Meet our contributors We’ve lined up some of THE BEST wedding professionals in the business to share
their insights with you. We’ll be highlighting some of them here in each issue. For more information about each one, visit their linked websites in their articles.
Shane McMurray is the CEO & Founder of The Wedding Report, Inc. He has helped thousands of businesses around the world obtain a better un- derstanding of the US wedding market. His research has been mentioned in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Forbes, SmartMoney, and hun- dreds of other publications, magazines, books, and news articles. He has provided direct wedding industry insight to eHarmony, Martha Stewart, Conde Nast, Blue Nile, Swarov- ski, WEtv, Perfect Wedding Guide, and now will be writing a regular column for WedBiz Journal.
www.theweddingreport.com
Editor-in-Chief Kelly Werder brings her expertise as a wedding planner to her writing. With hundreds of weddings in the past five years as Owner of No Worries Weddings, and hundreds before that working weddings as a server, bartender and banquet captain since she was 19 (off-and-on), Kelly has seen the do’s and don't’s of weddings first hand. In between wedding work, Kelly got her JD and MBA from Suffolk University. Writing and editing also played a role in her corporate career. She now relishes the opportunity to bring together these passions in WED and WedBiz Journal. You’ll see her writing in our cover interviews and features throughout WedBiz Journal.
WedBiz Journal February 2011
After owning and operating one of the most successful wedding planning businesses for 6 years at a very young age, Natalie Bradley was asked by hundreds of wedding professionals to teach them how she rose to success so quickly and easily. From that, the “Bride Attrac- tion System” was created, and Natalie has now become known as the “Bride Attraction Ex- pert,” educating wedding pro- fessionals all over the world on how to attract more brides, make more money and have more freedom to enjoy it! She’s now sharing this with WedBiz Journal’s readers.
www.brideattraction.com
Dina Eisenberg, mediator and attorney, is fiercely committed to guiding wed- ding professionals- emerging and veterans- to achieve more business savvy and negotiating confidence so you can be paid what you’re worth and have a happier, more profitable wedding business. You can learn more and grab her free au- dio: Why Under-Charging Ruins Your Wedding Busi- ness at
PositivelyWed.com. In “Negotiate like a Girl,” Dina gives you some strate- gies for working with the haggling bride.
www.positivelywed.com
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