{"id":4002,"date":"2013-07-04T13:37:33","date_gmt":"2013-07-04T17:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/confettitalkshow.com\/?p=4002"},"modified":"2016-09-12T10:54:39","modified_gmt":"2016-09-12T14:54:39","slug":"354-do-you-need-a-wedding-planning-blog-or-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/354-do-you-need-a-wedding-planning-blog-or-newsletter","title":{"rendered":"LIVE! #354 &#8211; Should you Start a Blog or a Newsletter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>HOST:<\/strong> Debbie Quain<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4008\" src=\"http:\/\/confettitalkshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/newsletter-vs-blog21-200x180.jpg\" alt=\"newsletter-vs-blog21-200x180\" width=\"200\" height=\"180\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This was scheduled to be a live broadcast.\u00a0 Unfortunately, I experienced sound issues and was forced to record offline, instead.\u00a0 But it&#8217;s still great info.<\/p>\n<p>Sasha asked two (2) great questions in <a href=\"http:\/\/confettitalkshow.com\/insiders\" target=\"_blank\">the Confetti Facebook group<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Is your newsletter the same as your blog?<\/li>\n<li>Does the newsletter just &#8220;deliver&#8221; your blog to people that subscribe?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class='et-box et-shadow'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'><h3><span style=\"color: #f42d87;\">LISTEN TO THE EPISODE<\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1160\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/confetti\/content.blubrry.com\/confetti\/confetti-354-20130704.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('1160','https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/confetti\/content.blubrry.com\/confetti\/confetti-354-20130704.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\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/confetti\/content.blubrry.com\/confetti\/confetti-354-20130704.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/?powerpress_pinw=4002-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p>The good news is that you can blend your wedding blog with an active email newsletter.<\/p>\n<p>Sending a wedding planning newsletter via email PLUS writing frequent blog posts are effective and very affordable ways to keep in touch with your prospective clients.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tips for your Wedding Planning Newsletter :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t send an email newsletter using your regular email account. Instead, find a professional email management service. There are several to choose from (see the links, below). I use Aweber.<\/p>\n<p>Your wedding planning newsletter doesn&#8217;t need to (and really shouldn&#8217;t) be long.\u00a0 Bite-sized pieces of info is best.<\/p>\n<p>Your newsletter can simply be an email notification of your most recent blog posts &#8211; each newsletter issue contains links to individual articles\/blog posts<\/p>\n<p>Stay on topic; provide subscribers with the information they signed up for: relevant &#8212;\u00a0 wedding planning-related &#8212; information.<\/p>\n<p>Your newsletter can be in video or audio format<\/p>\n<h2>\u00a0LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>No time to read?<\/strong> Audible offers tons of books that you can listen to. C<a href=\"http:\/\/confettitalkshow.com\/audible\" target=\"_blank\">lick here to download a free audiobook<\/a> (no strings attached).\u00a0 One of my Audible favorites is &#8216;Book Yourself Sold&#8217;, by Michael Port.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Manage your wedding business telephone calls, professionally.<\/strong> <a title=\"A great telephone service for your wedding planning business\" href=\"http:\/\/tryfreedomvoice.com\" target=\"_blank\">TryFreedomVoice.com<\/a> costs less than $10\/month and sets you and your wedding business apart from all the other wedding planners who are simply using the mobile phone to take phone calls from prospective clients.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Use an Email Management Service<\/strong> to deliver your newsletter (even if just to notify your subscribers about your new blog posts).\u00a0 Here are a few companies to check out:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aweber<\/li>\n<li>Mailchimp<\/li>\n<li>Constant Contact<\/li>\n<li>My Emma<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Freebie for Wedding Planning Business Owners<\/strong>: Get a free copy of\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/understandingmybusinessfinances.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;5 Strategies to Enhanced &amp; Lasting Financial Success&#8221;<\/a> provided by Adrian Nelson.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>WeddingsForaLiving.com<\/strong> <\/a>provides free articles and more for new and aspiring wedding planners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you need a blog AND a newsletter?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[144,74,145,129],"post_series":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Should you start a wedding planning blog or a newsletter?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Wedding Planners: Learn more about sending a newsletter vs. blog posts for your wedding planning business.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/354-do-you-need-a-wedding-planning-blog-or-newsletter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Should you start a wedding planning blog or a newsletter?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Wedding Planners: Learn more about sending a newsletter vs. blog posts for your wedding planning business.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/354-do-you-need-a-wedding-planning-blog-or-newsletter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Weddings for a Living\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-07-04T17:37:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-09-12T14:54:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/confettitalkshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/newsletter-vs-blog21-200x180.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Debbie\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Debbie\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/354-do-you-need-a-wedding-planning-blog-or-newsletter#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/354-do-you-need-a-wedding-planning-blog-or-newsletter\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Debbie\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c034f0454dd3042b17efaa198fc8caa3\"},\"headline\":\"LIVE! 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