Posts Tagged ‘How to promote our wedding venue’
Top Ten Tips for Hosting a Winning Wedding Showcase or Open Day
I know a thing or two about designing, planning and hosting venue-based wedding events aimed at couples planning their upcoming wedding. Whether we call it an open day, a showcase or (shudder shudder) a wedding fair, there are certain ingredients that I know really work in delivering superbly attended events, with the right audience finding…
Read MoreSpot-on Gifting | Gifting Advice for Wedding Venues
As the season of gifting is most definitely upon us, I thought I’d set down some tips which your venues and properties could find useful in planning how to win and wow your clients and customers in 2017. This post was prompted with a great deal of inspiration from the amazing team who head up…
Read MoreLet’s Talk!
Today’s blog is all about the need for venues seeking success in the wedding world to talk, share and collaborate with each other for best results. Talk to the competition? Really? Yes, really! I know it works and has tremendous results in so many other parts of the overall wedding industry. Wedding planners by definition…
Read MoreThe little touches that brides will love you for | Wedding Venue Extras
Sometimes it’s the little things which really make all the difference. It sounds cliché but I really believe it’s true. As wedding professionals we are here to make all our couples planning journey fun, inspiring as well as smoother and easier. We are mainly dealing with very busy people who have endless social and work…
Read MoreWhat wedding clients want to see on your venue’s website | Tips for Wedding Venues
What wedding clients want to see on your venue’s website Impressive imagery – and by this I mean high-quality, emotive images in large sizes that showcase your venue. Brides and grooms want to see images of the spaces they are going to be using and backdrops to their wedding photos, so close-ups aren’t so great.…
Read MoreCherish your Dream Team | Wedding Venue Must Haves
So you have a stunning location, fabulous venue features, a brilliant chef, a wonderful events team but what about your extra dream team who transform your venue from ‘nice’ to ‘absolutely wow’? The florists, the cake designers, the décor specialists, the DJs and more. I see a huge disparity in the way venues treat the…
Read MoreBack to Basics – it really is simple | Making Money Hosting Weddings
I’m regularly asked by journalists, researchers, clients, friends and the generally wedding-curious, what is your favourite venue? Where do you love to work? My answer is never what they expect. I am lucky to have inside access to some breathtaking and utterly unique locations, yet no matter how beautiful the venue looks, it’s the staff…
Read MoreNo Nos and Must-Dos in hosting wedding planners
You’re keen to market your venue through wedding planners (good decision), but how do you do this most effectively – how do you get it right and what should you avoid? Here’s my quick checklist based on a lot of years experience being one of these wedding planners: We’re a very lucky lot – wedding…
Read MoreShould our venue work with independent wedding planners?
It might come as no surprise that I answer ‘yes’ to this question. I am proudly biased as a company owner and wedding planner with my other hat on at The Bespoke Wedding Company. I am however, still surprised that more venues don’t target wedding planners as a good route for business as I constantly…
Read MoreWedding venue must-haves for thoroughly modern ‘I do’s’ – Part 1
I’m constantly meeting and talking to engaged couples at the start of their wedding planning journey, delving into their minds to discover how they envisage their wedding day looking. It’s a privileged position and through this I get plenty of insight as to what these couples are seeking. Over the coming posts I’m covering key…
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