Category Archives: Weddings

Marketing As a Wedding Specialist – Part I

by Alan Dodson Wedding DJs, just like other mobiles, must constantly attract new clients to keep working. Selling to past clients is the easiest and least expensive way to increase your business; however, with wedding clients, they will likely only hire you once - for their reception. So, the reality of marketing to brides and…

Spotlight On Peter Merry: His Secrets To Success

How many among us can say that we earn $5,000 for a wedding reception? For those who are new to our business or who have been living under a rock, I’d like to introduce you to Peter Merry. He is a top earning DJ, author, speaker and leader – and his credentials are pretty impressive:…

A Great Resource to Share with Your Wedding Clients

In a recent post by Alan Dodson – The Wedding Wizard, he gave us the inside scoop on Google Docs excellent wedding template collection. What a great resource to share with our wedding clients! It’s just one more way to add value to the services we DJs provide, which contributes to happy brides and future…

The Wedding Industry 2.0: Utilizing Social Media

As the growth of social sites like Facebook (with over 400 Million users), and Twitter (approaching 100 Million users) continues to climb, there is little question about if you should be using Social Media for your wedding business, but more aptly put, HOW you should use it. 50% of all Facebook users log in daily,…

How to Select a DJ

HELP EDUCATE BRIDES BY ADDING THIS ARTICLE TO YOUR WEBSITE! The BIG Difference Between Buying on PRICE and Investing in VALUE When calling a DJ service, the first question many people ask is, “How much do you charge?” There is no single answer to this question because of the variety of factors involved, such as:…

“Bridezilla”? Really?

It’s her wedding day and she’s determined to be the star of the show. A neurotic, perfectionist and control freak, she’s not about to let anyone or anything stand in her way. The way she figures it, it’s her day, dammit, and everybody else had better get on board. Meet Bridezilla, difficult, unpleasant and greedy….

Wedding Reception Music Programming

Wedding Ceremony Rigs

Many mobiles not only entertain at wedding receptions, but they also provide sound reinforcement for ceremonies. While the number of options for music player/controller, mixer, mics and speakers are seemingly infinite -– we’ve narrowed them down a bit for you to help make the choices for your wedding ceremony rig a bit easier. To keep…

New Portable PA for Wedding Ceremonies and More!

American Audio’s new PPA-210 is a compact portable PA system with built-in digital effects, graphic EQ and portable playback. A complete turnkey system, the PPA-210, contains all the PA gear you could possibly need, including two pole-mountable 10” speakers, an 8-chanel powered mixer, dynamic microphone and every cable — including a mic cable and two…

Hello Gorgeous! - DJ Facades Come of Age

Back in the olden days of mobiledjdom, event guests were treated to seeing a typical MDJ’s set-up featuring loose, dangling wires on a tablecloth (or not) covered banquet table. Then, rack-mounted cases came along and to create a better presentation, a few handy DJs designed and constructed their own facades/front boards/DJ booths. It’s true. Necessity…