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	<title>Think Like A Bride-Marketing Mojo for Wedding Businesses&#187; Ask Christine</title>
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		<title>Websites for Ecommerce</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Last week I asked if you thought Ecommerce was something you should explore. Today I want you to have a look at 2 sites that I think are great examples of how you, a wedding vendor can do it right. First off, let&#8217;s get one thing straight, I am not saying that I think you should abandon your [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.thinklikeabride.com/theagency/2010/04/healthy-solutions-goes-live/' rel='bookmark' title='Healthy Solutions Goes Live'>Healthy Solutions Goes Live</a> <small>I thought you might like this site that went live...</small></li>
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		<title>Is E-commerce Something You Could Do?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ndulj</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am seeing the twinkling of a trend among small independent wedding vendors. E-commerce is beginning to come into play more and more as either an additional service or product or a full on pure play. Monday I&#8217;ll start my third E-commerce site in the last 2 months. How, you ask, are wedding vendors using Ecommerce? They [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.thinklikeabride.com/theagency/2011/11/hire-a-photographer/' rel='bookmark' title='Hire a Photographer!'>Hire a Photographer!</a> <small>I hear it and see it all the time: wedding...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.thinklikeabride.com/theagency/2010/04/healthy-solutions-goes-live/' rel='bookmark' title='Healthy Solutions Goes Live'>Healthy Solutions Goes Live</a> <small>I thought you might like this site that went live...</small></li>
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		<title>Are you Selling &#8220;Happy&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.thinklikeabride.com/theagency/2011/12/are-you-selling-happy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ndulj</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was doing some much needed maintenance today on my Google Reader and ran across a post from last week on Broke Ass Bride and had another one of those light bulb moments. Take a second to run through the images on that post and see if you get they same &#8220;well damn&#8221; flash. There are few [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.thinklikeabride.com/theagency/2011/09/2884/' rel='bookmark' title='How Would You Like That?'>How Would You Like That?</a> <small>Are you selling what you want to sell the way...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.thinklikeabride.com/theagency/2010/08/using-social-media-to-engage-your-customers/' rel='bookmark' title='Using Social Media to Engage Your Customers'>Using Social Media to Engage Your Customers</a> <small>So you have a Facebook page and a twitter account...</small></li>
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		<title>Get Married Folds. What&#8217;s Next?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ndulj</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All the buzz yesterday in the Wedding Water Cooler was about the demise of Get Married. According to their press release, the once promising platform will cease operation on December 16th, 2011. When they first hit the scene, it looked like a winning idea; the marriage of print, online and TV. Sadly, they never got [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.thinklikeabride.com/theagency/2010/06/the-bigger-we-grow-the-bigger-target-we-become/' rel='bookmark' title='The Bigger We Grow the Bigger Target We Become'>The Bigger We Grow the Bigger Target We Become</a> <small>This is from the &#8220;Way Back&#8221; machine. It was originally...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.thinklikeabride.com/theagency/2010/09/what-are-you-so-afraid-of/' rel='bookmark' title='What Are You So Afraid Of?'>What Are You So Afraid Of?</a> <small>Or, Cowboy Up and Get Some Damn Self-confidence. This is...</small></li>
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		<title>Hire a Photographer!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:29:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ndulj</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hear it and see it all the time: wedding vendors that do fabulous work but have lame photos to show for it. They spent hours sweating over the perfect food display or those gorgeous tissue paper pom-poms hung perfectly from a tree or the centerpieces on top of the perfect linen. Then after the [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.thinklikeabride.com/theagency/2011/12/are-you-selling-happy/' rel='bookmark' title='Are you Selling &#8220;Happy&#8221;'>Are you Selling &#8220;Happy&#8221;</a> <small>I was doing some much needed maintenance today on my Google Reader...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.thinklikeabride.com/theagency/2010/09/what-are-you-so-afraid-of/' rel='bookmark' title='What Are You So Afraid Of?'>What Are You So Afraid Of?</a> <small>Or, Cowboy Up and Get Some Damn Self-confidence. This is...</small></li>
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		<title>Wedding Blogs. Good Guys or Bad Guys?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ndulj</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So what&#8217;s with all the hate lately? It seems that photographers are stepping up on their blogs to trash wedding bloggers. Really? First this from Hindsight Bride. Then this from Jonas Peterson, The Mason Jar Manifesto. Then Off-beat Bride stepped up to defend Mason Jars. Heck I have even had my own say in the matter [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.thinklikeabride.com/theagency/2010/06/why-do-you-blog/' rel='bookmark' title='Why Do You Blog?'>Why Do You Blog?</a> <small>I create blog-sites for a lot of different clients. They...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.thinklikeabride.com/theagency/2010/05/trial-runs-should-you-invest-in-them/' rel='bookmark' title='Trial Runs. Should You Invest In Them?'>Trial Runs. Should You Invest In Them?</a> <small>Today it is more important than ever to use every...</small></li>
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		<title>The Encore Invitation Debacle</title>
		<link>http://www.thinklikeabride.com/theagency/2011/10/the-encore-invitation-debacle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:56:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ndulj</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you been following the Encore Invitations bankruptcy story? Paul Panonne has been doing a great job on it on his website eWedNewz.com.  While Paul reports the news, my role is analysis and here is my take on this whole mess. If you have been watching the trends, DIY is huge and invitations and the entire [...]


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		<title>Marketing to Grooms</title>
		<link>http://www.thinklikeabride.com/theagency/2011/06/marketing-to-grooms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:08:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ndulj</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that we have established this new dynamic going on in the wedding industry, specifically grooms having more input, how do we use it? First things first, you have to decide if your service or product is one that is likely to fall in their laps. Some things like gowns and flowers probably won&#8217;t. Face [...]


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		<title>My Take on The Royal Wedding</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 19:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ndulj</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been watching the flutter about the Royal Wedding and how it was going to heavily influence the American wedding. You know I am not going to sprinkle fairy dust or cloud the view. So in short order, here are the trends that I think we will see popping up out of this wedding. [...]


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		<title>Game Changers in the Wedding Market</title>
		<link>http://www.thinklikeabride.com/theagency/2011/04/game-changers-in-the-wedding-market/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 13:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ndulj</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I talk to a lot of different wedding businesses over the course of a week. I also talk alot about change and our changing marketplace. When I run across the former that really gets the later I want to jump up and down with joy. You have heard me talk about photographers that are switching [...]


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