Hi there - I'm Margaux Fraise.
I’m the founder + host of the Wedding Summit Series, the creator of the 'The Only Option' VIP Day for wedding planners, and the founder of a successful wedding planning company, Harmony Creative Studio.
I'm located in Los Angeles, which is a very saturated market for wedding planners. In order to ensure I stood out, what I should have done is focused on my ideal client and a marketing plan that would highlight what made me and my business different.
But like most people, I stumbled and got caught up in social media platforms that didn't pan out (remember Vine?!!?), paid ads that did absolutely nothing, and the sinking feeling that I was wasting a ton of time and money.
It wasn't until I really honed in on my unique style and planning 'super powers' and learned to market to my strengths that things really started to click. I began booking dream clients that literally changed my business, and today I have no trouble at all filling my calendar.
Now I work with wedding planners through 'The Only Option' VIP Day - helping them identify their niche, how to talk to their ideal clients, and identify needed updates to their branding, marketing and web/social channels to ensure they start standing out right away - all in one day!
That's why I'm inviting you to join me and apply for 'The Only Option' VIP Day - let's see how easy it can be to book the couples that are ready to book even before the consult.
Candice Coppola
The 7-Step Wedding Day Team Playbook: Empower Your Crew to Run the Show (So You Can Slip Out After Cake!)
Candice Coppola is a seasoned event pro, educator, and author with 15+ years of experience orchestrating extraordinary weddings—mentoring the planners who bring them to life. As host of The Power in Purpose Podcast, her no-fluff insights and proven frameworks help wedding planners transform chaos into clarity. Featured by The New York Times, Martha Stewart Weddings, and Brides, Candice’s sought-after programs show wedding pros how to build profitable businesses with purpose.
Reneé Dalo
Is it Worth It? Exploring Effort and ROI for Wedding Planners
Renee Dalo is a trusted leader in the wedding and event industry, known for her expertise, humor, and relatable style. As the founder of Moxie Bright Events and host of the popular podcast Talk with Renée Dalo, she inspires and educates creative entrepreneurs worldwide. A Certified Co-Active Life & Business Coach (CPCC), Renee is passionate about empowering female entrepreneurs to embrace confidence and play big in their careers.
Renee is a sought-after speaker, keynoting events like Wedding MBA, and her insights have earned recognition from BizBash and HoneyBook’s 20 on the Rise. With over 13 years of experience, she’s celebrated for simplifying complex ideas, motivating action, and inspiring audiences. Whether coaching, writing, or speaking, Renee’s signature blend of moxie, clarity, and grace helps others achieve their next level of success. Her first book, The Coordination Cure, will be published in early 2025. .
Terrica
The Coordination Catalyst: Igniting Your Wedding Business Growth
Terrica, a renowned wedding expert for nearly 20 years, has been featured in The Knot, Martha Stewart Weddings, and PeopleTV for her events and expertise. Beyond event planning, she empowers over 4,400 wedding professionals through her educational platform, HustleQuarters, teaching pricing, sales, and operations. Recognized globally for her expertise, she's a Speaker of the Year nominee, speaking at events like IADWP and Wedding MBA. Her educational program, Wedding Pro University, facilitates rapid business growth and efficient operations. A passionate connector, she champions diversity through Unity Through Community, and advises Fellowship for Change, supporting underrepresented wedding business owners.
Annette Naif
Timing is Everything: The Ultimate Timeline Strategy for Planners
Annette is a strategic event producer with 25+ years of experience and a proven track record for excellence in every event she produces. As the Founder and Creative Director of Naif Productions, she leads the strategy and blueprint for all events, helping clients save hundreds of thousands of dollars and has produced over $100M in revenue. Having started out working for major film and television production companies, Annette brings that same highly focused producer know-how and relaxed demeanor to creating events that flow on “cue” and are more than camera-ready.
