Wedding Blogging Tips for Every Wedding Professional

Blogging has numerous benefits, from giving you expert status in the wedding industry to booking more weddings. I’m going to show you how to get started in wedding blogging, from setting up a blog to writing + promoting the content on a blog. Learn more about how to set up a wedding blog for success, writing blog posts + promoting blog posts — all to book you more weddings.

I love the way Digital Marketing World sums up the benefits of blogging in this infographic.

Benefits of Blogging

So what are the benefits of blogging for your wedding business? The main benefit is blogging is good for your business. It’s impossible to list all of the benefits of blogging for your wedding business here but the top five are

1. Credibility
2. Expert status
3. Books weddings
4. Builds your list of wedding couples
5. Positions you as a source for wedding information

Basic Blogging Skills

Blogging does require a few skills but these skills are pretty easy to master. The GREAT news is that you already have one of the skills, which is that you are a wedding expert.

The other skill is being able to translate your expertise into writing so you have to be able to write in a way that is attractive + engaging to the wedding couples that you are trying to attract.

You don’t have to be an expert or professional writer to master the power of blogging for your wedding business. You have to learn exactly how to write + format a blog post so you can write posts that attract more + more of the wedding couples you want to work with in your business.

The other skill you have to acquire is marketing or promoting the blog posts you write to get the posts in front of the right wedding couples where they are hanging out online.

Essential Blogging Tools

You don’t need a lot to start a blog for your wedding business but having some essential blogging tools can start you off on the right foot. For example, if you don’t already have a domain, blogging platform + a host for your blog, then you’re going to have to choose one.

Another useful tool is a theme for your blog. Most wedding professionals have their blog as part of their website (which is smart) so choosing a theme is not only about the layout of your blog but it is also about the design on your website.

Essential Blogging Techniques

Knowing some basic blogging techniques can help you increase the amount of traffic (brides + grooms) you’re attracting to your site. Blogging techniques can also help you book more wedding business.

One technique that can come in handy is knowing the basic outline of what a blog post should include.

Another technique worth mastering is writing the content for the blog post so you fill in all of the important information in the outline.

Search engine optimization affectionately known as SEO) is another technique you’re going to want to master. It combines your writing + marketing skills to get your posts ranked in search engines like Google that are going to drive traffic (brides + grooms) to your blog.

Types of Blog Posts

As a wedding pro, you have a lot of options when it comes to choosing the type of blog posts you write. Here’s a short list of the various types of posts you can write:

1. How-to Posts

Brides + grooms LOVE it when you tell them how to do something. Whether it’s the steps they have to take to hire a vendor or how to make their own bouquet, they eat it up with a silver spoon.

2. List Posts

Give ’em a list of things to do, resources, or what-ev. Brides + grooms seem to love lists (as much as I do). Maybe (like me), they get satisfaction from checking an item off their to-do list.

3. Behind-the-Scenes Post

Wedding couples really seem to get into “the how” of how things get done that go into planning their wedding. By that, I mean they want a behind-the-scenes look at how you do your job as a wedding pro to pull off their big day.

4. Answer a Question(s)/ Popular Topic

Head on over to your favorite Facebook groups. You know, the ones where pools of brides + grooms are just swimming around. Scroll through the posts +see what they are talking about or the question that keeps popping up over + over again. Write a post answering the question or on the hot topic.

If you’re not a part of any of these types of Facbook groups, head to forums on big wedding sites like The Knot or Wedding Wire to find out the hot topics.

5. Image Only (or at Least Mostly)

Post a picture + then throw in just a few lines of text to explain. For example, take a picture of the items in a Wedding Day Emergency Kit. This is an easy post that doesn’t take much time + is useful to the wedding couples checking out your blog.

6. Interview

Interview another wedding pro you know or work with as a feature on your blog. EVEN BETTER, interview brides + grooms! You can interview recently married couples, for example, to talk about what they did right + what they would change about their wedding day. This is a great way to share information with other couples that are getting married. HINT: These types of posts can drive major traffic to your blog.

7. Q + A Post

List out questions wedding couples have. Provide them with the answers. You can grab the questions from a survey of your readers, email subscribers, or from scouring social media. You probably also have a list of frequently asked questions floating around in your head.

8. Blog Post Roundup

Roundup a list of your most popular blog posts or wedding-related blog posts. Share the list of posts + links on your blog. Just like David Letterman used to have a Top 10 every night on his show, you can have a Top 10 in posts for the week, month, year or what-ev.

9. Guest Post

Publish another wedding pro’s fabulous blog post on your blog. Great because you don’t have to write a post + a great way to drive traffic to your blog BECAUSE the writer usually helps you promote the post. This is potential way to attract new wedding couples that you might not otherwise have an opportunity to reach.

10. A List of Faves

Compile a list of your favorite things wedding related. Maybe it’s a general list or super specific like My 10 Fave Kissable Lipsticks for Wedding Day. I’d steer away from lists of your favorite wedding vendors (Remember ladies + gents, your preferred list of vendors is gold, so you don’t really want to give it away in a post. That’s what they pay you to have access to.), but pretty much any other list is game on.

Learn All About Blogging

Are you ready to jump stylish flats first into blogging for your wedding business? I have a TON of informative articles on the topic. Take a look below, where you can find everything from how to start a wedding blog + blog ideas to ways to update old wedding blog posts.

Finally, I don’t have much information on SEO but it is a super important part of blogging so I recommend the free (+ paid course when it’s available) Stupid Simple SEO.