Speaker Information + Resources

Hey hey! I'm so excited to team up with you to pull off something that's going to be absolutely incredible.

The Book More Weddings Summit is the free 5-day virtual event to help wedding pros attract and booking more of the clients they love working with in today's market. Our previous summits have had anywhere between 2,000-5,000 attendees and between 6%-10% of them upgraded to one of the 2 premium upgrades.

On this page, you'll find all kinds of resources meant to make your life as a speaker as easy as possible and answer any questions you might have. If you run into a question I didn't answer, email me at summit@evolveyourweddingbusiness.com.

If you've been a part of events including webinars, summits, or other collaborative offerings and found that they didn't go so smoothly or benefit you as a speaker you can rest assured. This summit has been in the works for months and I'll make things as easy for you as possible!

As a speaker, you'll also get free access to the Wedding Pro Power Pack!

Quick Access Links

What it's like to be a summit speaker (from past speakers)

Here is what some of our past speakers have said about the overall experience of being a speaker at one of our summits. These are screenshots pulled from emails or from our speaker feedback survey.

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Shannon Vonderach headshot for the Book More Weddings Summit Hosted by Heidi Thompson of Evolve Your Wedding Business
Tirzah Caffee headshot for the Book More Weddings Summit Hosted by Heidi Thompson of Evolve Your Wedding Business
Bethel Nathan headshot for the Book More Weddings Summit Hosted by Heidi Thompson of Evolve Your Wedding Business
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Lisa Zaro headshot for the Book More Weddings Summit Hosted by Heidi Thompson of Evolve Your Wedding Business
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Melissa Rich headshot for the Book More Weddings Summit Hosted by Heidi Thompson of Evolve Your Wedding Business
Carin Hunt headshot for the Book More Weddings Summit Hosted by Heidi Thompson of Evolve Your Wedding Business
Adrienna McDermott headshot for the Book More Weddings Summit Hosted by Heidi Thompson of Evolve Your Wedding Business
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And here are some of their immediate results

Dominic and Serena headshot for the Book More Weddings Summit Hosted by Heidi Thompson of Evolve Your Wedding Business
Andrea Shah headshot for the Book More Weddings Summit Hosted by Heidi Thompson of Evolve Your Wedding Business
Brittany Branson headshot for the Book More Weddings Summit Hosted by Heidi Thompson of Evolve Your Wedding Business
Holly Smith headshot for the Book More Weddings Summit Hosted by Heidi Thompson of Evolve Your Wedding Business
Mark Chapman headshot for the Book More Weddings Summit Hosted by Heidi Thompson of Evolve Your Wedding Business

How it'll all work

Let's do a quick rundown of how the whole thing will work.

The event will run from August 17th-21st with pre-recorded presentations running each day for the first 4 days and an implementation day on the 5th day. These presentations will include about 20-30 minutes of actionable content (with up to a 3-minute pitch).

Along with the live presentations, there will be a Facebook Community for attendees to hang out in, hold each other accountable, and ask all of us additional questions. We will be doing daily panels with the speakers on each of the first 4 days and if you're able to make that, we'd love to have you on that panel but it is not required.

While the presentations themselves are pre-recorded, all speakers are asked to interact with attendees in the Facebook Community.

Leading up to the summit, we'll have 3 weeks of promotion. You'll be provided with email swipe copy, social media swipe copy, and social media graphics to make it all easy! I'll even have a suggested posting/sending schedule for you to make promo easy to outsource to a VA.

During the promotion phase, as the summit is running, and for a few days after the summit is complete, we'll also be promoting the All-Access Pass and the Wedding Pro Power Pack. Attendees can choose between a free ticket (which gives them 24 hour access to each day's presentations) and one of the premium upgrades.

Here's what you need to know about the premium upgrades:

During the promotion phase, as the summit is running, and for a week after the summit is complete, we'll also be promoting the All-Access Pass and the Wedding Pro Power Pack.

The All-Access Pass includes lifetime access to all of the trainings and transcripts of each presentation.

The Wedding Pro Power Pack includes everything in the All-Access Pass plus VIP networking sessions, VIP co-working sessions, and a VIP hot seat session, as well as additional bonuses we'll all throw in. This will provide immense value to our attendees, while making the work of promoting and creating a presentation worthwhile by allowing you to bring in affiliate commissions. Woop!

What I'll need from you

So this all sounds great, buuuut what kind of work does it require of you? Let's chat about it! My goal is to make this all as easy as humanly possible so we can all have a blast while providing great value and growing our businesses.

1. Basic Information

The first thing I'll need is some very basic information from you so I can finish up our registration page and Speakers page.

