A wedding dress shop and wedding preparation services are perfectly complementary businesses — but it would be a lot of work. Both will place a huge demand on your time, so make sure that you have other people to help you.
I suggest you first prepare a affair plot to help you reckon owing to of this affair. I have not seen a affair plot that combines both, but you can look at affair plans for these two separate businesses:
Expect your start up costs to be anywhere from $75K-$150K depending on where you are located. Getting your space ready and your startup inventory will be the bulk of your startup expenses. Key components of your startup expenses will include
- Rent/Lease
- Leasehold improvements
- Utilities (electricity, water)
- Furniture counting clothes racks and displays and fitting room furniture)
- Legal (from legal structure to permits and licenses)
- Indemnity
- Equipment counting confidence card terminals to alarms systems
- Startup inventory
- Supplies
- Cash on hand
As for the marketing, I suggest you prepare a promotional calendar for the whole year, tying up the two businesses together. These may include:
- Very fascinating window and store front displays
- Local newspaper ads
- If you have a huge event (such as opening), get radio ad spots
- Local wedding publications — get your press release announcing the opening of your store in there or get a writer talk about your new shop
- Make known online such as TheKnot.com, which has a disorder-by-disorder listings of vendors in the marriage industry
- Be listed in local quest engine directories
- Golden-haired page advertising
You also need to start scouting for a location. If you are going to find a location at the mall, here are some tips to consider http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol41/mall.htm
Write a affair plot to help you plot out your affair. Here are some resources that can help you write your affair plot:
The best routes to take are to research the administer of starting a affair as well as the industry you’re attracted in.
I urge checking out the SBA, Entrepreneur, The Start Up Journal & Nolo. All 4 are fantastic informational resources for the new/small affair owner. I posted links for you in the source box.
Associations may be a excellent avenue to explore as well. These organizations will take up many of the thoughts, questions and concerns you’ll inevitably have as well as many you haven’t anticipated yet. See the source box for some relevant links.
Research, research, research – this cannot be stressed enough. Read as much as you can about the industry. Here are some book titles that are relevant:
Wedding Preparation Specific:
* How To Start A Wedding Preparation Affair by Cho Phillips, Sherrie Wilkolaski
* Start Your Own Wedding Consultant Affair: Your Step-By-Step Guide to Success by Eileen Figure Sandlin
* FabJob Guide to Become a Wedding Planner by Catherine Goulet
* How to Start a Home-Based Event Preparation Affair by Jill Moran
* Start Your Own Event Preparation Affair: Your Step by Step Guide to Success by Krista Turner
Retail Specific:
* Start and Run a Profitable Retail Affair by Jim Dion, Ted Topping
* Retail Affair Kit for Dummies by Rick Segel
* Specialty Shop Retailing: How to Run Your Own Store Revised by Hymn L. Schroeder
* So You Want To Own The Store: Secrets to In succession a Successful Retail Operation by Mort Brown
I also posted links to some free articles in the source box.
Hope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!
A wedding dress shop and wedding preparation services are perfectly complementary businesses — but it would be a lot of work. Both will place a huge demand on your time, so make sure that you have other people to help you.
