How to use Social Media to Plan & Celebrate Your Wedding
Ken and I are planning our wedding, and as with any event there are a ton of decisions to make. Although sometimes there is tension, in general, we have our true values in common.
One thing we have in common — is a love of technology. There are a ton of sites & vendor to choose from, including paid and free options. As a social media & events consultant I was excited to use all of these resources to celebrate my own event on and offline. Here are social media tools we are using for our wedding:
Building a Wedding Website.
Tool: Google Sites.
Why?
Well, luckily I’m tech savvy, but even more important — my fiance is a web designer. We wanted an easy site structure that we could just add content too. So there are lots of great wedding site vendors to use if your not in love with someone who knows html.
Extra hint: Treat yourself to a custom domain name. We’ll use it for our wedding blog and then continue to update it as our personal blog site.
Buy a domain at: Dotster or Go Daddy
Social Group for your wedding party or intimate family
Tool: Facebook Group
Why?
Our Facebook group is private and includes just our parents, and my bridal party. This is a group that will allow me to deal with more specific details of planning, and to get advice from a small group to help me make a decisions.
Also, I’m planning a wedding in upstate NY when I live in Seattle, so social media is a great way to involve several people in conversations.
Couple’s Twitter Feed
Tool: Twitter
Why?
We’ve had a twitter handle for quite a while, but this will be a great way to ping our guests with last minute details & instructions.
Dance Mixes - First Dance. Dinner Music. Reception.
Tool: Spotify
Why?
There are a great number of sites (like here & here) to get lists of wedding songs for every moment of your special day. Spotify is a great way to find all of the songs, create playlists, and choose your favorites. Give it a try.
We will give you a sneak peak of all our sites once they are completed. Stay tuned.
