Eventective. Thumbtack. Respond. Love ‘em or hate ‘em — wedding pros are handing over their hard-earned dollars in the hope of cheap leads. But do they work? Your success with leads from these services will vary widely, but most wedding pros find these to be very poor quality leads. You can expect a response from only about 1 out of

I recently got a few emails from The Knot asking me if I wanted to participate in beta testing a new quote system. Boo! I chose not to participate. The Knot described the new program as “providing us with details such as the wedding date and venue” so that we could give the lead a number ASAP. Sigh! Like many

If you aren’t familiar with Thumbtack, it’s kind of like a cross between Angie’s List, Expedia, and eBay combined. When couples go online, not only can they type in what services they are looking for, but then they also see a comparison of all the vendors who reply to them in that particular category. Once you get an inquiry, you

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Unlike most wedding trend reports, which give you trends from the previous year, the Thumbtack 2016 Wedding Trends Report reveals the biggest trends in weddings for 2016. This is great for wedding venues and wedding vendors, as it helps you tweak your service to fit the needs of couples and ultimately help you book more weddings. If you have the

Question: How do I get bookings from free advertising and bridal lead sites? “Stephanie, Business & marketing, it’s ALL I study about nowadays! I honestly have a few questions pertaining to this Price Shopper email template and my particular situation 😉 First off, I use many free places for advertising – yelp, Angie’s list, Facebook, my own website,  etc. One