This information includes:

    • Name
    • Title
    • Bio
    • Square headshot

Once you give me the thumbs up that you're in, I'll send you a link where you can upload all this information super easily.

2. Presentation

Next up is your presentation! This is a 30ish minute pre-recorded presentation that is meant to be more friendly and casual than perfect and structured. We want our attendees to learn something great, while having fun in the process.

Please structure your content in a way that allows attendees to walk away feeling like they've really learned something, rather than a webinar format where they feel like they're missing something that they need to buy from you asap.

With that being said, you have your choice of the following presentation formats:

    • Slides
    • No slides (just your gorgeous/handsome face)
    • A mixture of the two

No matter what format you choose, you are free to use your presentation however you'd like in the future.

Your presentation should include great, actionable content. Here's the suggested format:

    • A quick introduction
    • An overview of your topic
    • Where people go wrong with your topic and tend to overcomplicate it
    • Teaching section
    • Specific action steps (with the goal of helping them take action on what you've taught)
    • Up to a 3-minute pitch

 

IMPORTANT THINGS TO CONSIDER BEFORE RECORDING YOUR PRESENTATION

 

Book More Weddings Summit attracts a huge range of different types of wedding professionals. Some events wind up with speakers referring only to wedding planners and I want to avoid that.

If you're giving an example or using an image to illustrate a point, try to mix it up and use a different type of wedding vendor so other types of vendors can see themselves represented.

At the beginning of your presentation, mention the name of the summit (Book More Weddings Summit Summit) and that you're excited to be there. This makes it clear that you created this presentation for this audience and it makes them feel seen.

There will also be a button that says "Get More From This Speaker" that will link to whatever you designate as your Call-To-Action Link in your presentation submission form.

Tell attendees that they can and should tag you and ask questions/share takeaways in the summit Facebook Community Sometimes they're a little shy to ask the speakers questions so I like to encourage it.

Presentations are due by July 10th, 2026.

 

3. Freebie

Along with each presentation, we'll link to a freebie so you can gather email subscribers from your presentation and attendees can get extra value from you.

This takes the place of the worksheets we previously required.

4. Power Pack Contribution

The Wedding Pro Power Pack will be a huge addition to the presentations we're running. To make it even more valuable, I'll ask each of you to provide one resource to add. This includes things like:

    • eBooks
    • Workbooks
    • Courses (big or small)
    • 1-month memberships
    • Trainings

(Note: I do not recommend any type of 1:1 contribution)

It's totally up to you to decide whether you'd like to create something new or provide something you already have. While this isn't required, it's highly encouraged that you participate.

Anyone who does contribute a premium resource (aka not something you're giving away for free somewhere else) will get a 50% affiliate commission on sales, rather than 40%. We do not accept discounts as premium resources.

Information for the resources you'd like to contribute is due on June 26th, 2026 along with your basic info. You'll receive a questionnaire to fill out closer to that time to make passing the information to me nice and simple.

5. Promotion

The power of an online summit comes from a group of experts coming together for a single cause. The joint promotion that happens because of that is a huge benefit to everyone involved.

Because of that, every speaker is required to share the summit whether that's on social media, with their email lists, or both (that's the ideal) during the promotion period, starting on July 27th.

You'll want to share using your affiliate link so you can get in on the 40% commission that will come from any premium upgrade sales (50% if you've contributed a premium bonus).

You'll find swipe copy and graphics in the Resource Vault below.

6. Live Participation

And last comes participation during the week of the event. Since we'll already have done the work of creating the presentations and extra resources, we'll be able to sit back and relax for the most part!

On the day your presentation goes live, you'll just need to look out for questions from attendees in the Facebook group.

Each day we will have a live speaker panel for that day's speakers so attendees can join live and ask their questions. This isn't required but it is a great opportunity to get in front of the attendees and build relationships with them during the summit.

Affiliate Details

While summits are great for overall visibility and making new connections, a little extra income never hurts either, right?

That's exactly why I've set up an affiliate program where you'll receive a commission from all sales from the traffic you refer to the event. Payouts will be made by September 11th, 2026.

The All-Access Pass provides lifetime access to the presentations & transcripts. The Wedding Pro Power Pack includes everything in the All-Access Pass plus VIP Networking Sessions, VIP Co-Working Sessions, a VIP Hot Seat Session, and access to the bonuses provided by all of us speakers.

The commission structure is as follows:

    • 40% for all speakers
    • 50% for all speakers who include a premium bonus to the Power Pack

The pricing structure will be:

Fast Action Pricing (Each person will get a 30 minute countdown timer to get this price from the first time they visit the page. This is tailored to each registrant and will be available for new registrants no matter when they sign up.)

