March 1, 2012                                                                                                                                   Copyright 2012 
Bridal Shows, Inc. Newsletter                                                                        by Naomi Hulme, CEM, Bridal Shows, Inc.
Greetings!
 
What an amazing start to the 2012 bridal show season we have had! The year started off with a bang as we introduced our newest event, the Las Colinas Bridal Show on January 8, 2012 at the new Irving Convention Center. Shortly after, we celebrated our largest show of the year, the Dallas Bridal Show on January 28-29 at the Dallas Market Hall, again a HUGE success! Read the articles below for a review of each of these two shows.

Our Spring bridal show season will be rounded out with the Fort Worth Bridal Show this weekend, March 4th at the Fort Worth Convention Center, and the Plano Bridal Show on March 11th at the Plano Center. A few spaces are still available in the Plano show, but are going quickly!

Don't forget that your success from any bridal show depends on what you do after the show is over! Follow up is the key to getting the most out of your bridal show experience. We are always happy to offer suggestions for following up with your bridal show leads, so call us if you need assistance in this area.
 
As always, our goal is to help you build your business!
 
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Las Colinas Bridal Show:Review

 

 

Our first ever Las Colinas Bridal Show, on January 8th at the new Irving Convention Center, was a great success! In fact it was the best "start-up" show we have ever had! With 627 registered brides in attendance out of over 1,900 total attendance, the show gave exhibitors an opportunity to promote their services face to face. 
 
 
At every show exhibitors have the opportunity to pass out discount coupons to brides prior to the show. The companies that bring in the most coupons receive discounts on the next bridal show!

Congratulations to our Las Colinas Bridal Show coupon winner!

 

1st place:  Amarillo Rose 

(free booth in the January 6, 2013,

Las Colinas Bridal Show)

Dallas Bridal Show: Review

 

 


Once again the Dallas Bridal Show held on January 28-29, 2012, at the Dallas Market Hall generated a great deal of business for exhibitors in attendance! Our largest show of the year brought in over 1,867 registered brides (from over 3,000 brides!) out of over 10,000 total attendance.
 
 

 

At every show exhibitors have the opportunity to pass out discount coupons to brides prior to the show. The companies that bring in the most coupons receive discounts on the next bridal show!

Congratulations to our Dallas Bridal Show coupon winners!

1st place:  Circle Park 

(free booth in the July 2012 Dallas Bridal Show)

 

2nd place:  Annie's Culinary 

($300 off booth in July 2012 Dallas Bridal Show)

 

3rd place:  Amarillo Rose

($150 off booth in July 2012 Dallas Bridal Show)

Aisle Sponsorship Opportunity!

 

The Aisle Sign Sponsorship at the January 2012 Dallas Bridal Show was a huge hit!  Because of this, we are working on having two aisle signs on every aisle in the July show. 
 
Note the location of the aisle markers hanging from the ceiling along the top of the Dallas Bridal Show photo below.
 
 
If you are interested in becoming an aisle sponsor,
please contact  us immediately. This is a very limited opportunity and puts your company logo above the crowd for everyone to see! 
"Exhibiting 101" Seminar

 

Naomi Hulme, CEM, President of Bridal Shows, Inc. will be presenting her Exhibiting 101 seminar on May 3, 2012 from 7-9pm at the Omni Dallas Hotel at Park West located at 1590 LBJ Freeway (Luna exit off of 635). 
 
Learn more about this wonderful opportunity to get the most out of exhibiting in consumer trade shows at the Exhibiting 101 website.
 
More information, including RSVP options, will be available soon on the website:
New Product to Debut at 
Fort Worth Bridal Show

 

TULSA, OK - A new bridal product is making its Texas debut at the Fort Worth bridal show Sunday. The Bellabito� Gown Guardian is a patent-pending product designed to keep that beautiful wedding dress clean for the walk down the aisle.

 

Products are becoming more readily available to make the big day a little less stressful on the bride.

One such product is the Bellabito� Gown Guardia
n. The Bellabito� Gown 
Guardian is worn under the dress, as one would wear a slip, and pulled out and over the dress and train when the bride is ready to move from location to location, creating the perfect "pouch" for the bridal dress and train to safely lie. Once the bride is ready for photos, just release the Bellabito� Gown Guardian and it retracts underneath the dress and out of sight.
 

