{"id":1147,"date":"2012-02-22T14:44:07","date_gmt":"2012-02-22T19:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/?p=1147"},"modified":"2016-09-12T10:36:40","modified_gmt":"2016-09-12T14:36:40","slug":"303-hosting-your-own-bridal-show-wedding-business-websites-and-seo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/303-hosting-your-own-bridal-show-wedding-business-websites-and-seo","title":{"rendered":"#303: Host your own bridal show&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class='et-dropcap' style=\"font-size: 60px; color: #f15828;\">W<\/span>hat&#8217;s your take on bridal shows? \u00a0As a wedding planner, have you considered getting a booth? \u00a0How about hosting your own bridal show?<\/p>\n<p>During this episode hear ideas and tips for hosting your very own, very fun, bridal or wedding show.<\/p>\n<p>We also discuss about the importance of optimizing your wedding planning business website.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7661\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/confetti\/content.blubrry.com\/confetti\/show_303_20120221.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('7661','https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/confetti\/content.blubrry.com\/confetti\/show_303_20120221.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/blubrryplayer6.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/confetti\/content.blubrry.com\/confetti\/show_303_20120221.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1147-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:<\/h2>\n\n\t\t<div class='et-custom-list etlist-dot'>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n<li><strong><del>Wedding Business Guide<\/del> <a href=\"http:\/\/dayofweddingbusiness.com\">DayofWeddingBusiness.com<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; tutorials, forms and step-by-step help for starting your wedding planning business<\/li>\n<li><del><strong>A Very Vintage Wedding Fair<\/strong> &#8211; An absolutely wonderful, era-chic wedding show for retro brides- and grooms-to-be.<\/del><\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"The Alternative Wedding Event\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oneofakindweddings.net\" target=\"_blank\">The Alternative Wedding Event<\/a><\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0Ireland\u2019s premier unconventional wedding show (thank you for sharing, Linda!).<\/li>\n<li><del><strong>Bridal Happy Hour<\/strong> &#8211; Here&#8217;s a great way to entertain and educate local brides and position yourself as <strong>the<\/strong> local wedding planning expert.<\/del><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/LocalTrafficBuilder.com\" target=\"_blank\">Local Traffic Builder<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; \u00a0Brian Lawrence&#8217;s site that provides marketing, design and consulting for\u00a0the wedding and event industry. \u00a0&#8216;Meet&#8217; Brian during our upcoming live March 6 CONFETTI episode.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keywordspy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Keyword Spy<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; this online resource was\u00a0recommended\u00a0by one of our listeners for keyword research.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.websalesmarketing.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Web Sales Marketing<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; another SEO resource suggested by a listener. \u00a0[UPDATE: Neil has graciously offered to answer any of your SEO and social media questions, so feel free to post them in the comments, below (thanks, Neil!)].<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .et-custom-list -->\n<div class='et-box et-info'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'><strong>\u00a0Leave a Voice Message<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Call and leave your recorded question or comment for playback during the live show! 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