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Phase 01 Attract Takes proof → makes demand

For wedding & corporate event plannersAcross Canada

Your work hasn’t changed. How clients find you has.

Perennial helps couples and companies find you, and turns every event you run — weddings, galas, retreats — into proof for the next one.

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54%

of couples used AI to plan their wedding in 2026

Zola First Look Report 2026

We asked ChatGPT · September 2026

“Who are the best wedding planners in Victoria BC?”

7of 8

names it gave came from just two directories.

ThreeBestRated 3
The Wedy 4
No source 1
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The results

Since 2025, across Canada.

  • 120+ events booked
  • 39 successful referrals

The Perennial model

A funnel ends. A perennial comes back.

Four phases in a closed loop. Each one takes something in and makes what the next one needs, so what you grow this season feeds the next.

  1. Phase01 Attract Takes proof makes demand Cited by the AI engines, listed on every directory, your Business Profile, blog posts, venue guides and Meta ads.

    Attract feeds Phase 02 with demand

  2. Phase02 Capture Takes demand makes bookings A qualifying form, the scheduler behind it, a same-day reply with a real range, a brief before you call back.

    Capture feeds Phase 03 with bookings

  3. Phase03 Run Takes bookings makes delivered weddings A Monday briefing, couples chased instead of you, vendor packets, a timeline for every venue, and guardrails that tell you when to say no.

    Run feeds Phase 04 with delivered weddings

  4. Phase04 Encore Takes delivered weddings makes proof Reviews that name the venue, real-wedding features, a cut for the venue, the anniversary email.

    Encore feeds Phase 01 with proof

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Phase four’s output is phase one’s input.

The review that names the venue is what the directories rank on and what the AI engines quote back. That’s what makes it a loop, not a funnel.

Phase 01: Attract

Takes proof makes demand

When a couple asks, be the answer.

The couple hasn’t heard of you yet.

Fig. 2 The answer a couple gets, with your pages cited
Fig. 3 Your journal: niche posts in your words, written by event planners, two or three a week

Illustrative product views. Names, dates and figures are examples.

Maya is newly engaged, and she asks an AI who should plan her wedding in Victoria. It reads your site, audited, rebuilt and written to be quoted, then the maps and directories we’ve made agree with it. Your pricing page answers her, so she arrives already knowing your range. Every week new posts go up in your words, written by actual event planners about the venues, seasons and questions your couples care about, and paid reach finds the couples who haven’t asked anyone yet. The proof Encore produces keeps feeding all of it, and the moment her enquiry arrives, Capture begins.

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  1. From phase 04 Encore The reviews and features every wedding leaves behind
  2. i Your site Audited, rebuilt, written to be quoted
  3. ii Every map and directory Claimed, verified, made to agree
  4. iii Paid reach Meta ads to the recently engaged, and Pinterest
  5. Into phase 02 Capture Her enquiry, from a couple who already knows your range

What we do

Get found everywhere she looks.

Fourteen pieces of work, one job: when a couple or a company in your city asks a search engine, a map, a directory or an AI who to hire, your name is in the answer.

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  1. Pages written to be quoted by ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Claude

    • Answers written plainly enough for the engines to lift word for word.
    • Your prices, venues and service area stated where a machine can read them.

  2. Blog posts targeting your niche, in your words

    • Professional, and written by actual event planners who know a load-in from a first look.
    • Each one answers a question your couples really ask, so the engines have something to quote.
    • Two a week on Ranked, three on Cited, four on Automated and five on Scaled.

  3. Schema and llms.txt under every page

    • Structured data tells the engines what each page is: a service, an FAQ, a price.
    • An llms.txt file hands AI crawlers a clean map of your studio.

  4. Website rebuild and full technical audit

    • Speed, mobile, indexing and broken links: every issue found and fixed.
    • A site that looks like your weddings, not like your template.

  5. Business Profile built, verified, updated weekly

    • Categories, service area, photos and Q&A filled in properly.
    • A fresh post every week, so your profile never reads as dormant.

