What's Your Next Level as a Wedding Planner? (with Sam Sheehy)

Are you finally finding your groove as a wedding planner but wondering what comes next? Maybe you're ready to scale, or maybe you need your business to evolve with your life. Sam Sheehy built The Perfect Match Weddings from the ground up: leaving a PR career, planning her own wedding, and eventually taking a full maternity leave while her business kept running without her. In this episode, she shares exactly how she did it. Tune in and discover: ⚡️ How Sam found her niche as a wedding planner (and how Covid-era weddings actually helped) ⚡️ The now-or-never moment that forced her to choose: reshape the business or let it become a hobby ⚡️ How she built systems and a team that let her take maternity leave without her business falling apart ⚡️ Why wedding planners can't be a "yes-person" and how to speak up when things won't work ⚡️ Sam's #1 advice for wedding planners 🎙 Wedding Industry Insider is the podcast for wedding planners and coordinators who want to build a more profitable, sustainable business — without burning out. New episodes every two weeks. 📌 Try Timeline Genius free: https://timelinegenius.com/ Connect with Sam: The Perfect Match Weddings: https://www.theperfectmatchweddings.com Instagram:   / theperfectmatchweddings   Connect with Wedding Industry Insider: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3vzIOqO Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Jn17VG Blog: https://blog.timelinegenius.com/193-n... #weddingplanner #weddingbusiness #weddingplannerlife #entrepreneurship #weddingindustry #weddingplanning #timelinegenius #weddingindustryinsider #weddingplannercoach #mompreneur 0:00 Introduction 1:30 Sam's background — from PR to full-time wedding planner Finding her niche during Covid-era weddings 9:45 The now-or-never moment: business or hobby? 13:51 Building systems and a team for maternity leave 40:36 How Timeline Genius works as a software for wedding planners 52:34 Why wedding planners can't be a yes-person 55:06 Sam's #1 advice for wedding planners