Sunday, August 14, 2011

Networking at Aurora Colony Vineyards

Hello NW Wed Pro’s!

Are you loving this beautiful weather?? The cooler temps and scattered clouds have been perfect this weekend. I hope you are all having a busy wedding weekend.

Last Tuesday, we met at a beautiful venue for our monthly networking event. Aurora Colony Vineyards is amazing! The grounds, the views, the buildings… everything is unique and designed for the perfect wedding.

Our featured vendors offered up some great treats and deals.

Portland Wedding Workbook presented all of the great opportunities that they offer to wedding professionals including a full page ad in the workbook, website links, pod casts, email blasts, bridal leads and much more.

Portland Wedding Workbook has extended a huge savings to us through August 15th for an advertising package with them. It includes a LOT of features along with the full page book ad. Deadline is 8-15 and the 2012 book debuts at the October Portland Bridal Show!

Here is what you do:

get a 55% exclusive discount until the 15th of August just for being a loyal member of NW Wed Pro. Not quite as good a deal as offered at the meeting on Tuesday but you can still get an exclusive deal for being a part of the group. Here are the steps to take to sign up:

1. Go to www.portlandweddingworkbook.com/vendors.htm

2. Click on “SIGN UP NOW” at the bottom.

3. When the contract pulls up, scroll down to the middle of it where it asks for “Cost”. Click the “special discount” button.

4. When it asks for a coupon code enter NWWEDPRO299.

The price for our group is $249.00 plus a $50.00 design and set-up fee = $299.00. If you were at the meeting on Tuesday you could have gotten it for $245 TOTAL including the design fee!

THIS IS A 55% SAVINGS!!! The design fee is totally worth it. They are fabulous! Remember, only 4 vendors from each category will be accepted for the BOOK.

Another FEATURED VENDOR at the meeting was Lisa Wentworth of FROST. She presented us with delicious mini-cupcakes in some very unique flavors. Lisa is a talented pastry chef and baker but she is also the friendliest person you could ever meet. LIKE her/FROST on Facebook.

The event also featured Lady Wentworth Distribution. Lisa Wentworth brought a variety of things to her table, including Sorella Luna Italian ceramics, custom made tiaras and jewelry imported from England, wine for tasting and a variety of vintage and designer dresses.

This month’s educational portion was presented by myself. The focus was on “After The Marketing”. Once the customers find you, then it’s all on performance, presentation and perception. A survey of questions was handed out and each table worked in groups coming up with answers. The results will shed some light on what other professionals see at weddings that could help you provide better service. These results are only going to be shared with those in attendance last week though. Should have been there. J

Be sure to join us in September for the next networking event.

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Knoll Crest Gardens

15505 SE Ten Eyck Rd.

Sandy, OR 97055

Featured Vendor: Here and There Catering. They will be sharing some yummy food with us!

(contact me if you are interested in being a featured vendor also)

R.S.V.P. to attend

$15 registration (cash or check)

Meeting 6:30pm – 8:30pm

Share this email with all of your Sandy and Mountain area wedding professionals that you know. We would love to see them at the event. (share this email with anyone that you would like to invite. My email list is limited since I lost my hard drive last week.)

Attached is a flyer from The Portland Gala committee. It is in regards to the Raffle Basket donations from each network. Stay up to date on The Gala announcements on facebook at Portland Gala. Remember, this year-end celebration is for all of the following networks. NW Wed Pro, ACEP, ISES, NACE, hsmai, GMIC, MPI, Wedding Network USA, ABC and Wine Country Wedding Professionals. Full details at www.portlandgala.com

Please remember to refer your Brides to www.NwWedPro.com for all of their other needs after they sign with you. We are the fastest growing network association in the area and we have wonderful people in our network. If you have not attended a meeting in a while, you really should. You will see why NW Wed Pro is the friendliest and most fun association of all.

Have a fantastic month. See you soon!

Beverly Mason

NW Wed Pro

The Radiant Touch Weddings

www.TheRadiantTouch.com

www.NwWedPro.com

www.NWWPnetwork.com

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Hello NW Wed Pro’s!

