Today I'm joined by Celeste Vee, violinist, founder of VEE Entertainment, and someone who has built a truly lasting career in the wedding industry.

From starting violin at four years old to performing professionally at 12, Celeste has experienced every stage of what it looks like to grow as both a musician and a business owner.

In this episode, we talk about her journey from bands to building a solo career, how she scaled into a multi-musician brand, and what it really takes to grow something sustainable in this industry.

• How Celeste got started and found her path into weddings

• The transition from performing in bands to going solo

• How she began building and scaling a team of musicians

• What's actually worked for her when it comes to marketing and referrals

• Lessons learned the hard way (especially when things don't go as planned)

• Why experience is the biggest teacher in this industry

• Book a Free Gap Assessment: https://weddingproceo.com/application?utm_source=coach&utm_medium=erica&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=wpceo-program-application

• Showit Partner Promo: Get your first month free: https://showit.com/r/cpqxxs75
  
  

A Gap Assessment is a quick strategy session where we look at where your business is right now, where you want to go, and what's missing in between.

You leave with clarity on your biggest bottleneck, your next best steps, and which marketing actions will actually move the needle.

It's for wedding business owners who feel like they're doing a lot, but their results are not matching their effort, or they want a clear plan to hit their next revenue level.

Resources for Wedding Vendors:

• 🎵 Honeybook: Streamline your contracts, invoices, and payments with Honeybook! Get 30% off your first year by signing up here: https://share.honeybook.com/erica8964375

• 💌 Flodesk: Simplify your email marketing and save 50% on your first year with Flodesk: https://flodesk.com/c/ALOHAERICA

• Wedding Pro CEO Program: Learn how to run your business like true CEOs, focusing on profit, team building, strategic systems, and sustainable growth to move beyond the hustle and achieve a better work-life balance. https://weddingproceo.com/application?utm_source=coach&utm_medium=erica&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=wpceo-program-application

• 🌐 Wedding SEO Bootcamp by Sara Does SEO: Learn how to optimize your website for Google with this wedding pro-focused program. Check it out here: https://alohaerica--saradoesseo.thrivecart.com/wedding-seo-bootcamp/

💌 Let's connect! Share your thoughts on this episode and find more tips and resources at www.alohaerica.com/atlast.

Thank you for tuning in! If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a friend. Let's grow together and create the wedding business of your dreams!

If you've been posting consistently, showing up at networking events, updating your website, and trying to stay visible…

…but your inquiries still feel random or inconsistent…

This episode is for you.

Because here's the truth:

Your problem is not visibility.
Your problem is clarity.

And when your messaging isn't clear, it quietly affects everything — your inquiries, your pricing, your referrals, and how confident you feel in your business.

• What actually happens when your marketing lacks clarity
• Why you're attracting the wrong inquiries (and how to fix it)
• The real reason couples ghost after you send pricing
• Why "posting more" isn't solving your marketing problem
• How clarity impacts your pricing, referrals, and confidence
• Signs your marketing issue is actually a clarity issue
• A simple clarity audit you can do right away

Marketing does not create clarity.
Marketing amplifies clarity.

If your message is unclear, more visibility will only create more confusion.

But when your message is clear, your marketing starts working the way it's supposed to.

• Book a Free Gap Assessment: https://weddingproceo.com/application?utm_source=coach&utm_medium=erica&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=wpceo-program-application
  
  

• Showit Partner Promo: Get your first month free: https://showit.com/r/cpqxxs75
  
  

A Gap Assessment is a quick strategy session where we look at where your business is right now, where you want to go, and what's missing in between.

You leave with clarity on your biggest bottleneck, your next best steps, and which marketing actions will actually move the needle.

It's for wedding business owners who feel like they're doing a lot, but their results are not matching their effort, or they want a clear plan to hit their next revenue level.

Resources for Wedding Vendors:

• 🎵 Honeybook: Streamline your contracts, invoices, and payments with Honeybook! Get 30% off your first year by signing up here: https://share.honeybook.com/erica8964375

• 💌 Flodesk: Simplify your email marketing and save 50% on your first year with Flodesk: https://flodesk.com/c/ALOHAERICA

• Wedding Pro CEO Program: Learn how to run your business like true CEOs, focusing on profit, team building, strategic systems, and sustainable growth to move beyond the hustle and achieve a better work-life balance. https://weddingproceo.com/application?utm_source=coach&utm_medium=erica&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=wpceo-program-application

• 🌐 Wedding SEO Bootcamp by Sara Does SEO: Learn how to optimize your website for Google with this wedding pro-focused program. Check it out here: https://alohaerica--saradoesseo.thrivecart.com/wedding-seo-bootcamp/

💌 Let's connect! Share your thoughts on this episode and find more tips and resources at www.alohaerica.com/atlast.

