Real Wedding Submissions: Your Chance To Be Featured in Nearlywed!

In the dynamic industry of wedding planning and inspiration, getting your work featured on a prestigious platform like Nearlywed can be a game-changer for vendors and industry professionals alike. Real Wedding Submissions offer an unparalleled opportunity to showcase your talent, creativity, and expertise to a wide audience of engaged couples and fellow vendors…for free! At Nearlywed, we cannot undersell the importance of constructive marketing strategies, and we passionately promote the effectiveness of multi-faceted marketing channels to increase visibility for your brand.

What is Nearlywed?

Nearlywed is more than a magazine. It is a stronghold of industry professionals that work together to form a cohesive and tangible community both on and offline. Nearlywed is not only an online wedding planning platform and resource hub that provides inspiration, guidance, and connections for vendors and couples planning their special day, but also an advertising tool, marketing strategist and resource, and editorial print publication. With a focus on highlighting real weddings, crafting expert advice blogs and columns, and establishing curated vendor listings, Nearlywed serves as a go-to destination for couples seeking inspiration and information to plan their dream wedding. Nearlywed is also a hub for vendors to seek guidance, advertise their businesses, and connect with other industry professionals. The platform features a diverse array of real weddings, styled shoots, vendor spotlights, and industry insights, making it a valuable resource for both couples and wedding professionals alike.

What Is Real Weddings?

Real Weddings is a section of Nearlywed dedicated to showcasing real-life weddings from across the state of Michigan and beyond. These features can be exhibited in either Nearlywed’s print or digital platforms (or both!), and include stunning photography galleries, a full list of vendors who helped make the celebration happen.

These authentic features offer soon-to-be-wed couples a glimpse into real wedding experiences and provide inspiration, ideas, and vendor, venue, and planner recommendations for their own special day. Nearlywed’s Real Weddings section features weddings of all styles, sizes, and budgets, and truly celebrates the diversity and creativity of couples’ love stories. The best part about submitting to Real Weddings is that its free, and if a wedding is selected for feature in either print or digital media, all the vendors that helped make that celebration come to life are listed and receive free advertising on an established and trusted platform.

How Do I Submit to Real Weddings?

Submitting a wedding to Real Weddings is a straightforward process that begins with visiting the Nearlywed website and navigating to the Real Weddings submission page. Couples and vendors can submit weddings for consideration by filling out a submission form and providing details such as wedding date, location, vendors involved, and other details about the wedding. Additionally, they provide a link to their wedding photographer’s gallery, which our editorial team will review to select images that showcase the beauty and unique elements of the wedding. The Nearlywed editorial team carefully reviews each submission and selects weddings that align with the platform’s aesthetic and editorial guidelines for feature consideration. If you have questions about the submission process, please reach out to our editor, Rebecca Voigt.

Why Should I Submit to Real Weddings?

As we previously expressed, submitting a wedding to Real Weddings offers a multitude of benefits for photographers, wedding planners, vendors, and venues alike.

1. Free Publicity: A feature in Real Weddings provides valuable exposure for vendors and allows them to reach a wider audience of engaged couples and industry professionals. The platform’s extensive reach and relevant audience increase visibility and brand awareness for vendors, potentially leading to new client inquiries and bookings. A Real Weddings feature can be either print, digital, or both, meaning that couples can have their wedding displayed in either the print and digital publication or on Nearlywed’s website (and these are then advertised through marketing channels such as our email subscriber list), but the images can then also be used on social media or in Nearlywed’s blog, which means that Real Weddings submissions are visible on a multitude of visible platforms.
2. Opportunity for Digital and Print Publications: Selected weddings may be featured not only on the Nearlywed website, but also in digital and print publications associated with the platform. Not all weddings will be selected for a magazine feature, but this does not mean your wedding and vendors are not being seen! As previously mentioned, there are so many avenues for exposure through the Real Weddings submissions, including in email blasts, through the website, in blog posts, on social media, and more. This additional exposure further amplifies the reach and impact of the feature, showcasing vendors’ work to an even broader audience of couples and industry insiders.
3. Possibility for Social Media Feature and Tag: Real Weddings features are often shared on Nearlywed’s social media channels, all of which boast an impressive following (tens to hundreds of thousands of followers). This kind of feature provides additional exposure and authentic engagement opportunities for vendors and couples. Being tagged in social media posts associated with the feature increases visibility and credibility, driving traffic to vendors’ profiles, socials, and websites. We cannot understate the importance of social media in today’s marketing age. Check out our blog Social Media Strategies for Michigan Wedding Vendors for more information.
4. Blog Features: When you submit your gallery to Nearlywed’s Real Weddings, your photos may be selected for use in any of our published website content. This means that our talented team of writers can select standout images for use in featured blogs on the website. Whenever a Real Weddings image is used in a blog post, the photographer is credited in the caption with a link to the full gallery and vendor list. Nearlywed’s blog covers an impressive variety of topics, including entertainment inspiration, cake flavors, budgeting tips, destination guides, first-look ideas, and so much more; so, while photographers might be the most obvious highlight of the Real Weddings submissions, any brand can be showcased on any number of platforms, so all vendors should encourage couples to submit their weddings!

Conclusion

Real Wedding submissions offer vendors, venues, and industry professionals a valuable opportunity to showcase their work, gain exposure, and inspire others within the wedding community. By submitting to Real Weddings, vendors can enjoy free publicity, the possibility placement in our digital and print publications, and the chance for social media features and tags. Encouraging couples to submit to Real Weddings is not only beneficial for vendors but also for couples looking to share their love stories and inspire others in their wedding planning journey; and what better way is there to thank your wedding team for all their hard work than by offering them an opportunity at some free advertising?

With its commitment to celebrating real weddings and diverse love stories, Nearlywed continues to be a trusted and influential platform within the wedding industry, connecting couples with the vendors and industry professionals who can expertly bring their dream weddings to life.