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Facebook, the hot new wedding coordinator
Thursday, Sep 24 2009 | Author and
categories:Stephanie
Martin |
media(tion)
Interesting and slightly amusing article posted on MediaPost's
Online Spin - and in honor of our colleague
Justin's recent nuptials, I will blog about it.
The author of the article, Joe Marchese, is getting married this Saturday, and he describes the important role social media played in the planning of the wedding. Faccebook allowed him to reach out to almost every friend or family member he wanted to invite (to get addresses, share info and pester for RSVPs), Pandora and iTunes helped him find music they would like for their playlist and a Twitter vote helped them choose a song for the procession. Additionally, Joe used Twitter and Facebook to find recommendations for his honeymoon and plans to use iPhone apps for advice while they are traveling.
Joe ends his article with the question "How did people do all of this before social media?"
As someone who planned their wedding pre-Twitter-mania (2007, aghast!), I can answer that. Hardly any of my family members were on Facebook, so I had to use the phone and my mother to get addresses, call for RSVPs, share information, etc. I looked through pages and pages of lists of "popular wedding songs," added most of them to my "do not play list" and found the rest of my music via movies a love (namely Father of the Bride, My Best Friend's Wedding, etc. etc.)... which didn't even end up mattering because my DJ only played two songs from the list and instead filled the rest of my reception with such favorites as "Baby Got Back." Anyway, my point is, it sounds like social media really is taking out some of the blood, sweat and tears of planning weddings, or really any event, as people and resources are more accessible on a wider scale.
But I guess we'll have to see what Justin's take on this is when he returns from his honeymoon... hopefully recovered from the trials and tribulations of planning the big day. And good luck to Joe over at Online Spin - may his big day be a success!
-posted by Stephanie
The author of the article, Joe Marchese, is getting married this Saturday, and he describes the important role social media played in the planning of the wedding. Faccebook allowed him to reach out to almost every friend or family member he wanted to invite (to get addresses, share info and pester for RSVPs), Pandora and iTunes helped him find music they would like for their playlist and a Twitter vote helped them choose a song for the procession. Additionally, Joe used Twitter and Facebook to find recommendations for his honeymoon and plans to use iPhone apps for advice while they are traveling.
Joe ends his article with the question "How did people do all of this before social media?"
As someone who planned their wedding pre-Twitter-mania (2007, aghast!), I can answer that. Hardly any of my family members were on Facebook, so I had to use the phone and my mother to get addresses, call for RSVPs, share information, etc. I looked through pages and pages of lists of "popular wedding songs," added most of them to my "do not play list" and found the rest of my music via movies a love (namely Father of the Bride, My Best Friend's Wedding, etc. etc.)... which didn't even end up mattering because my DJ only played two songs from the list and instead filled the rest of my reception with such favorites as "Baby Got Back." Anyway, my point is, it sounds like social media really is taking out some of the blood, sweat and tears of planning weddings, or really any event, as people and resources are more accessible on a wider scale.
But I guess we'll have to see what Justin's take on this is when he returns from his honeymoon... hopefully recovered from the trials and tribulations of planning the big day. And good luck to Joe over at Online Spin - may his big day be a success!
-posted by Stephanie