Tips for Tributes of the Wedding Games

Today we are interviewing Judge 4 on The Wedding Games, Kelly Werder, CEO of WedBiz Media. As with all our judges Kelly has a wealth of information to share and we wanted to get her insight into the marketing side of what can be taken from both the Hunger Gamesmovie and our own Wedding Games [...]

Interview with Wedding Games Judge – Ann Turner

Today we have an interview with another judge on The Wedding Games, Ann Turner the Editor of Event Solutions Magazine. As you can imagine Ann sees many trends, styles and themes come across her desk in her role with the magazine. Today we ask Ann to spill the beans on the current trends both the [...]

The Wedding Games – interview with Judge 5

Lindye Galloway is the creative mind behind the Hunger Games inspired styled wedding shoot. It is the photos from this shoot that we used within our Mood Board for the Wedding Games competition that we are currently running. Remember you still have time to enter and we would love to see some Aussies amongst the [...]

Let Me Tell You A Story

 One of the first things I learnt from Kylie, Director of the Academy Group and chief writer of this blog, when starting with the Academy as a student, was the art of telling a story to sell ideas.  Although I had a writing background, I admit I was a little surprised to be learning about [...]

Marketing for the Wedding and Event Industry in 2012

Easter this year has been a different experience for me as I celebrated it in the US whilst working on our latest campus. The Wedding and Event Institute. I found it very strange that there was no 4 day holiday and very few Easter Eggs only a couple of Hershey bunnies. There was no public [...]

Hunger Games Wedding Shoots

I thought we would continue on from our last post on Styled Wedding Shoots by talking about the latest blockbuster release that has got everyone talking, The Hunger Games. As with any movie like this it always filters its way down to the wedding and event industry. Just as we had Harry Potter themed parties [...]

Styled Wedding Shoots

I am often asked by our students at the Academy about Styled or Inspirational Wedding Shoots and they have been the subject of much controversy over the past couple of years as they have grown in popularity. Do they build up the expectations of a bride too much? Are they achievable or are they simply [...]

Pinterest for Wedding and Event Planners

There is so much talk about Pinterest at the moment that I thought we should take a moment to discuss it here on our blog. So what is Pinterest? Simply put it is a visual form of Social Media that allows you to share images that you find online or own yourself by organising them [...]

Confetti – The Radio Show for Wedding Planners

 As many of you probably know it was my great pleasure to play co-host with Debbie Thomas, the owner and creator of Confetti, the Wedding Planner Radio Talk Show, yesterday. Confetti was born out of need for wedding planners across the globe to come together to exchange ideas, ask questions and generally support each other [...]

10 Perfect items for your work from home wardrobe

Working from home has its benefits and it can be said that whilst some of us miss dressing up in our Corporate Suits and heels, I personally enjoy the flexibility of being able to dress more casually for work from home. One of the real benefits of this, for me, is that I can dress [...]

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