Ciara Daykin of The Rockstar Wedding Planner kindly invited me to join her as her special guest for the upcoming teleseminar.  I will be sharing tips on “How to Use Technology Effectively and Efficiently in Your Wedding Planning Business”with the Rockstar Wedding Planner members. The call is open to all Rockstar Wedding Planner members and takes place TODAY 1:00pm PST/2:00pm MST/3:00pm CST/4:00pm EST.

Special Thanks to Ciara Daykin for having me!!!

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The more and more Twitter becomes popular, the more apps are becoming available for multiple Twitter uses. I just came across this cool app and thought I would share. Digsby is one of the top twitter applications receiving over 233,000 unique visits a month (via Compete.com)

With Digsby, you can combine your Instant Messaging, Emails, and Social Network Platforms all in one desktop client. Pretty sweet!! I haven’t seen anything else out there like it. If you use multiple platforms to market your wedding business or communicate online, this is the app for you. Digsby has an online demo that explains it all, and shows just how powerful it can be.

Here are just a few features available with Digsby:

Customize the look with application skins
Manage your email accounts in one place
Get alerts and keep track of your Social networks
Put a widget on your blog, website, or profile to chat with friends
Manage multiple conversations with drag and drop
Multitask with popups you can reply from
Get alerts and keep up with social networks
Put a widget on your blog, website, or profile and chat with friends

and yes, it’s available for both Macs and PCs.

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“The perfect computer has been developed. You just feed in your problems and they never come out again.”?

-AL Goodman

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Your website is the first impression of your company. It’s important to keep your site up to date and reflective of your brand. Many times, you just want to change a photo, or update a new event, and feel techsavvy enough to handle it yourself. This is where a Content Management Systems (CMS) comes into play. A CMS, can be used specifically for web content management, allowing you to change, edit, and manage your website content at your own discretion with very little technical knowledge.

Wordpress is a great CMS tool for managing web content. Just as you would manage your Wordpress powered blog, you have complete control over updating and keeping your website current.

In addition to WP, there are many other tools on the market for CMS. If your interested in implementing a CMS to your current site, it may be best to contact your web team to handle that task and recommend a tool that best fits the type of site you have. Not one who wants the hassle of updating your own website? Then you should definitely outsource those tasks to your web development team, and agree on a content maintenance package that fits your needs and stray away from paying for each individual request.

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Using Twitter is becoming easier and more convenient everyday. I recently came across a new app that allows you to tweet from Microsoft Outlook. If you’re an Outlook user, odds are you have it open all the time. TwInbox, is a Twitter client that allows you to tweet directly from MS Outlook. No need to download or use another Twitter app. It has great features that are comparable to many of the other Twitter clients out there. It’s free and very user-friendly. Check it out!!

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“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”

- Thomas Edison

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I am elated to finally announce what has been in the works for a few months now.
The First Ever – Wedding Technology Workshop.

Wedding Technology 101
November 18, 2009 9am-4pm
Get Married Studios, Atlanta GA

Register Here

Join Stephanie Hunt, The Wedding Technista, as she shares must-have technology solutions at the First Ever Wedding Technology Workshop. This full day workshop is designed for wedding industry professionals to gain technology tools and solutions to take your wedding business to the next level.Brides and Grooms are becoming more and more tech savvy everyday. Learn tips on how to stay ahead of emerging tech trends and grow an innovative wedding business.

This workshop is for wedding professionals who understand that time is money.  During this workshop, we will identify which tools will bring you the fastest results; outline and implement your personal internet strategy, and show you how to save time, money and attract clients. You don’t want to miss this ground-breaking event. Some of the tech tools that will be shared during the workshop are:

• How to Win Clients from the First Click
• Strategies for Optimizing Business Operations
• Establishing a Virtual Client Interface
• and Much More……..

**Continental Breakfast and Lunch is provided
**Laptops welcome and optional
**Please bring 50 business cards for Registration Check-In