Thank you again to all of you who were able to attend the networking event last Wednesday, July 20th. It was our biggest turnout ever.For those that couldn’t make it, I will recap the event.

The Ainsworth House & Gardens

NWWP Network provided complimentary wine for the evening, but didn’t have a server. Thankfully Shannon of GG’s Deli & Catering volunteered to be the server for the evening. She must have poured at least 10 bottles of wine! And what better way to mingle and eat than be accompanied by the melodious sounds of Notes of Celebration?! Linda Smith played the piano in the Fireplace room during the cocktail hour.Gardens hosted the event. With the recently

completed renovations and addition to the conservatory, it was a special treat to have our event in such an elegant setting. Speaking of elegant… Berry Elegant provided the most amazing chocolate dipped, decorated and arranged berries that you could imagine. Thank you Kathy! That’s only the beginning. Portland Catering Company set out a huge spread of delicious food for everyone to enjoy. The presentation of the food was beautiful.

Then it was time to get down to business. Our guest speaker was Alex from Total Market Exposure. He shared with us great information on how we can optimize our websites, track trends in the market, reach clients and stand out from the rest. It was an informative presentation. If you missed it, they are offering FREE consultations and special pricing to NW Wed Pro’s right now.

After everyone in the room had the opportunity to stand and introduced themselves, we had THREE door prize drawings. Two lucky winners went home with $20 bills and one lucky winner took home a gift basket of Berry Elegant desserts!

Aurora Colony Vineyards requested that the next meeting be held at their venue so it was agreed that we will meet next on Tuesday, August 9th at 6:30pm in Aurora. We look forward to seeing their vineyard setting, chapel and grounds.

Portland Catering Company announced that they are offering a FREE wedding venue to couples who lost their wedding venue & deposits to the View Point Inn fire. Please spread the word.

Reminder: 1. Send me notice of upcoming EVENTS so that they can be posted on NW Wed Pro Events page. 2. LIKE NW Wed Pro and each other’s Business’ on Facebook. 3. Refer every bride contact to NW Wed Pro vendors and website. 4. Be the BEST at what you do!

A special thanks to the following people for attending the NWWP Network Event:

The Ainsworth House – Bud (owner) Renee’ (coordinator)

The Radiant Touch – Beverly Mason assisted by T. Norris

Portland Catering Company – Katie & Sam

Berry Elegant – Kathy

Notes of Celebration – Linda Smith

Total Market Exposure -3

A Beautiful Ceremony NW

A Breathtaking Moment

A Perfect Ceremony

Adventure Weddings NW LLC

Amber Hempen Photography

Angelina’s Canby Pioneer Chapel -2

Asparro Video -2

Aurora Colony Vineyards – 2

BeachBody

Becky Forde

Born 2 Dance Mobile DJ

Camera Art

CardwellPhotography.com

Focal Point Digital Media

Forte’ Floral Artistry

GG’s Deli & Catering – 3

Here and There Catering -2

Hulberts Flower Shop -2

JBlooms Jessica Justice

Melissa Coe Ceremonies

Paul J Garcia Studios

Photography by Ajay

Rose City Mobile Music

Royal Rose Photography

Sarah Galbraith Photography

Special T Carriage Co

Stella & Dot

Stressed Desserts / Dream Team

The Aussie DJ

Hope to see you all next month!

The Radiant Touch Weddings

Beverly Mason

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Wedding Networking in June 2011





Hello NW Wed Pro’s!!

All I have got to

say is, “GREAT meeting Tuesday night!”.

Thank you everyone for coming. We had a total of 34 members in attendance.

Thank you Atkinson Memorial Church for providing the venue for our meeting. Your chapel, stained glass windows, dome and balcony are so beautiful!

Thank you Two Girls Catering for the delicious raviolis, salad, cupc

akes and strawberry lemonade. It was so good!

Thank you Rob Patton of Enter the Net for teaching us so much about Social Networking our businesses on Facebook. It was very informative and helpful.

Please be sure to post a link to your business Fan Page on our NW Wed Pro Facebook page. We should all be connected.

Plenty of dollar bills were handed out in the referral money game. It was great to hear about so many referrals that were given and received among the members during the last month. Keep up the good work.

