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Maroo Webinar with Kate Turner: The Confidence to Charge What You Are Worth

During this webinar, Alex and Kate Turner discussed the valuing and pricing event services, emphasizing the importance of recognizing and communicating the unique value planners bring to the industry.
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Your Ultimate Wedding & Event Business Checklist for a Successful 2024

To help you navigate the waters of business finance, we've put together a comprehensive checklist to ensure you start off the year on the right foot.
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Festive Team-Building Ideas for Wedding & Event Pros!

Maroo's holiday team-building guide: Ugly Sweater Contest, Online Secret Santa, Recipe Exchange, and Apple Reactions for a fun, festive season with your team
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Legal Framework for Payments by parents

It's a common practice for parents to pay for some of the couple's wedding expenses. By doing that, businesses open themselves up to a potential legal risks which we are covering in this blog post
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Here’s How Wedding Pros Are Handling Soft Holds

We reached out to a few wedding pros to get a sense as to how everyone is handling the soft hold. Read on for category-by-category tips and insights!
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How to Add Pricing to Your Website

To price or not to price on the website—the eternal question.
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Top Takeaways for Integrating Your CRM with Maroo

Wedding photographer and seasoned Tave CRM user, Jake Tenney of Sweetlife Photography set out to create a seamless automated way of integrating Maroo and his CRM. Here's how!
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How Wedding Pros are Handling Inflation and Rising Costs

The price of a wedding is going up, up, up.
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5 Signs It’s Time To Hire A New Employee For Your Wedding Business

Hiring an employee shouldn’t be taken lightly and there’s a lot to consider before you do it––but it’s a vital step to take for the growth and success of the company. Thinking about bringing someone o
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Creating Seating Charts For Clients? 3 Tips to Save You Time and Energy

With help from our friends at Allseated, we’ve gathered the top three tips to create seating charts for clients. By combining these simple steps with the use of event tech tools, you will free up...
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How to Start a Business in the Wedding Industry: 10 Wedding Business Ideas

The wedding industry is filled with opportunities. If you love weddings and want to be part of making couples’ day they will never forget, consider launching one of these wedding business ideas.
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How to Start a Wedding Planning Business in 2022: A Step-by-Step Guide

Starting a wedding planning business may be a lot of work, but with the proper planning and research, it can be a successful, fulfilling, and rewarding lifelong endeavor. Let's go over the four...
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3 Ways to Avoid Burnout During Wedding Season

There is no denying that Spring 2022 is jam-packed for most wedding and event pros. Some creative partners would even say that the nex...
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Top 7 Legal Mistakes Creatives Can Make

Let’s talk about mistakes. We all make them and running a business can oftentimes feel like a lifetime of learning lessons. We recently tapped into Magi Fisher, luxury wedding photographer and lice...
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5 Techy Lifesavers Every Wedding Business Owner Needs to Know About

If you’re facing a surge of events this season (not to mention all those 2023 inquiries!), then you probably need all the help you can get! We connected with a few of the industry’s top pros across...
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Employees vs Independent Contractors: What’s the Difference and Who You Need to Hire?

Looking to expand your business means figuring out whether you’re going to hire full-time or opt for independent contractors....
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How to Start a Wedding Venue Business: Creating an Event Venue Business Plan

With any business, it’s important to have a plan. What is the inspiration for your business? What are your goals for operating your business?
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