Did you attend the 2008 Wedding Professionals Business Conference? If so, you have the unique opportunity to purchase tickets to the 2009 Conference at a discounted rate!! However, your discount will expire April 30th, so call right away to register early.

If you did not attend the 2008 Business Conference, make a committment to experience all the Conference has to offer in 2009. This will be our fourth year to produce the Conference and it grows bigger and better every year. We are currently accepting Early Bird reservations! Save money by purchasing your tickets early!

Wedding Professionals Business Conference
When: November 18, 2009
Where: Plano Centre, Plano, TX

Call us at 972-713-9920 or visit our website at www.weddingbusinessconference.com for more information.

On Wednesday, April 22, Bridal Shows, Inc. exhibited in the 10th Annual Entrepreneur Expo in Fort Worth to promote our upcoming Wedding Professionals Business Conference. This was our third year to participate as an exhibitor at the expo and once again enjoyed making connections with business professionals and networking to build relationships and help the Conference grow!

Congratulations to two loyal Dallas Bridal Show exhibitors on the birth of their baby boys!

Summer and Josh Satterfield of Capturing Moments Video celebrated the birth of Tyler Satterfield on January 13, 2009.

Margaret and Byron Lake of Margaret Lake Photography welcomed adopted son, Jackson Lake on Feb. 26, 2009.

Margaret and Summer actually met through the Dallas Bridal Show and have not only built a professional relationship but a long lasting friendship. They are excited that their two boys, only 44 days apart, will be able to continue that friendship as they grow up together.

At the January Dallas Bridal Show we premiered a new opportunity for additional exposure called Featured Exhibitors.

Featured Exhibitors were able to acquire placement at the front entrance of the show for an additional cost. The front "Featured Exhibitors" area went very well at the January 2009 Dallas Bridal Show, so we have decided to continue with this set-up at the Dallas Bridal Show on July 11-12, 2009.

Some companies have already rebooked their prime front position. We have recently opened it up to other companies that wish to lock in this great opportunity. Keep in mind that each 10x10 is an additional $500 to your normal booth space cost. There is limited space available. The photography category is again closed out for this Featured Exhibitor area.

In addition to your prime placement, your company name will be listed on the front entrance unit, bolded in the program, and featured on the myspace site.

Call your account executive today if you wish to take advantage of gaining an additional edge in spotlighting your company in the show.

How do you make quick decisions that create a positive outcome?

So many people and companies in business struggle with decision-making. Will my decision be okay with others? Will my team benefit from my decision? Will my clients and customers know that I care about them? Will what I decide give added value to everyone?

We all make mistakes in our professional and personal lives. With some quick rational thinking along with a few or more facts, we can come up with what we think is the right decision at that moment. Stick with your decision. Accept and own your decision. In time, you will make some positive changes and directions to your original decision and have new and better decisions.

Don't worry about what everyone else thinks. You are not going to please everyone anyway. Make your decision on what is best for your company, your team, and for your clients and customers long-term.

Be proud of your decisions and don't look back. No matter what, don't be wishy-washy. Make a decision! The more you make decisions, the better you will become at it. Make the more important and difficult decisions first and get them out of the way.

Move forward and continue to grow and learn so you will make better decisions this year than last year.

As most of you know, Naomi loves to encourage others to read and learn more each day. As an added value to already giving away so many books each year, we are now starting a "Book Give-a-Way Day" on Thursday, June 4th, from 9am to 4pm, here at our office located at 4821 Keller Springs Rd., Addison, TX 75001 (Northeast corner of Addison Rd. and Keller Springs Rd.).

We will try to have a list of some of the books in the next newsletter for you. Books will be limited to no more than 3 per person. Most are used books that Naomi has bought from Half Price Books in the last few years.

Please understand that these will be first come/first serve to those that show up. We will have soft drinks available all day, and some finger food from 11:30am to 1pm.

If you have some books that you would like to bring to donate to the pile of books to be given away, bring those with you. We appreciate any assistance with helping others to grow their business.

Happy Reading!

As Bridal Shows, Inc. grows, so does our team. We are pleased to introduce our newest team member, Cookie Hoffmann. Cookie is joining us as a Project Assistant and will be working on numerous in-house projects as well as assisting onsite at various events.

Please help us welcome Cookie to the family!

Cookie Hoffmann's Contact Info:
972-713-9920 ext. 104
cookie@bridalshowsinc.com