Some people call me an OG of wedding business marketing, but deep down I'm just another person wearing PJ bottoms on Zoom. I swear a lot, I share my struggles, and I don't pretend to be better than anyone else.
Tis the season for Black Friday and Cyber Monday and that means it’s the perfect time to get some deals on the tools that make running your wedding business easier. If you want to save time, make your work easier, and streamline your business, you’re going to love these Black Friday deals!
There may be affiliate links in this post which means I may receive a commission if you purchase something through a link, at no cost to you of course. However, please be assured that I only recommend products I know and love!
You may know that I’m hosting Get Started with SEO (the Easy Way!) Masterclass with Wedding Business SEO Expert Sara Dunn to show you exactly how you can get your basic SEO set up so you can start getting found in Google by couples.
After this in-depth workshop you’ll be able to…
? Find out what engaged couples are actually searching for on Google
? Pick the right home page keyword for your specific business
? Use that keyword on your home page, exactly where Google is looking for it
? Get answers to all of your questions in a Q&A with Sara Dunn (SEO Expert) You’ll leave with confidence, knowing you’re set up for long-term success!
I’ve got some pretty great bonuses for you too!
***Black Friday Deal: When you sign up for this masterclass by Monday, Nov 29th at 5pm Pacific, you’ll get 3 bonus SEO trainings to round out your SEO education.***
Those bonus trainings are…
⭐ On The Map: How To Show Up In Local Searches – Sara Dunn
⭐ Blogging for Results: How to Get Your Posts Found on Google – Sara Dunn
⭐ Get Leads Flooding Your Inbox Through The Power Of Location-Based SEO – Marie Burns Holzer
You’ll get access to all of these trainings within 24 hours of registering!
Ashlyn Carter is the brilliant copywriter behind the Sales Pages That Sell Masterclass and the How To Write Copy That Actually Converts Masterclass inside The Wedding Business Collective. You might also know her from this episode of the podcast where she talks about how copywriting can help you book more weddings. She created The Copy Bar to compile all of her incredible copywriting and email templates to help you book more clients without having to start from scratch.
The Offer: Get 40% off of EVERYTHING in the shop (excluding Copywriting for Creatives) plus you’ll get access to an exclusive Christmas Cocktail Party with Ashlyn!
When It’s Available: From midnight on Friday, November 26th and ends at 11:59 pm on Tuesday, November 30th
How To Get It: Click here to find out more about Ashlyn Carter’s Black Friday offer!
Rock Paper Coin is a tool that is all about simplicity. It brings all of your contracts, invoices, payments, and documents in one place to simplify the paperwork side of your business. RPC provides event professionals and clients a simple and easy way to process contracts, invoices, and payments all with the click of a button. The entire platform is built around the idea that workflow automation should be affordable, simple to adopt, and ever-evolving.
The Offer: This one comes with a lot!
When It’s Available: From Wednesday, November 24th – Wednesday, December 1st
How To Get It: Click here to find out more about Rock Paper Coin’s Black Friday offer and when you sign up for your free trial, use code HEIDI60 to lock in your 60% off the annual fee if you decide to stay after your trial.
Your Legal BFF is your go-to legal bestie for easy-to-understand and industry-specific contract templates that help you confidently start, grow and protect your business baby. Building a business is just like building a house – you need to lay a proper legal foundation before you can get to the fun stuff like painting the walls and decorating. Without a solid LEGAL ground to rest your business on, you run the risk of your walls crumbling down.
Frankenstein contracts cobbled together from what you’ve found online will not protect you and we saw during COVID just how important an iron-clad contract really is. Your Legal BFF has contract templates that are super easy to customize and use and you can rest assured knowing that a (very awesome) lawyer wrote them and they will protect you and your business.
The Offer: 25% off select contract templates with the code SAVEBIG used at checkout
When It’s Available: From Wednesday, November 16, 2021 (8am PST) through Monday, November 29, 2021 (11:59pm PST)
How To Get It: Click here to find out more about Your Legal BFF’s Black Friday offer!
It’s no secret that Pinterest is HUGE for the wedding industry and if you want to tap into that for your business, I’ve got just the thing for you. In this course, my friend Gabby Pinkterton will teach you how to utilize your blogs and Pinterest to book more clients in just 30 minutes or less a week. Her course teaches you all about:
Along with the Pinterest course, Gabby is sharing a step-by-step how to Blog strategically for Pinterest and Google with another e-course (free!) just for you! She’ll break down a blogging template and tell you exactly what you need to add to every blog post to transform your Pinterest traffic into paying clients. When you complete this course, your business will be completely remodeled in the best way possible – you’ll have every single tool you could ever need to passively gain more leads and clients.
The Offer: 25% off with the code: FESTIVE25 making the course only $222.75 (originally $297)
When It’s Available: From Black Friday, November 26, 2021, at 12:00 am until Cyber Monday, November 29th, 2021 at 11:59 pm
How To Get It: Click here to find out more about Gabby Pinkerton’s Black Friday offer!
There are a lot of little things that need to happen in your wedding business to keep things humming along smoothly, but you don’t have to physically do them. You can automate a LOT the tedious things in your business with Dubsado. Why do it over and over again yourself when you can use a tool to do it for you? Dubsado can handle a lot of different things for you including client onboarding, workflows, proposals, funnels, payments, and so many glorious automations that you’re just going to love. It’s like a magical robot that runs part of your business for you.
The Offer: When you sign up for a paid Dubsado plan during this promotion, you’ll lock in the low rate of $30/mo or $300/yr. After this promotion, the price will increase.
When It’s Available: From Tuesday, November 23rd at 10am PT to Tuesday, November 30th at 2:00pm PT
How To Get It: Click here to find out more about Dubsado’s Black Friday offer!
