Category Archives: WPE

WPE Speaker Thanks to Dominique Douglas and Melanie Kiani

18 February, 2016

We have come to the end of our series of heartfelt thank you messages to all our Wedding Planning Excellence speakers as today we thank Dominique Douglas of Stylish Events and Melanie Kiani of Bellissimo Weddings, both UKAWP Regional Ambassadors.

They spoke on the subject of ‘Taking the plunge: Growing your business by taking on a team’.

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We learnt a lot about the legal and practical ins and outs of taking on staff – from short-term interns to full time employees – and deciding whether securing an office space is the right next step.

Thank you so much ladies for sharing your experience and answering our questions.

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Speaker thanks to Andri Benson - Shooting for Glory

10 February, 2016

We want to thank Andri Benson of Always Andri (UKAWP Ambassador) for her superb speech at Wedding Planning Excellence 2015 entitled ‘Shooting for glory: Building a dream team to create styling magic’.

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Andri showed us how to use styled shoots to grow our profile, portfolio and testimonials in the early stages of our careers. We learnt about Andri’s experience of how photo shoots have been instrumental to her business growth over the years.

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Andri was also kind enough to answer lots of our questions.

Thanks also to Hanny Duffy for the lovely images.

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Speaker thanks to James Lord - Quintessentially Weddings

4 February, 2016

Coming near the end of our series thanking our wonderful speakers at Wedding Planning Excellence 2015, today we must thank the talented and highly experienced James Lord of Quintessentially Weddings.

James Lord WPE 15 1James’s talk was entitled “Marketing to millionaires: Breaking the luxury market barrier”. Nobody has more experience working with those elusive high net worth couples than Quintessentially Weddings. James gave us a great guide to attracting the most discerning client base the world has to offer.

He was kind enough to answer our questions and share his wealth of knowledge. Thank you very much James.

James Lord WPE 15 2Photo Credits: Hannah Duffy Photography

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WPE Speaker thanks to Blue Ribbon

28 January, 2016

Today we want to thank Zsofia Jamieson of Blue Ribbon Company for her excellent presentation at Wedding Planning Excellence 2015.

Zsofia’s talk was entitled ’Coddling those clients: Improving your clients’ experience through upping your customer service game’.

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We learned lots about what the luxury customer is looking for and the details that add up to a truly outstanding relationship with clients, leading to shining praise and a reputation for excellence.

Blue Ribbon2It was lovely to be reminded of lots of hints and tips and to learn some new ones and how to bring the whole process, relationship and customer experience together.

Thank you so much Zsofia.

Thank you also to Hannah Duffy for the images.

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Speaker thanks to Laura Burkitt

25 January, 2016

Continuing our series of thank you posts for our lovely Wedding Planning Excellence 2015 speakers, today our gratitude to Laura Burkitt, freelance wedding stylist and journalist with years in the wedding and fashion industry, including Brides magazine.

The title of Laura’s talk was ’Pursuing the press: Innovative ideas to showcase your expertise and get on editors’ radar.’

Her excellent talk outlined that working with print and online media is the strongest tool in our marketing arsenal so we need to make sure we know how to stand out from the crowd and work those contacts to showcase our work and get in front of potential clients.

Here’s what one of our experienced members, Isabel Smith, had to say…

‘Doing my own PR has always served me really well in getting business but it was brilliant to hear from an insider about how things have changed for the magazines and bloggers so now I can tweak my approach to make this part of my marketing strategy even more effective.’

Our thanks also to Hannah Duffy for her images.

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