Thank you for tuning in! If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a friend. Let's grow together and create the wedding business of your dreams!

If you have ever wondered why couples choose one vendor over another, even when both are talented… this episode is going to shift the way you think about marketing forever.

Because couples are not choosing vendors logically first.

They are choosing emotionally, and then justifying their decision with logic afterward.

In this episode, we are breaking down what couples are really buying, why trust signals matter more than talent, and what you need to communicate faster if you want couples to choose you confidently.

• The real psychology behind how couples make buying decision

• Why couples are not just buying a service, they are buying certainty

• What couples are truly paying for (and why it is deeper than talent)

• The trust signals that matter most in the wedding industry

• Why clarity and confidence often book faster than "being the best"

• What your website and Instagram must communicate immediately
  
  

Couples book the vendor that feels like the safest yes.

Your job is to build trust quickly through clarity, consistency, and professionalism.

Audit your website and Instagram bio and ask:
"If a couple found me for the first time today, would they instantly understand what experience I create?"

• Book a Free Gap Assessment: https://weddingproceo.com/application?utm_source=coach&utm_medium=erica&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=wpceo-program-application
  
  

• Showit Partner Promo: Get your first month free: https://showit.com/r/cpqxxs75
  
  

A Gap Assessment is a quick strategy session where we look at where your business is right now, where you want to go, and what's missing in between.

You leave with clarity on your biggest bottleneck, your next best steps, and which marketing actions will actually move the needle.

It's for wedding business owners who feel like they're doing a lot, but their results are not matching their effort, or they want a clear plan to hit their next revenue level.

Resources for Wedding Vendors:

• 🎵 Honeybook: Streamline your contracts, invoices, and payments with Honeybook! Get 30% off your first year by signing up here: https://share.honeybook.com/erica8964375

• 💌 Flodesk: Simplify your email marketing and save 50% on your first year with Flodesk: https://flodesk.com/c/ALOHAERICA

• Wedding Pro CEO Program: Learn how to run your business like true CEOs, focusing on profit, team building, strategic systems, and sustainable growth to move beyond the hustle and achieve a better work-life balance. https://weddingproceo.com/application?utm_source=coach&utm_medium=erica&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=wpceo-program-application

• 🌐 Wedding SEO Bootcamp by Sara Does SEO: Learn how to optimize your website for Google with this wedding pro-focused program. Check it out here: https://alohaerica--saradoesseo.thrivecart.com/wedding-seo-bootcamp/

💌 Let's connect! Share your thoughts on this episode and find more tips and resources at www.alohaerica.com/atlast.

Thank you for tuning in! If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a friend. Let's grow together and create the wedding business of your dreams!

If your website sounds like every other wedding vendor's website, you are not alone.

Most wedding business owners fall into the same messaging trap without even realizing it. They use the same "safe" words, the same phrases, and the same descriptions that feel professional, but do not actually help couples understand what makes them different.

In this episode, we are diving deep into why wedding brands start blending together, what clarity actually sounds like, and how to fix your messaging so couples instantly feel like you are the perfect fit.

• Why so many wedding businesses accidentally start sounding identical

• The "timeless, elevated, stress-free" messaging trap (and why it hurts your bookings)

• What clarity actually sounds like in your marketing

• How couples skim your website and make fast decisions

• Why specific messaging makes you stand out faster than "beautiful wording"

• How to write a StoryBrand-style one-liner that instantly creates clarity
  
  

"I help [specific type of couple]
who are struggling with [a very real, specific problem or fear]
so they can [the outcome they actually want]."

Write your one-liner today and compare it to your current website bio or Instagram bio. If it feels vague, rewrite it until it sounds specific and clear.

• Book a Free Gap Assessment: https://weddingproceo.com/application?utm_source=coach&utm_medium=erica&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=wpceo-program-application
  

• Showit Partner Promo: Get your first month free: https://showit.com/r/cpqxxs75
  
  

A Gap Assessment is a quick strategy session where we look at where your business is right now, where you want to go, and what's missing in between.

You leave with clarity on your biggest bottleneck, your next best steps, and which marketing actions will actually move the needle.

It's for wedding business owners who feel like they're doing a lot, but their results are not matching their effort, or they want a clear plan to hit their next revenue level.

