3 FREE WAYS TO SAY THANKS FOLLOWING YOUR WEDDING!

Nothing gives me greater pleasure than hearing from my couples after they’ve received their wedding photos. It might be a text, an email, or a statue erected in my honour, but after I’ve put everything I’ve got into producing images you’ll never tire of looking at, it’s gratifying to hear how how much you’re enjoying them. After all, unlike nearly all other wedding suppliers, once the wedding day is over, my job as your wedding photographer isn’t near done, as the important editing process is yet to commence.

I know life is busy, especially after such a huge life event, but when we don’t hear back from you, we assume you hate them.

In amongst all your other suppliers that provided a service for your big day, it’s always lovely to hear back from couples, whether it’s via an email or a thank-you card. Sometimes people will round off their correspondence with the good old “I don’t know how we can ever thank you enough!” and, after some consideration, I believe I know how you can.

Booze 🍾

OK I’m only joking about this (well, half joking). No seriously, if you want to give your wedding supplier a massive thank you present that costs nothing, here are three easy things you can do for FREE:

1. Recommendation.

The wedding industry is a competitive old beast. As you’ll know, there are reams of suppliers out there to choose from in every category, and wedding photography is one of the most saturated markets. A recommendation from an existing or previous client is the number one most effective way to obtain bookings – and I like bookings!

Recommending me to other people is the most powerful thing you can do. Tell your engaged pals what the experience was like first-hand, maybe even showing them the photos to prove it. Got a timeline chock full of smug-engageds on Christmas morning? Tell ’em who your awesome photographer was. Plus, you can actually earn dosh by doing this – when you recommend someone who books, I pay a £50 referral bonus! Say whaaaaat?

2. Reviews.

Alongside recommendations, writing a review about your experience with me as your photographer is also incredibly valuable. On a recent pulse survey I undertook on social media, 90% of respondents said reviews from previous clients were very important to them, during their wedding supplier search. I can understand; how often do we look at the reviews for a restaurant or hotel before we make a booking? Before committing to something, we want to hear from the proverbial horse’s mouth, and reviews are extremely influential and valuable for other prospective clients.

It’s so easy to do too, you can either leave a review on my Facebook page HERE or if you have a Google/Gmail account, you can leave a review on Google (the world’s most powerful search engine, and #1 way people find me!) via HERE. Love you long time. (PS if you leave a review on Google, be sure not to use any words that they might not like, including ‘shoot’ or ‘shooting’ or rudey swear words, as the review won’t be published to the wider world. Who knew Google was such a prude?)

3. Social media tagging - yes actually in your caption

I know you guys love a bit of social media, especially Instagram and Facebook. My little heart flutters when I scroll through my feed and see brides and grooms adding the wedding photos I took, and seeing all subsequent lovely comments from friends about how gorge you look.

But much like recommendations, a really effective, quick way to help – which takes 30 seconds – is to tag my account/page in your photos, in the caption and all your Stories, letting all your eagle-eyed followers know it was me who photographed this magnificent pair. This is known as crediting, which I’m sure you know 😉

I don’t put watermarks with my logo on your photos as I trust you not to be crappy. When you credit your photographer in your caption, you wouldn’t BELIEVE what a positive effect this has, as lots of traffic then goes to my social media and website. People are nosey, right? They’re like Oh, I wonder what this photographer’s other photos are like, and BOSH! They’re now thinking of booking me, too.

It’s an instant, tiny, yet incredibly effective recommendation. Credit your photographer. Spread the love.

So yeah, there’s 3 FREE ways to make this photographer incredibly happy indeed, which has no requirement to write a Thank You card, or send me flowers or prosecco, or wine, or doughnuts, or cakes.

Thanks for taking the time to read this, as always. How can I ever thank you …? (OK enough now.)