Tanisha Lee
Crisis Management 101
Tanisha Lee is a passionate Event Planner and the owner of Soirées by Lee. With over 15 years of experience in the industry, she has a true heart for others and loves to help small businesses grow. As the founder of Collectively Wed, an online community for wedding and event professionals, she teaches business owners how to implement automation, event technology, systems, and processes to take their businesses to the next level. She also serves as a co-founder of START, a small business education collective focused on providing hands-on mentorship. Tanisha draws on her Hospitality & Tourism Management Certificate from Florida Atlantic University and her Marketing studies at Winthrop University to guide event professionals in growing their businesses with practical strategies and personalized support. Her love for all things event-related is only matched by her dedication to charity and raising her creative kid-prenuer.
Becca Pountney
Just Get It Done On The Day!
Becca Pountney is the UK’s leading wedding industry marketing expert. Using her experience from owning her own wedding business combined with her previous career in media working for Endemol, BBC and Heart Radio, Becca now teaches business owners how to go from feeling invisible to totally irresistible and fully booked in their wedding business in her clear, down to earth, practical style.
Becca is no stranger to the events industry having built an award winning wedding blog and consultancy business from the ground up in 2016. She is known for transforming the fortunes of businesses within the highly competitive wedding and events sector and has worked with over 1000 businesses through her courses, membership and speaking.
Becca’s mission is to inspire wedding professionals that it is possible to turn their passion into a profitable business doing what they love.
Rena Bullard
Key Wedding Day Touchpoints: Master the Most Critical Wedding Day Moments
Jacqueline SéRena Bullard, also known as Rena, is an evolving entrepreneur, educator, and event visionary. As the owner and lead planner and educator of Events U Love, Rena specializes in event management and wedding coordination.
Originally from New York, Rena began her career in the wedding industry as a caterer after earning her hospitality degree. In 2008 Rena and her husband and business partner Larry relocated to Maryland where she added interior design to her skills and become a published author.
After earning her communications degree Rena pursued her passion for teaching and taught at local colleges. Rena has built a reputation for empowering couples to confidently curate weddings that reflect their unique vision.
Becky Baker
Create and Maintain Successful Vendor Relationships....on the Wedding Day and Before!
Becky Baker is the founder of Becky's Brides where they plan timeless weddings throughout the Southeast. With a background in Accounting, Becky claims to be a business woman first, and a wedding planner second. Since launching Becky's Brides, she's grown from booking her first wedding for $400 on Craigslist to running an over half a million dollar revenue earning planning company. In addition to planning some of the most beautiful weddings in the South, Becky works with wedding planners on creating profitable, sustainable businesses.
Fallon Carter
From Solo to CEO: Leading with Vision and Empowering Your Team to Thrive
Fallon Carter is a renown destination event producer, media host, and Travel expert. As Founder and Creative Director of Fallon Carter
Events, Fallon has been recognized as one of the Top Wedding Planners in the World by Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, and BRIDES magazine. Fallon's intentional approach seamlessly blends the warmth of southern hospitality with the opulence of international luxury, creating unforgettable experiences for her clients.
In addition to her life as a planner, Fallon is a sought after host and public speaker. She is the host of the "We Do Collective" podcast, where she serves as an expert guide for those navigating the world of
wedding planning, providing practical advice and creative insights. Fallon has graced stages at events around the world, including Engage! Summit, The Abu Dhabi Wedding Show, WIPA (the Wedding
International Professionals Association), and The Knot’s Wedding Pro COR. Her speaking engagements have captivated audiences on a variety of topics including travel, wellness, entrepreneurship, and what it takes to create one of a kind event experiences.
Ashley Ebert
Instant Leads: The Surprising Power of Your Network to Get Clients Overnight
Ashley Ebert is the owner of one of the largest wedding planning companies in the country with a team of over 30 planners across 7 locations. She has 320 preferred vendors in her network and over 6 million in sales with an annual book of business of 250 - 350 weddings. Ashley shares everything she has learned with her community The Abundance Group, where she does 1:1 coaching and leads her mastermind community of wedding pros looking to scale from 100k to half a million.