  6. Bing Places, which is what feeds ChatGPT

    • Claimed, verified and matched to your Business Profile.
    • It’s the listing ChatGPT reads, so it has to be right.

  7. Apple Business Connect

    • Your studio on Apple Maps with the right name, hours and photos.
    • Found by the couple searching from her iPhone on the ferry.

  8. The Wedy claimed, ThreeBestRated nominated

    • The two directories behind seven of the eight names ChatGPT gave.
    • The Wedy is free to claim and ranks by review count, so your reviews go there.

  9. WeddingWire, Eventective and Yelp made consistent

    • One name, one number, one set of hours on every listing.
    • Old numbers and dead links cleared, so no engine gets a mixed signal.

  10. LinkedIn, your chamber and the event-industry directories

    • A company booking a retreat never opens WeddingWire. It searches LinkedIn and asks the chamber.
    • Claimed and kept consistent with everything else, so weekday work can find you too.

  11. Venue guide pages that catch couples who already booked

    • A guide for each venue you know well: load-in, light, timings, the rain plan.
    • Found by the couple who has the venue and still needs the planner.

  12. Off-season pages, written before anyone starts looking

    • January and November dates argued for properly, while nobody else is writing about them.
    • The cheapest ranking on the calendar, and it fills the months that hurt most.

  13. Pricing pages for the highest-intent query

    • A real range, published, so the engines can answer “what does it cost”.
    • Couples arrive already knowing roughly where you sit.

  14. Corporate pages: retreats, galas, conferences, fundraisers

    • A company will not hire you off a wedding page, however good the wedding page is.
    • Their kind of event, in their words, so they believe this is something you do.

  15. Search Console wired

    • You see which questions bring couples in, and where they land.
    • Indexing problems caught in a week, not discovered in a season.

  16. Competitor tracking across maps, directories and AI answers

    • Where every studio near you sits, checked on a schedule and charted over time.
    • You see the month you passed someone, not just a list of the work we did.

  17. Meta ads: recently engaged, bridal interest, local radius

    • Shown to newly engaged couples within reach of Victoria.
    • Built from your own real weddings, never stock photography.

  18. Pinterest

    • Pins for every real wedding, each one linked back to your site.
    • Where couples save ideas months before they enquire.

  19. A venue and vendor referral programme

    • Preferred-vendor lists, outreach we actually track, and a content cut each venue can post.
    • Venues send more work than any directory, and nothing else on this list touches them.

Attract feeds phase 02

Her enquiry arrives on a Tuesday at 9:14 pm. Capture turns it into a booking.

Into phase 02: Capture
Fed by Phase 01 · AttractThe couples who found you arrive here

Phase 02: Capture

Takes demand makes bookings

Answer the same day, with a real number.

They found you. Now don’t lose them.

Fig. 5 Maya’s intake form, step 3 of 4
Fig. 6 The brief waiting for Claire

One pipeline. However she writes to you, it lands in the same place.

What we build

Ten quiet things between hello and a signed contract.

All of it plugs into the Dubsado, HoneyBook, Aisle Planner or Rock Paper Coin you already use. Nothing to learn, nothing to move.

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  1. A qualifying intake form

    • Four short steps in your voice: date, guests, venue, budget, how much help.
    • You stop spending first calls discovering it was never a fit.

  2. Your scheduler, gated behind the form, never beside it

    • The link to book a call appears only after the last question.
    • Your calendar fills with couples who’ve already told you their budget.

  3. A same-day reply carrying a real price range

    • Built from your packages, matched to guest count and level of help.
    • Couples hear a real number from you, not “it depends”.

  4. An instant acknowledgment to the couple

    • A warm note in your voice, sent the moment they press send.
    • Even at 9:14 on a Tuesday night, they know they’ve been heard.

  5. Every enquiry captured to your CRM, without retyping

    • Each answer lands as a new lead in Dubsado, HoneyBook, Aisle Planner or Rock Paper Coin, fields filled.
    • You never copy a date or a guest count by hand again.

  6. The date checked against your real booking calendar

    • The form reads the calendar you book from, not a guess.
    • Holds and signed dates both count, so nobody hears yes twice.

