Brides Magazine Recommended Photographer…Still
April 8th, 2010
This post is a follow up to my previous, and similarly titled “Brides Magazine Recommended Photographer” post.
I recommend that you read the above mentioned post before reading this one, it’ll just make more sense!
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I’m guessing you’ve read it now, I’ll continue.
The other day, on the way up to Adam and Lorna’s wedding up in the Midlands, I bought Brides Magazine.
I often buy it as I actually enjoy reading it, it gives me plenty of inspiration and being in the wedding industry I think it makes a lot of sense to read the same sort of material that my brides are reading too. I keep on top of some of the trends that I might of missed previously on the interweb.
I also like to laugh at the adverts.
So, like I said, I bought it. £4.90 please. Ouch!
I failed to notice, until I was taking the glossy magazine out of the packaging that there was a DVD in there too.
The Sherlocks upon you will work out that this was likely the same DVD that I could of been featured on as the recommended photographer for my region.
Inside the magazine, lots of pretty pictures, plenty of dodgy adverts (some taking up 5–6 spreads, and one certain company showing a model posing as a bridesmaid who I can only presume previously had a career as a boxer)…but no mention of the scores of information and links found on the free DVD.
I pop the disc into my laptop and follow the appropriate links to find who was the photographer for my region, and I get this;
…Ta-da
This photographer paid £495 for that advert.
Nothing else, no additional links, no extra pictures and no slideshow. Infact, when I typed into everybody’s favourite search engine “three acorns photography brides magazine” and even “Thornbury Brides Magazine” (this photographer is based in Thornbury, a little town down the road), nothing came up.
So Brides magazine don’t even have the time to put together a simple online directory for their paying customers!
What am I saying?..or not saying for that matter…
I’m not saying that Brides magazine is conning photographers out of money.
I’m not saying “don’t invest in having your business listed on their free DVD”
I’m not saying I’m bitter, because I’m not. I consider myself pretty lucky actually.
I’m also not saying that every single photographer listed on the DVD will get no bookings, they just might…in fact I really hope they do!
I’m saying, if you’re a photographer, then research these things first so that you don’t end up spending a lot of money on very little.
If you’re a bride looking for a photographer, then the DVD might be perfect for you.
Probably not though. It wasn’t that good to be honest!
Just use google.
But again, I thank you Conde Nast publishers, and Brides magazine for asking me to be one of your recommended photographers.
Very kind of you…I’m still on page one for “Brides Magazine Recommended Photographer”
hehe…
You did the right thing.
If they want money for them to recommend you isn’t that mmmm .…. bribery or if you were a politician — positive lobbying !
You’re better off without it Joe, you are so good that stick to what you do very very well without spending lots of money — the best recommendations are free !!
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