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 week’s inspiration is based on this writeup in The Insider of “7 popular wedding traditions that are actually super creepy.” The writer, Lindsay Mack, is either a master of deadpan humor or understates everything in life. I hope it’s the former. I am amused when editors are such to slaves to style that they […]
Cyprus is a popular country for destination weddings. Great weather year-round, beautiful vistas, and holy orthodox churches who are all too happy to marry tourists, if that’s your thing. Indeed, it’s the orthodoxy of the church vs. the, shall we say, free-spirited nature of some tourists that have caused some recent discord. A couple getting […]
Let me give you a peak behind the curtain showing how I come up with story ideas. Normally, I just put “Wedding” into Google News, and skim articles until I find one that speaks to me. Today, however, I thought to myself, “what if I throw in ‘wedding’ plus a random word or place?” Hence, […]
This is a sponsored post. By Christine Dyer, Bridal Tweet We are usually quick to assume that price is the main factor for engaged couples as they plan their wedding. Yes, price is important but there are other factors that are just as influential. I personally believe that these three values can also help all […]
As a wedding professional, it’s easy to fall into a rote questionnaire-esque checklist with clients. “Name? Wedding date? How many tables? What color linens?” And check, check, check mark everything off the list till you get to the end. Yes, it’s important to build relationships with your clients, but don’t let your clients forget that […]
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 […]
I’m still in a buzz from attending Social Media Marketing World a few weeks ago. SMMW is the biggest and best social media conference in the world with 3,000 attendees from over 55 different countries…and industry rock stars and best-selling authors and millionaire mom bloggers, oh my! But every year the conference starts off the […]
Man, things sure have changed since we started our wedding business 16 years ago! Gone are the days when people called you on the phone to inquire about your services. (When those few throwbacks do call, it comes as a shock.) Makes me long for the days when couples actually checked to see if you […]
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 […]