{"podcast":{"title":"Mind Your Wedding Business Podcast","slug":"mind-your-wedding-business-podcast-6984620","podcast_index_feed_id":6984620,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/mind-your-wedding-business/","website_url":"https://weddingiq.com/mind-your-wedding-business","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/a1aad341-0480-4ed3-a468-db3e2bc1f0f2/9RoW8bz2XHM6I-Ata4JNMWRN.jpg","author":"Kevin Dennis","episode_count":77,"summary":"The Mind Your Wedding Business Podcast provides actionable strategies and resources for business-minded wedding professionals who love love — but also care about their bottom line. Host and owner of the WeddingIQ blog, Kevin Dennis, welcomes industry experts to each episode to share their best advice, biggest mistakes, and proven strategies for business growth and client satisfaction. Kevin brings his own share of industry knowledge to the table. He is the founder of lighting and A/V company, Fantasy Sound Event Services, as well as a national speaker and regular contributor to B2B publications across the event industry. He has served on the board for the Foundation of NACE, NACE Silicon Valley, and WIPA. He is also the founder of the Tri-Valley Wedding Professionals Networking Group. Tune in each week to learn about sales, marketing, client service, event technology, and more — all with the intention to help wedding professionals grow their businesses and achieve their goals.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-01T00:17:39.684508+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mind-your-wedding-business-podcast-6984620"},"episode":{"title":"#62: Business Trip! Venue Relationships That Get You Referred with Shannon Tarrant","slug":"62-business-trip-venue-relationships-that-get-you-referred-with-shannon-tarrant","published_at":"2026-02-10T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mind-your-wedding-business-podcast-6984620/62-business-trip-venue-relationships-that-get-you-referred-with-shannon-tarrant","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mind-your-wedding-business-podcast-6984620","url":"https://mind-your-wedding-business.captivate.fm/episode/62-business-trip-venue-relationships-that-get-you-referred-with-shannon-tarrant","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/ff771ec5-cfaf-4434-8179-6b101f644fda.mp3","summary":"In this episode of Mind Your Wedding Business , we’re launching a brand-new podcast takeover segment called Business Trip! — where industry experts step into the host seat to interview Kevin Dennis and take a deeper dive into real-world wedding business insights. For the first Business Trip, Shannon Tarrant , co-founder of Wedding Venue Map , takes over as guest host to tackle one of the biggest “hot topics” in the wedding industry: getting on venue preferred vendor lists and staying on them. Shannon and Kevin break down why vendors chase these lists so hard, what preferred lists actually mean from a venue’s perspective, and why the real goal isn’t just being “listed”… it’s becoming the vendor the venue team genuinely trusts to deliver every time. They cover what venues notice, how event-day professionalism affects referrals, and why relationships, consistency, and being easy to work with matter more than trying to skip the line. You’ll also hear practical, actionable ways to build stronger venue partnerships—like doing a site walk before your first event, showing up prepared, collaborating on social media in ways that benefit the venue, and sending the post-event follow-up that almost no one sends (but everyone remembers). Shannon Tarrant is the co-founder of Wedding Venue Map , a Central Florida–based wedding venue search engine. With nearly two decades in the wedding industry, she’s passionate about connecting couples with trusted local experts and helping vendors build stronger, more effective venue relationships. Highlights Introducing Business Trip! , the new MYWB takeover segment Why preferred vendor lists feel like “validation” (and what they really are) The biggest mistakes vendors make when trying to get on a list How to actually earn trust with venue teams o…","meta_description":"In this episode of Mind Your Wedding Business , we’re launching a brand-new podcast takeover segment called Business Trip! — where industry experts step i…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3303,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mind-your-wedding-business-podcast-6984620/episodes/62-business-trip-venue-relationships-that-get-you-referred-with-shannon-tarrant/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mind-your-wedding-business-podcast-6984620/62-business-trip-venue-relationships-that-get-you-referred-with-shannon-tarrant.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}