With everything from stock photos, videos, and art—to mockups, templates, and styling blocks—Sourced Co. offers everything you need to curate an engaging library of the eye-catching, on-brand imagery it takes to book leads and build your business. I love that Sourced Co. creates their stock photos and video SPECIFICALLY for wedding pros. There are a lot of stock photo companies out there but Sourced Co. is the only one with a background in the wedding industry and a focus on creating what wedding pros need for their websites, portfolios, and social media.
When you sign up for a membership, you’ll gain access to Sourced Co.’s entire library—including thousands of styled stock photos, an array of stunning video clips, customizable graphics, and easy-to-implement templates. We’re talking 45 different collections plus new content added every quarter.
The Offer: Save $100 on Sourced Co.’s annual plan. Subscribe for just $295 to get access to everything they’ve ever created plus new content every quarter for the next year.
When It’s Available: On November 29th only.
How To Get It: Click here to find out more about Sourced Co.’s Black Friday offer!
Your business logins are too important to risk having an easy password but remembering insane 25 character random passwords isn’t exactly easy. That’s where LastPass comes in. LastPass is a password manager that allows you to store and fill all of your logins and you only need to remember 1 password. On top of securing all of your accounts, LastPass makes sharing your logins with team members really easy and secure. It also allows you to name a next of kin on paid accounts which is not something we think about but is super important.
The Offer: 25% off Premium, Family, and Business accounts on annual plans
When It’s Available: From November 23rd to November 29th, 2021 at 11:59 PM EST
How To Get It: Click here to find out more about LastPass’ Black Friday offer!
Once upon a time, I had super cheap hosting that made my website slowwww and they weren’t much help when I needed it. That was until the lovely Brenda Cadman recommended SiteGround to me. SiteGround has some of the best uptime figures around (nearly 100%) and their support is top-notch. I can’t tell you how many times I have royally screwed something up and been able to get help from their awesome live chat support team. In terms of speed, SiteGround is one of the fastest and most consistent hosting providers.
The Offer: 3 months of free hosting totally risk-free and free website migration
When It’s Available: Must sign up before November 25th
How To Get It: Click here to find out more about SiteGround’s Black Friday offer!
Tailwind is the smartest tool I’ve used for both Pinterest and Instagram. I started off using Tailwind for Pinterest and I absolutely love all of the unique features they have like optimized scheduling, multi-board pinning, bulk upload, drag-and-drop calendars, content discovery, and seriously awesome analytics. Tailwind now supports Instagram and has a range of similar features that help you optimize what you’re doing on Instagram and find opportunities to improve.
Tailwind really goes beyond a social media scheduler. It’s a full-on Pinterest and Instagram manager that will help you get the best out of both platforms. It’s no secret that Instagram and Pinterest are big platforms for the wedding business owner and Tailwind will help you take advantage of the opportunities that are out there for you.
The Offer: Sign up for a Forever Free plan and give Tailwind a try. Only those with the Forever Free plan will get the Black Friday offer. As long as you’ve signed up for a Forever Free plan, you’ll receive a link to upgrade to one of the Annual Plans at 50% off starting November 22nd. This offer is good through Cyber Monday on November 29th!
When It’s Available: November 22nd-29th
How To Get It: Click here to find out more about Tailwind’s Black Friday offer!
Braden Drake has 2 courses that are quick and easy to implement on sale this Black Friday. Legally Launched shows new business owners how to make sure they’ve got their legal bases covered. This course breaks down all of the legal steps needed for newbie business owners to implement layers of protection to keep themselves out of trouble and obtain the necessary licenses to form a sole proprietorship.
Braden’s Totally Tax course is for wedding pros who are either new to tax stuff or just don’t have a good grip on it yet. Inside Totally Tax, you’ll learn about small business deductions and what you should be tracking, how to customize your bookkeeping spreadsheet and regularly track your deductions, and set up a system to automate your tax savings and pay your quarterly taxes with a custom tax savings percentage. Both of these courses are designed to get you up and running quickly so the video lessons take an hour at most to go through.
The Offer: Get $50 off of Braden’s Legally Launched or Totally Tax courses with coupon code BLACKFRIDAY2021
When It’s Available: November 26th-29th
How To Get It: Click here to find out more about Braden’s Legally Launched course or click here to learn more about his Totally Tax course.
If you’re a fan of podcasts, you’re probably a fan of audiobooks too. I love audiobooks because they allow me to get through books while doing mundane things like cleaning, showering, and driving. Audible is part of Amazon and they offer subscription-based audiobooks where you get 1 credit to choose any book in the library per month. If you want more credits, there are plans that provide more, plus you get access to their library of exclusives. You can cancel at any time and you keep the books that you’ve paid for.
The Offer: Get Audible Premium Plus for $7.95/mo (46% off) for your first 4 months
When It’s Available: Available now and unclear how long it will list
How To Get It: Click here to find out more about Audible’s Black Friday offer!
Hate doing your bookkeeping and want to hand it off to someone else? Bench has got you covered. Bench does my bookkeeping and I don’t even have to think about it. My statements import automatically, they do my books, and just send me a message about any transactions they had questions about. I spend maybe 5 mins per month on my books now and they are always up to date! I can see exactly how my financials are doing quickly and easily and that’s all I ever wanted from bookkeeping. Tax time is super easy because I know everything is done and ready to hand off to my CPA.
Bench isn’t running a specific Black Friday offer but they are running an offer where you’ll get a free trial and 30% off your first 3 months. If you want to get bookkeeping off your plate so you can focus on other more important activities, click here to find out more about Bench’s offer!