Resources for Wedding Vendors:

• 🎵 Honeybook: Streamline your contracts, invoices, and payments with Honeybook! Get 30% off your first year by signing up here: https://share.honeybook.com/erica8964375

• 💌 Flodesk: Simplify your email marketing and save 50% on your first year with Flodesk: https://flodesk.com/c/ALOHAERICA

• Wedding Pro CEO Program: Learn how to run your business like true CEOs, focusing on profit, team building, strategic systems, and sustainable growth to move beyond the hustle and achieve a better work-life balance. https://weddingproceo.com/application?utm_source=coach&utm_medium=erica&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=wpceo-program-application

• 🌐 Wedding SEO Bootcamp by Sara Does SEO: Learn how to optimize your website for Google with this wedding pro-focused program. Check it out here: https://alohaerica--saradoesseo.thrivecart.com/wedding-seo-bootcamp/

💌 Let's connect! Share your thoughts on this episode and find more tips and resources at www.alohaerica.com/atlast.

Thank you for tuning in! If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a friend. Let's grow together and create the wedding business of your dreams!

What does it actually look like to have a strategy as a wedding vendor, not just hustle, networking, and hope?

In this episode of The At Last Podcast, Erica sits down with her good friend Erin Dienst, who is currently completing her MBA at Yale School of Management, to apply real competitive strategy frameworks to the wedding industry.

Erin brings insights from her graduate coursework in Competitive Strategy, and together they unpack what truly creates competitive advantage for wedding vendors in a highly networked, referral-driven market.

This is a must-listen episode for wedding musicians and wedding vendors who want to stop relying on random referrals and start building a business that grows strategically.

In this episode they cover:

• What "strategy" actually means in the wedding industry

• Applying Competitive Strategy to the Wedding Market

• How Wedding Vendors Build Real Competitive Advantage

• Marketing Implications for Wedding Vendors

🎧 Listen in for an insightful episode.

Resources for Wedding Vendors:

• 🎵 Honeybook: Streamline your contracts, invoices, and payments with Honeybook! Get 30% off your first year by signing up here: https://share.honeybook.com/erica8964375

• 💌 Flodesk: Simplify your email marketing and save 50% on your first year with Flodesk: https://flodesk.com/c/ALOHAERICA

• Wedding Pro CEO Program: Learn how to run your business like true CEOs, focusing on profit, team building, strategic systems, and sustainable growth to move beyond the hustle and achieve a better work-life balance. https://weddingproceo.com/application?utm_source=coach&utm_medium=erica&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=wpceo-program-application

• 🌐 Wedding SEO Bootcamp by Sara Does SEO: Learn how to optimize your website for Google with this wedding pro-focused program. Check it out here: https://alohaerica--saradoesseo.thrivecart.com/wedding-seo-bootcamp/

💌 Let's connect! Share your thoughts on this episode and find more tips and resources at www.alohaerica.com/atlast.

Thank you for tuning in! If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a friend. Let's grow together and create the wedding business of your dreams!

Every January, we promise ourselves this will be the year we're more consistent, more organized, and more on top of things. And every year, most of those habits quietly fade by February.

In this episode of The At Last Podcast, Erica breaks down why New Year habits fail, what Atomic Habits by James Clear teaches us about building habits that actually last, and how systems, not motivation, are the real key to change.

This episode is especially for wedding musicians and creative wedding vendors who want to build businesses that support their lives, not consume them.

You'll learn:

• Why focusing on goals instead of systems keeps you stuck
  
  

• The four principles from Atomic Habits that make habits easier to maintain
  
  

• Real-life examples of habits built through systems, not willpower
  
  

• How small environmental changes create massive long-term consistency
  
  

• Why identity-based habits are more powerful than intention-based goals

Whether you're trying to get more organized, prepare better for weddings, or simply feel less scattered in your day-to-day life, this episode will help you rethink habits in a way that actually feels doable.

🎧 Listen in and start designing habits that work with your life, not against it.

Resources for Wedding Vendors:

• 🎵 Honeybook: Streamline your contracts, invoices, and payments with Honeybook! Get 30% off your first year by signing up here: https://share.honeybook.com/erica8964375

• 💌 Flodesk: Simplify your email marketing and save 50% on your first year with Flodesk: https://flodesk.com/c/ALOHAERICA

• Wedding Pro CEO Program: Learn how to run your business like true CEOs, focusing on profit, team building, strategic systems, and sustainable growth to move beyond the hustle and achieve a better work-life balance. https://weddingproceo.com/application?utm_source=coach&utm_medium=erica&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=wpceo-program-application

• 🌐 Wedding SEO Bootcamp by Sara Does SEO: Learn how to optimize your website for Google with this wedding pro-focused program. Check it out here: https://alohaerica--saradoesseo.thrivecart.com/wedding-seo-bootcamp/

💌 Let's connect! Share your thoughts on this episode and find more tips and resources at www.alohaerica.com/atlast.

