What is your Plan B?

Every business should have a plan B just like we tell our brides who want a outdoor wedding. Brides need to have a plan B in case things do not go according to the plan and it rains or snows or whatever on their wedding day. We too as a small business owner need to [...]

Customer Service

I read this article recently on customer service and thought it was good and worth sharing with you. I received permission to print the article below in it’s entirety.
Customer Service a Chicken’s Way
By Holly Powers
Anyone who knows me knows my favorite fast food restaurant is Chick-fil-A. Aside from the fact their chicken is especially [...]

Hard Work for your Business

Many people start a business in the wedding industry because it looks like fun.  Well, that might be true on certain days, but to be successful it is hard work whether you are a wedding photographer, videographer, wedding planner or a florist.  You have to be committed to daily work and dealing with brides who [...]

Trendsetter, Erin McKenna

A young and what appears to be energetic woman, Erin McKenna was also named a 2007 Modern Bride Trendsetter. Erin McKenna is the owner of Babycakes NYC, a local New York City bakery dedicated to provide all natural, organic and delicious alternatives free from the common allergens: wheat, gluten, dairy, casein and eggs. [...]

2008 Challenges For Your Business

The Special Event Conference for 2008 was held last week in Atlanta, Georgia. They conducted a survey among in-house event professionals and independent event professionals that I thought was interesting and wanted to share with you.
They were asked:
What are the greatest challenges facing you professionally this year?
The independent event professionals (which most of us are) [...]

What makes you remarkable?

I happened upon this book, Remarkable Leadershipby Kevin Eikenberry and thought it would be an interesting read for a small business owner. Are you wondering how this book would affect your business? No matter our job title, we are all leaders in our business in one way or another. I guess the question might [...]

Most Popular Something Blue Posts

DWP reviewed the Something Blue blog posts for last year to determine what brides were most interested in on the Something Blue blog during 2007. Here’s a list of the highest viewed posts on the blog:
Gown Designer Monique Lhuillier [...]

Google and Your Website

Everyone is always talking about Google and as a small business owner, your goal is to be on page one of Google. Keeping up with what Google or any search engine for that matter can be a full time and to so an intimidating job.
If you don’t know how your website is ranking here’s some [...]

Trendsetter, The Van Wycks

Another 2007 Modern Bride Trendsetter, is the party planning team, The Van Wycks. Founded in Los Angeles in 1999 by mother-and-son team Mary Lynn and Bronson van Wyck, this event design firm now has offices in New York and works all over the country. Mary Lynn’s daughter, Mimi has now joined the business as Director [...]

More 2008 Wedding Trends

Lots of people want to put their two cents into the discussion. So for what it’s worth, here are the 2008 wedding predictions recently released from Nina Callaway, writer and event planner from About.com.

Green weddings will continue to increase
Wedding gowns will emphasize the waist
Letterpress wedding invitations will be big
The new spring color for 2008, yellow [...]

Free Information

Have you found yourself in the category of getting calls from a prospective client but quickly the conversation turns into a “what advice can I get for free” phone call. It’s hard.
You need to remember that every pitch whether over the telephone or in your office involves a little back and forth. Throwing in some [...]

Martha Stewart Wedding Cakes

Martha is at it again and has released another new book out on the shelves right after the Christmas holidays Martha Stewart Wedding Cakesby Martha Stewart and Wendy Kromer. This new book was written to help engaged couples decide on what type of cake they would like for their wedding, it also gives instructions should [...]

Trendsetter, Colette Peters

Another wedding professional that Modern Bride named as a 2007 Trendsetter was Colette Peters. Colette Peters has been the owner of Colette’s Cakes, a specialty cake company in New York City since 1989. As a young child, she started making cakes in the kitchen and obviously that love has stuck with [...]

Website Performance Analysis

A couple of days ago, we did a post called The Kiss of Death talking about how fast your website homepage loads. Here’s a link to a website that will do a free analysis of your website performance and give you a report on how fast your website is loading.
Here’s the link – http://www.websiteoptimization.com/services/analyze/index.html
Hopefully, [...]

Punch Recipes

Over the years, I have frequently had a bride ask about doing a punch during her reception in addition to the alcohol being served as an alternative drink to her guests. The problem I have run into is the reception venus have not offered many punch options to brides.
Here is a book called Punchthat [...]