Start Your Own Event Planning Business 3E

Celebrate All the Way to the Bank

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Weddings, parades, fairs, graduations, conferences, political rallies, fashion shows--what do they have in common?

Everyone would rather have someone else plan and conduct them! That someone else can be you if you're a professional event planner who knows how to develop a theme, find a location, arrange entertainment, plan transportation and do the myriad things needed to pull an event off successfully.

Learn everything you need to know to get started in one of today's hottest--and most lucrative--businesses:

• How to stay abreast of the newest entertainment, food and decoration options
• Hot new industry trends, from environmentally friendly parties to extravagant first birthday parties and more
• How to build a loyal customer base for large and small events
• Targeted strategies for planning commercial events, political events, civic events, social events and more
• The latest information on the use of technology in event planning