Magazines and high traffic wedding blogs want to feature new and fresh content. They don’t want their readers opening their magazines or going to their blogs/websites only to find images they have already seen and notice articles they have already read. This week was the perfect example of a wedding that was originally supposed to go to print on behalf of a client, but was given to a blog by another vendor and that means no chance for print. I say if you want to get your clients’ weddings or your photo shoots out there right away and you want to be on a blog then that should be the consensus of all the vendors involved. However, when someone takes the liberty to submit an event and the other vendors don’t even know about it till minutes after its up, it will effect the chances to get your work elsewhere. What do your peers that worked on this wedding think of where it should be featured? Were they happy with where it landed? And if so, was everyone properly credited? Often I notice that some vendors are left out and they don’t even know they’re work is online until someone tells them mid day… Which means limited time to share, tweet or even get excited about seeing it up before a new post is up.
Be patient with your work and waiting to see where it will get featured! It is nearly impossible to provide a unique product and service that makes blogs and magazines the best at what they do if they are using content vendors are submitting that has already been seen. Same rule applies to when you are submitting to wedding blogs. They get so many submissions sometimes they aren’t able to write you back within a day or two to give you feedback. By then you have moved on to 3 other blogs you are sending the images too. This is frustrating to them and doesn’t make for good relationship building. When people submit to our blog we always appreciate when they only give it to us first and then let us decide before submitting it to other outlets.
You may be dying to show everyone what a cool shoot you just wrapped, or your last amazing wedding but if you want media outlets to even consider you, hold your horses! This doesn’t just limit you in blogging. Do not twitpic or tweet the specifics of what you are putting together either, stick to sneak peeks. Remember patience is a virtue, and in the case of sharing magazine and online bound work, a necessity!
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The best press comes to those who wait http://su.pr/1oPQCn
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@weddingPR thanks for the blog-advice — it’s really useful and encouraging to us newbies 🙂
good advice, thanks for this! RT @weddingpr: The best press comes to those who wait http://su.pr/1oPQCn
RT @weddingpr: The best press comes to those who wait http://su.pr/1oPQCn
RT @weddingpr: The best press comes to those who wait http://su.pr/1oPQCn
You may be dying to show your most recent work, but if you want media outlets to even consider you, hold your horses! http://su.pr/1oPQCn
“@weddingPR: u may be dying to show your most recent work, but if u want media outlets to consider u, hold your horses! http://t.co/Wrhtc0S“
@weddingPR amen to that last tweet!
@AngelaDesveaux @weddingPR Yep, that’s what I was saying angela…
@weddingPR wow thats so interesting! Thanks for the PR advice
A must read! RT @weddingPR You may be dying to show your recent work, but if u want media outlets to consider… http://su.pr/1oPQCn
@weddingPR Very informative!
RT @weddingpr: The best press comes to those who wait http://su.pr/1oPQCn
RT @weddingpr: You may be dying to show your most recent work, but if you want media outlets to even consider you, hold your horses! http://su.pr/1oPQCn
It’s my understanding that the photographer owns the copyright. Anytime a bride or a vendor other than the photographer approaches me, I always contact the photographer for permission. Similarly, if your a planner who wants to submit to a magazine or blog, you need to contact the photographer to ask for permission. This is true even if the photographer has already given you pictures to use on your site. Those images are not necessarily for reproduction (in magazines or on blogs) unless you secure additional permission. By having one point person (the photographer) you can eliminate confusion and missed opportunities for publication.
So, just to get it right, does this mean I shouldn’t blog one of my weddings on my own blog before submitting it to you or others wedding sites? I saw you say “stick to sneak peeks” so maybe just a few images but not the story on my own site until i see if it gets published on your site? And, how long should we wait if not chosen by YOU to send to another hoping to get published? Just wondering 🙂 thanks so much for all the great info! I have yet to submit but have been wanting to and want to do it right!