The $29 ticket price includes a 2 hour workshop, customized materials, refreshments and a $20 credit or 20% off any order over $100 placed at the workshop! Space is very limited.

For more information or to register, please visit http://bradleyandlily.eventbrite.com or email Stacey at info@bradleyandlily.com.

 
Feel free to pass this along to any DIYers!

When was the last time you spent working on “your game?”  You get so wrapped up in running your business, marketing your name, managing your people, and “being busy” that it’s easy to forget about your own professional development.  But professional development is so very important, especially in this day and age when the difference between YOU and the guy with a consumer-grade DLSR & kit lens is your EXPERIENCE and TRAINING. Think about it: one day, you’re the top wedding videographer in the state, and the next, you’re being eclipsed by the hot new cinematographer with a good eye, great camera, a background in Hollywood filmmaking, and an understanding of what today’s brides want.  Do you change then, when it’s too late, or do you adapt now, and constantly stay on top of your game?

Photographers: When was the last time you attended a conference like WPPI or PhotoPlus?  (Several NACE Hawaii members went to WPPI last February.  Did you?)  What about the recent workshops by Kevin Kubota? (Several NACE Hawaii members were there. Were you?)

Videographers: Attended WEVA recently?  What about a StillMotion Evolution workshop?

the evolution experience II from stillmotion on Vimeo.

Bonus points if you can spot the guys from Crane Media in this clip.

Caterers & Wedding/Event Planners: Planning to go to Catersource next March? What about NACE Experience next July in Texas?  When was the last time you went to an ABC or AFWPI conference?

DJs & Masters of Ceremonies: Were you at the Mobile Beat Conference this February? When was the last time you took a workshop like the ones from the Marbecca Method? (Several NACE Hawaii members took the recent class in Hawaii in October, or the one in Vegas last February. Did you?) Will you be at the National Speakers’ Association Fall Conference or the DJ Cruise in November?

Just because you’re good, and you’re clients say you are the best, doesn’t mean that you’re always going to be the best.  The moment you stop learning is the moment when you should just hang up your hat and retire from the wedding industry, because that’s the moment your competition gains the advantage over you.  The only way left to compete is to drop your price…but then you’ll be working for less than you’re worth, and you don’t want that, do you?

After all…

If you don’t stay on top of your game, then your competition will.