Brandee Gaar - Podcast Details

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Wedding Pro CEO | Building Profitable Wedding Businesses291. Legal Landmines Wedding Pros are Stumbling Over in 2025 w/ Paige GriffithYou didn’t start your business to stay stuck. If you're ready to finally hit 6 or 7 figures WITHOUT burning out — book a call with our team → https://weddingproceo.com/applicationHow are Tariffs impacting the Wedding Industry?—Wedding pros are getting hit from every angle this year and there is much more than world trade deals to be aware of. In this episode, I sit down with Paige Griffith of The Legal Paige to break down the biggest legal landmines of 2025 (including why your all-inclusive package could land you in serious trouble...2025-05-2044 min

Wedding Pro CEO | Building Profitable Wedding Businesses281. The Power of Viral Content: Strategies for Creating Shareable VideosWedding pros, if you’ve been sleeping on video marketing, it’s time to wake up! In this episode, Keenya Kelly breaks down exactly how to create shareable, viral-worthy video content—even if you don’t think you’re creative. You don’t need fancy equipment or hours of editing—just the right strategy to attract your dream clients.Stop chasing likes and start creating content that gets shared (and you booked!). Tune in now and start making videos that actually grow your business!75 Viral Hooks from Keenya Kelly: www.keenyakelly.com/75hooks...2025-03-1136 min

Wedding Pro CEO | Building Profitable Wedding Businesses247 Why I Became a Coach (and why I'm SO passionate about business education for wedding pros)In this episode of the Wedding Pro CEO podcast, I reintroduce myself and share my journey from corporate event planning to running a thriving wedding business. I open up about the challenges I faced, the wrong turns I took, and the valuable lessons I learned along the way.And it's Summertime! We are midway through the year! How are your business goals for 2024 adding up? ========================= EPISODE SHOW NOTES BLOG & MORE:https://brandeegaar.com/meet-brandee-gaar-wedding-business-coach=========================JOIN THE WEDDING PRO CEO ACCELERATOR!!!Transform From Overwhelmed Bus...2024-07-0215 min

Wedding Pro CEO | Building Profitable Wedding Businesses220. Why You Aren't Hitting Your Goals (and what to do instead!)Brandee Gaar explores the transformative power of strategic planning and goal setting. She introduces the "Big Ass Calendar," a tool for visualizing and organizing the entire year, emphasizing the importance of seeing big-picture plans. Brandee stresses the need for SMART goals (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Timely) in three key areas: personal, business, and revenue.=========================EPISODE SHOW NOTES BLOG: https://brandeegaar.com/why-you-arent-hitting-your-goals-and-what-to-do-instead/=========================JOIN THE WEDDING PRO CEO ACCELERATOR!!!Transform From Overwhelmed Business Owner to Confident CEO:https://www.brandeegaar.com/accelerator =========================Thank you...2024-01-0928 min

Wedding Pro CEO | Building Profitable Wedding Businesses219. The Simple Way to Maximize Your Productivity in the New Year!In this episode of the Wedding Pro CEO podcast, host Brandee Gaar welcomes health consultant Tanessa Shears for a lively discussion on entrepreneurial health. Brandee and Tanessa focus on simple everyday solutions such as sufficient sleep habits and morning coffee intake and the role it plays in our overall output. Tanessa, will open your eyes, as she underscores the significance of quality sleep and explains the science behind our daily caffeine fix.=========================EPISODE SHOW NOTES BLOG: https://www.brandeegaar.com/219=========================JOIN THE WEDDING PRO CEO ACCELERATOR!!!Transform From Overwhelmed Business...2024-01-0235 min

Wedding Pro CEO | Building Profitable Wedding Businesses218. Copywriting Strategies: Unlock Post-Wedding Profits! w/ Prerna MalikBrandee Gaar talks with Prerna Malik, an incredible copywriter and co-founder of Content Bistro, on how to create post-wedding campaigns to increase the lifetime value of clients. Prerna, a recognized conversion copywriter, emphasizes leveraging five potential post-wedding campaigns: Review and Referral, Upsell, Cross-Sell, Flash Sale/Seasonal Sale, and Anniversary campaigns. Prerna also stresses the common mistakes and best practices, which can make these efforts more successful.=========================EPISODE SHOW NOTES BLOG: https://brandeegaar.com/copywriting-strategies-with-prerna-malik/ =========================JOIN THE WEDDING PRO CEO ACCELERATOR!!!Transform From Overwhelmed Business Owner to...2023-12-2630 min

