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How Much ~ Countdown … 15

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How Much is todays topic in the countdown to my “Creating Your WOW Wedding” evening.

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“How Much?” is a very interesting question. I often hear people saying that “everything costs more when the word wedding is attached to it” – cake/wedding cake, photographer/wedding photographer, DJ/wedding DJ! Why should this be the case? Well a wedding is a once in a lifetime event and the care and attention that go into it probably exceed other parties. I know some suppliers who simply charge more because they can but most put in an incredible amount of work to provide the best service.

Here’s a video I made about “How much you should pay for a wedding disco”.

Generally in life I believe you get what you pay for – especially if you are careful with your purchases. Sometimes you will find a bargain but the most important thing when you are buying or booking things for your wedding is that you get what you want/need. Check out their testimonials and talk to their previous clients. CLICK HERE to go to my testimonials page and make sure to check out my Real Weddings booklet.

So “how much” is a very important question but making sure you know what you want and that the person delivering it actually can is where the focus should be. Take your time, do your research and, as I’ve mentioned several times already in this series, build relationships with your main suppliers.

Don’t forget my “Creating Your WOW Wedding” evening at Ampfield Golf Club on Tuesday 15th November. Tickets are £10 per couple with the money going to The Countess Mountbatten Hospice Charity. Full details are available on the previous posts on this blog.

Finally, here a new promotional video I’ve been working on. I’d value your opinion – please drop an email to paul@thepartydj.co.uk

Day / Tip 11 ~ Countdown 20 … Numbers?

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Numbers ~ day 11, tip 11, countdown 20 … what does it all mean? Who knows.
I’m just sat hear trying to find a way to speak to couples who want to create an amazing wedding!

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The numbers I want to talk about are the numbers in your wedding budget…
How much is it going to cost?
What should you spend money on?
Where should you try and save money?
Why do things seem to cost so much?
… I could fill this page with questions like this …
the truth is, I don’t know, does anybody?

You’ll know after you’ve married (maybe). What is money well spent? We’re back to that basic idea of asking married friends…
What did they do?
What were they really pleased with?
What would they change?
… again the list goes on.

This video will hopefully help you focus. You’ll hear similar ideas to those I’ve shared in my other videos … because I believe they work!

If you’d like a free link to my “Your WOW Wedding” booklet please just drop me a line.

Talking of numbers, people are starting to reserve their places now so if you are interested in attending the “Creating Your WOW Wedding evening get in touch paul@thepartydj.co.uk
If you don’t know what I’m talking about scroll back through these blog posts or CLICK HERE

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Your Perfect Venue ~ WOW Countdown ~ Day 7

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Today we come to tip 7 in the Countdown To WOW which is 24 ~ confusing isn’t it, the tip numbers are going up while the countdown is going down (it seemed like a good idea at the time) :O ~ anyway, it’s about finding your perfect venue. You may find you need to scroll down to the previous posts to get a grip on what a “WOW Wedding” is

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Choosing your perfect venue can be amazingly complex, just knowing where to start may seem like an impossible task.

Here’s a video and a few basic thoughts to get you started – tomorrow I’ll post on this topic again, so make sure you check back.

So, start with does then venue for your original “WOW” brief.

Whether you are having a church or civil ceremony and if that means you are looking for a venue that can do everything.

How many people do you need space for ~ both at the first part of the day (ceremony and meal) and then for the evening – can the venue accommodate this?

If you want help to find your perfect venue or any opinion on a particular venue please feel free to contact me – whether you are thinking bro using me as your DJ or not! paul@thepartydj.co.uk

Finally, don’t forget to reserve your seats at the Creating Your WOW Wedding evening – it’s the same email address.

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Day 3 ~ WOW Wedding Countdown ~ THE WHY

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The WOW Wedding Countdown is a tip a day that I hope will help you with your wedding planning and give you a flavour of how attending my “Creating Your WOW Wedding” evening might benefit you. Today we are going to look at THE WHY

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Today is the third in the series so make sure you scroll down to see the previous entries and bookmark this blog or follow my FaceBook page for more free advice.

