26 Jul

Be Found by Brides in an Innovative New iPhone & iPad App – 2 Weeks Left

categories: Wedding Blog Search Engine,Wedding Technology,Wedding Trends,iPad App,iPhone App,wedding vendors Tags: ipad, iPad App, iPhone App, MTH2010, Wedding Blog Search Engine, wedding bloggers, Wedding Search Engine, Wedding Technology, Wedding Trends, wedding vendors —

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Vendors – If you want to be part of this amazing launch, please contact me ASAP and we’ll make sure that your wedding business, photos, and associated blogs are on the map. Since we expect this to be released within 6 weeks, to be part of the launch, you must contact me no later than no later than August, 10, 2010. Email me at: info@my-wedding-concierge.com for pricing and details!

21 Jul

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Sneak Peek of our Wedding Blog Search Engine iPhone/iPad App

My Wedding Concierge Revolutionizes How Brides Find Wedding Vendors

We have been feverishly working on coding up an AMAZING App. We will be releasing an iPhone as well as an iPad app for our wedding blog search engine. It won’t only search through wedding blogs for bridal inspiration – we’ve added a geo-locator tool for brides. She can pull up on a map and zoom in on where she is located at that exact moment. What comes next is revolutionary for the wedding world. Pin drops will now dot the map around her to show her all of the wedding vendors who are indexed in our wedding blog search engine. She touches the pin head and up comes photographs of either the vendor’s work or photos of the reception site. She can read a caption on each photograph and click on the “More” button if there are blog articles associated with that vendor or review on reception site for brides to see the “Real Weddings” that have happened there! Here are some screenshots – I’m sure it’ll explain better:

Bride can geo-locate herself via GPS functionality and she can zoom in/zoom out to see all vendors in her area.

Vendor Locator allows brides to click on the pin drop for more information

Photo pops up and text explains photo or promotes location. Bride can click on read more button for access to blog articles about location or vendor.

Blog article that gets pulled up for bride to read - relevant and targeted content related to vendor/reception site - showcases real weddings

The blog articles that are pulled up are targeted and relevant. It will help brides find wedding vendors in her area quickly and easily. She will also get to see blog articles that are associated with you, your work, and location. Now, here’s the best part, we are making this available INTERNATIONALLY. Yes, all the vendors that have been contacting me from the UK and Australia especially, will be able to be on here! Our app will also be released internationally.

Vendors – If you want to be part of this amazing launch, please contact me ASAP and we’ll make sure that your wedding business, photos, and associated blogs are on the map. Since we expect this to be released within 6 weeks, to be part of the launch, you must contact me no later than no later than August, 10, 2010 to be part of the launch. Email me at: info@my-wedding-concierge.com for pricing and details!

Here is what our iPad app looks like:

iPad App - Landing Page for Searching

This is how blog search results are displayed.

This is how blog articles are displayed - Brides can tweet it, facebook, or email to friends.

And this is our iPhone app:

Landing Page of our Blog Search Engine App - Brides type in search at the top.

Blog search results displayed.

Blog article displayed - Brides can email, tweet, and facebook the article.

18 Jul

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Making Things Happen #MTH2010 – 6 Month Anniversary

categories: MTH2010 Tags: business, iPhone App, mobile marketing, MTH2010, trend report, Wedding Blog Search Engine, Wedding Search Engine, Wedding Technology —

Wow. It’s been 6 months since I attended Lara Casey’s Making Things Happen Intensive in Los Angeles. So many things have happened since then. I’ve taken a hard look at My Wedding Concierge and defined exactly what I wanted it to represent. I’ve learned that AUTHENTICITY and TRANSPARENCY would become the most important building blocks of My Wedding Concierge. I’ve CONQUERED my fear of being unable to be a GREAT MOM to my two young children, ADORING WIFE to my most WONDERFUL HUSBAND and growing My Wedding Concierge to where I want it to be. I CAN do it all. I feared FAILURE, but learned that without failure, I would never know SUCCESS. I was distracted and am now focused. I have chosen to be REMARKABLE.

