Start Your Own Event Planning Business (Paperback)

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Celebrate All the Way to the Bank

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

With gross profits averaging 30 to 40 percent, you can easily earn six figures a year planning and conducting events-and have a blast in the process. If you're looking for a flexible schedule, a wide variety of responsibilities and new adventures every week, event planning is the business for you.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 186 pages
• Publisher: Entrepreneur Press; 2 edition (August 20, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1599181274
• ISBN-13: 978-1599181271
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #311,606 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)