), we chat about some of the main themes that came across during the podcast. These were all related to having a business that you LOVE!

The main topics and themes that came across again and again were:

* The importance of brand and marketing.

* Finding your people.

* The importance of your network.

* Client service.

* Mindset.

Listeners got in touch with us throughout the last 5 months and told us that they want to hear more of the following:

* SEO!

* Legal side of business.

* More about making the jump from side hustle to full time biz.

* Marketing, marketing, marketing! More about finding your unique selling point and differentiating.

So it's safe to say that we have our work cut out for Season 2, which we'll kick off sometime into 2022! Until then, it's been an absolute pleasure on the podcast.

Thanks again to all of our listeners! See you next year! :)

In our final episode of season 1 (omg!), we chat about some of the main themes that came across during the podcast. These were all related to having a business that you LOVE!

The main topics and themes that came across again and again were:

* The importance of brand and marketing.

* Finding your people.

* The importance of your network.

* Client service.

* Mindset.

Listeners got in touch with us throughout the last 5 months and told us that they want to hear more of the following:

* SEO!

* Legal side of business.

* More about making the jump from side hustle to full time biz.

* Marketing, marketing, marketing! More about finding your unique selling point and differentiating.

So it's safe to say that we have our work cut out for Season 2, which we'll kick off sometime into 2022! Until then, it's been an absolute pleasure on the podcast.

Thanks again to all of our listeners! See you next year! :)

In Episode 23, we talk about something a bit different! We are excited to welcome Jazz, who is a Melbourne based meditation teacher with her own business, Jazz Kalus Meditation.

Jazz is a full time social worker and has seen meditation being used as a tool to support people with stress, anxiety and depression.

Her business Jazz Kalus Meditation has different meditation offerings including a 3 day "Learn to Meditate" course and free group meditation.

On her website, she says "The more I meditate, the more me I become".

Being in the wedding industry and running your own business can be stressful and anxiety-inducing, so we were very keen to hear some tips from Jazz about how meditation can help manage this!

As always, takeaways from this episode are available on projectengaged.biz.

In Episode 23, we talk about something a bit different! We are excited to welcome Jazz, who is a Melbourne based meditation teacher with her own business, Jazz Kalus Meditation.

Jazz is a full time social worker and has seen meditation being used as a tool to support people with stress, anxiety and depression.

Her business Jazz Kalus Meditation has different meditation offerings including a 3 day "Learn to Meditate" course and free group meditation.

On her website, she says "The more I meditate, the more me I become".

Being in the wedding industry and running your own business can be stressful and anxiety-inducing, so we were very keen to hear some tips from Jazz about how meditation can help manage this!

As always, takeaways from this episode are available on projectengaged.biz.

Show your value!

Today we are going to talk about creating visual value for our clients the question I got was 'How Can I show my value so my clients don’t come in with false ideas on price'

I'm still feeling unwell and unfortunately don't sound great so this week is a Facebook live that I did a few weeks back I think it holds a lot of value so listen in...

In today's show, we will be discussing ...

1. Your Website, seo, imagery
2. Your social media
3. Your systems

Today's Quote:

'Show your value, DON'T defend it '

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This week we have the pleasure of speaking with the man, the myth, the legend that is Yarra Valley based wedding photographer (and fellow podcaster), Michael Briggs (aka Briggsy). We cover Briggsy's journey of ditching the desk for a camera and how he took that leap into doing something he loves.

We ask him what he's been up to between lockdowns from a business perspective and chat to him about how he's automated his business to be as efficient with his time as possible.

He also chats to us about the biggest lessons he's learnt since he started wedding photography full-time and gives some advice to wedding photographers who are just starting out.

As always, key takeaways and useful links are available at projectengaged.biz.

In this episode we (Aleks and Eddy) chat about the top 5 lessons we've learnt from our stints in the "corporate world" and how we apply these to our wedding business, One More Song DJs.

In a nutshell, treat your business as if it were a large organisation or publicly listed company. Hold yourself to high standards and adopt the same professional practices as large successful businesses!

The lessons we chat about are as follows! Communication is key. Stand by your pricing and focus on value. Nurture your booked clients. Maintain your professional network. Be accountable.

We also chat about an upcoming presentation we are doing on Tuesday the 5th of October with the DJAA (for DJs and MCs) about staying relevant in a pandemic (or on the off season). For more info on this preso, be sure to hit out website projectengaged.biz!

This week we speak to Jeremy Robertshaw from Agility Digital about all things Search Engine Marketing (aka SEO). We've mentioned SEO a few times during our podcasts.

We kick things off by asking what SEO actually is and Jeremy takes us through some of the important things to consider when thinking about SEO for your business.

Jeremy also dishes out some "quick wins" gold that listeners can implement TODAY to make improvements to their web rankings!

Success with SEO is not something that happens overnight though, it takes time, work and patience. But once you start seeing results, it's hard not to get excited about its potential to help grow your business or side hustle!

Resources mentioned in this podcast (in no particular oder):

• Google My Business (for local business listing)
• Google Analytics (for data on your website visits)
• Google Keyword Planner (to research keywords that your potential clients may be searching for)
• Google Search Console (so Google can crawl your website once you drop a sitemap into it)
• Amazon Web Services (for super fast, local hosting)
• Hotjar (really helpful screen recordings of instances on your website).

As always, full episode takeaways can be found at projectengaged.biz.

This week we speak to Jeremy Robertshaw from Agility Digital about all things Search Engine Marketing (aka SEO). We've mentioned SEO a few times during our podcasts.

We kick things off by asking what SEO actually is and Jeremy takes us through some of the important things to consider when thinking about SEO for your business.

Jeremy also dishes out some "quick wins" gold that listeners can implement TODAY to make improvements to their web rankings!

Success with SEO is not something that happens overnight though, it takes time, work and patience. But once you start seeing results, it's hard not to get excited about its potential to help grow your business or side hustle!

Resources mentioned in this podcast (in no particular oder):

• Google My Business (for local business listing)
• Google Analytics (for data on your website visits)
• Google Keyword Planner (to research keywords that your potential clients may be searching for)
• Google Search Console (so Google can crawl your website once you drop a sitemap into it)
• Amazon Web Services (for super fast, local hosting)
• Hotjar (really helpful screen recordings of instances on your website).

As always, full episode takeaways can be found at projectengaged.biz.