Be sure to make good use of all of those business cards you received at the meeting.

· Put them in a business card portfolio to have on hand at all times.

· Add vendors to your “links” page on your website.

· Find them on Facebook.

· Share your blog with them.

· Pass them on to brides that you meet with.

All new vendors that attended last night’s networking meeting have been added to the Vendor website at www.nwwedpro.com. Everyone should make sure their links and information are correct. Also, for your convenience, I have listed below the name and link of every person at the meeting last night in case you met someone but can’t remember a name.

Do you have suggestions for guest speakers or topics? Please email your suggestions. Do you know of a venue that would host a future meeting? Are you involved in an upcoming event or fair? Email me the info so it can be added to NW Wed pro Events Page and shared on Facebook.

In July we will be meeting on the 13th which is a Wednesday. The location is not verified yet. You will be informed as soon as the location is determined. It looks like we may be getting treated to delicious food from Portland Catering company and dessert of Gourmet Chocolate Dipped Strawberries by Berry Elegant!

Have a wonderful month and I look forward to seeing you all in July and many of you at weddings!

June Attendees:

A Beautiful Ceremony NW – Steve Sharp

A Breathtaking Moment – Lisa Gross

A Perfect Ceremony – Robert Griffen

Adventure Weddings NW LLC – Noryne Robnson

Amber Hempen Photography – Amber Hempen

Atkinson Memorial Church – Pat Lichen Administrator

Aurora Colony Vineyards – Jennifer

Berry Elegant – Kathy Danielson

Born 2 Dance DJ – Dave Ott

CardwellPhotography.com – Juston Cardwell

Creative Ice P.V. Ice Co. – Ben Kapelka

CS Country Weddings – Patti Swanson & husband

Cutsforth Floral – Lisa Meche

Dream Team Events – Chelsea Boehler

Duo con Brio – Corey Averill

Enter the Net – Rob Patton

JBlooms LLC – Jessica Justice

Mega Music – Meagan Hope & Simon Blanco

Northwest Artist Management – Nancy Tice

NW Mobile DJ service – Kevin Venables

Paradise Photography – Tania Allen

Photography by A Jay – Angela Oxenrider

Portland Catering Company – Katie Gutierrez

Rose City Mobil DJ – Steve Strain

Royal Rose Photography – Lindsey Hemming

Send Out Cards – Michael Farley

SeriousCake.com – Seri Lopez

Sophisticated Beads – Lea McWhorter

The Radiant Touch – Beverly Mason & daughter (model) Amanda

Two Girls Catering – Pam McClung & daughter

Vintage & Lace Weddings – Heather Sorenson

See you Next Month!!!


















Beverly Mason

The Radiant Touch Weddings

www.TheRadiantTouch.com

www.nwwedpro.com

www.nwwpnetwork.com

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Hello NW Wed Pro’s!!!

Can you believe that June is nearly upon us? Here we are with Wedding Season in full swing, and time is flying by.

It seems that some brides are booking vendors late for this summer. So if you still have dates open, don’t despair. Brides seem to be putting things off until the last minute. There are still many weddings out there for you to get in on. Now is the time to make sure your name is out there! Attend networking meetings, update your Facebook, get some new content on your website and publish a new Blog! Put yourself in front of the brides who are still looking!

A great place to be seen is at the next NWWP Network meeting! You will meet with fantastic wedding professionals. You will be fresh in their mind when they try to think of someone to refer their couples to. Also, you will get to view a great wedding venue and learn all there is to know about it so that you can better serve your clients. There will even be some delicious food to sample from one of the areas BEST catering companies!!!

NEXT MEETING:

Tuesday June 7th, 2011 6:30 – 8:30pm $15

Atkinson Church in Oregon City

710 6th St. Oregon City, OR

Our guest speaker will be Rob Patton of Enter the Net. He will introduce us to the Social Media Revolution! http://www.enterthenet.com/social-media-revolution/ Watch this video to get the facts.

Our featured vendor is none other than TWO GIRLS CATERING!

You won’t want to miss this opportunity to sample their delicious talents! Pasta, salad and their signature strawberry lemonade will be a perfect summer meal. I had the pleasure of sampling nearly 70 of their dishes last Sunday at their Tasting Event and everything was spectacular!

