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Pitfalls of an Event Planning Business

Pitfalls of an Event Planning Business


Jan 09, 2017 Dr. Kristina Nelson

When starting an event planning business, you need to be prepared for some of the pitfalls you may encounter along the way. Below we present you with some of the most common event planning problems,and how you can avoid them.

Juggling Several Events Simultaneously

Most event planners have to deal with planning more than one event at any given time. Staying on top of each event and making sure to individualize each one to the client’s needs can be a challenge since the event planner must develop a portfolio for each and keep things both separate and unique. However, your responsibility to each client must stay consistent.

To keep up with all of the planning you may need to accomplish, we suggest a multi-event platform that can help you organize, keep each event’s theme on track, and also make sure you spend plenty of time with each client. A multi-event app can not only keep you from forgetting things when becoming busy, but it can also help you stay on track.

Keeping Track of Resources

If you find yourself planning several events and meetings at once, you’ll realize that some of the people you work with will be under your control and others will not. In reality, there will be many people you will have to deal with at all levels of planning, dedicated to different functions within the actual event. So, how do you coordinate?

One trick is to find a multi-event app that will help you coordinate and plan all stages and levels of the event as well as keeping track of the things that are going on. To make this app successful, you need to be able to keep track of,see, and control, who is doing what to make sure things stay on track.

Stay on Top of Your App

Things can change quickly when planning various events, so you need to make sure you can keep up with this fact. The constant adaptation required in the event planning business can cause much stress if you are not organized and prepared for it.

One solution is to use an event planning app that communicates and connects to your entire team when things change. And, to manage all of your event planning apps,consider using a content management system, or CMS, to keep track of everything going on with all of your apps in one place.

For more information about how to successfully plan your events, stay with us here at Eventcombo. Here at Eventcombo we not only offer you helpful event planning advice,but also the ability to sell your tickets online through us to increase your ticket sales.


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