The Bellabito� Gown Guardian will be featured on Sunday March 4, 2012 at the Fort Worth bridal show, hosted by Bridal Shows, Inc. The Show will be held at Fort Worth Convention Center and will run from noon to 5 pm. Admission is $8 for adults and $4 for children 14 and under.

  

Visit www.gownguardian.com for more information. 

Let the Bottle Pop the Question

 

Dallas, Texas - February 27, 2012 Most men have a general idea of how to propose: buy a ring, get down on one knee and ask her to marry you. But in Lance Buckley's case, he wanted to come up with a unique way to propose to his now fianc� Rachel Morse, and center it around something that both of them have in common - wine. 

  

So just last month, Lance let the bottle pop the question by using a custom wine bottle from Two Corks and a Bottle, a winery/wine bar in Uptown.  The bottle had a label with the picture of the ring on it, and as shown below said "Will you marry me?"
 

 

"I asked around and heard all these extravagant stories how people had proposed" said Lance. "But I wanted to do something that was personal and would be sentimental to us. Since we almost always have a glass of wine, I thought proposing with the wine bottle would be the way to go." The story has a happy ending as she said yes, but by no means was the planning for this proposal easy. After finding the woman of his dreams almost a 1 year ago, Lance knew it was "time to snatch her up before anyone got her."

 

Now that he had the ring and way to propose, he had to come up with the when, and where. Since he'd been planning to propose for a couple of months and knew that in early January they had a trip to Tyler, Texas where both families were going to be together, he thought that was the perfect time. Rachel's parents would be there also, so it's a good thing two weeks before the actual proposal, Lance did the traditional thing of going to visit Rachel's father to ask for her hand in marriage.

 

On that weekend just a month ago, with both their parents present, Lance places the bottle in a bag on the window sill. Lance's Mom suggests that they have a glass of wine before going out. Rachel reaches for the wine they brought and takes the bottle out of the familiar Two Corks and a Bottle bag.  She reads the label. Surprised she says "Are you serious?"

 

Frequent visitors to Two Corks and a Bottle, Lance and Rachel enjoy meeting at the winery/wine bar to  try the new wines of the month or participate in the daily wine tasting. They are also Two Corks and a Bottle wine club member's, which allows them the opportunity to enjoy new wines each month for a fraction of the cost of most imports. 

 

Just coming off of participating at the Dallas Bridal Show, Two Corks and a Bottle has seen many couples plan bottling parties to make their own wine to serve at their wedding. You can choose from a list of available varietals or blends, and once it's ready they show you how to bottle, cork and label it. You even get to put that cute little foil cover on the top! 

 

Although Lance and Rachel's wedding is planned for October of this year, they are planning a bottling party for early May/June t

o make wine for their wedding, and plan on saving a couple of bottles for their first anniversary. Now that's what I call letting the bottle make all your memories and 

do all the work!

 

To learn more about Two Corks and a Bottle please visit www.twocorksandabottle.com or find them on Facebook.

 

 

 

 

Two Corks and a Bottle

Quadrangle Retail Complex

2800 Routh Street, Ste. 140

Dallas, TX 75201-7667

214-871-WINE (9463)

 

Editor's Note
 
Would you like to contribute to the Bridal Shows, Inc. Newsletter? We are always looking for informational content in the way of testimonials, press releases, or industry advice. To learn more about how you can be a part of the newsletter,
email me today!
 
Sincerely,
 
Bonnie Crumpton
Newsletter Editor
Bridal Shows, Inc.
In This Issue
 
Las Colinas Bridal Show: Review
Dallas Bridal Show: Review
Exhibiting 101
Bellabito® Gown Guardian
Two Corks and a Bottle
Naomi's Notes
Fort Worth, Texas Magazine
Letter of Thanks
Book of the Month
"Leads Makeover" Presentation
2012-2013 Show Schedule
Naomi's Notes:
Have You Ever Noticed...?

 

How many products do we see that have words jumping out at us that are motivating and reminders of what we need to do?  A few are mentioned here and will give you an idea of what is right in front of you to motivate you to be better and to think positive thoughts each day.

 

Read carefully before using this product

Daily moisturizer

Speed Stick

Intensive Rescue

With tartar protection

Double Action

Triple Action Relief

Everyday Clean

Volume shampoo

Original

100% Natural

Pure

Real

Trusted

Pump it Up

Premium

Heavy Duty

Change every 30 days

Success

Spice

Blend

Helps Prevent

Diamond

Image life sweeter

Shine!

