Heidi Thompson Brings The Sought-After Business + Marketing Expertise That Attendees Will Implement Right Away.
Actionable Talks For Wedding Pros
They want practical steps that they can use to make real-life improvements in their real-life businesses. They want straightforward info delivered with clear next steps.
If you prioritize straight-shooting and helpful expertise in your speaker lineup, attendees will not only thank you as they leave, but they will also purchase their ticket for your next event as soon as it goes on sale.
Your Attendees Want More Than Inspiration
Clear Next Steps
Straightforward Style
Impactful Presentations
HEIDI IS KNOWN FOR
No marketing gobbledygook here.
Heidi Thompson is a wedding industry speaker, the best-selling author of Clone Your Best Clients, and the founder of Evolve Your Wedding Business where she specializes in teaching business and marketing strategy to wedding professionals.
Her business and marketing expertise has been featured in several wedding and business outlets, including The Huffington Post, Social Media Examiner, Wedding Business Magazine, Honeybook, and WeddingWire World.
Whether at a huge conference or in a small setting, Heidi’s goal remains the same: to help attendees make real and significant changes in their wedding businesses, so they can reach their goals without working 60+ hour weeks.
WEDDING INDUSTRY EDUCATOR
BEST-SELLING AUTHOr
MARKETING + BUSINESS NERD
Meet Heidi Thompson
You may have heard me before
“Heidi’s ideas and organization were invaluable to someone starting a business. She really helped me to remember to stick to my list of priorities and not let the wrong things steal my time.”
How to turn your website into a magnet for your ideal clients so they only want to work with you.
How to clearly set yourself apart from your competition without discounting or competing on price.
How to get into your ideal client's head and find out exactly how to attract more of them.
The market is more saturated than ever and standing out from your competition is crucial. When you set yourself apart, you don't have to compete on price and offer discounts!
Standing Out Without Discounting
how to create your own effective marketing plan.
how to use your marketing plan to avoid shiny object syndrome
how it will save you from overwhelm
why it’s sooooo helpful for you
what it should contain
what a marketing plan actually is
You dedicate hours each day to posting, sharing, commenting, and liking gorgeous wedding photos on Instagram and Pinterest, but where’s the return on your investment (ROI)? A lot of wedding pros lack a clear marketing strategy, but developing a plan ensures what you do is more effective – and easier.
Create Your Overwhelm-Squashing Marketing Plan
“I used the interview method that you taught us and I have 7 interviews set up with past and current brides and even a few strangers willing to help me narrow down my target market. I thought of a new tagline for my brand and started gearing all my content towards it and I just got an inquiry for an AMAZING dream client yesterday! And I haven’t even fully started implementing everything I’ve learned.”
Based on my best-selling book, Clone Your Best Clients, this talk details the exact process that I take my clients through to attract more of their ideal clients. It is full of actionable steps your event attendees can do right away, including client interviews. Using this process, attendees will get out of their own heads and start learning from their best clients.
Clone Your Best Clients
Heidi provides practical steps for wedding business owners looking to grow their businesses in an easy way – because she believes there’s always an easier way. What does your group want an easier way for?
Topics include (but are not limited to):
Most Popular Talks
who and why to outsource
why you need to dedicate time to your CEO role
what functioning as a CEO really means
productivity and time management
A lot of business owners have bought into the hustle culture lie that being CEO means working 60+ hours a week, but I call B.S. You don’t have to do it all. You don’t have to hustle harder. There’s an easier way to grow your wedding business. This topic is all about the actionable steps your event attendees can take to step into their role as CEO of their business - without working all the time.
Work Smarter, Not Harder: Becoming the CEO of Your Wedding Business
“Thank you SO much for coming out to Raleigh and engaging with our group of event professionals. We have heard nothing but amazing feedback thus far! I presented a few of the takeaways from your talk to my company and they LOVED it!”
- WeddingWire World
- The Aisle Planner Experience
- Wedding MBA
- International Live Events Association (ILEA)
- Association of Bridal Consultants (ABC)
- Wedding Internations Professionals Association (WIPA)
- Book More Weddings Summit
- Wedding Business CEO Summit
Since 2012, Heidi Thompson has been invited to speak at the following wedding industry conferences and workshops.
Speaking + Teaching Events
Heidi has helped thousands of wedding professionals grow their businesses and book more weddings, and she would love to do the same for your event attendees.
Heidi is available for keynotes, workshops, or any event that wedding professionals attend for business and marketing help. Let’s work together to make your event more impactful.
