93. How to Start an Event Design and Wedding Planning Business

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Glory Barbaris is the owner of Always Creating Studio Weddings & Events, a full-service creative event and wedding planning, design, and floral design firm specializing in event design and planning, floral design, multicultural weddings, and destinations.

Before starting her event planning business in 2016, she worked in the IT industry as a senior technical product manager/business analyst and held executive leadership roles such as corporate event coordinator, senior technical product manager, web project manager, and global marketing and communications manager.

She is also the creator of the Always Creating Blog. More recently, she founded Always Creating DIGITAL, a social media management and consulting firm that provides social media management, branding, digital content marketing, and web design for small businesses, creative entrepreneurs, and brands.

• After attending a Rising Tide Tuesday Together meetup group, she connected with a photographer and volunteered to help out on a style shoot; that began her journey into wedding planning
• Her wedding in 2018 went viral on the net, and she was able to grow her following on the blog and also use it as a foundation for wedding planning under the newly formed Always Creating Studio
• Glory walks us through losing her government contract job and pivoting her side-hustle into something that ended up becoming a full-time business
• Foundational Work for your Side Hustle
  • Start saving money now so you have a cushion if you need it
  • Make sure to have a clean, beautiful, brand-focused website that speaks to the people you’re trying to serve
  • Find out what your business values are
  • Get good at something; practice it day in and day out

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