  7. Replies that branch: booked refers out, under budget gets the range

    • Date taken: a kind reply with a referral you trust.
    • Under budget: the honest range and a lighter option, like partial planning.

  8. An AI memo before every callback

    • One page: who they are, how they found you, what matters, what to ask.
    • You walk into every call already knowing the couple.

  9. One daily enquiry report, not notifications all day

    • Everything that came in, in a single digest, at a time you choose.
    • You stop watching your phone and start reviewing a list.

  10. Email and DM enquiries in the same pipeline

    • Emails and Instagram DMs read, parsed and filed as leads.
    • One inbox to check, and nothing slips between apps.

  11. Email nurture across the 12 to 18 month cycle

    • Gentle notes timed to where the couple is: venue, vendors, planning.
    • You stay the name they remember while they decide.

  12. Your reply time, measured

    • Answering first is the biggest lever in this phase, so it becomes a number you can see.
    • Tracked per enquiry, reported monthly, against where you started.

  13. Every lost enquiry logged, with the reason

    • Price, date, fit, or simply went quiet, recorded at the moment it happens.
    • After one season you know whether you have a pricing problem or a positioning one.
What Capture makes Bookings Feeds Phase 03 · Run Every booking becomes a wedding to deliver

Phase 03: Run

Takes bookings then makes delivered weddings

Run the season. Don’t let it run you.

You booked it. Now you have to survive it.

Every Monday you wake to one briefing across every event in flight. Your couples are chased for headcount, dietary notes, the song list and seating, so you stop being the one who asks. Payment schedules run themselves and flag what’s overdue. Vendor packets are built from your timeline, and confirmations are chased until they land. A venue timeline library and an assistant handoff pack mean you can finally delegate. Capacity guardrails tell you when to say no, and overflow referrals mean being full earns a fee. All of it plugs into the Dubsado, HoneyBook, Aisle Planner or Rock Paper Coin you already run.

Fig. 8 The Monday briefing, with Saturday’s vendor packet
Fig. 9 Capacity guardrails and overflow referrals

The busiest month of your year, run like a quiet one.

Fig. 10 The couple chased, not you

Illustrative product views. Names, dates and figures are examples.

What we run for you

Nine things off your plate, all season long.

The busy season is where studios burn out and phase four gets skipped. Carry it well and every event comes back as proof.

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Tell us how full next season already looks.

  1. A Monday briefing across every event in flight

    • One page before coffee: every event, days out, and what moved since last week
    • What needs you sits at the top. What we handled is filed below it.

  2. Capacity guardrails, so you know when to say no

    • Your limits, set once: per weekend, per month, per season
    • A full month closes itself to new enquiries before you overcommit

  3. Your couples chased for headcount, dietary notes, song list and seating

    • Friendly nudges in your voice, timed to your planning calendar
    • Answers land in the file, not in your texts at 11 pm

  4. Payment schedules automated, overdue flagged

    • Reminders go out before every instalment, so you never have to ask
    • Anything overdue shows up in your briefing with a note drafted

  5. Vendor packets from your timeline, confirmations chased

    • Each vendor gets their slice of the run of show, built from your timeline
    • Confirmations chased until every tick is in

  6. A venue timeline library, the thing that makes delegation possible

    • Load-in times, curfews, ferry schedules and the coordinator’s cell, saved per venue
    • Every new event starts from the last one there, not a blank page

  7. An assistant handoff pack for every event

    • One pack your assistant or day-of lead can run the wedding from
    • Contacts, timeline, floor plan and couple notes, in the order they need them

  8. Overflow referral routing, so being full earns a fee

    • Enquiries for dates you’ve closed go to partner planners you choose
    • Every referral logged, so the fee is tracked, not forgotten

  9. A bench of day-of staff, sourced and briefed

    • Vetted before the season, not found in a panic in August.
    • What caps most studios is not demand, it is hands.