I’ve connected with some amazing people who have helped guide me to where I am today. I met with the AMAZING Sean Low who is so incredibly generous with his time, infinite wisdom, and insights into this business that it would have taken me forever to figure out even 10% on my own. Lara has helped me make my brand stronger and understand that my brand needs to mirror the audience that I want to attract. I plan on attending Engage!10 at the Breakers to further learn how to become a leader in what we are doing in and for the wedding industry.

With all this said, what exactly have we accomplished in the last 6 months?

We’ve partnered up with some of the most talented wedding invitation designers to design our custom iphone apps for wedding vendors.

We’ve finished designing and perfecting our wedding blog search engine – brides can find just about anything she’s looking for without having to filter through useless posts that other search engines have.

We’ll be offering trending reports real soon to the wedding industry – we are able to see and will make available exactly what brides are searching for.

We’re now designing custom iPhone Apps for wedding vendors that stay consistent with their branding.

We’re creating a native iphone and iPad app for our wedding blog search engine – Lucia from http://www.utterlyengaged.com who I met at MTH2010 designed the app for us. Here’s a sneak peak of it:

my wedding concierge ipad blog search engine app

We’ve been mentioned in INC Magazine.

Our My Wedding Concierge Vendor Guide has surpassed 40,000 downloads by brides.

We’re on track to for a record breaking month at over 200,000 unique pageviews.

We have a lot more gamechangers that will be revealed REAL soon!

We’re changing our directory listing business model from a pay per listing to a Pay it Forward model.

We’ve designed and ordered some spiffy business cards that really set us apart – It definitely has that WOW factor! Thanks Lara and Jeff for pushing me in this direction!

I can’t wait and see what the next 6 months has in store for us!

16 Jul

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Wedding Trend Report

categories: Wedding Trends Tags: boutonnieres, monique lhuillier, peacock feathers, save the dates, Wedding Search Engine, Wedding Technology, Wedding Trends —

My Wedding Concierge Wedding Trends Report

These were the top searched terms in our search engine this week:

Save the Dates – From letterpress to DIY, there’s something for every bride and every budget here: http://www.my-wedding-concierge.com/Wedding-Trends/Save%20The%20Dates

Peacock Feathers are still a gorgeous accessory to any wedding: http://www.my-wedding-concierge.com/Wedding-Trends/peacock

Boutonnieres – From simple to fancy, your groom will definitely want one of these spiffy boutonnieres: http://www.my-wedding-concierge.com/Wedding-Trends/Boutonnieres

Brides are wanting to beat the summer heat with these Fan Programs – from DIY to Letterpress, there are plenty to drool over: http://www.my-wedding-concierge.com/Wedding-Trends/Fan%20Programs

wedding trends diy letterpress fan programs

Monique Lhuillier is definitely one to know if you’re in the market for a couture gown: http://www.my-wedding-concierge.com/Wedding-Trends/Monique%20Lhuillier

couture wedding gown trends Monique Lhuillier

09 Jul

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Wedding Trend Report

categories: Wedding Blog Search Engine,Wedding Trends Tags: blog, trend report, Wedding Blog Search Engine, wedding bloggers, Wedding Search Engine, Wedding Technology, Wedding Trends —

So, we’ve had all of our tracking in place for nearly two weeks now. It’s been fun seeing what brides are searching for on our site. Some days, I get the most random search terms that makes me laugh, ie: donkey & tequilla. Really? On a wedding search engine? But most of the time, brides are searching for colors, wedding gown designers, diy projects, milk glass, succulents, and wedding vendors. I have a lot of blogs indexed, but very few wedding vendors. Contact me if you’d like to have your blog considered for indexing!

We are currently implementing a geo-targeting system inside our wedding blog search engine. What this means is that when a bride searches for a mason jar diy project, I’ll be able to see where she’s located. Brides in different parts of the nation are definitely going to be interested in different things for her wedding – now I’ll be able to show wedding vendors exactly who’s interested in what.

