According to statistics, of the 2 million couples getting married every year, 20% of them employ the services of a wedding planner. If you have the related experience and attitude to start your own home-based business, you can be a self-made professional wedding planner.

First of all, you should know how to organize a wedding. Understand the things needed to make the wedding a success. This includes the reception venue, the decoration, food and beverage, program, souvenirs and tokens.

You must have a delightful personality and professionalism. To attract clients, you need to project an image that you know what people need to make the wedding a success. But of course, it does not end there for you must have good knowledge of how weddings should be.

You need to meet several professionals for the event. This includes photographers, videographers, florists, seamstress, fashion consultants, makeup artists, wedding cake decorators and food caterers.

If you do not have a network of such people, you should start creating one. Attend bridal shows to meet them and ask for their business cards.

You can further your knowledge and skills through e-books and getting involved in a wedding of a relative, friend or family member. You can even join wedding planner associations to get you acquainted.

To start your own home-based business in wedding planning, you need to be ready with mental and physical work. Legal matters come into play such as business permit. The State’s Department of Commerce is where you should register your business name.

The insurance policy to cover possible liability to your property or client’s property is optional. The cost for setting up this business is not very expensive.

However, you may need to have investment such as setting up your home office. If you can devote a small area in your house so you can have a place to meet your clients, it is wiser. Office furniture, equipment and internet are needed to get your business going.

Plan your marketing campaign. Design your own business card, flyers and brochures so people may have an idea on your resourcefulness and creativity. You can leave several copies in every store for public’s access.

You can also give copies to wedding fashion stores, reception halls, floral shops and wedding decorator’s shops.If you have access to the internet,capitalize on social media network.

You can promote your home-based business in wedding planning on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and LinkedIn. You can publish your portfolio on these social networks for free.

If you have your own network of professionals to keep the wedding up and running, then you can take photos of their works to complete your portfolio.

Couples would like to see photos of flowers for weddings, or cake designs, or wedding albums for comparison.
As a wedding planner, you must have several choices to offer your clients.

Whether you talk about fashion and make up consultant, wedding cake decorators, or florists, your clients would be eager to see their artworks.

Hence, having a copy of their portfolio can be a great marketing medium for your home-based business in wedding planning.