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Vendors Wanted: Very Special Project

Dear Vendor & Wedding Services Readers,
I am working on a very special project for engaged military couples. I am seeking partners, sponsors, and business participants in all areas of the wedding industry. Sorry to be so cryptic but I want to keep the big surprise for the couples. If you’d like to learn more, please [...]

What’s Happening In The Wedding Biz

Looking for wedding industry news and happenings? Here are some of the recent highlights:

The team at Envelopments, who happen to be some of the nicest people on the planet, launched their own blog.
My friends Saundra Hadley and Jennifer Jasiczek have teamed up to bring Saun’s {Get Real} Sales Training Workshop to the fine citizens of [...]

Questions From You Fine Peeps

I’ve been slowly getting through my backlog of email this week and found some great questions from you guys and gals. I thought it’d be fun to answer them here.
Q: What program(s) do you use to track your site traffic?
A: I use a variety of programs because I think it’s unwise to rely on any [...]

Random Statistics

Emails received for all DIYBride accounts in the month of September: 2,038 (3rd highest email volume month ever)
Number of spam emails (not included in the count above): 1,012
# of spam emails that didn’t get caught: 422
# of emails that were marketing/pr/sales pitches from other companies: 919
# of emails that should’ve been directed to other sites/companies [...]

Questions From You: How’d You Get Your Book Deal?

One of the most frequently asked questions I get is “How did you get your book deal?” but what’s really being asked is “How can I get a book deal?”
I’m happy to share my experiences with publishing but it’s important to know that there are as many routes to getting published as their are publishers. [...]

RIP Modern Bride + Elegant Bride

The wires are buzzing with news that Conde Nast is giving the axe to Modern Bride, Elegant Bride, Cookie, and Gourmet magazines. As a reader and a writer the news saddens me.
Modern Bride is very dear to me. They were the first US bridal mag to feature some of my projects. MB gave me good [...]

Howdy.

Have we been introduced yet? My name is Khris and I’m the creator (creatrix?) of this site, diybride.com, and two lovely DIY Bride books. I’ve been blogging DIY Bride since 2003 and have been doing the diy bride thing, in various incarnations, since 1999 – 2000.
As a long-time blogger and published author I get a [...]