Bloggers – I will be able to tell you how many times a bride clicked through to your site and based on what search term she clicked through on, as well as the landing page that she entered on. This will help you improve your articles, understand your analytics better, as well as see how we are doing for you in terms of traffic being driven to your site.

I’ll leave you with some of our top trending reports for the week:

Pinwheels are always a lot of fun: http://my-wedding-concierge.com/Wedding-Trends/Pinwheels

Vintage Glamour is HOT: http://my-wedding-concierge.com/Wedding-Trends/Vintage%20Glamour

Succulents are ECO friendly and Gorgeous: http://my-wedding-concierge.com/Wedding-Trends/Succulents

Milk Glass has a simple elegance to it: http://my-wedding-concierge.com/Wedding-Trends/Milk%20Glass

Cake Stands: http://my-wedding-concierge.com/Wedding-Trends/Cake Stands

Have a wonderful weekend!

P.S. If you leave a comment as to how you find our search engine useful, how you like it, or how we can improve it, I’ll pick a winner to have their wedding blog indexed for free on Wednesday, June 14!

06 Jul

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Wedding Blog Search Engine

categories: Wedding Blog Search Engine,Wedding Technology Tags: brides, iPhone App, RSS, tech tuesday, Wedding Blog Search Engine, wedding bloggers, Wedding Search Engine, Wedding Technology, wedding vendors —

I want to formally introduce to you, our wedding blog search engine! We’ve been working incredibly hard on bringing to the wedding community, the most comprehensive blog search engine available. Search for anything your heart desires – type into our homepage’s search box “pink gray” and all relevant search results that have pink and gray in the title or text will get pulled up. So, search for colors, themes, letterpress invitation ideas, diy projects, wedding gown designers, and more. Our engine will search through a TON of blog posts to bring back the most relevant posts to you first.

We are currently developing an iPhone and iPad app for the search engine. You’ll be able to find inspiration on the go through these apps. We do the work so you don’t have to! Search through hundreds of wedding blogs for ideas without leaving our site and when something finally catches your eye – then click through! We index nightly, so make sure you bookmark our site and come back daily for new fascinating finds! If you’re a wedding vendor or blogger and want to be included, email me at: info {at} my-wedding-concierge {dot} com for more information! We’re always on the lookout for great blogs to add to our engine.

P.S. Here’s a hint on how to get indexed high up on our search results. Make sure your blog title is keyword rich as well as your first paragraph that is fed into your RSS feed.

10 Mar

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Vendor Profile: Marry Me Live

categories: Green Weddings,Wedding Technology Tags: eco friendly weddings, Green Weddings, wedding planning, Wedding Technology, wedding vendors —

Technology changes ever so quickly and it’s refreshing to see new companies that bring technology and integrates it into the wedding industry. Marry Me Live is one such company that has brought technological advances to weddings today.

Imagine being in the midst of planning for your wedding and you run into the following road blocks:

You need to cut down your guest list because it is larger than your venue.
You are going over budget and need to limit the guests to only family members.
Your friends or relatives cannot make the trip to your wedding due to travel costs, health concerns, or prior commitments.

Marry Me Live is the answer to your problems and is the live video streaming solution which enables you to share your wedding with family and friends around the globe. They work with a host of providers to organize the best technological solution and provide end-to-end communication services to seamlessly coordinate their services into your wedding.

Marry Me Live has live streamed weddings from multiple states within the continental United States inclusive of Hawaii. In addition, Marry Me Live works with brides to ensure more eco-friendly weddings and is associated with green wedding organizations including the US Green Wedding Consortium and The Green Bride Guide.

02 Mar

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iPhone App: My Wedding Concierge Vendor Guide

categories: Wedding Technology,iPhone App Tags: custom illustrations, iPhone App, wedding planning, Wedding Technology, wedding vendors —

We have a brand new redesigned iPhone App that just got approved tonight by Apple. We’ve rebranded it so that it matches our website. The gorgeous illustrations were illustrated by the talented Astrid Mueller. It is available for download in the iTunes store for free. Just simply do a search for My Wedding Concierge and it’ll pop up. For those of you that already have our app downloaded, simply run an update from the App store and all the new graphics and user interface will change over to the new one. Setting up your app only takes a minute and then you’re ready to start searching for vendors in your area!

