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Design Your Business | Empowering Creative Women Business Owners

Design Your Business | Empowering Creative Women Business Owners

By: Jen Taylor | Certified Director of Operations Wedding Business Strategist and Coach
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Are you a wedding professional who feels burnt out? Do you want your wedding business to work for you instead of the other way around? Does the stress and frustration of running your wedding planning, design, or creative business ever make you want to throw in the towel, give up on your dream, and start working on your resumé?

Stop right there! Host Jen Taylor understands how you feel and has answers for you.

When she started out over 20 years ago as a successful destination wedding planner in Washington and Maui, it wasn’t long before she recognized a need within the wedding industry for more organized systems and streamlined strategies. After all, smart workflows and processes are the key to a thriving wedding business and a happier life, both in terms of work and personal time.

Since then, she has received her certification as Director of Operations and has made it her mission to help wedding professionals and creative entrepreneurs design scalable systems, grow their businesses with confidence, and spend their time on what they love most—their craft, their couples, and their lives.

If you’re ready to stop reinventing the wheel and start building a wedding business that works for you, join Jen each week on the Design Your Wedding Business podcast, where she shares the resources, strategies, and support you need to succeed in today’s wedding industry.

To find out more, visit jentaylorconsulting.com

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Episodes
  • How to Sell Without Feeling Salesy
    Mar 16 2026

    What if the reason selling your services feels so uncomfortable isn’t because you’re bad at sales… but because you’ve been thinking about it the wrong way all along?

    In this episode, I’m unpacking the truth about sales for creatives and wedding professionals who never started their businesses to become salespeople. I share why selling can feel awkward, pushy, or even manipulative, and why so many talented professionals struggle with it. More importantly, I walk through a powerful reframe that completely changes the sales conversation. Instead of convincing, performing, or pitching, what if sales were simply an act of service? I explore how trust, transparency, and alignment can transform the way you approach consultations and client conversations.

    Topics covered in this episode include:

    • A mindset shift that can instantly change how you approach selling
    • The role boundaries play in attracting better aligned clients
    • Where trust is actually built long before a consultation ever happens
    • One simple way to audit your current sales process and uncover what is not working


    I would love to connect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JenTaylorConsulting/ & Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jentaylorconsulting/!


    Resources Mentioned:

    Book a Free Business Audit: https://jentaylorconsulting.com/free-business-audit/

    Show notes available at:

    https://jentaylorconsulting.com/design-your-wedding-business-podcast/

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    15 mins
  • 134: From Word of Mouth to Well-Known – Strategic Partnerships in the Wedding Industry
    Mar 2 2026

    Are you relying on word of mouth to grow your wedding business and secretly wondering what happens if it dries up?

    In this episode, I’m breaking down the difference between casual referrals and intentional strategic partnerships and why that shift can completely change your visibility, bookings, and reputation in the wedding industry. I share how relying solely on word of mouth can keep you invisible and unsearchable, and how building purposeful vendor relationships positions you as the go to planner that venues, photographers, caterers, and DJs actually want to work with. This is about moving from luck to leadership.

    Topics covered in this episode include:

    • Why “I get all my business from word of mouth” can quietly cap your growth
    • The key difference between casual referrals and intentional partnership building
    • How to identify your top five vendors to nurture this quarter

    I would love to connect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JenTaylorConsulting/ & Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jentaylorconsulting/!


    Resources Mentioned:

    Book a Free Business Audit: https://jentaylorconsulting.com/free-business-audit/

    Show notes available at:

    https://jentaylorconsulting.com/design-your-wedding-business-podcast/

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    16 mins
  • Visibility Without Burnout: Finding What Actually Works for You
    Feb 16 2026

    What if the reason visibility feels exhausting isn’t because you’re doing it wrong, but because you’re doing it the wrong way for you?

    In this episode, I’m unpacking why visibility is not one-size-fits-all and how copying someone else’s marketing strategy can quietly lead you straight into burnout. We talk about energetic alignment, introvert versus extrovert tendencies, and why consistency matters far more than perfection. I share personal stories from my own business journey, from networking seasons to intentional hibernation, and explain how visibility can be quiet, powerful, and deeply effective when it actually fits who you are.

    Topics covered in this episode include:

    • Why copying someone else’s visibility plan rarely works long-term
    • How your energy type impacts how you should market your business
    • The difference between loud visibility and quiet, powerful visibility

    If you’ve ever felt pressure to “show up more” in ways that drain you, this episode will help you rethink visibility on your own terms.


    I would love to connect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JenTaylorConsulting/ & Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jentaylorconsulting/!


    Resources Mentioned:

    Book a Free Business Audit: https://bit.ly/OperationalAudit


    Show notes available at:

    https://jentaylorconsulting.com/design-your-wedding-business-podcast/


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    15 mins
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