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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.


Christine Dyer is a leading online marketing and social media executive with more than ten years of experience working at various advertising agencies, a Fortune 500 Company, and a major online publisher. Christine, a recent bride herself, has most recently used her Interactive expertise to create BridalTweet, the wedding


connects Brides, Wedding Vendors, and Wedding Bloggers.


Debby Dowling is the creator of Wedding Pro Newsletter, an automatic biweekly newsletter service for wedding planners that simplifies your marketing. Debby is a seasoned marketing professional with a focus on communications,


branding, community that


direct marketing, and both qualitative and quantitative market research. With over 10 years of experience, she is now a successful entrepreneur specializing in healthcare, fitness, and wedding/bridal industries.


Shane McMurray is the CEO & Founder of The Wedding Report, Inc. He has helped thousands of businesses around the world obtain a better understanding of the US wedding market. His research has been mentioned in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Forbes, SmartMoney, and hundreds of other publications, magazines, books, and news articles. He has provided direct wedding industry insight to eHarmony, Martha Stewart, Conde Nast, Blue Nile, Swarovski, WEtv, Perfect Wedding Guide, and now will be contributing a regular column for WedBiz Journal.


www.bridaltweet.com WeddingProNewsletter.com


Thank you to all of our amazing contributors. You’ll find links to their relat- ed websites and businesses within their articles. A note on Photo Credits: Throughout the magazine, you’ll see photo credits with links to the photog- rapher’s website. Photos and images without specific photo credit were purchased via Bigstock.com.


Interested in becoming a Guest Writer or Guest Blogger on one of our blogs? Please fill out our form and share your article proposal at: http://www.wedthemagazine.com/guestwriter/


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