On getting hit by a bus, and wincing sausage factories

Last week after I returned home from the first leg of my Lovesick Expo travel, I was rushed to the ER and ended up having emergency abdominal surgery. I was in the hospital for a week, and am looking at another four weeks of recovery. This is seriously fucked up… but you know what’s amazing? The fact that the team of people who I work with at the Offbeat Empire is so amazing that even when I get hit by a metaphorical bus, the sausage factory barely even winced.

Offbeat Bride mentioned in Mobile Beat Magazine

Offbeat Bride was featured recently in Mobile Beat Magazine, an industry publication for DJs, VJs, and KJs. The post was written by a longtime Offbeat Bride vendor, Staci from Revolution Weddings. It’s always so great to hear when our vendors have such a great experience with us that they want to share it with other folks in their industry!

Taint week 2014: The power of the taint is strong

I’ve written many times over the years about how I make the most of “Taint Week,” the editorial dead zone between Christmas and New Years. Since it’s one of the slowest news weeks of the entire year, I noticed back in 2012 that we seemed to have our stories picked up more frequently by the mainstream media when there’s nothing else going on.

“Hmm,” I thought to myself.

How to get the most out of your Offbeat Bride Vendor Listing share count

One of the changes that we made to listing pages was adding the same Jumbo Share counter that we have on the blogs. It’s that thing right under the title of all blog posts and vendor listings that shows how many times the page has been shared on Social Media. I was super stoked about getting this added to Vendor Listings — it makes it so much easier for couples planning their weddings to bookmark a listing with Pinterest, or share it with their partner via Facebook. I wanted to share a few ways that vendors can really make the most of that share count.