This is a meeting not to be missed. You MUST r.s.v.p. to attend.

And if you do RSVP but then find that you will not attend after all, Please be considerate and send an email removing yourself from the rsvp list.

Those that do not rsvp may attend and pay a $20 registration fee at the door.

Venues are still booking weddings for this summer. Now is a good time to be sure you have links on your website to all of your favorite wedding venues. Talk to venues about getting listed on their preferred vendor list. Offer to share something with them such as photos or flowers or a feature spot in a newsletter or Blog. Do so with other vendors also. Build your Network, form those business relationships and get your name out there. People remember random acts of kindness much more than a solicited offer. Be original or just be persistent. Never just sit and wait for business to come to you. You could be waiting a long time. Build a vendor page on your website if you don’t have one. Valid link exchanges help your Google ranking and also builds relationships with other vendors and venues.

I look forward to seeing you at the next meeting. Have a wonderful week!

Sincerely,

Beverly Mason The Radiant Touch Weddings

www.TheRadiantTouch.com www.nwwedpro.com www.nwwpnetwork.com

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Leach Botanical Gardens in MAY


Hello NW Wed Pro’s!

Tuesday’s meeting took place on a beautiful Spring evening. We

couldn’t have asked for nicer weather to view the beautiful Leach

Botanical Gardens and wedding venue. With ample opportunity to

walk the trails, wander the historic house and visit with colleagues,

it was a great event. Thanks to Molly, the events coordinator at Leach Botanical, we enjoyed a wonderful meeting in the dining hall of the Leach House. Molly shared with us the history of the venue and invites ALL to come visit, walk the trails, shoot photography and more.

We enjoyed delicious home-made Tamales provided by Jaime Soltero Jr. of Mayahuel Catering Company. They provide authentic Mexican food and catering service. Thank you Jaime! The tamales and sauces were excellent!

Our guest speaker for the evening was Dotty Scott of Premium Websites. She explained the how-to’s and benefits of Blogging your business. Very informative and a very engaging speaker. If you missed the event or still want more information or help, please contact her.

Upcoming Events:

Sunday May 15, 2011 Portland Weddings of the World Bridal Show at the Sheraton Airport Hotel 1-5pm FREE Admission

May 19 Raw Artists Show featuring Merc Photography

Saturday June 4, 2011 ABC Bridal Show free to brides “The Wedding Event” is on June 4, 2011 from 10am to 6pm. Visit with over 20 wedding experts. Get a wedding day make over. Learn to make an easy favor. Get ideas for showers, parties, ceremonies, and receptions. “The Wedding Event” is a smaller wedding show. Bridal gowns will be shown bymodels roaming the show. “The Wedding Event” will be at Rock Creek Country Club is located at 5100 NW Neakahnie Ave. in Portland.

Next Meeting of NWWP Network:

Tuesday June 7, 2011 Atkinson Unitarian Church in Oregon City. (Another Tuesday meeting.Venues are able to accommodate us on Tuesdays) This is a beautiful Venue for anyone wanting a historic 1925 church wedding without an affiliation or restrictions, that will also seat 300+ guests.

6:30 – 8:30pm 710 Sixth Street, Oregon City, OR 97045

The Historic Pioneer Church at Baker’s Cabin in Carver now has a new website. Check it out at www.PioneerWeddingchurch.com Also LIKE them on Facebook!

As always, check your listing on www.NWwedPro.com to make sure your links and listing info is correct, and LIKE NW Wed Pro on Facebook!

If you have events to list on the website, submit them by email. Don’t forget to keep networking with each other throughout the month. Schedule lunch, coffee, photo shoots, collaborations, attend meetings and events, send referrals and build those professional relationships!

Have a wonderful month and see you in JUNE!!

Beverly Mason The Radiant Touch Weddings

www.TheRadiantTouch.com

www.nwwedpro.com

www.nwwpnetwork.com

Saturday, April 30, 2011

The old saying “APRIL SHOWERS” is certainly holding true. Let’s hope the May Flowers come through with lots of sunshine! This is a VERY wet Spring so far. Has anyone even made it out to the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival yet? I am still hoping to. Beautiful opportunities for photography there.