So in the last two posts I gave you the “W’ and “O” of my slightly dodgy WOW Wedding acronym …
W Weave in your personality using your wow factors.
O Others involvement ~ Get others involved.
and the the last “W” is …
THE WHY ~ Explain your choices to your guests so that they understand the significance.

I you don’t explain the WHY the first two really don’t work! If you tell people about the ideas you’ve weaved into the day and told them who these people are that have help you turn your dream into reality thy can really connect with you and your day. If you name your tables after your favourite bands make sure you include some of their music even if it’s just in the background and perhaps add a not to ht e table setting that says when you saw the band in concert or something that explains the “WHY”. If your chief bridesmaid is your best friend since the first day at school let everybody know … the choices you make are so much more relevant if you share them with your family and friends.

There are so many little things like this that will help you to make a wedding where everybody feels engaged in the day rather than just a spectator and that is what my “Creating Your WOW Wedding” evening is all about – so don’t miss out

If you liked to know more about the event PLEASE CLICK HERE, or email paul@thepartydj.co.uk

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That’s THE WHY. See you tomorrow for tip 27 in the WOW Wedding Countdown!

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WOW Wedding Countdown ~ 30 Days To Go!

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So, I hear you ask, “what is the WOW Wedding Countdown”?

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Well in 30 days time, on 15th November, I’m hosting my Autumn “Creating Your WOW Wedding” event at Ampfield Golf & Country Club, and to give you a flavour of how attending might benefit you I’m going to do a WOW Wedding Countdown with a new tip every day.

To start the WOW Wedding Countdown off here’s the first W of the (slightly dodgy) WOW acronym …

WOW Wedding Countdown ~ 30
W = WEAVE your two personalities into your wedding day.
Fill the day with your favourite things.
Create a day that shows everybody who you are and what it means to you to share it with them.

The best way to wow your guests and get them engaged at your wedding is to give them an emotional experience of a wedding that is totally YOU! The secret to having a wedding that really feels like “you” is by weaving your personality into your wedding day as much as possible.

Just think about the interests and hobbies of both yourself and your fiancé in order to find the inspiration for dozens of ways to make your wedding totally unique. The music you love can provide a soundtrack throughout the whole day.

I’m going to explain how to incorporate your WOW factors throughout your wedding at my “Creating Your WOW Wedding” evening, if you liked to know more about the event PLEASE CLICK HERE, or email paul@thepartydj.co.uk

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If you have any questions or would like to book a FREE consultation to talk about your wedding entertainment please get in touch – just follow the links. I’d really appreciate your support in sharing these posts and telling your friends about the event – thanks.

See you tomorrow for another tip in the WOW Wedding Countdown!

The Party DJ May Newsletter

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Happy month! Welcome to The Party DJ May Newsletter

Deer at the Hampshire Wedding Festival

Deer at the Hampshire Wedding Festival

April was a busy month (as always) following on from the launch of My Promise (CLICK HERE) ~ my unique guarantee for my clients ~ a few more additions have been added to the website.

Now you can also find Paul’s Bookcase on the website.

Paul's Bookcase

So far there are two books you can view in their entirety …
My Brochure
and my new Real Weddings booklet

You can also get previews of Your WOW Wedding and Music For Wedding Ceremonies with information on how you can get the whole booklet (CLICK HERE). More additions to the bookcase will be made as the year goes on.

Ready for surgery!

Ready for surgery!

On a personal note, I underwent minor surgery which I had delayed so that it didn’t interfere with my weddings at the end of March and the beginning of April. I had a mole on my back which turned out to be a malignant melanoma – it was removed immediately and then I had to go back in for the removal of more skin from around the site and, in my case, also a Lymph Node assessment and treatment – this was one day in hospital under a general anaesthetic. The results are now back and I’ve been given the all clear I post about this here because I want you to know and take more care of yourself than I did. I love the sun, I’m pretty good at using lotion but obviously not good enough – please take care.

