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 13^th 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

Pacific Crest Grand Ballroom NW Wed Pro meeting recap

Hello NW Wed Pro’s!!!

Talk about an incredible meeting Monday night. This was one meeting NOT to be missed. NWWP met at the Pacific Crest Grand Ballroom Monday September 14th for their monthly meeting. The venue is beautiful. The ballrooms include over 10,000 square feet of space with a capacity of 490 people. They also teach ballroom dancing and give lessons. Michelle and Chris Small set up the room perfectly for our event.
Portland Catering Company provided delicious salad, meats an a decadent dessert of fresh made tiramisu. Heavenly!
Kelcema Productions shared his music and talents with the group and told us a little background about the company and origin of it’s name.

Our guest presenter was the Portland Wedding Workbook team. Four representatives of the company came to the meeting to answer all of our questions. This was a very exciting presentation. This was the first viewing of the brand new publication, plus, NINE NW Wed Pro members are featured in it with full page ads; Sophisticated Beads, The Aussie DJ, Floral Sunshine, Radiant Touch, Absolutely Only, Aaronstadt, Ainsworth House, Bell Tower Chapel and Gray Gables. Since the workbook only allows for four vendors in each category, this is a VERY strong showing for the group. View the online preview and look at our ads. http://www.uniflip.com/catalogs2/12210/21328/pub/index.html

The exciting part of the presentation was the offer of an “Affiliate Program”. By placing a banner ad on your website, you can make $10 for each book ordered through your banner ad. It’s as easy as that. Also, using our own banner to purchase books, we can buy them at a significantly reduced price (compared to the retail price) and offer them to our clients as an incentive.

Also, every single book has a travel certificate for a 7 day Carnival Cruise for 2 or airfare and 2 nts hotel to Cancun, or 7 nights hotel in Hawaii, or 7 nights hotel in Paris! Now how can you beat that????? Anyone can use it, not just brides and grooms!

So check out the affiliate page at https://www.mywebetools.com/seattlewedding/users/main.php
Sign up, be sure to choose paypal or check for your method of receiving payments. After your account is set up click on view products, select type of ad (banner or text) and scroll down past the Seattle banners till you see the variety of Portland ones. Copy and paste the code into pages of your website. You earn money for every book purchased through your banner. It’s as easy as that. You can also see the banners or purchase through them on our website at http://www.nwwedpro.com/
I noticed that some of the other members already had them up and running on their sites by this morning. I added a banner to 4 different pages on my http://www.theradianttouch.com/ site.

To top off a wonderful evening, we had TWO drawings at the meeting. Tiny impressions Photography won a leather portfolio. Then Portland Wedding Workbook team had me pick a number between 1 and 48. I chose 17. We were then told to look under our chairs for a number. A new member to the group, Trina Connolly-Fairchild of Ceremonies for Life had the winning number. She won Airfare and 2 nights hotel for two, to Cancun Mexico!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We had a wonderful turn out for the meeting. 31 people were in attendance representing the following companies:

Rose City Mobile Music, Portland Wedding Workbook, Sophisticated Beads, Kelcema Productions, Adventure Weddings NW, Big Screen Presentations, Paradise Photography, Ceremonies for Life, Blissfully Yours, Tiny Impressions Photography, CL Steele Photography, Sarah Galbraith Photography, Absolutely Only, The Aussie DJ, Angela at Devine Studio, Daellas, Portland Catering Company, Pacific Crest Grand Ballroom, Cedar Springs Country Estate / CS Country Weddings, Floral Sunshine, Canby Wedding Chapel and Northwest Wedding Coordinators.

Thank you EVERYONE, for making it an incredible evening.

Next month we will meet at
Holy Names Heritage Center in Lake Oswego. 17425 Holy Names Dr. Lake Oswego, OR 97034-5193 http://www.holynamesheritagecenter.org/

October 21, 2009 WEDNESDAY 6-8pm

Rsvp please.

Upcoming Events Worth checking out!
Rose City Bridal Showcase. Oregon Convention Center. Saturday & Sunday September 26-27, 2009. Show Times: 10:00am to 5:00pm. Fashion Show Times: 11:30am ... http://www.rosecitybridalshowcase.com/

Portland-Vancouver Fall Wedding Expo October 3-4, 2009 Clark County Event Center http://www.bridesclub.com/bridal-shows/portland-vancouver-fall-wedding-expo.cfm

The Troutdale House Bridal Fair Oct 18, 2009 10am-4pm
http://www.thetroutdalehouse.com/contact.htm

Thanks for following NW Wed Pro on Blogger!

Sincerely,

Beverly Mason
The Radiant Touch Weddings
http://www.theradianttouch.com/
http://www.nwwedpro.com/
http://www.nwwpnetwork.com/