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Social Media Consulting for the Wedding and Event Industries :: Splendid Communications
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Online Media Consulting and Strategy for the Wedding and Event Industries
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On Assuming the Worst

One of the biggest mistakes people make in business is writing someone off because of one aspect about that person that they may not like. This often leads to soured relationships and underestimating...

13 h ago

Splendid Sundays Volume 87

A handful of splendid finds from around the worldwide web: *How smart event companies landed the 2012 National Democratic Conventions business. *Phone apps that determine the freshness and chemical b...

1 day ago

2011 Global Wedding Study General Report Now Available

Im so excited to let you all know that the 2011 Global Wedding Study General Report is now available! If you shared the survey with your audience earlier this Spring (and emailed us as we requested, ...

1 day ago

The Must-Have Trait for Leaders and Creatives

If youre the first to always throw cold water on ideas -- either yours or those belonging to others -- its time to stop and seriously ask yourself why. I dont advocate giving false praise or telling ...

3 days ago

How to Get Millennials On Board with Your Ideas

Its no secret that millennials (aka Generation Y) are an opinionated group. They grew up being told they could be anything they wanted to be and were awarded with an armful of trophies just for showi...

5 days ago

The "Secret" to Getting Ahead

If I had to define a "secret" for why some people get ahead in this industry and others dont, it would be this: the people who get ahead make time for the tedious, unglamorous tasks. Writing ...

6 days ago

Millennials and the Bridal Gender Gap

Millennials, the generation born between 1979-2000 and the current majority wedding consumer, grew up in a post-feminist era. Gen Y girls grew up in classrooms where the emphasis was on teamwork...

28 may 12

Splendid Sundays Volume 86

A handful of splendid finds from around the worldwide web: *The power of shifting 10%. *On trend with the uptick in "banner blindness," 83% of U.S. adult Facebook users rarely or never c...

27 may 12

Splendid Sundays Volume 85

A handful of splendid finds from around the worldwide web: *Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, got married yesterday in a surprise ceremony *In Defense of Polymaths: the other side of the "...

20 may 12 1 person likes this

Reminder About the Global Wedding Study Results

Were getting ready to send out the general report for 2011 weddings from the Global Wedding Study from Splendid Insights (a sneak peek of one of the pages is above). The general report is free t...

14 may 12 1 person likes this

On Getting What You Want

Forbes recently ran an interesting story about a real estate executive who noticed that while empty nesters consistently said they wanted one thing in a house (no dining room, a large guest bedroom),...

08 may 12

Splendid Sundays Volume 84

A handful of splendid finds from around the worldwide web: *Pottery Barn and Janie Medley of The Brides Cafe have teamed up to produce a pop-up shop of Janies floral designs next Saturday, May 12th. ...

07 may 12

Splendid Sundays Volume 83

A handful of splendid finds from around the worldwide web: *The new ad-free print magazine from Once Wed ships tomorrow. You can order your copy here. *Why Patagonias founder is Americas unlikel...

07 may 12

Insight on Expanding Your Business

Today Im featuring an interview with Melissa Hester, owner of Melissa Jill Photography based out of Arizona. I first met Melissa six years ago and Im lucky enough to call her a friend as well as a co...

30 apr 12

Learning to Trust Yourself

Trust is built with consistency. If we want to trust ourselves more -- our gut, our own intuition -- then we need to trust that we have the capacity to create something of beauty, to make things bett...

26 apr 12

I Did vs Im Going To

There is a saying about running that I love: "No matter how slow you go, you are still lapping everyone on the couch." It applies to business as well. We tend to wait until everything is just...

25 apr 12

Speaking at the National Stationery Show and Love Mexico

Ill be speaking at two different events next month, heres the info on each: On Tuesday, May 15th, Ill be speaking at the Love Mexico destination wedding conference in Dallas, Texas at 10 am. The titl...

21 apr 12

On Making Real Change Happen

Comfort zone change is incremental. It is slow. It rarely happens overnight, and I would argue that sustainable comfort zone change never happens overnight. Expanding comfort zones means taking an id...

16 apr 12

Splendid Sundays Volume 82

A handful of splendid finds from around the worldwide web: *Dior named Belgian designer Raf Simons as its new Artistic Director and John Gallianos replacement. *How to export your Instagram photos *T...

15 apr 12

Introducing Form+Function

Today is the 1 year birthday of FindAWeddingJob.com, the job board I created for the wedding industry! Its been an amazing year so far, with companies like Martha Stewart Weddings, BRIDES Magazi...

11 apr 12

Splendid Sundays Volume 81

A handful of splendid finds from around the worldwide web: *In the age of the Internet, people are reading books more than ever. *How much of your personal info does each Facebook app access? *Hindu ...

08 apr 12

Splendid Sundays Volume 80

A handful of splendid finds from around the worldwide web: *The Academy of Country Music Awards will feature a live wedding during its awards show tonight. *Pretty Pear Bride launched a new magazine ...

01 apr 12

Wedding Market Survey 2012

Im currently conducting a global survey of recently married and engaged couples and I need your help! Because my company is primarily business-to-business, I need you to share about this survey ...

01 apr 12

Honeymoon Survey

In addition to the wedding survey, were also conducting a honeymoon survey. The Honeymoon Survey is open to anyone anywhere in the world who has ever taken a honeymoon, regardless of the year they ma...

01 apr 12

Introducing Splendid Insights!

Today Im thrilled to introduce the newest brand under The Splendid Collective, Splendid Insights! Splendid Insights provides market research for the wedding and newlywed lifestyle industries. When I ...

31 mar 12

Owning Your Talent

One of my greatest pet peeves in business is when I see someone who is amazingly talented dismiss their skill or company as unworthy of any respect or praise. Here are a few examples of damaging phra...

28 mar 12

Splendid Sundays Volume 79

A handful of splendid finds from around the worldwide web: *Melissa Jill launched Align, a new album design company for wedding photographers this week. *TED Talks are now available on Netflix. *Chef...

25 mar 12

Where Weddings are Headed and More

Kat from Rock n Roll Bride interviewed me for her Inspirations series recently and its now available to read on her site. I dish on how I deal with criticism, the best and worst advice Ive received, ...

22 mar 12

What You See is What You Get

Im always amazed at how Beka Rendell and Kimberly Fink of Styled Creative see things. They can walk into any dilapidated venue and see it transformed into something magical. They can take a piece of ...

20 mar 12

Splendid Sundays Volume 78

A handful of splendid finds from around the worldwide web: *In an effort to attract more destination wedding business, the Mississippi state senate passed a bill this week to end the blood test requi...

18 mar 12

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