Gabby Pinkerton
Selling and Managing a Team in Multiple Markets
Gabby Pinkerton is the CEO of 'Cause We Can Events, an event planning company that specializes in destination adventurous weddings and wildly creative social and non profit events. She started her company as a solopreneur in 2012 in the hopes of producing events for causes (see where the name came from?) but quickly fell in love with adventurous weddings. Today, she has a team of 3 planners in Los Angeles, Tennessee and Maine. Gabby and her team produce events all over the US, Canada, Europe and South Africa! Most recently, Gabby started a Youtube channel for new wedding planners and co-hosts a podcast for wedding pros called Just Another Biz Podcast. Fun fact: Gabby lives on a homestead in Tennessee with her husband and 15 animals.
Maria Bayer
More Money, Less Hustle: A Wedding Pro's Guide to Smart Scaling
Maria Bayer is a sales and mindset coach for ambitious wedding business owners who want to skip trial and error and confidently serve high-value clients. As the only wedding educator with over $25 million in sales experience, Maria brings a level of expertise unmatched in the industry. Creator of the groundbreaking Irresistible Selling program, she has helped her clients 2-10x their sales while working less and earning more. Maria teaches wedding pros how to connect authentically, communicate value, and command top dollar—without being pushy, salesy, or chasing clients. Her innovative approach blends mindset mastery with results-driven strategies that work across industries, setting her clients up for long-term success. Originally from Chicago and now living in Arizona with her husband and furbaby, Maria loves travel, hosting Italian-inspired dinners, and hiking. Her mission is to help wedding pros become industry leaders and create a legacy for their families.
Feyisola
Leading Your Team Through The Hard Stuff
Feyisola Ogunfemi, is the Chief Event Officer of Statuesque Events, an event planning firm with a team of planners serving events in Washington DC, the New York metro and the globe. Her work has been seen on BRIDES, Essence, The Washington Times, INSIDER, Fox 5 DC, Fox 29 San Antonio, TheKnot and more. She was recently listed on the Bizbash 500 list of the most influential event planners as well. She is an engineer turned event planner and coach. Through her program, Planners who Profit, she helps professional event planners become six-figure planners - teaching them how to market, sell and structure their businesses to serve high-end and luxury clients excellently and with ease.
Brandee Gaar
Profitable Pay Structures: How to Compensate Your Team Members
Brandee is a proven sales + profit strategist with a decade-long track record for helping wedding professionals transform their businesses from expensive hobbies to thriving careers.
She got her start in event planning, eventually opening her own business and quickly becoming the go-to vendor for Orlando bespoke weddings. She’ll tell you she tried everything the wrong way first, which is how she figured out how to run a business the right way. After teaching more than 1,100 wedding industry vendors through her Wedding Pro CEO curriculum, she expanded her coaching team so she could support even more professionals in their career goals.
Shafonne Myers
Hiring and Managing Virtual Assistants and Off/Online Team Members
A media mogul and trailblazer in the world of marketing, Shafonne founded the only site dedicated to plus-size brides, Pretty Pear Bride and lead a powerhouse wedding media company and digital marketing agency, Aisle Society, with over 10 unique wedding publications under my belt. Oh, and did we mention she is THE Size Inclusivity Expert in the wedding industry—and beyond?
With her experience in multi-million dollar launches and generating over $30 million in revenue for clients and partners, Shafonne is here to share the proven strategies that can transform your business and elevate your life. Say goodbye to blending in and hello to standing out in style.
Amber Peterson
Operational Excellence: Developing SOPs for Wedding Planning Efficiency and Consistency
Amber Peterson is the owner/CEO of Planner's Lounge, a trusted resource empowering wedding planners to build thriving businesses. With over 15 years of experience in the wedding industry, Amber blends real-world expertise with a passion for helping others succeed. She simplifies the complexities of launching and growing a wedding planning business through comprehensive digital products and practical tools.
Amber’s understanding of the challenges planners face stems from her own journey of building a successful planning business. Her goal is to help others turn their passion into profit by offering actionable strategies and insights, ensuring their businesses are both sustainable and fulfilling.