Wedding Pro CEO | Building Profitable Wedding Businesses217. Avoid these 5 Pitfalls in Wedding Industry Marketing w/ Tayler Cusick HollmanMarketing expert Tayler Cusick Hollman, discuss five marketing mistakes commonly made by wedding industry professionals, in the latest episode of the Wedding Pro CEO Podcast with host Brandee Gaar. They uncover key challenges such as the pitfalls of mimicking others' strategies without context, making assumptions about clients without thorough research, relying solely on referrals, neglecting to showcase tangible proof of business, and the misconception that effective marketing comes at no cost.=========================EPISODE SHOW NOTES BLOG: https://brandeegaar.com/tayler-cusick-hollman-5-pitfalls-in-wedding-industry-marketing/=========================JOIN THE WEDDING PRO CEO ACCELERATOR!!!Transform From...2023-12-1945 min

Wedding Pro CEO | Building Profitable Wedding Businesses216. "How do you calculate full service planning?" and other Q&ABrandee Gaar, answers questions from her audience about the wedding industry. She provides insights and advice on topics such as calculating fees, grassroots vendor networking, dealing with unfavorable personalities, and building a team. Brandee shares personal experiences and tips to help wedding professionals build profitable businesses they love.=========================EPISODE SHOW NOTES BLOG: https://brandeegaar.com/how-do-you-calculate-full-service-planning=========================JOIN THE WEDDING PRO CEO ACCELERATOR!!!Transform From Overwhelmed Business Owner to Confident CEO:https://www.brandeegaar.com/accelerator =========================Thank you for tuning in to this episode of the...2023-12-1227 min

Wedding Pro CEO | Building Profitable Wedding Businesses215. Five A.I. and Automation Tools for Wedding Pros w/ Dawn RichardsonBrandee Gaar chats with Dawn Richardson, an expert in integrating technology into the wedding industry. Dawn shares her journey from IT and software engineering to wedding photography, eventually leading to her current role in helping wedding professionals embrace technology. The focus of the discussion is on Dawn's top five recommended tools that can streamline how wedding businesses operate, enhancing client experiences, saving time, and generating leads.=========================EPISODE SHOW NOTES BLOG: https://brandeegaar.com/five-a-i-and-automation-tools-for-wedding-pros/=========================JOIN THE WEDDING PRO CEO ACCELERATOR!!!Transform From Overwhelmed Business Owner to Confident CEO:2023-12-0539 min

Wedding Pro CEO | Building Profitable Wedding Businesses213. "I want to hire but I'm afraid!" CEO Q&ABrandee Gaar hosts a Q&A style session on the Wedding Pro CEO podcast. She plans to include this format in the future, addressing questions from her Wedding Pro CEO community. Let us know if this provides you valuable content.The question this week prompts discussion of the benefits and challenges of hiring an associate planner but applies to all industry pros. Brandee also talks about Black Friday deals on her website and shares a personal story about her own Black Friday experience.=========================EPISODE SHOW NOTES BLOG: https://www.brandeegaar.com/213 C...2023-11-2114 min

Wedding Pro CEO | Building Profitable Wedding Businesses196. From Wedding Pro to Industry Coach. Brandee, guest on So Here's the Thing PodcastIn this episode, I'm the guest on Laylee Emadi's podcast, So Here's the Thing. Laylee is a photographer turned educator who now teaches coaches how to speak on stages and build better courses. We kick off with a discussion about my personal journey into becoming a coach, where I share the pivot, the pitfalls, and my most unpopular opinion of the wedding industry. It's a candid conversation that sheds light on the challenges and triumphs of transitioning from one role to another in the industry.Hello, CEOs! Welcome back to another episode of the Wedding...2023-07-2533 min

Wedding Pro CEO | Building Profitable Wedding Businesses195. "Reel" in More Clients: Leverage Instagram Reels for Your Wedding Business Success. Brandee, guest on Wedding Pros Who Are Ready to Grow PodcastIn today's episode, I had the pleasure of being a guest on the Wedding Pros who are Ready to Grow podcast with Becca Pountney. We discussed the power of reels and creating videos that convert.Welcome to the Wedding Pro CEO podcast! I'm Brandee Gaar, your host, and my mission is to help wedding industry entrepreneurs build profitable businesses they love.Every year on this show, we like to spend a month where we highlight other industry podcasts that we love and that I know you will love too.Reels, short-form videos on...2023-07-1839 min

