Posts by @consulting
The power of the recommendation – are you working it?
How to get great testimonials and recommendations for your wedding venue
Read MoreWhat are my training events really like?
An insight into what Kelly Chandler training events look and feel like and what you should hope to gain as a wedding venue.
Read MoreCreating that powerful first impression with paper goods
Vaishali Shah, founder of luxury stationery company Ananya Cards, creates and designs some of the most gorgeous stationery for wedding couples. In this blog, Vaishali will guide you through how you can create an amazing first impression with stationery designed to resonate with your couples and give that ‘WOW’ factor that takes venue appeal to another level.
Read MoreTargeting the “older” couple?
The ‘older couple’ is a highly desirable sector to market to. This blog post shares my top tips for making your offering most relevant to older couples.
Read MoreAsk Good Questions
I’m rather a big fan of face-to-face and there’s nothing like winning the opportunity to show couples your wedding venue possibilities via a show round or site visit. There is no greater chance than to leave them in no doubt you are the PERFECT venue for them. I’ve written, Conducting a brilliant venue show round, for some…
Read MoreWhy invest in wedding co-ordinator training?
Today’s film tackles the subject of training of wedding co-ordinators and the benefits of investing in this for great returns. 1. Hire for Passion, Train for Skill – this I wholeheartedly believe in. You can’t teach a passion and enthusiasm but I don’t think our industry is short of the enthusiasm, but it is short…
Read MoreOur Latest Wedding Showcase Project
Today’s post is dedicated to our most recent event project which we were thrilled to produce with and on behalf of the events team at Chiswick House & Gardens Trust. This quiet oasis of landscaped Italianate gardens located in west London, with its stunning 18th-century villa, has long hosted beautiful weddings but had not, to…
Read MoreWedding business resources
In today’s post, I’m sharing some of my favourite wedding business resources to help you with increasing your knowledge, learning and understanding of the brilliantly diverse and super-fast moving wedding industry that we work in. I strongly believe that it’s really important that as both businesses and individuals that we never stop learning and…
Read MoreWedding Inspiration at Waddesdon Manor – Insights and Images
Today’s post is dedicated to a now well-established and well-talked about wedding showcase that I’m proud to produce on behalf of the venue’s in-house team. Wedding Inspiration at Waddesdon Manor returned for the 4th time this spring and I’m sharing with you some images, insights and some of the key ingredients to this highly successful…
Read MoreThe wedding venue and professional blogger – a great match
As part of my wedding market training day I offer to wedding venues, we talk a lot about modern marketing methods that successful venues adopt, and naturally, working with professional blogs is a key part of that. My last training group were lucky to have a short presentation from Louise Beukes of well-known wedding blog,…
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