  10. Plugs into your Dubsado, HoneyBook, Aisle Planner or Rock Paper Coin, rather than replacing it

    • Your contracts, invoices and client portal stay exactly where they are
    • We build around them rather than replacing them

  11. A full audit of the CRM you already pay for

    • What is configured, what is dormant, and where you are still retyping things by hand.
    • Most studios use about a fifth of the tool they pay for every month.

  12. Your workflow built end to end, in the tool you already use

    • Enquiry, questionnaire, proposal, contract, invoice, reminders and offboarding, all joined up.
    • All four platforms can do this. Almost nobody ever finishes the setup.

  13. Emails, proposals and contracts templated in your voice

    • The messages you rewrite every week, written once and installed properly.
    • Your wording, not a template pack, so nothing sounds like it came from somewhere else.

  14. Forms and questionnaires rebuilt to drive the automation

    • Free text turned into structured fields the workflow can actually read.
    • It is the difference between automation that runs and automation you quietly switch off.

  15. One pipeline, one calendar, one source of truth

    • Stages that forecast the season instead of collecting everything under enquiry.
    • Calendars synced, so a double booking is not possible.

  16. A migration, if you are still running on spreadsheets

    • A straight recommendation between the four platforms, based on how you actually work.
    • Then the move itself, with nothing left behind in the old sheet.
What Run makes Delivered weddings Feeds Phase 04 · Encore Every wedding becomes proof for the next

Phase 04: Encore

Takes delivered weddings makes proof

The party is over. The asset isn’t.

The last dance is the first seed of next year.

While it’s still fresh, we follow up with the couple, then ask for a review that names the venue and the city, because that’s what directories rank on and what the AI engines quote back. The wedding goes up on your site as a real-wedding feature, and the site stays current with the new photography. Every event becomes a content package of reels, grid and stories, and your social is handled. The venue gets a cut of its own to post, which opens the referral door. A handwritten card follows. One year on, an anniversary email gently opens the referral ask, and past clients hear from you again.

The phase most studios have broken. Not for lack of care: for lack of hours in October.

After Saturday, Sep 18 Maya & Jordan’s encore, on its own clock

  1. Day 3Follow-up and the review ask
  2. Week 1Handwritten card posted
  3. Week 3Feature live, reels and grid out
  4. Week 4The venue’s cut sent
  5. Year 1Anniversary email, the soft ask
Fig. 11 The review engine: the ask, and what it yields
Fig. 13 The handwritten card, the week after
Fig. 14 The venue’s cut

Illustrative product views. Names, dates and figures are examples.

What we do in encore

Ten small kindnesses, every one of them working.

Each of these is something you already mean to do. We make sure it happens, for every couple, on time, in your voice.

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  1. Review engine: the ask names the venue and the city

    • We write each couple’s ask with their venue and town in it, so the review does ranking work, not just kind work.
    • Reviews land where couples and AI engines look: your Business Profile, The Wedy, WeddingWire.
    • You stop chasing reviews by hand, or forgetting to ask at all.

  2. Review velocity, tracked against the studios near you

    • Your count and your pace, next to everyone you compete with.
    • The Wedy orders its list by review count, so this is a ranking you can win.

  3. Follow-up with the couple while it’s still fresh

    • A warm note goes out in the days after, written in your voice and sent under your name.
    • Their favourite moments are gathered while they still remember them, ready for the feature and the review.

  4. Real-wedding features published to your site

    • Each wedding becomes a feature: the venue, the season, the design, the story.
    • Written for couples planning at that venue, with every vendor credited and linked.

  5. Your site kept current with new photography

    • New galleries replace last season’s images across your pages, not just the blog.
    • Photographer credits and permissions tracked, so nothing goes up unasked.

  6. Social account management

    • Your Instagram and TikTok posted on a steady calendar, in your voice, through the busy months too.
    • Comments and DMs watched, and enquiries routed into your pipeline instead of lost in a thread.

  7. Content package per event: reels, grid, stories

    • Every wedding cut into reels, grid posts and stories, captioned and ready to schedule.
    • Captions name the venue and the town, the same way the reviews do.