VIDEOS
ABC/123 Episode 19 (CLICK HERE) was on creating a great atmosphere at your Wedding Breakfast.
Episode 20 (CLICK HERE) looked at Ice Breakers to help you with that brilliant Wedding Breakfast.
This month I hope to start on Speeches.

One of the questions I see asked most on the Bridal Forums is “How much should I pay for a wedding Party DJ”. Last week I published a video on that topic CLICK HERE

I also posted a video of Testimonial Quotes from my Couples (CLICK HERE). These are some of the comments posted by my fabulous Bride and Bridegrooms in their support of my entry in the Wedding Industry Awards. I’ve been using them on the screen for my stand at the wedding fairs.

I did promise a video on how to deal with wedding stress. That should be “live” soon.

WEDDING FAIRS & EVENTS
April saw us attending three excellent wedding fairs ~ The Hampshire Wedding Festival on the New Forest Showgrounds site and the PMN Fayers at Elmers Court and Lainston House.

Lainston House

Lainston House

I haven’t booked to be at any wedding fairs in May but if that changes I’ll post here and on the Party DJ FaceBook page.

I haven’t yet been able to schedule my next Creating Your WOW Wedding event or WOW Bridegroom’s event. I hope to do so soon, and remember if you’d be interested in attending either or both of these events please email me.

So, until next time ~ mug of tea raised ~ Cheers!

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ProMobile Conference 2016

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It’s that time of year again! I’m just back from the ProMobile Conference 2016. My head is full of great ideas and I’ve just spent the morning typing out a new marketing plan and my targets for the coming year. These are exciting times!

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The ProMobile Conference 2016 was held on Sunday 28th and Monday 29th February at the Crowne Plaza facility in Oxfordshire. The Conference theme was “Growing Together”.

If you look back through this blog (or use the search facility) you’ll see posts about the previous conferences, this was the fourth, and I’m so glad I attended all of them. Each year the organisers, Eddie and Mark, put together two days full of interesting and challenging content. Every year I think surely they can’t better that, surely they are going to run out of brilliant speakers, but they just went and did it again!

The keynote speakers for the ProMobile Conference 2016 were Peter Merry and Randy Bartlett, both of who had spoken at previous conferences, this time they came together and gave us hundreds of great pointers and inspired us to greater things. Also speaking were Casper Berry on risk Risk Taking & Decision Making, Gilan Gork on Influence: The Business of Body Language, Graham Jones on Internet Psychology For Mobile DJ’s and Katie Bulmer-Cooke (from the 2014 series of the BBC’s ‘The Apprentice’) with her presentation called No Added Sugar: PR Lessons From The Boardroom. Each and everyone of them were thought-provoking, informative and presented to a very high standard.

If YOU are a mobile DJ reading this to find out how I do what I do my biggest tip for you is GO TO PROMOBILE 2017

BUT my time away at the Crowne Plaza didn’t end there! On Tuesday I took a private workshop with eight other DJ’s with Randy Bartlett on his Advanced Microphone Skills Workshop … again! I say again because I first did this workshop with Randy back in 2014 when he was here last time. Great training is always worth repeating and I was glad to spend another session with Randy beating me up and helping me focus and improve my skills.

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A Couple of Comments I’ve Received

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It’s been a busy first couple of months of 2016 here at The Party DJ HQ with just one wedding but lots of wedding fayres and meetings. I wanted to share a couple of comments I’ve received in the last couple of weeks.

The first is from Moira who came to the “Creating Your WOW Wedding” evening I presented at Ampfield Golf Club back on 16th February.

“Thanks for a great event on Tuesday. We got some great tips and ideas from it, although for me the best bit was Neil thinking about the day and what it means as opposed to just an expensive party!”