Stress Free

Dream

Fresh

Gain

All

Bounce

You can trust

Quality & value

Great Value

Fuel Your Life

Bring out the Best

Compare & Save

There is no substitute

Multi-purpose

Caution

Warning 

 

So, in other words:

 

Read daily to fuel your life and bring out the best in YOU!

 

There is no substitute for you.  You are original and real.

 

Discover success by giving your all and providing quality and great value in your business.

 

Dream Big!  Shine as a diamond!  Be strong!

 

Change every 30 days to work on another good habit.  This will spice up your new year's resolutions that you have already forgotten.

 

Blend double action and triple action speed into your efforts and this will help prevent those warnings that will creep in from procrastinating.

 

Imagine life sweeter and gain a multi-purpose stress-free positive attitude every day.

 

Bounce back from negatives and move forward.

 

Power your energy up on automatic daily.

 

Rescue your thoughts from negative and blend them into real positives.

 

Then you will trust yourself to be strong enough to become all that you want to be. 

 
Naomi Hulme, CEM, President of Bridal Shows, Inc. was recently quoted in the article, Hot Wedding Trendsin the Fort Worth, Texas magazine.
 
Click here to read the article and see what Naomi had to say! 
 
You can also visit www.fwtx.com and choose the February 2012 issue. Naomi's article is on page 48.
A Letter of Thanks
 
February 21, 2012

Dear Naomi;

My name is Jeff Christenson of Jay Fox Productions. I have been a Wedding DJ for over 30 years now and am very passionate about making sure that the evening goes perfectly. Never in over 30 years have I advertised, always got my business by word of mouth. Until this year when I finally decided to take part in the Dallas Bridal Show.

Upon leaving the show I had booked 2 wedding receptions during the show. Then in the following TWO WEEKS, I booked 17 weddings total.

How can I thank you for the remarkable opportunity you provide? At one point I had 4 brides waiting in line to talk with me at the show. How could I have EVER expected that kind of reaction?

My thanks to Naomi, Maureen and Ruthie for all your encouragement and support. As soon as I can, I will be signing up for another Bridal Show with you.

Blessings

Jeff Christenson
214-725-1203 
Book of the Month
by Naomi Hulme

 

This month's book selection is:
 
by Siimon Reynolds

You may request a copy of my "Book Suggestions List" at any time.

Happy Reading! 
"Leads Makeover" Presentation

 

"Leads Makeover - What Are You Really Doing with Your Leads?"  will be presented by Naomi Hulme, CEM, of Bridal Shows, Inc. at the April 3rd meeting of SOIREE (Society of Industry Referred Event Experts) of Collin County.

 

The meeting will be held at:

Fairy Tale Manor

10865 Preston Road

Frisco, TX 75034

 

The cost to attend the association meeting that evening is $25.

 

RSVP is required through the association website:

www.soireeofcollincounty.com

  

Learn how to connect the dots by working your leads effectively. 

 

Naomi has been teaching thousands of businesses over the past 24 years about qualifying the leads and then turning those leads into sales.  Changing your mindset and understanding your why will help you learn to love the challenge of working leads.   

 

Leads = Potential Sales

 

**  Working Leads = Sales **

 

Sales = Profit!!

Bridal Show Schedule

 

Fort Worth Bridal Show
**15th year**
March 4, 2012
Fort Worth Convention Center

Plano Bridal Show
**23rd year**
March 11, 2012
Plano Centre

Dallas Bridal Show
**23rd year**
July 28-29, 2012
Dallas Market Hall

Plano Bridal Show
**23rd year**
September 9, 2012
Plano Centre

Las Colinas Bridal Show
**2nd year**
January 6, 2013
Irving Convention Center

Dallas Bridal Show
**24th year**
January 26-27, 2013
Dallas Market Hall

Fort Worth Bridal Show
**16th year**
February 24, 2013
Fort Worth Convention Center

Plano Bridal Show
**24th year**
March 10, 2013
Plano Centre

Dallas Bridal Show
**24th year**
July 27-28, 2013
Dallas Market Hall

Plano Bridal Show
**24th year**
September 8, 2013
Plano Centre
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