Thank you for tuning in! If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a friend. Let's grow together and create the wedding business of your dreams!

As the year comes to a close, it's easy to focus only on revenue and bookings. But income alone doesn't tell the full story of how your wedding business actually felt to run.

In this episode, we're stepping back to reflect with intention, not pressure.

Whether you're a musician transitioning into weddings or another type of wedding vendor who felt busy but not organized this year, this episode will help you close the year with clarity instead of chaos.

We cover:

• One thing that truly worked this year and why it's worth protecting

• One thing that drained your energy without delivering results

• One system that's worth simplifying before next wedding season

• A mindset reframe that reminds you growth doesn't always mean doing more
  
  

We also touch on how simple systems, like a CRM or email nurture, can quietly support you behind the scenes so next season feels calmer and more professional.

🎧 Listen now and give yourself permission to reset before the new year begins.

Resources for Wedding Vendors:

• 🎵 Honeybook: Streamline your contracts, invoices, and payments with Honeybook! Get 30% off your first year by signing up here: https://share.honeybook.com/erica8964375

• 💌 Flodesk: Simplify your email marketing and save 50% on your first year with Flodesk: https://flodesk.com/c/ALOHAERICA

• Wedding Pro CEO Program: Learn how to run your business like true CEOs, focusing on profit, team building, strategic systems, and sustainable growth to move beyond the hustle and achieve a better work-life balance. https://weddingproceo.com/application?utm_source=coach&utm_medium=erica&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=wpceo-program-application

• 🌐 Wedding SEO Bootcamp by Sara Does SEO: Learn how to optimize your website for Google with this wedding pro-focused program. Check it out here: https://alohaerica--saradoesseo.thrivecart.com/wedding-seo-bootcamp/

💌 Let's connect! Share your thoughts on this episode and find more tips and resources at www.alohaerica.com/atlast.

Thank you for tuning in! If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a friend. Let's grow together and create the wedding business of your dreams!

Engagement season is coming and this episode teaches wedding vendors how to prepare their marketing plan so they can book more clients, strengthen vendor referrals, and upgrade their sales systems before inquiries surge.

If you are a wedding musician, planner, photographer, venue team member, florist, videographer, or any wedding professional, this episode walks you through the exact steps to get your business ready for the busiest booking season of the year.

• 💌 Flodesk: Simplify your email marketing and save 50% on your first year with Flodesk: https://flodesk.com/c/ALOHAERICA

• How wedding vendors can prepare their marketing before engagement season
• What to prioritize in your marketing plan for the new year
• How to structure weekly and monthly marketing tasks for consistency
• How wedding vendors can get more referrals from venues, planners, and photographers
• Strategies for increasing organic leads through SEO and blog content
• The most effective social media tactics for wedding vendors during engagement season
• How to set up your CRM, inquiry automations, and follow up workflows
• Why nurturing leads through weekly emails helps couples choose you faster
• How to stay top of mind with vendor newsletters
• How to use ManyChat to respond faster to couples on Instagram and TikTok
• Why Flodesk is the best tool for automated email marketing for wedding vendors

• Flodesk for automated workflows, inquiry emails, vendor newsletters, and weekly nurture emails
• CRM automations for faster responses during engagement season
• ManyChat for social media automation

Prepare your marketing now so you can stay visible, build relationships, and book more during engagement season. Lock in your Flodesk plan before pricing increases and start building the workflows that will carry your wedding business through your busiest season.

Resources for Wedding Vendors:

• 🎵 Honeybook: Streamline your contracts, invoices, and payments with Honeybook! Get 30% off your first year by signing up here: https://share.honeybook.com/erica8964375

• 💌 Flodesk: Simplify your email marketing and save 50% on your first year with Flodesk: https://flodesk.com/c/ALOHAERICA

• 🌐 Wedding SEO Bootcamp by Sara Does SEO: Learn how to optimize your website for Google with this wedding pro-focused program. Check it out here: https://alohaerica--saradoesseo.thrivecart.com/wedding-seo-bootcamp/

💌 Let's connect! Share your thoughts on this episode and find more tips and resources at www.alohaerica.com/atlast.

Thank you for tuning in! If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a friend. Let's grow together and create the wedding business of your dreams!