Moira

I love that. Neil, Moira’s husband to be, is hopefully going next month’s evening for Bridegrooms, so he’ll be getting plenty more brilliant ideas to make his wedding unique, memorable and fun.

It’s at Ampfield again on Tuesday 8th March and is open to Bridegrooms and their Best Men and Ushers. Once again it’s free to attend but places must be reserved in advance ~ email paul@thepartydj.co.uk

The second quote is from Eli who married Jason on New Years Eve just a couple of months ago. She posted it on my FaceBook page after seeing my Blog about “Grand Entrances”.

“Loved this bit at ours, was a real highlight especially getting the rest of our crew involved”

Eli

I’ve just posted another video in the same series about “Extended Grand Entrances” ~ that’s where I introduce the other members of the Wedding Party. As Eli said, we did this at her wedding and it was so much fun!

These are two videos in my series of 123/ABC videos where I try and explain how a typical wedding flows and how you can make each moment special – the same kind of thing I cover at my Creating Your WOW Wedding events.

Here are links to some of the series …
First Impressions
Your Grand Entrance
Extended Grand Entrances

There are plenty more to look at. By the way, every picture on my website and in my videos are of couples it’s been my privilege to work with.

If you’d like more information about my events or would like a FREE no-obligation chat about your wedding entertainment please just let me know.

Winchester Wedding DJ

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Wedding Planning, What’s Worrying You?

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With so many choices and so many decisions to be made planning a wedding can stress lots of couples out.
So, if you are Wedding planning, what’s worrying you?

If you look through my blog, YouTube and FaceBook pages you’ll find lots of answers, but maybe not the one you are looking for.

That’s why I’m asking YOU the simple question “what’s worrying you?”

This year I’ve already done a couple of videos on basic planning called Congratulations On Your Engagement and Just Three Words

As well as one on What If It Rains On Your Wedding Day?

and What If Nobody Dances At My Wedding?

(please CLICK on the pink hi-lighted video titles above to view them in another window)

There are loads more – including my ABC/123 series where I’m running through a typical wedding timeline explain what is likely to happen and how can you make the most of every moment.

I only do 30 weddings a year, most of those are local to me in The New Forest, along the M27 and up the M3 corridor but I love helping couples wherever they are and whether they book me or not. So please get in touch with your questions, come on…

What’s bothering YOU?

Please email paul@thepartydj.co.uk with your questions TODAY.

Wedding DJ Romsey

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2016 ~ FLIP! More Weddings & More WOW!

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Hi, so it’s 7th January 2016 ~ FLIP how did that happen?

Happy New Year!

I can’t believe it’s over a month since I last posted here. So much has happened since then and I’ve got so much planned for this year with more weddings with even more WOW!

If you follow me on FaceBook (please do!) you will have seen a bit more from me but it’s just been a very busy December and New Year with weddings and Christmas Party bookings.

Here are some dates for your diary, I’m at a number of wedding fairs over the next few weeks including …
Rhinefeld House this Sunday 10th January
New Place ~ Sunday 31st January
Ampfield Golf Club ~ Sunday 7th February
The Port House ~ Port Solent ~ Sunday 14th February

I am also hosting my next FREE “Creating Your WOW Wedding” event on Tuesday 16th February (7pm for a 7:30 start) at Ampfield Golf Club and then one of my Bridegroom’s Workshop evenings there the following month on 8th March. These events are FREE and are open to anyone who’s getting married and wants to attend even if they have booked another DJ already. Places must be reserved in advance.

I hope to be announcing more dates and venues for these events soon BUT if you are interested in attending please let me know.

If you’d like to find out more about any of these wedding fairs or WOW events please let me know – just call 023 8086 1715 or 07973 617153 or email me paul@thepartydj.co.uk

Finally here’s one of several videos I’ve completed recently – if you, or someone you know, has just got engaged or is planning their wedding this has to be worth a few minutes of their time.

Cheers!

Paul x