Just a day or so, ago, I posted an item about an effort by businesses in Naples, Florida that have experienced a drop on business inquiries due to misconceptions about beach conditions, related to the BP oil spill.
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Posted by Andy Ebon on Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at 12:19 pm
Filed under Brand, Image & Identity, Meetings, Seminars & Conferences, Misinformation, Public Relations, United States, Wedding Business News · Tagged Andy Ebon, BP Oil spill, Florida, Naples, USA Today, Wedding Marketing Authority
Josh Ozersky is a James Beard Award–winning food writer wrote an item on Time.com, titled: Great Wedding Food: Tips from a Newly Married Critic. His sweeping generalizations placed the entire industry of off-premise wedding caterers under-the-bus.
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Posted by Andy Ebon on Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at 8:30 pm
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About now, you might think I have some sort of grudge against Bella Pictures. You’d be wrong. I’m just incredulous at the marketing techniques it employs to sell its services to brides.
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Posted by Andy Ebon on Sunday, June 27, 2010 at 10:52 am
Filed under Andy's Campaigns, Best Practices, Brand, Image & Identity, Ethics, Internet Marketing, Misinformation, Planning & Strategy, Selling Techniques, Websites, Wedding Business News · Tagged Andy Ebon, Bella Pictures, fuzzy math, pricing and packages, Studio Blue, Wedding Marketing Authority, wedding photography
It is incredible that businesses continue to twist and misrepresent their recognition, in an effort to improve their industry reputation in the eyes of the bride.
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Posted by Andy Ebon on Saturday, June 26, 2010 at 12:59 am
Filed under Andy's Campaigns, Brand, Image & Identity, Ethics, Misinformation · Tagged Andy Ebon, BBB, Bella Pictures, Best of the Knot, Better Business Bureau, Here Comes The Guide, industry awards, Las Vegas Weekly, Olive Garden, Project Wedding, Wedding Marketing Authority, Wedding Wire
I thought long and hard before writing this post, because it criticizes the work of another wedding marketing blogger. However, I find this post, Valuing Your Wedding Services: Am I Undercutting?
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yesterday was a particularly annoying day. It seemed that everywhere I turned, I was dealing with someone who presented more roadblocks and hurdles, than customer service skills or solutions.
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Posted by Andy Ebon on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 8:58 am
Filed under Andy's Campaigns, Best Practices, Incompetence, Misinformation, Wake Up Calls · Tagged Andy Ebon, bank, bureaucracy, bureaucratic, Chase, investment services, Wedding Marketing Authority
Wedding Industry Marketing Professionals: Do I have your attention? Good? Because this post is likely to make you squirm.
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Posted by Andy Ebon on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at 8:14 pm
Filed under Andy's Campaigns, Best Practices, Brand, Image & Identity, Ethics, Intangibles, Misinformation, Planning & Strategy, Selling Techniques, Wedding Business News, Wedding Trade Shows · Tagged Andy Ebon, awards, bridal spectacular, Debbie Hansen, Ethics, NACE, phony awards, wedding industry, wedding marketing, Wedding Marketing Authority
Today, former Bella Pictures photographer, Michael James Slattery, launched a blog lambasting the company.
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Posted by Andy Ebon on Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Filed under Andy's Campaigns, Best Practices, Brand, Image & Identity, Ethics, Intangibles, Internet Marketing, Misinformation, Planning & Strategy, Public Relations, Selling Techniques, Wake Up Calls, Websites · Tagged Andy Ebon, Bella Pictures, bridal advice, Jenny Lefcourt, Michael James Slattery, propaganda, Public Relations, Tahra Makinson-Sanders, Wedding Marketing Authority
As a practical matter, Bella Pictures a booking agent for available wedding photographers in many major markets, across the country.
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Posted by Andy Ebon on Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 12:59 am
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On the Open Source Photo message board, a message was posted by former Co-founder and Chief Photographer of Bella Pictures, Bob Davis.
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Posted by Andy Ebon on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 11:23 am
Filed under Andy's Campaigns, Brand, Image & Identity, Budget Brides, Ebonisms, Ethics, Incompetence, Misinformation, Wake Up Calls, Wedding Business News · Tagged Andy Ebon, Bella Pictures, Bob Davis, Chief Photographer, DIY weddings, dump the dj, Ethics, iPod wedding, Jenny Lefcourt, mobile disc jockey entertainment, philosophical differences, Wedding Marketing Authority, wedding receptions
