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Social Media + Weddings
Table of Contents
Meet the Staff p. 1 Before the Wedding p. 2 During the Wedding p. 3 Aſter the Wedding p. 4 ProductivitB & Planning Tools p. 5-‐9 Inspirational Tools p. 10-‐15 FeatKred Local Vendors & Bloggers p. 16-‐19
Connect with your guests along the way
Before During & After
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portion of yourself.
Components of planning a wedding:
“You know you’re in love
when you can’t fall asleep
Vendors:
because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
Caterers
~Dr. Seuss
Florists
Photographers
Décor
Invitations
For Daily Wedding Inspiration visit: Snippet & Ink Style Me Pretty “Better to have loved and lost, than have never loved at all.” ~St. Augustine
How To Keep Guests Involved “During” the Wedding:
The Bride & Groom should appoint a key
Another key tool to use during your wedding is
Twitter person, to keep guests updated on the
live satellite streaming. This is a newer concept
wedding festivities. This is a great feature to
that more people are starting to take
keep guests engaged during the wedding.
advantage of. It is a wonderful tool for those
Today, social media has become such a vital
guests who are unable to attend to feel as
asset of our everyday lives. As displayed
though they are still apart of the wedding.
throughout This Bliss, we will show you how
Ustream allows you to broadcast your wedding
you can actually plan your wedding using social
LIVE online so guests can watch your wedding
media tools.
ceremony as if they were present in the
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audience. This is a fabulous tool!
Linger
Create a Flickr account and create a group for guests to upload their own pictures from the special day. This is a great way to connect with guests and see everything that went down on the dance oor!
Send thank-you notes via video for your guests – make one for each guest individually or for the entire guest list.
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Now register for your wedding gifts online! This is the ultimate Bridal registry checklist for all Brides to review prior to creating their registry list with their fiancé. It encompasses the trendiest items a newlywed couple needs as they embark on their new journey together. Providing you with ideas to make your registering process much easier! This site includes everything from everyday dinnerware to plush bedding and towels. http/::aol.it:d4obYq
The Knot provides future bride and grooms with assistance in composing their registry list. When you register using The Knot, you can choose from numerous high-‐ end brands to add to your registry wish list. Once you have composed your registry list it is very easy to share it with your friends. You can either create a widget by adding it to your Facebook, Twitter, wedding website or blog, or you can email it out all your guests whatever is easier for you!
Instead of just registering for household items, try something different and register for your dream honeymoon. This site lets guests donate tin-‐kind gifts so you and your significant other can have a honeymoon that you may not have had otherwise. It allows guests to take part in helping the bride and groom have unforgettable and amazing honeymoon that they will remember for years to come. HoneyLuna.com
http://bit.ly/uOj6tI
Tips for online registering: •
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Register early in plenty of time before your wedding so guests have enough time to look over your list. Form the list together with your significant other; do not leave each other out.
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Check stores return policies prior to registering for certain items.
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Do some research before you begin registering unless you both already know what you want! It will make the process much easier.
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How to Plan a Wedding Using Social Media Tools… Wedding Control Is a great free website that offers many tools to assist in your wedding planning process such as: managing your guest list, downloading mailing labels, tracking guest RSVPs, along with budgeting, and assistance with your seating chart. This is a wonderful website that provides numerous tools to help your wedding planning process move more smoothly.
OneWed Helps you locate vendors, look through potential hair styles, dresses, cakes, and allows you to share photos of your wedding so people can see the final outcome if they were unable to attend in person.
Wedding Solutions Wedding Solutions is an excellent tool at aiming to provide solutions for every aspect of your wedding. You can set up to-‐do lists, look for vendors, search locations, and more.
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Wedding Planning 10 iPhone Apps for planning your ideal wedding! The following apps are great for planning, managing, and providing wedding ideas for your special day! 1. iWedding Deluxe 2. Plan Your Wedding with Mindy Weiss 3. BRIDES Wedding Genius Google Weddings 4. Wedding Budget 5. Wedding 911 by The Knot 6. WeddingScan Google Weddings is a great way to simplify your wedding 7. Wedding Row planning process and explore how Google’s free tools can 8. Fun Wedding 9. Wedding Flowers Moodboard help save you money and time, while -‐ ssodales. taying organized 10. Destination Weddings & and having fun! Also, you can create customized Honeymoons Guides templates for your wedding reception menu, organize
Click here: to check out the 10 must have wedding apps for your iPhone!
Wedding Channel
your budget and guest lists, provides cake and favor ideas, and helps you create an Excel address book that will create a seating chart with the touch of a click.
A one stop planning website designed to bring you planning tools as well as hairstyles and bridal gown photo galleries to inspire you along the way. Also this site features links to trendy wedding registries such as Tiffany’s.
Backpack
Need a better way to organize your wedding? Backpack is the perfect social media tool for you! It enables you to share information with your guests before, during and after your wedding day. It also keeps and saves all your documents and schedules in one place similar to Evernote. 4
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How to Create Buzz About Your Big Day! To create Buzz about your wedding use WeddingBuzz, a Facebook app offered by The Knot, wedding magazine. It has taken the cost and pan out of staying in contact with guests about your wedding events. This site allows you to add a wedding countdown to your Facebook profile, and create a separate page with important details for the day of.
ü Helpful checklists to follow when planning a successful wedding! http://bit.ly/56Zrk4
The Do’s & Don’ts of Wedding Planning: Do: • • •
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Consider using a wedding planner Make a wedding binder to keep ideas organized. Decide early on in your planning process if you want a formal sit down dinner or a buffet style dinner. Make a wedding website and use online tools in assisting you with your guest RSVPs. Plan your wedding the want envision & want it.
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Base your date on when your guests can come, because there will never be a date that is good for everyone! Try to please everyone; it should be about you & your finance. Think just because a venue is more expensive that they are better, as to see their referrals & work experience. Forget to get your marriage license!
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Get Inspired with Social Media
Pinterest is a one stop shop for inspiration, for anyone involved in the wedding planning process. D.I.Y. centerpieces, dÊcor, and rustic thematic projects, are Pinterest’s sweet spot. Pin what you love, create what you pin.
Looking for more? Weddinggawker, also available as an iPhone app, is a great tool for collecting ideas for the big day.
Perhaps you stumbled upon a a during beautiful park your morning jog? Upload a photo on of whatever inspires you and Pictaculous will extract a color palette from the image. (Pictaculous is available as an iPhone App)
The hues you choose will influence the entire theme of the wedding. The right colors can warm up a frosty December wedding and cool off a humid July outdoor reception.
Color Me Softly
The hues you choose will influence the entire theme of the wedding. The right colors can warm up a frosty December wedding and cool off a humid July outdoor reception.
Bold or muted, there’s no reason to be plain.
This young social network is a fun way to get inspiration and connect with other people in the wedding sphere. Look to Kyoo for all things wedding: featured users, and a “heat� map of all related content on the social media world including blog posts, videos and more.