Tuesday night of this week was our April networking meeting of the NWWP Network. We met in the new banquet room of The Verdict, called “The Holding Cell”. True to its name, with that many people present, it kind of felt like a “cell”. On the bright side, it brought us all closer together! The food from The Verdict was delicious and the desserts from Stressed Desserts were fabulous!!!

Profits from the evenings registration fees are being donated to a Haiti Relief Medical Team from Colorado. The team will be going in the beginning of May and are in need of donations to pay for medical supplies, equipment and items they are bringing to give to the people of Haiti. If you can donate any amount, please contact me so that I can give you the address to send your check to.

We had a great turnout at the meeting. Our guest speakers were Simon and Megan of Mega Music who spoke to us about Music Licensing and how it affects or applies to each of us in the industry. They also showed us their exclusive line of Luminex Fabric. Very cool!

Our other speaker was Lisa Gross of A Breathtaking Moment who shared with us her notes from the “Six Figure Wedding Business Summit 2011”. Lots of great advice. Thank you Lisa!

We had TWO door prize winners of leather bound business card portfolios. Also, Annie of Floral Sunshine handed out bottles of “Frank’s Hot Sauce”.

And to top off the evening, Stressed Desserts brought cookies and cake balls on sticks, delicious cupcakes and even little Bride and Groom favor boxes with a cookie in each. Stressed Dessert co-owner, Chelsea Boehler, also introduced her other co-owned company, Dream Team Events. Thank you ladies for joining the NW Wed Pro Team.

Everyone who attends meetings is also then listed on the NW Wed Pro website. Please look to make sure your information is correct and your links function properly. A new feature added this month is a link to your FACEBOOK page. This will also make it easier for you to find each other on facebook to connect. If you have a Facebook FAN PAGE and it’s not included on your NW Wed Pro listing, please email me with the link.

NW Wed Pro is on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/NWwedPro Please become a FAN!

MAY MEETING OF NW WED PRO

Don’t miss the next meeting. It will be held on:

TUESDAY MAY 10TH, 2011 6:30 – 8:30PM

LEACH BOTANICAL GARDENS

6704 SE 122nd Ave. Portland, OR 97236

Registration $15 R.S.V.P.

Remember: If you are involved in or are hosting an event, show, open house, charity fund raiser or fair, please send me the information so that it can be posted on NW Wed Pro Fairs and Events page. Wishing you all a fabulous month and see you next month!

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Monday, February 14, 2011

Wedding Pro News 2011

Hello NW Wed Pro’s!

It’s been a very busy start to the new year for many of you. 2011 started off with a bang. Everyone was gearing up for 2 months of

Bridal Shows, Open Houses and Showcases. It has certainly offered great opportunities to see and visit with all of my favorite wedding vendors though.

January 8th NW Wedding Scoop in Salem * Jan. 12th NW Wed Pro meeting at Bell Tower Chapel * Jan. 15-16 Bridal Show at the Convention Center * Jan 21-23 BABC traveling gown sale * Feb. 2nd Wedding Wednesday at Old Spaghetti Factory * Feb. 3 Pretty In Portland Grand Opening * Feb. 4th Soiree Grand Opening * Feb. 5th Vancouver Bridal Show * Feb. 9th NW Wed Pro at Ambridge Event Center * Feb. 10th Peter Corvallis Events Open House * Feb. 13th Persimmon Country Club bridal event *

And last but not least, this Thursday, Feb 17th is the vendor open house for All About I Do wedding services and accessories store in Oregon City!!

This is the time of year to really push to promote your business. This will be the turn- around year for the biz and you’ll want to be on top of the game when that happens.

We had a wonderful networking meeting of the NW Wed Pro network on February 9th at The Ambridge Event Center on MLK Blvd. in Portland. MacKenzie Bullock hosted and provided a wonderful meal including a chicken & pasta dish, salad, garlic bread and dessert. It was delicious. We filled the room to capacity for this meeting. We had a great educational speaker, Michelle Brubaker, who taught us all the tricks and tips for using FREE optimization on the internet for your website and business. A $20 cash door prize was won by Ryan

Hein of Perfect Memory DJ and a JBLOOMS bouquet was won by Todd of Busy Bee Catering. Our featured vendor was Jessica of JBLOOMS floral. She brought many bouquets in a Valentine theme for us to see.

