2007 Wedding Statistics

Knowing your industry is key to making your business successful. Recently I subscribed to The Wedding Report, which gives you some great insights into the industry as a whole and specific information for your city.

Here are a few statistics that may be of interest to you:

2,290,578 :: Number of estimated weddings in 2007
$14,250 :: Average budget for weddings in 2007
$27,690 :: Average estimated consumer spending for 2007 weddings
17 Months :: Average time the couple will be engaged
81% :: Say they will use the use the internet to help plan their wedding

The online wedding market worth over $7.9 billion.

How much of that is going to be yours and how will you market to get the brides that you do get?

Make sure you website is up to date with your freshest work!


Statistics taken from The Wedding Report


I am finally back home after a trying week of traveling from Denver to Portland ME!

Stuck in Denver

Or watch it on Simple Photo TV



Have to say that I have always flown and enjoyed Jet Blue...but this time they really let us down! The final straw was last night when they had a plane sitting at the gate and still had to cancel the flight because they didn't have a crew...I had them book me on another airline. Blogging still from DIA but now with United and there is a plane here at the gate, so looks like I will get home today...

Hijack --fun with widgets

Thursday, February 15, 2007
fun with widgets
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This post was Hijack'd from http://www.emilieinc.com/blog/ I may be biased but she is my favorite photographer by far! Check out Emilie's blog and site.

Valentines Day!

Make sure your website is up to date!!! 10's of thousands of engagements will take place today!

I am currently stuck in Denver, with the snow on the east coast grounding most flights to NY.

Happy Valentines Day Sweets!
Image found at www.kate.net

Denver PUG

We had a great time this evening in Denver! Katie Van Buren is the PUG leader and was so kind to have us all to her studio. It was great to see some familiar faces, including the great Travis Broxton. Thanks so much for coming out on such a cold winter evening.



Found this today on SimplePhoto.tv :


Erin of LaCour Photography gives us a great marketing idea! These guys have built a terrific business in Atlanta.

Chicago PUG

Freezing temps and a call for snow, caused the photographers of Chicago to stay home. Tonight we had 8 studios represented at the PUG. The group was small but the discussion was not. Everyone contributed including Jeff Wros the Pictage PRO Consultant for the region and Dave Wittig a terrific Chicago Photographer.

Hijack! Quiet Minds - Miksang Photography

Today I happened upon http://beautyandhappiness.com/ which is Kevin Reed's blog. I don't know Kevin personally but will be Hijacking his recent post!

Thanks Dane!

Philly...

I spoke this evening at Philly's PUG. There was about 15 photographers from Philadelphia and New Jersey. We meet at Drexler College and I enjoyed hearing the stories about everyone's businesses, especially Josh Gardner's...who I consulted with when I was at Pictage. This is a growing group headed by Heather Fowler.

Thanks to Em at emilieinc.com/blog for the great pictures!

Today was also a BIG day for liveBooks on SPM! Dane did a terrific segment on his new liveBooks site: CHECK IT OUT HERE...
OR:

The big apple!

Last night I visited the NYC PUG hosted by Shari Silk at Phil Mantas and Dasha Wright's studio in the financial district. About 30 photographers attended, as did my LiveBooks colleague Corey Miller.

The group

David Salomone


Chloe the dog


Thanks to Emilie of emilieinc.com for taking some fun shots of the evening!

Boston PUG at Doyle's

Tonight we met up at Doyle's in Boston with a fun group of Pictage clients. Enna Grazier led the meeting and we had a great showing for how cold it was there!

Hijack

http://www.julesbianchi.com/blog/2007/01/pump-cups.html

Once in a while I come across a post on another blog and will post it here...a hijack!

Jules Bianchi is a friend of mine in Los Angeles and a great photographer!
Stop by her blog and she what she is up to today: http://www.julesbianchi.com/blog

Colts are Champs!

This was not the best game of the season,
but sometimes just doing enough...is enough!

Go Horse!

Have to say that I am really excited about the Superbowl! I have been a big fan of the Colts for years and we have finally made it to the big game.

OPPORTUNITY AT HAND












This one is for you!













Images were taken from: http://mirror.colts.com/defaultplayoff.cfm

Nashville PUG

Tonight I was in Nashville to speak to the Pictage User Group there. They had the largest showing for their PUG tonight and everyone was excited to hear about how to keep their most important marketing tool...their website, fresh!

It was great to see some friends who drove up from Chattanooga-- Nathan and Amber Holritz! Amber took some fun images of the night below. Thanks Amber!

Thanks also to Allison Bynum who is the Nashville PUG leader.

More PUG Tour Information

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PUG Tour!

I will be on the road for the next month speaking at Pictage User Groups throughout the country.
Here are the cities I will be visiting on the tour:
2.1.07 Nashville
2.6.07 Boston
2.7.07 New York
2.8.07 Philly
2.12.07 Chicago
2.13.07 Denver
2.20.07 Orange County
2.21.07 Los Angeles
2.26.07 Portland OR
2.28.07 Seatle

These meeting are for Pictage users to get together and talk about the industry. If you are not a Pictage user please let me know that you would like to attend and I will make sure you have information on how to get to the PUG.

Ana Y Jose

Spent the week on the beach...in Mexico!
Ana Y Jose is an amazing little resort about 75 miles south of Cancun. If you need a getaway I would suggest it for sure...feel free to contact me about any details. Dinner at Posada Margherita is a must and reservations are too!

New Years Wedding

Spent the New Year shooting a wedding in Jackson NH!

I was 2nd shooting for Emilie and really enjoyed the the bride and groom, as well as the small town atmosphere of Jackson.

Here is a picture of each of us wondering around Jackson...

















Slideshow: http://www.emilieinc.com/karenmatt/
Book Emilie's package A or B and get me too!

New Position with liveBooks!

I have accepted a new position with a company out of San Francisco called liveBooks! I am excited to be working with such a talented group of people. I will be working from home in Maine and traveling the country to pitch the product to the wedding market. My new position is the Wedding Marketing and Development Manager...click HERE to get to liveBooks!