Wendy Kidd, CMWP
Leading Your Team to Be the Best Version of You
Wendy Kidd, founder of Each & Every Detail, is a seasoned wedding planner with 20 years of experience. Known for her intuition and direct approach, Wendy excels at turning clients’ visions into unforgettable events. A Certified Master Wedding Planner, she also mentors aspiring planners through teaching and workshops.
In addition to her planning work, Wendy fosters a collaborative community of business owners through Boss Level Engaged, where she helps entrepreneurs streamline tasks and get things done.
Her expertise has been featured in publications like Style Me Pretty, Wedding Chicks, DWeddings, and Brit + Co. Wendy has also spoken at events for organizations such as the American Association of Certified Wedding Planners, Society of Wedding Professionals and the North Dallas Vendors Association.
Meghan Ely
Navigating Wedding Submissions as a Planner
OFD Consulting owner, Meghan Ely combines in-the-trenches event experience with a love of wedding PR to empower her clients to take their businesses to new heights. Her team’s publicity efforts are regularly honored by the Public Relations Society of America, and more recently, Eventex named her one of the most influential Wedding Professionals in the Industry.
A long-time industry speaker and writer, she is a WeddingPro educator with The Knot + WeddingWire. She has regularly earned clients press in such outlets at the New York Times, Brides, Martha Stewart Weddings, People, Bridal Guide, Architectural Digest and Style Me Pretty, among many others.
Meghan is a past national president WIPA and is a member of the Allied Council for the National Society of Black Wedding and Event Professionals.
Tayler Cusick-Hollman
AI and Marketing: Where to Start and Best Practices
A marketing consultant and small-business builder, Tayler is the Founder of Enji—easy-to-use software for small business owners who do their own marketing. With Enji, Tayler is taking everything she has learned over nearly a decade of helping small businesses with marketing to build the tools you need to do your marketing fast, efficiently, and with tons of confidence. Because, while you didn’t sign up to be Chief Marketing Officer of your business, at Enji, we believe becoming one doesn’t have to be so daunting.
Adrienna McDermott
Turn Every Wedding into a Content Goldmine
Adrienna McDermott is the founder of Ava And The Bee, a marketing agency exclusively for wedding professionals that builds connections with dream couples through inclusive, results-driven marketing, copywriting, branding, and website design. As a former bridal boutique owner, wedding planner, and florist, she intimately understands vendors' challenges when standing out against the competition. With a unique blend of real-world experience and a signature step-by-step process that is always backed with data, Adrienna knows how to simplify marketing so that wedding pros can confidently grow and scale their business.
Serena Waller
What You Need to know about TikTok Marketing as a Wedding Planner in 2025
Retired wedding vendor and your taco loving, coffee drinking, nap obsessed #boymom and wife. She enjoys weekends spent at the beach, hiking, traveling, flowers, organizing, reading, and dreaming big. I’ve been helping wedding pros establish marketing systems and get social media off their plate since 2015.
Loni Peterson, MLS
Everlasting Impact: Setting Marketing Goals That Stand the Test of Time
As a full time professor at CU Boulder in the Advertising, PR, and Design Department, Loni brings her expertise and passion for teaching to the stage as a keynote speaker, panel moderator, and workshop leader. She has recently enjoyed speaking for the Wedding Industry Professionals Association, PartySlate, Boulder Wedding Showcase, the International Wedding Summit in Rome, and Promessi Spossi Wedding Expo in Puglia, Italy!
Lauren Grove
Algorithm-Proof Your Instagram Strategy
Lauren Grove has been an innovative force in the wedding industry for over a decade. As the founder of wedding publication Every Last Detail and now the CEO of the wedding marketing agency, Lauren Grove Interactive, Lauren has helped countless wedding pros navigate marketing to reach engaged couples. When she's not immersed in the world of weddings and marketing, she enjoys cherishing moments with her high school sweetheart, their two lovely daughters, and their new puppy, Betty... likely while listening to Taylor Swift.