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WPW: Working with Alpha Grooms
While I know that a lot of men read our blog, and I love and appreciate your time and readership, I do know that the wedding industry is, by and large, a female dominated space. That said, we ALL work...
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WPW: Daring Greatly with Oprah
This past weekend, Mayra and our team were up in Rhinebeck for a two-part dream day wedding for about 60 guests at the Locusts. It was a challenging week, and even though all went smoothly, hardly...
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WPW: On Appearances (It Always Helps to Look Nice)
As I mentioned loosely in my WPW post last week, my purse had been stolen while on site at my last wedding (I know, bummer.. life happens). More stressful than the purse-napping was the fact that my...
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WPW: The Beauty of Slow Response
Technology and generational expectation has made the business of working in Bridal a far more fast past affair than it was a decade or even a half-decade ago. Not only do brides and grooms want...
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WPW: Getting the Most out of Publicity You Get
10 years ago, when M and I started this business there was no way to really get the word out about your service other than advertising. Can you imagine? And not just advertising, but PRINT...
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WPW: Socially Responsible Weddings/ Light Up a Life
Today’s Wedding Pro Wednesday is helpful for event purveyors and revelers alike. How many times have we heard brides say “I can’t believe all of those flowers are going to waste. Isn’t there some...
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Food & Styling Workshop with Karen Wise
I’m excited to be collaborating on a Food Photography and Styling Workshop with the extremely talented, award winning food and event photographer, Karen Wise. This one day intensive will take place in...
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WPW: A Wedding Planners Prayer
Inspired by some fabulous conversations with other professionals at the Love, Inc. launch. A Wedding Planners Prayer May I remember to judge not my fellow planner, lest I be judged myself, because...
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WPW: Insulating Yourself and Recovering From a Bully Client
We closed our 2013 wedding season last weekend and so I wanted to write about something that has been on my mind all year: Bully Clients. If you visit this blog you know that I often say “”bad” brides...
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WPW: 10 Lessons from Ten Years in Business
We are back from Paris, and a joyous time was had by all. We had many unbelievable meals, walked the gorgeous streets, drank tons of wine, rummaged at Flea markets and saw SO much amazing ART, I can...
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WPW: On Partnership
Greetings from the skies en route to Jamaica! It’s not uncommon for people to stop Mayra or myself (or, more likely, both of us, because we are freakishly always together) and comment about how they...
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WPW: Professionally Speaking
Last week the New York Times published an article in their economics column of the magazine that was a new take on the old “evil wedding industry” label that has been in the recycling bin of news...
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WPW: 2013 Wedding Industry Movers and Shakers
My, my, my, where has the time gone??? I feel like it was just last week that I wrote this list for 2012! While this year has seemingly gone by in a flash, I have to take a moment to acknowledge 2013...
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WPW: Vendor as Educator
As I had mentioned on Monday, last Friday I did a segment on Huffington Post Live with Denise Oliviero from Prequels Weddings about the exchange between Recently Engaged Brides and Wedding Vendors....
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WPW: On Listening
What’s the difference between a good planner and a great planner? Or a good designer vs. A great one ? Or a good vs. Great caterer or bandleader or well, whatever . It isn’t really quantifiable talent...
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WPW: Chasing Shiny Cars
As is probably obvious, this week’s Wedding Pro Wednesday is up on a Thursday. I spent the day yesterday with my many, many cousins at a family funeral. These things are always bittersweet, because...
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WPW: The New Luxury (Part 2)
When Princess Diana got married, the formal opulence of her wedding set the standard for weddings that lasted for decades. Though Kate has done much to bring back the sleeve (thank you), the “wedding...
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WPW: Sharing your Pricing is Smart Networking
There is a sense amongst wedding planners particularly, that we should keep our pricing secret from one another. It’s a strange unspoken thing and when you do tell a colleague (aka “Competitor”) what...
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WPW: Be a Parent, Not a Friend.
One of my favorite parts of Mean Girls (which is saying a lot, because the entire movie is essentially my favorite part) is when the girls all go to Amy Poehler’s house and she says “I’m not a REGULAR...
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WPW: Luxury, Bad Ads, Insight & Engagements
Happy Wedding Pro Wednesday Everyone! Today, a round up of ideas, articles and some news to share! First, I am SUPER duper DUPER excited to announce that I will be speaking on March 13th at Chapel...
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