We’re constantly on the lookout for trends in the industry to keep our readers informed.  Hopefully you can leverage these surprising trends to increase profits for your wedding business. Trend #1 – Blood exchanges The trend that began in the remote Carpathian Mountain villages of Romania has now made its way to America.  Among the first to entertain the concept

Recently, we had the pleasure of interviewing Nancy Tucker of Weddings Beautiful. She provided some great insight and advice about the issues facing wedding planners today, along with some great ideas to help overcome challenges and have a successful wedding business. What is the biggest challenge facing wedding planners today? Today’s wedding planners face many challenges, including the growing DIY

Shannon Underwood is the speaker and profit coordinator for Wedding MBA. She helps to develop the topics, speakers, videography, as well as the conference. She’s a Jill of all trades! We asked her to share a bit of her expertise, and (lucky you!) she did! Let’s get started… What is the Wedding MBA? Wedding MBA is a series of educational

Time to spread some good news for the wedding industry… Wedding budgets are increasing again! The newest statistics from WE tv Networks Wedding Report reveal that the average wedding expense in the US went up by 22.9% in 2010, bringing the average cost of a wedding from $19,581 in 2009 to $24,066 in 2010. Check out this eWedNews article for

A recent post from EWedNews reminds us about the recent failures of wedding businesses like Emerald Bridals and After Six.  Before the recession, these guys probably would have made it.  But now… Read the full article about More Probable Failures Are Being Watched in the Wedding Business here. Of course, it’s undeniable that the wedding industry is changing, budgets are

The Myth of the Recession-Proof Wedding Industry When Jeff and I started our wedding business back in 2000 everyone claimed weddings were “recession-proof.”  It was easy to understand why. In the 1990’s and early 2000’s, wedding budgets soared.  The average cost of a wedding increased every year, from $26,450 in 2005 to $27,710 in 2006 to $28,704 in 2007. Those