In attendance was Purple Iris Weddings, Vanessa’s Flower Shop, Duo con Brio, Always Perfect Catering, Born2Dance mobile DJ, Bella Victoria Boutique, Asparro Video, JBLOOMS, Perfect Memory DJ, Canyonview Events, The Grooms List, Unique Weddings & Events, A Breathtaking Moment, All About I Do, Busy Bee Catering, Leach Botanical Gardens, Weddings By Angel, Sarah Galbraith Photography, Mobile Music DJ’s, Wedding Belle Bridal, MichelleBrubaker.com and Radiant Touch Weddings. Thank you for the great showing and be sure to check your listing on www.nwwedpro.com for accuracy and functioning links.

Upcoming Events:

All About I Do wedding services and accessories is having an informational open house for wedding vendors to learn about the partnering opportunities at the store. Display your product & services year round, consultation room to meet with clients, wine tasting bar for the vineyard association, quarterly events of fashion, tasting & trunk shows, and much more. Rsvp today to Pamela Whelden if you would like to attend All About I DO. Thursday Feb. 17th 5-8pm 1512 Washington St. Oregon City, OR (next to the Abernethy Center and Forte’ Floral) free event, vendor displays, appetizers, wine tasting and by the glass from Santori Vineyards.

Bravo Wedding Affair at Embassy Suites Feb. 20th, 2011 details

NW Wed Pro meeting is March 9th, 2011 at The Troutdale House in Troutdale. 6:30pm – 8:30pm $15.00 registration MARK YOUR CALENDAR

Contact Beverly if you would like to be a Featured Vendor. (additional $15.00)

Be sure to always send me email notifications of events you are involved in so that I may list it on NW Wed Pro Events page.

Thank you for being a part of the NW Wed Pro team. Remember, there is NO ANNUAL membership fee. You only pay for meetings that you attend. Bring a guest to a meeting and receive $5 off your admission.

See you soon!

NW Wed Pro Network

Beverly Mason

www.TheRadiantTouch.com

www.nwwedpro.com

www.nwwpnetwork.com

Monday, February 7, 2011

NW Wed Pro launches into 3rd year!

Hello NW Wed Pro’s!

As January has come and gone, we can really feel the wedding season creeping up on us. Are you ready?

Have you prepared yourself and your business to reach all of the prospective brides you would like? Do you have a business plan?

You will want to attend the next Networking meting so that you can say YES to all of these questions. New ideas, new businesses, new contacts and new concepts will be available to you at the meeting being held..

Wednesday February 9th 6:30 – 8:30pm

http://www.ambridgeevents.com/images/rooms_lg/ballroom_002.jpgAmbridge Event Center

133 NE MLK JR Blvd.

Portland OR 97232

Guest Speaker:

Michelle Brubaker

www.MichelleBrubaker.com

Featured Vendor: JBLOOMS www.JBlooms.com

In other news:

Broetje House is officially closed as a wedding venue. East Fork Estate is no longer in business.

View Point Inn is closed until February 14th. There was rumor that they had closed down completely but considering they were in the Bridal Show, Bride Magazine and on a billboard recently, I think that the announcement may have been a little premature.

Abernethy Center will be adding an exciting element to their wedding venue and complex.

A historic replica wedding chapel with bell tower and all, that will seat 155 guests and have a full daylight basement, will be constructed this year. October is the projected completion date.

Ainsworth House has begun an expansion project to their conservatory. This will allow for more indoor seating in their beautiful venue.

All About I Do wedding services and accessories is gearing up to open an Oregon City store this Spring. Stay tuned for more news of that!

Weatherfords Grand Lodge and Ballroom has been updating and refurbishing the Bridal room upstairs. A new event coordinator is hard at work making Weatherford's a wonderful wedding venue option for brides.

Wedding Wire has announced the 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards. Congratulations to so many of our vendors who have received this honor!