  8. A cut made for the venue to post

    • A short vertical edit sent to the venue coordinator, tagged and ready to share.
    • Every time a venue posts your work, its couples meet you: that’s the referral door.

  9. One-year anniversary email, soft-launching the referral ask

    • Sent on the date, with a moment from their day and a short note from you.
    • One gentle line: if someone they love has just got engaged, you’d be honoured to meet them.

  10. A rebooking calendar for every corporate client

    • Last year's event flagged ten months out, while next year's budget is still being set.
    • Corporate work repeats every year, and almost nobody chases the repeat.

  11. Past-client reactivation

    • Couples from past seasons hear from you at the right moments: a new feature, an anniversary, a friend’s engagement.
    • Your past-client list becomes a source of introductions again, not an archive.

  12. Overflow routed across the Perennial network

    • A date you cannot take goes to a planner in a catchment that is not yours.
    • The network only grows, so it is worth more every year you stay in it.

  13. A handwritten card after every event

    • A real card, on good paper, posted to the couple the week after.
    • We keep the addresses, the stationery and the timing. You never miss one.

And that review is what the engines quote next year.

Phase four’s output is phase one’s input. Maya’s words, naming the venue and the city, are exactly what the directories rank on and what the AI engines read back to the next couple who asks. That’s the loop.

Back to phase 01, Attract See the whole Perennial model

For studios at capacity

Already full? Good.

We don’t sell more bookings. We sell better ones.

If your Saturdays are spoken for by March, another enquiry isn’t help, it’s one more email to answer with a no. So the whole system can point the other way: toward couples who want everything you do, the months that sit quiet, and the clients who book on a Wednesday.

  1. i.

    Higher ticket

    Pages, pricing and intake built to attract full-planning couples and kindly filter the rest. The couple who wants you from the first site visit to the last dance finds you, sees a real range, and books. The couple who wants day-of coordination on a tight budget gets a warm answer and a referral, not your Tuesday night.

    Pages · Pricing · Intake

  2. ii.

    Off season

    Winter weddings are beautiful and almost nobody writes for them. We write content for winter dates before couples start looking, so the quiet months fill with people who chose them on purpose.

    Weddings in BC, 2024

    BC-wide marriages, 2024. Compiled by Perennial, September 2026.

  3. iii.

    Corporate

    Retreats, galas and company events: weekday, year-round work. Your eye for a room is exactly what an annual retreat or a winter gala needs, and it books on the days your wedding calendar leaves empty. It is also the most perennial work there is, because a company that liked its retreat books the next one before the year is out.

    Retreats · Galas · Company events

And when you’re full, you’ll know it.

Capacity guardrails tell you when to say no, and overflow referral turns a date you can’t take into a fee. Both live in Phase 03, Run.

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Pricing

Four ways in. Each one grows from the one before.

Start where your studio needs it most, and add a layer when the season asks for one. Or build your own below, piece by piece, and see exactly which package it lands in.

  1. RootedLayer 1 of 4

    Ranked

    Found on every map, directory and search that matters.

    $1,000/month

    • 2 blog posts a week, in your words
    • SEO Package
    • Google Business Profile Optimization
    • Map & Directory Listings
    • Website Rebuild + Technical Audit
    • The Perennial Scorecard
    Get in touch See every deliverable

  2. RisingLayer 2 of 4

    Cited

    Named when they ask ChatGPT, Gemini or Perplexity.

    $3,000/month

    Everything in Ranked, plus:

    • 3 blog posts a week, in your words
    • AEO & GEO Package
    • Advanced Niche Targeting
    • Directory Consistency & Nominations
    • Referral Engine
    • Lead Capture & Qualification
    • Review Engine
    Get in touch See every deliverable

  3. FloweringLayer 3 of 4

    Automated

    Every enquiry answered the same day, every client followed up.

    $5,000/month

    Everything in Cited, plus:

    • 4 blog posts a week, in your words
    • Systemized Lead Qualification
    • Social Media Lead Qualification
    • Same-Day Reply Engine
    • CRM Integration, Audit & Workflow Rebuild
    • Lead Analysis & Daily Reporting
    • Season Command Centre
    • Aftercare Automation
    Get in touch See every deliverable

  4. Full seasonLayer 4 of 4

    Scaled

    Inside the operation. Your whole season, run with you.