Wedding Pro CEO | Building Profitable Wedding Businesses158. Ready to Retire Your Spouse?I have a special guest, Ira Gaar, my husband, and my business partner. Listen in as we do a Q&A session on how to be successful business partners while being spouses.-----Join The Wedding Pro CEO Podcast Community on Facebook! A free group to take the conversation past the podcast and share best practices, get quick tips you can implement today and be part of a like minded group of CEOs who are building the profitable business they've always dreamed of! For full show notes and guest links click HERE! Please sh...2022-11-0126 min

Wedding Pro CEO | Building Profitable Wedding BusinessesS27. You're Just One Belief Away... From A Wildly Different Business.Do you know that it only takes 200 thoughts for that thought to become a reality? This can work in your favor when you think positive thoughts or against you when you let yourself believe the lies.Believing you already are the CEO of your business is the first step in becoming one!! In this week’s short episode, host Brandee Gaar discusses small changes you can make in your life to shift your business into focus, as well as her experience in calling herself the correct titles and how it impacted her business.To...2022-07-0712 min

Wedding Pro CEO | Building Profitable Wedding BusinessesWelcome to The Wedding Pro CEO Podcast!!!Thank you for stopping by The Wedding Pro CEO Podcast with Brandee Gaar!!!Join The Wedding Pro CEO Podcast Community on Facebook! A free group to take the conversation past the podcast and share best practices, get quick tips you can implement today and be part of a like minded group of CEOs who are building the profitable business they've always dreamed of!Take the Wedding Pro CEO's free GAP assessmentSupport the show 2022-05-0503 min

Wedding Pro CEO | Building Profitable Wedding BusinessesS14. 5 Reels mistakes I've made (so you don't have to)I'm making the mistakes so you don't have to! In today's SHORT, I'm sharing 5 things I've tested on various accounts to see what works and what doesn't on small business accounts. As I'll share in the episode, the accounts I use for testing are:Brandee GaarBlushPink AvocadoGrab the Reel Traffic Toolkit here!Hey there CEOs it’s Brandee and I have just a quick note for newer listeners. The show used to be called The She Who Dares Podcast but on May 5, 2022 we ch...2022-04-0728 min

Wedding Pro CEO | Building Profitable Wedding BusinessesS3. What does it even mean to work ON your business?You've likely heard over and over that as the CEO of your business you need to work ON your business more than you work IN your business. But what does that even mean? What is the difference between these tasks? In this episode, I'm breaking down exactly what I do during my CEO days and what I encourage my CEO Mastermind members to to do as well.Brandee's CEO Mastermind GroupKickstart Accounting -----Hey there CEOs it’s Brandee and I have just a quick note for newer listeners. The show us...2022-01-2015 min

Wedding Pro CEO | Building Profitable Wedding Businesses109. Does your marketing have a strategy?Seeing that we’re smack dab in the middle of the holiday season, I wanted to share my exact strategy (literally, step-by-step!) on how we stay consistent with our marketing strategy at my coaching business, Brandee Gaar, and my wedding planning company, Blush.I knew I had to sit down and record this episode because it’s been a huge topic of interest in our CEO Mastermind Group. We are busy entrepreneurs, and it can feel impossible to keep up with our ever-growing to-do list. That is, unless you have a well-thought out plan.Grab a no...2021-11-2340 min

Wedding Pro CEO | Building Profitable Wedding Businesses96. Talk about smarter social mediaWelcome to the forth and final episode of the four part series where we're sharing other podcasts that I personally learn from and listen to every single week that I am Subscribed to. This episode Brandee was on Renee Dalo's podcast Talk with Renee Dalo. We're sharing these with you here on my platform so that you can find other educators to listen to and learn from to grow and scale your business!!!A value for value cross promotion of wedding and event podcasts!!-----Hey there CEOs it’s Brandee and I have jus...2021-08-2446 min

