Business Building Seminar
Topic: The Susan Southerland Secret: Insight to Personality Planning, Marketing, and Sales

Presented by: Susan Southerland National Wedding Expert, Perfect Wedding Guide and Kristy Chenell with Couture Consulting


Join us for this interactive workshop and find out what you can do TODAY to increase your sales

Do you ever find yourself frustrated with brides? Wonder why they don't understand why prices are the way they are? Curious about why some brides respond right away while others call to book you less than a month before their wedding? Or how about why some consultations are quick and easy while others seem long and drawn out?

Be prepared to change your current paradigm on today's brides and revitalize your sales. The Echo-Boomer generation is here and they are getting married! This means they way we used to do business isn't how it used to be. Today's bride has different priorities, ways of finding vendors, and preferences on what she wants. Sky is the limit! But, in a "sea of sameness" with competing vendors popping up everyday in the market, how do you stand out? Each bride has her own strengths and weaknesses in planning her wedding and now it's time to learn how to recognize what those are and use them to build a trustworthy and credible relationship with her to define your uniqueness.


When:Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

LOCATION:Hilton Garden Inn Lewisville
2009 785 State Hwy 121
Lewisville, TX 75067

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COST:Advertisers: $79 per person Non Advertisers: $99 per person

Agenda


9:00 a.m. - Welcome Breakfast and Networking

10:00 a.m. - The Susan Southerland Secret: Learn the characteristics, preferences, and priorities of the Echo-Boomer generation and the 4 Planning Personalities that will change the way you think and work with each bride.

11:30 a.m. -Lunch.

12:30 p.m. - Marketing Design: Redefine who your "ideal" client is and how to target them by way of personality marketing..

2:00 p.m. -Afternoon Break

2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. -Sales Strategy: Develop a plan for how to sell to each bridal personality individually for maximum sales.

About Susan Southerland.....As one of the foremost experts in the wedding industry, Susan Southerland is one of the nation’s top wedding planners. Susan is owner and president of Just Marry! where she has planned thousands of weddings around the world. She focuses on all weddings, from intimate to extravagant, from cultural to destination, making memories of a lifetime.

Susan’s exceptional weddings have been featured numerous times on the Style Network’s "Whose Wedding Is It Anyway?" and TLC’s "A Wedding Story." Her cutting edge advice has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Orlando Sentinel, Orlando Leisure, and The Orlando Business Journal.

Admired for her depth of knowledge and her easy going personality, Susan boasts the honor of being the official National Wedding Expert for Perfect Wedding Guide. In addition to the Susan Southerland Secret website, Susan’s advice can be found in the planning pages of this national magazine and onwww.perfectweddingguide.com.


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About Kristy Chenell.....Known for her inspiring ideas and innovative concepts, Kristy Chenell has treasured this quote in each endeavor she has pursued. The philosophy has taken her on a journey she could have only imagined, leading her to become one of the nation’s leading experts in the wedding industry.

Kristy began her career at Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings, where she consulted with hundreds of wedding couples selling five distinct wedding venues, four theme parks, and 17 resorts. This unique experience included in depth brand marketing, website re-design, creation of wedding planning guides, and the television premier of ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Wedding Edition.

Kristy went on to heighten her wedding experience with The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company where she created Ritz-Carlton Intimate and Signature Weddings with The Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes as Senior Wedding Sales Manager and then when she opened The Ritz-Carlton, Denver as the Director of Catering Sales. Leading her teams in consulting for this luxury clientele, she wrote and produced a wedding planning book that was benchmarked by the company for its website. Shortly thereafter, Kristy became one of six people in the country to sit on The Ritz-Carlton Corporate Wedding Advisory Board, where she specialized in marketing sales tools and vendor relationships.

As one of the top wedding specialists in the country, Kristy is a member of the Wedding Dream Team. She speaks nationwide on cutting edge trends, strategic planning, and custom marketing concepts. Her expertise also includes designing bridal events which specialize in capturing specific clientele for venues and vendors. Partnering with celebrity dress designers and wedding planning teams, Kristy has brought venues over 1,000% in return on their investments. Most known for "Down the Aisle," she provides art, creativity, and customization to venues, vendors, and clientele.


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