    $10,000/month

    Everything in Automated, plus:

    • 5 blog posts a week, in your words
    • Full Client Management
    • Vendor Coordination & Packets
    • Staffing & Overflow Desk
    • Social & Content Production
    • Paid Reach — Meta & Pinterest
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Every service, in one place

Pick a package, or build your own.

Tap a package and watch what it lights up across the loop. Or tap the pieces you want, add anything we haven’t listed, and we’ll show you which package holds them.

01Attract

Get found

  • Google Business Profile built, verified, updated weeklystarts in Ranked
  • Bing Placesstarts in Ranked
  • Apple Business Connectstarts in Ranked
  • The Wedy claimed and completedstarts in Ranked
  • Full technical auditstarts in Ranked
  • Search Console wiredstarts in Ranked
  • Website rebuildstarts in Ranked
  • Schema markup under every pagestarts in Ranked
  • llms.txt publishedstarts in Ranked
  • Blog posts targeting your niche, in your wordsstarts in Ranked
  • ThreeBestRated nomination submittedstarts in Cited
  • WeddingWire, Eventective and Yelp made consistentstarts in Cited
  • LinkedIn, chamber and event-industry listingsstarts in Cited
  • Pages written to be quoted by the AI enginesstarts in Cited
  • Venue guide pagesstarts in Cited
  • Pricing page with a real published rangestarts in Cited
  • Off-season pagesstarts in Cited
  • Corporate pages: retreats, galas, conferences, fundraisersstarts in Cited
  • Venue and vendor referral programmestarts in Cited
  • Competitor rank trackingstarts in Automated
  • Meta ads: recently engaged, bridal interest, local radiusstarts in Scaled
  • Pintereststarts in Scaled

02Capture

Catch every enquiry

  • Qualifying intake formstarts in Cited
  • Scheduler gated behind the form, never beside itstarts in Automated
  • The date checked against your real booking calendarstarts in Automated
  • Instant acknowledgmentstarts in Automated
  • Same-day reply carrying a real price rangestarts in Automated
  • Branch replies by situationstarts in Automated
  • Email and Instagram DM enquiries in one pipelinestarts in Automated
  • Every enquiry captured to your CRM without retypingstarts in Automated
  • AI brief before every callbackstarts in Automated
  • One daily enquiry reportstarts in Automated
  • Nurture across the 12 to 18 month cyclestarts in Automated
  • Reply time measuredstarts in Automated
  • Lost enquiries logged with the reasonstarts in Automated

03Run

Survive the season

  • Monday briefing across every event in flightstarts in Automated
  • Capacity guardrailsstarts in Automated
  • Payment schedules automated, overdue flaggedstarts in Automated
  • Venue timeline librarystarts in Automated
  • Plugs into your existing CRM rather than replacing itstarts in Automated
  • A full audit of the CRM you already pay forstarts in Automated
  • Your workflow built end to end, in the tool you already usestarts in Automated
  • Emails, proposals and contracts templated in your voicestarts in Automated
  • Forms and questionnaires rebuilt to drive the automationstarts in Automated
  • One pipeline, one calendar, one source of truthstarts in Automated
  • A migration, if you are still on spreadsheets or Notionstarts in Automated
  • Your clients chased for every detailstarts in Scaled
  • Vendor packets built, confirmations chasedstarts in Scaled
  • Assistant handoff pack for every eventstarts in Scaled
  • Overflow referral routingstarts in Scaled
  • Bench of day-of staff, sourced and briefedstarts in Scaled

04Encore

Turn it into proof

  • Review engine whose ask names the venue and the citystarts in Cited
  • Review velocity tracked against competitorsstarts in Cited
  • Follow-up while it is still freshstarts in Automated
  • Real events published to your site as featuresstarts in Automated
  • Site kept current with new photographystarts in Automated
  • One-year anniversary emailstarts in Automated
  • Past-client reactivationstarts in Automated
  • Corporate rebooking calendarstarts in Automated
  • Overflow routed across the Perennial networkstarts in Automated
  • Content package per event: reels, grid, storiesstarts in Scaled
  • A cut made for the venue to poststarts in Scaled
  • Social account managementstarts in Scaled
  • Handwritten card after every eventstarts in Scaled

Across all fourThe scorecard: four numbers a month, one for each phase, in every package.