The Gala meeting is scheduled for February 9th at 4pm in the fireside room of The Governor Hotel. If you are interested in being on a committee for this event, please plan to attend this meeting. Committees are for promotions, charity, décor, food, sponsorships, advertising, entertainment and more. The 2010 Portland Gala was a huge success and we look forward to the 2011 Gala to celebrate with the entire Portland area wedding professionals of each Networking group.

Please RSVP for the NW Wed Pro networking meeting Feb 9th at the Ambridge Center to bmason@ccwebster.net

Sincerely,

Beverly Mason The Radiant Touch Weddings www.TheRadiantTouch.com

www.nwwedpro.com www.nwwpnetwork.com

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Wedding Networking 2011

Hello NW Wed Pro’s!

NWWP Network started off the year with the first meeting of 2011. Wednesday January 12th we met at The Bell Tower Chapel in Boring, OR. It is a beautiful wedding chapel and reception venue. Despite the earlier inclement weather warnings, we still had a great turnout.

The evening opened up with delicious food provided by Busy Bee Catering. They warmed our bellies with Wedding Soup, shaved parmesan cheese, home baked honey wheat bread and a ham & cheese platter. Mmmm, nothing better on a rainy night like we had.

NWWP provided bottles of wine, fruit punch, soda pop and home baked blueberry muffins with cream cheese frosting.

Vanessa’s Flowers presented a table full of beautiful flower & centerpiece arrangements.

After opening announcements from Beverly Mason of The Radiant Touch, our guest speaker was introduced.

Terry Taylor of “Dancing with Cows” gave us proven secrets to maximize your marketing & get more clients with

“How to Make 2011 Your Best Year EVER”. He shared a marketing strategy, outline, tips and more.

Feel free to contact Terry Taylor (email) directly for your own Marketing Analysis. He can also give you additional information on:

  • Branding You and Your Company – The EASY way to attracting your perfect client
  • · Marketing Boot camp

  • · Angus Mastermind Group
  • · Marketing/advertising Audit

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Before moving on to round robin introductions, we held door prize drawings. The first lucky winner received a Swiss Gear soft notebook carrying / brief case valued at $65.00. The winner was Lea McWhorter of Sophisticated Beads! Our second door prize of a floral arrangement by Vanessa’s Flowers went to Dave Ott of Born 2 Dance Productions Mobile DJ Service. Congratulations!

If you are interested in being on a committee for the 2011 Portland Gala, the 1st meeting has been rescheduled to February 9th, 4:00pm at The Governor Hotel Fireside Room. They will hold it at 4pm instead of 5:30pm so that our Wed Pro members are able to attend both the Gala meeting and the NW Wed Pro Networking meeting at The Ambridge Event Center.

The next NW Wed Pro Networking meeting is scheduled for Wednesday February 9th, 2011 6:30 – 8:30pm $15 registration

Ambridge Event Center

1333 NE MLK JR. BLVD

Portland, Oregon 97232

Special Guest Speaker: Michelle Brubaker

teaching us how to “Create a Profitable Internet Presence”

In MARCH, the NW Wed Pro Networking meeting is Wednesday March 09th, 2011 from 6:30 – 8:30pm $15 registration

The Troutdale House

411 E. Historic Columbia River Highway
Troutdale, OR 97060(503) 481-9449

Let’s make this a fantastic new year!! Make an effort to connect and form business relationships with other vendors. Schedule to meet for coffee or lunch. Visit their retail location or studio. See or sample their services. Rather than just giving a card or name as a referral, give your clients more! Tell them what makes that vendor unique and why you recommend them. When the client repeats what you said, that professional is going to remember YOU the next time they give a referral.

Don’t forget the upcoming Brides Against Breast Cancer Nationwide Tour of Gowns!!

Portland Double Tree Hotel

1000 NE Multnomah St

Portland Oregon 97232

Fri – Sun January 21st – 23rd

Thank you for being a part of the fastest growing wedding professionals network in Oregon.

Be sure to verify your link and information on the website at NW Wed Pro (attend meeting to get listed FREE)

Beverly Mason

The Radiant Touch Weddings www.TheRadiantTouch.com

www.nwwedpro.com www.nwwpnetwork.com