    • All-Access Pass: $47
    • Wedding Pro Power Pack: $97

Pre-Summit Pricing (until 11:59pm Pacific Time on Aug 16th)

    • All-Access Pass: $77
    • Wedding Pro Power Pack: $137

Regular Pricing (Aug 17th-26th)

    • All-Access Pass: $97
    • Wedding Pro Power Pack: $177

To make it as easy as possible for you to generate extra income, the Resource Vault includes things like email swipe copy, social media copy, and social share graphics. However, you're more than welcome to write your own copy and even run your own Facebook ads.

Just remember to use your affiliate link.

As with all affiliate promotions, be sure to disclose that you're an affiliate when sharing with your audience.

Resource Vault/How To Promote

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS YOUR SPEAKER RESOURCE VAULT!

Now for those resources I promised to make your life as easy as possible.

In this folder you'll find the following resources:

    • Email swipe copy and suggested send dates
    • Social media swipe copy and suggestion posting dates
    • Social media graphics
    • Speaker Roster

View the resources here!

How To Promote

On top of the resource vault, I want to make sure I give you plenty of ideas on how to promote the summit so that you can kill it with affiliate sales. Take as many of these ideas as you like and run with them!

1. Email More Than Once

Emailing your list more than once about the summit is an easy way to increase registrations. Grab the emails from the Resource Vault and schedule them now so you don't have to worry about them.

2. Add Value

The point of Book More Weddings Summit is to help wedding professionals attract and book more of the clients they love working with.

You can easily add value to your emails, blog posts, video content, podcast, and social media posts by providing a few of your top tips for marketing, sales or working smarter, and then promoting the summit. That way, you're providing value in your promotion.

3. Tell People About Your Power Pack Bonus

You're promoting the ticket to the summit but that doesn't mean you can't tell people about the bonus you contributed to the Wedding Pro Power Pack! Tell them all about the summit and mention that if they decide to pick up the Wedding Pro Power Pack, they'll get all of the amazing benefits and your awesome bonus!

4. Co-Host A Facebook Or Instagram Live With Me

Want to run a Facebook live for your group or page or an Instagram live to talk about the summit and everything people will learn? Let's do it! Email me at summit@evolveyourweddingbusiness.com and let's set it up.

5. Highlight Yourself & Other Speakers On Social Media (and tag them!)

Share what you're going to be teaching people about during the summit as well as a few other speakers that your audience will be excited to learn from and be sure to tag those speakers!

6. Run ads

You can absolutely run any kind of ad to your affiliate link if you'd like. If you'd like to know what your conversion rate was last time around, email me at summit@evolveyourweddingbusiness.com and I'll let you know.

7. Don't Stop Sharing Just Because The Summit Has Started

The cart doesn't close until August 26th so don't stop sharing on social media and emailing just because the summit has started. Email your list the day before or the day of your session. Tell people they still have time to grab the absolutely value-packed Wedding Pro Power Pack even if the live summit has already ended.

8. Schedule Your Promo In Advance

You may not feel like doing a bunch of promo the week of the summit so make it easy on yourself and schedule it now!

9. Participate In The Facebook Community

This doesn't seem like a promotion strategy but it really is. You got your people to sign up for the free summit so it makes sense to engage in the Facebook Community so they get even more value and want more from you (and buy the Wedding Pro Power Pack which will be credited to your affiliate link). Plus, it's a great way to show up and demonstrate your expertise to attendees who may not know you. You may get some clients this way, many of our previous speakers have!

10. Ask Me To Record An Instagram Story Takeover For You

Isn't it nice when someone else promotes you? Well, I'm happy to do that for you! I can record a series of Instagram Story videos talking about you, your topic, and what people are going to learn from the summit and send it to you to post on your stories. If you'd like me to do that, email me at summit@evolveyourweddingbusiness.com by July 24th!

Have Another Idea?

This is not an exhaustive list of ways you can promote the summit. Have another idea? Go for it! Want to do some other sort of promo collaboration with me? I want to hear about it! Email me at summit@evolveyourweddingbusiness.com.

Current Action Steps

Phew, that was a lot to cover! You're awesome for making it this far 🙂

For the sake of clarity, here are your current action steps:

    • Let me know you're in!
    • Provide your basic information once the link comes through
    • Sign up for your affiliate account
    • Let me know if you have any questions up to this point!

Important Dates

Here's a roundup of our key dates:

    • Basic information form due: June 26th
    • Presentation, freebie, and bonus (if you're contributing one to the Power Pack) due: July 10th
    • Promo period: July 27th-Aug 16th
    • Summit dates: Aug 17th-21st
    • Premium upgrades cart closes: Aug 26th
    • Affiliate payouts: Sept 11th

Something I missed? Email me at summit@evolveyourweddingbusiness.com