Something we haven’t listed? Email sales@secondbrainconsulting.co and we’ll shape it with you.

Month to month. No setup fees.

All tiers plug into Dubsado, HoneyBook, Aisle Planner or Rock Paper Coin rather than replacing them.

Not sure which? Neither are we, yet.

The loop only turns as fast as its slowest phase. Get in touch and we’ll talk through which tier fits your studio, if any, before you spend a dollar.

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Get in touch

Let’s find the phase that’s holding the rest back.

The loop turns only as fast as its slowest phase, so that’s where we start. Tell us a little about your studio and we’ll take it from there.

A few lines on

  1. Your studio, your website and your Instagram
  2. Where you plan: Victoria, up-Island, the west coast or all over
  3. Your season: how full next year already looks
  4. What would change your year: more enquiries, better-fit couples, off-season dates, less admin

Write to us

sales@secondbrainconsulting.co

A few lines is plenty. Name a venue or two you love working at, if you like.

Questions

Questions, answered.

The questions worth asking before you start, answered plainly.

Something we haven’t covered? Write to us and ask.

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Do I have to replace my planning software?

No. Perennial plugs into Dubsado, HoneyBook, Aisle Planner or Rock Paper Coin rather than replacing it. Your contracts, invoices and client portal stay exactly where they are, and what we build feeds into them without anyone retyping a thing.

I’m already fully booked. Why would I want this?

Because the goal isn’t more bookings, it’s better ones: a higher ticket, dates in the off season, corporate events. Capacity guardrails tell you when to say no. Overflow referral routing sends the enquiries you can’t take to someone you trust, so being full earns a fee.

Is there a contract or a setup fee?

No setup fees and no lock-in. Every package is month to month.

Why does ChatGPT matter to a wedding planner?

Because couples are asking it. 54% of couples used AI to plan their wedding in 2026 (Zola First Look Report 2026). When we asked ChatGPT for the best wedding planners in Victoria, seven of the eight names it gave came from just two directories, and one of them, The Wedy, is free to claim and orders its list by review count. And Bing Places is what feeds ChatGPT.

How do we get started?

Email sales@secondbrainconsulting.co with a few lines about your studio: where you plan, how full next season looks, and what would change your year most. The loop turns only as fast as its slowest phase, so that’s where we start.

How do the packages work?

There are four, and each includes everything in the one before it. Ranked, $1,000 a month: the SEO package, your Business Profile and listings, a website rebuild and the scorecard, with two blog posts a week. Cited, $3,000 a month: the AEO and GEO package, your landing pages, the referral programme, a lead capture form and the review engine, with three blog posts a week. Automated, $5,000 a month: lead qualification, the same-day reply engine, your CRM rebuilt and the season command centre, with four blog posts a week. Scaled, $10,000 a month: full client management, vendor coordination, staffing and your social produced for you, with five blog posts a week. All are month to month, with no setup fees.

Where do you work?

Across Canada. We are based in Victoria and work with studios on Vancouver Island, in Vancouver and in cities across the country. The research on this site is about Victoria because that is the market we studied, but the four phases run the same wherever your couples are searching.

Do you only work on weddings?

No. The same four phases run for corporate and social events: retreats, galas, conferences, fundraisers and parties. The research on this site is about weddings because that is what we studied here, but the work is the same. You get found when somebody searches for an event planner, every enquiry is answered the same day, the season is run for you, and each event becomes proof for the next. Corporate is often the better half of the loop, because a company that liked its retreat books the next one, and it books on weekdays when your Saturdays are already spoken for.