The My Wedding Concierge Vendor Guide is an iPhone App that allows brides to search for wedding vendors on the go. Because the iPhone doesn’t support Flash, if a bride look at a wedding vendor’s website that’s in flash, all she will see is a box with a question mark in the middle. Also, our iPhone app loads about 10 times faster than a website.

Our vendors essentially have a mini website when they are showcased on our site. All of their contact information is available as well as their company information. Vendors are able to upload up to 36 full size photographs and brides can save their favorite photographs by tagging them 1-5 stars. One touch email, phone call, and visit to their website from within the app are all available. It doesn’t get any easier than this!

Brides can very easily request information from wedding vendors by simply tapping the “Request More Info” button. There are two different screens where the bride can request information from the vendor. Since the bride had already set up her information during set up, there is no need to re-enter her information. The lead is sent immediately to the wedding vendor via email.

We are adding new vendors to our site daily. If you don’t see very many vendors in your area, make sure to check back often and feel free to click on the + sign on the upper right hand corner to suggest new vendors to be added to the site.
If you get a chance, we would really appreciate it if you wrote a review for us in the App store. Just as an FYI, any app that you delete or reinstall without rating it, becomes an automatic 1 star to the developers. It’s been a battle with Apple that has fallen on deaf ears. Thank you SO much!

01 Mar

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Wedding Planning on the Apple iPad

categories: Wedding Technology Tags: apps, ipad, Wedding Technology —

APPLE-IPAD

The Apple iPad is a new touchpad that is quite simply a hybrid between an iPhone and a laptop. Using the touch screen, brides can use the internet to plan her wedding, use a wedding planning app such as My Wedding Concierge to locate wedding vendors, jot down notes in a notepad, or schedule appointments with her calendar.

Measuring at 9.5″ x 7.5″ x 0.5″ and weighing only 1.5 pounds, the iPad can easily be carried anywhere.

Every app that is currently available in the App Store will work on the iPad. Those apps designed for use on the iPhone will take up a small portion of the screen, or they can be enlarged to full size with some slight pixelation.

Many wedding photographers have been talking about creating new photography packages that would include the iPad. All your photos would be available on the iPad and you would flip through the “album” just as you would a real album. It would definitely be a neat album to have, but being as technologically inclined as I am, I still prefer the look and feel of a real photo album.

The models of the iPad without 3G connectivity will be in stores at the end of March, while 3G-connected models will be available at the end of April. To decide which one you want – if you’re going to use the iPad primarily from home and you have wifi, then go with the wi-fi model. If you plan on taking it everywhere, then opt for the 3G model. They are priced at $499+.

We will be developing new apps for wedding planning that will be specific to the iPad so keep a lookout for those in the near future! Would also love to hear if you’re planning on getting one. Why or why not?

22 Feb

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Changing My Focus

categories: Wedding Technology Tags: Wedding Technology —

Sorry for not posting at all last week. Between getting new vendors set up on our site and everything else that goes on behind the scenes, writing blog posts was at the bottom of my to-do list.

I have however, done a lot of thinking about what I was truly passionate about – in terms of writing. As much as I love looking and reading about “Real Weddings” on everyone else’s wedding blogs, I just could not get into it. Don’t get me wrong, I love ALL things pretty when it comes to weddings. As hard as I tried – it was just not for me. It would literally take me hours upon hours to get one post done, and even then, I wasn’t proud of it.

So, after some pondering, I realized that if I wrote about what I was truly interested in, it would be authentic, it would be written a lot faster, and it would be what I have focused on for a long time. Technology. Weddings & Technology. How weddings use technology, new gadgets that help brides and grooms improve their weddings better, and how the wedding industry needs to be more focused on new technologies.

I will still do product reviews that catch my eye and wedding vendor profiles. I may also post a real wedding here and there, but the main focus will be on wedding technology. So, sit tight and keep your eyes peeled, because there’s a lot of fascinating wedding technology out there!