This is a sponsored post. By Christine Dyer of BridalTweet Today, engaged couples have countless choices when it comes to picking their wedding vendors.   This fact makes it hard for you to stand out in this very crowded industry.   But the fact is that in order to be successful, it’s imperative that you do stand out.  To do so, we

By Kylie Carlson, International Academy of Wedding & Event Planning That critical time of year is here, when wedding pros prepare for the New Year by forecasting all of the upcoming trends. Our fourth annual International Wedding Trends Report is full of the latest predictions by the industry’s most trusted experts. We’ve included highlights of this year’s report here so

I must admit that I’m a bit puzzled that wedding trends and fads changing so quickly, as laid out, for example, in this Vogue article about 2017 wedding food trends. This is what I mean: Fashion trends come and go quickly too. But you wear clothes every day, and it’s understandable that you’d get tired of this or that style

By Rebecca Hochreiter, Destination Weddings Travel Group Trends play a major role in the wedding industry, so it only makes sense for professionals to stay up-to-date with what styles are arriving on the scene and what’s heading out in today’s nuptials, as well as what’s sticking around for another year. According to The Knot, close to a quarter of couples

Why did you buy your first DVD? You had a rack full of perfectly good VHS tapes…a collection you’d been curating for years no doubt. Some of us heard about DVDs and three hours later were buying our first DVD/VHS combo machine (remember those!) Others, like myself, waited until it was nearly impossible to find VHS tapes before taking the

Take Aways From Social Media Marketing World 2016 Wow! Wow! Where do I start? While researching how to categorize and tag my blog earlier this year, I came across a website called Social Media Examiner…and was blown away! I quickly realized they hold a conference every year right here in my fair city of San Diego…and I knew I had

Vine? Yes. Blab? Yes. Periscope? Yes. Facebook Live? Yes! Snapchat? YES!!! 2016 is the Year of Live Video Each and every one of us who attended the Social Media Marketing World conference last month in San Diego was bombarded with the exploding trend of live video. Huge themes throughout the conference were human to human marketing and authenticity. So, for

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Guest post by Jennifer Smith. Every client wants to put their own unique spin on their special day. Whether it is the choice of venue, a funny theme or a strikingly honest invite, more and more couples now have the confidence to show off what makes them unique. As a wedding pro, how can you take advantage of this trend