Wedding Pro CEO | Building Profitable Wedding Businesses92. Meet the Gaars: Roadtrip!Listen in as Ira and Brandee recap their month long RV trip in this special episode of Meet the Gaars. Join us as we recap our process for planning for a month long road trip as business owners. Good news is we survived and we have a new side business that Brandee will share with you! -----Hey there CEOs it’s Brandee and I have just a quick note for newer listeners. The show used to be called The She Who Dares Podcast but on May 5, 2022 we changed the name...2021-07-2738 min

Wedding Pro CEO | Building Profitable Wedding Businesses89. Stop "selling"Beth Chapman is such a wonderful and talented woman who does almost everything under the sun, but her primary passion (besides fashion) is teaching wedding professionals the art of selling seamlessly to their clients. I’m so excited for you to meet Beth Chapman @BethChapmanStyling (if you haven’t met her already)! Actually, she teaches how we can embrace the role of not just a salesperson, but a solutions finder.with Beth Chapman and Brandee GaarWhen you think of your job, what words come to your mind?Probably wedding planner, wedding educator, crea...2021-07-0637 min

Wedding Pro CEO | Building Profitable Wedding Businesses83. Streamline event planning with Planning PodJeff Kear is the CEO and Co-founder of the #1 all-in-one event management software for event planners and venues: Planning Pod.He's been an entrepreneur for 20+ years and grew a passion to help event professionals and venue owners streamline their business backend.It's the tool that my event planning business, Blush and Eleven, uses for event management and we STRONGLY recommend you check it out for yourself! Let the team know that I sent you!!After trying out a ton of software—and I mean a ton—there was no other tool that understood the...2021-05-2548 min

Wedding Pro CEO | Building Profitable Wedding Businesses77. You're leaving money on the table (Percentage vs. Flat Fee Pricing)Becca Atchison, owner of Rebecca Rose Events, started by charging flat-fees for her clients. She quickly switched to percentage-based pricing when she profited less than 1% from a $450,000 wedding—yikes! Listen in to learn what percentage-based pricing is, how to implement it in your business, and how to charge what you're worth no matter what method you use to price yourself! Visit Becca’s incredible website for all she has to offer here: https://www.rebeccaroseevents.com/ -----Visit my favorite things, for all the recommended goodies. DISCLAIMER: Links included in this...2021-04-1354 min

Wedding Pro CEO | Building Profitable Wedding Businesses76. Listen in on a 1:1 coaching callOnce you're no longer in hustle mode to fill your calendar, what comes next? Katy Padilla, your typical bride-turned wedding planner, is the owner of Scarlette Rose Events and has been in the industry for 4 and a half years.Today's episode is special because I'm inviting you to listen to Katy's 60-minute recorded coaching session with yours truly.A few months ago I put out an application for this episode and once I saw Katy's I knew she would be the perfect fit!I'm excited to share this episode with Katy b...2021-04-0658 min

Wedding Pro CEO | Building Profitable Wedding Businesses73. Google my businessBrian Lawrence basically grew up in the wedding industry by selling invitations and wedding favors at 14 years old. Eventually, he started a part-time business with Google Ad Words right at the beginning of Google.By partnering with Alan Berg, another wedding speaker, they found a way to work together and his SEO expertise took off from there!In today's episode, we're diving into SEO so it doesn't seem as scary for us creatives. And sharing a few updates you can make on your website today to help you rank higher on Google.2021-03-1634 min

Wedding Pro CEO | Building Profitable Wedding Businesses71. Creating a 5 star client experienceChristine Hughey's started her Downtown Nashville food tour, A Little Local Flavor, with the goal to put at least $1million dollars back into locally owned businesses (with a $0 ad budget and 136 other tour companies in the city).So she decided that extremely high-quality service would be most important for her to STAND OUT! Pre-pandemic they were rated 5 out of 152 tour companies in Nashville. And in August of 2020 on TripAdvisor, they ranked in the top 10% of attractions worldwide. She accomplished this all with word of mouth, five-star reviews, and a five-star experience. ...2021-03-0236 min

Wedding Pro CEO | Building Profitable Wedding Businesses70. How to use Reels for organic reachInstagram reels are not going anywhere anytime soon.What I hear from wedding pros avoiding them like COVID—other than not wanting to dance—is they don't have time.But guess what? With reels, you don't have to create new content. You just have to create the same content you're already making in a new way.In today's episode, I'll walk you through three ways our brands are using reels in a super simple way to boost our organic website traffic.If you're stuc...2021-02-2319 min