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Busy, busy, busy!
Posted on March 12, 2009
Thanks to all of you who have helped make this month one of my busiest booking months ever! I would like to think it’s 100% based on my work but I am all too aware that finances come into play and as many of you know, I have tried to go out of my way to work with you to get packages that fit your needs and budget. So as I’ve been saying here for awhile now, please ask if you have a question regarding package contents or pricing.
Also, due to the extremely high booking rate I am experiencing right now for weddings taking place in the Fall and even into next Winter, please make absolutely sure that you get your contract and retainer in as soon as you can, then get a counter-signed contract back from me confirming your booking. I have several inquiries for many key dates in November, December and January so it’s not out of the realm of possibility that even though you send in your contract and retainer, another couple has already booked that date since our initial email/phone call/meeting. My stated policy is first come, first served and trust me, I hate nothing worse than having to turn away someone who wants to work with me, both from a personal and business perspective.
I am putting together my “Best of 2008″ gallery right now, which will probably be a link directly from this page so check back in the next few days for that.
Asukabooks
Posted on October 9, 2008
As many of you know, I have featured Asukabooks as my primary album/book in my packages for the past year-and-a-half or so. This past week, they validated everything I thought about them in terms of customer service and attention to detail. From day one I was blown away by how much they really pay attention to what I send them to print, calling me on anything that looks like it, in any way, could be a mistake. You can’t imagine how nice it is to have a company care so much who could otherwise just take my files and print away, never even giving it a second thought. Most online based book printers do just that. For Asuka this attention is the normal level of service, and until about a month ago, it had never failed. Then, due to some freak occurrences on my end and possibly theirs, I received two book orders in a row with “issues”. Clearly, they were well within their rights to say that both things were my fault since they were visible in the final PDF that I review before final approval, but they didn’t do that. They took partial responsibility for one and full responsibility for the other even though there was clearly blame to go around. Katie, a service manager (maybe the only one) for Asukabook could not have been nicer. She did her due diligence and asked me to send pictures of the issues and in the end, took a leap of faith that this was a (well two) isolated incident and credited me to get both books reprinted, one at significant cost to them. I just wanted to tell this story not to expose my errors, or theirs, but really to illustrate something that I believe in 100%; treat your customers with care and they will repay you ten-fold in good will. I try to do that with all my couples and I love that my vendors believe the same thing.
Thank you Asukabooks.
Announcing… FINAO ALBUMS!
Posted on July 22, 2008
This may be old news to some of my recent bookings but I want to officially announce my decision to use Finao as my exclusive wedding album vendor. For the past year or so I have been using Asukabooks as my only book offering. I will still use them for my coffee table books but after an exhaustive search since discontinuing leather/traditionally bound albums in early ’07, I have decided that one company embodies both the style and service that will allow me to get back into this type of book. Finao, in my opinion, offers the best in beauty, elegance and versatility, ultimately delivering a unique album that is 100% you (ok, with some percentage of me mixed in somewhere). Effective immediately I am offering their flagship product, the Finao One album as my premium book offering and may expand to include other products in the near future.
When you select a package that includes a Finao One album, you will also choose your cover style, materials and colors from their extensive collection. As you can tell from the images below, the possibilities are truly endless and I will be there every step of the way, offering as much or little advice as you need to ensure that you get a finished product that perfectly reflects your style. These images are of actual albums created by Finao but not of my personal sample books. I hope to have that in my hands very soon. Please email me if you’d like more info!
If you want more info right now, visit their site at http://www.finaoonline.com.
Lastly, if you are booked already or I have photographed your wedding already (with an Asuka product as part of your package) but have not designed your book yet and you want to upgrade to a Fiano One album, just let me know and I will make you a really good deal to do it!