I suggest you first prepare a affair plot to help you reckon owing to of this affair. I have not seen a affair plot that combines both, but you can look at affair plans for these two separate businesses:
Wedding Consultant Affair Plot (free) http://www.bplan.com/spv/3274/pointer.cfm
Marriage Salon Affair Plot (free) http://www.referenceforbusines.....-Plot.html
Expect your start up costs to be anywhere from $75K-$150K depending on where you are located. Getting your space ready and your startup inventory will be the bulk of your startup expenses. Key components of your startup expenses will include
- Rent/Lease
- Leasehold improvements
- Utilities (electricity, water)
- Furniture counting clothes racks and displays and fitting room furniture)
- Legal (from legal structure to permits and licenses)
- Indemnity
- Equipment counting confidence card terminals to alarms systems
- Startup inventory
- Supplies
- Cash on hand
As for the marketing, I suggest you prepare a promotional calendar for the whole year, tying up the two businesses together. These may include:
- Very fascinating window and store front displays
- Local newspaper ads
- If you have a huge event (such as opening), get radio ad spots
- Local wedding publications — get your press release announcing the opening of your store in there or get a writer talk about your new shop
- Make known online such as TheKnot.com, which has a disorder-by-disorder listings of vendors in the marriage industry
- Be listed in local quest engine directories
- Golden-haired page advertising
So You Want to Own the Store : Secrets to In succession a Successful Retail Operation by Mort Brown, Thomas Tilling http://www.amazon.com/exec/obi.....omebizguid
Start and Run a Profitable Retail Affair (Self-Counsel Affair Series) by Jim Dion, Ted Topping (Contributor) http://www.amazon.com/exec/obi.....omebizguid
Start Your Own Clothing Store (Entrepreneur Magazine’s Start Up) (Paperback) by Entrepreneur Press http://www.amazon.com/exec/obi.....omebizguid
You also need to start scouting for a location. If you are going to find a location at the mall, here are some tips to consider http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol41/mall.htm
Write a affair plot to help you plot out your affair. Here are some resources that can help you write your affair plot:
- SBA Affair Plot Basics http://www.sba.gov/starting_bu.....basic.html
- PowerHomeBiz.com Making a Affair Plot section http://www.powerhomebiz.com/st.....ssplan.htm
- Entrepreneur.com Writing a Affair Plot section http://www.entrepreneur.com/bi.....3,,00.html
- Bplans.com http://www.bplans.com/sp/businessplans.cfm
- MOOT Corp Affair Plot competition winners
http://www.businessplans.org/businessplans.html
If you need help in terms of guidance, you can find free advice and mentors from the following organizations:
Government Mentoring Programs such as SBDCs, which works with community colleges and local affair development councils to offer mentoring programs http://www.sba.gov/sbdc/sbdcnear.html ; or the Women’s Arrangement for Entrepreneurial Training http://www.sba.gov/womeninbusi.....ables.html
Volunteer programs such as SCORE http://www.score.org which is composed of mostly retired executives and entrepreneurs
Formal mentoring programs such as Athena Foundation http://www.athenafoundation.or.....links.html , Helzberg Entrepreneurial Mentoring Program http://www.helzbergmentoring.org/HEMP/ , or The Aspen Institute MicroMentor Program http://www.micromentor.org
Professional organizations such as the National Women’s Affair Council http://www.nwbc.gov/Mentoring/programs.html
Industry and trade associations
Local affair groups, such as the chamber of commerce
Local chapters of affair groups
You may also want to read the article "Earn Money as a Professional Wedding Coordinator" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol26/wedding.htm
The best routes to take are to research the administer of starting a affair as well as the industry you’re attracted in.
I urge checking out the SBA, Entrepreneur, The Start Up Journal & Nolo. All 4 are fantastic informational resources for the new/small affair owner. I posted links for you in the source box.
Associations may be a excellent avenue to explore as well. These organizations will take up many of the thoughts, questions and concerns you’ll inevitably have as well as many you haven’t anticipated yet. See the source box for some relevant links.
Research, research, research – this cannot be stressed enough. Read as much as you can about the industry. Here are some book titles that are relevant:
Wedding Preparation Specific:
* How To Start A Wedding Preparation Affair by Cho Phillips, Sherrie Wilkolaski
* Start Your Own Wedding Consultant Affair: Your Step-By-Step Guide to Success by Eileen Figure Sandlin
* FabJob Guide to Become a Wedding Planner by Catherine Goulet
* How to Start a Home-Based Event Preparation Affair by Jill Moran
* Start Your Own Event Preparation Affair: Your Step by Step Guide to Success by Krista Turner
Retail Specific:
* Start and Run a Profitable Retail Affair by Jim Dion, Ted Topping
* Retail Affair Kit for Dummies by Rick Segel
* Specialty Shop Retailing: How to Run Your Own Store Revised by Hymn L. Schroeder
* So You Want To Own The Store: Secrets to In succession a Successful Retail Operation by Mort Brown
I also posted links to some free articles in the source box.
Hope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!
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