A New Twist on Wedding Guest Books – The Interactive Photo Wedding Guest Book

June 8, 2012 by Leave a Comment

The Interactive Photo Wedding Guest Book

Photo booth owners, it is time to help your clients update the tradition of their wedding guest books. Weddings should be special in every way. After all, everyone they love will be present to see them officially paired with the man/woman of their dreams. This is a new chapter in their life and they have worked hard to make it all happen.

They spent months of time consulting with the event coordinator, baker, caterer, artist, dress/tux maker, location, family, friends and many more on a hundred big and small details. However, when their guests arrive, the first thing they will see is the wedding guest book.

It may look okay with soft cream colors and a cute little bow. But this is where tradition becomes outdated and a revamp is needed. People sign their names on neat little lines as if they are about to take a test. Is that really the best we can do after all the effort put into this day?

People want to be involved because they carry these memories for the rest of their lives. Help your clients to spice things up so they can look back on their wedding day with a book full of personalized memories. Offer to help them kick it up a notch and start with an interactive wedding photo guest book!

What Makes It So Special

This is no ordinary guest book sign in. This is a custom made book, limited only by their imagination. Choose a cover motif, page designs, line spacing, number of pages, etc. This will be your book forever.

The book is a printed book of personal pictures from the engaged couple and their lives that they will supply to a printer. Once they have the book the day of the wedding is where you can really make it special.  This book is meant to capture your guest’s pictures straight out of the photo booth, not just simply capture their signatures. 

Below we detail how to go about creating the book.  You need to let your clients know they will need to leave about a month to plan ahead and create the book.

 

How To

 The first step is to take at least 10 cute photos of the bride and groom to be.  A mix and match of new photos and past photos make for an endearing book. 

Once the photos are in digital format, the book can be ordered (about 2 weeks) and then all you need is a pair of scissors and a glues stick. On the big day, simply instruct those that sign in to step into the photo booth and snap some shots. Once they have the shots, they can clip and glue their favorite shot to the page and then sign their name and write a special message. 

Your clients can fit as many signatures and comments on each page as the books are large.  Making an example page to show guests what to do is always a good start. You can make a book up yourself to show your clients how it looks when it’s done. 

Make sure to bring many colors of sharpies to have as a backup for your wedding client for their guests to sign with so people can differentiate their comments and make it colorful incase a pen gets lost.

The personal messages with their pictures, perhaps after they have had a few adult beverages, will be honest, emotional tributes to the relationships you have built over the years.

Setup for Day of the Wedding – Instructions for Bride and Groom

When guests arrive at your wedding, a groomsman and maid of honor will greet them. They will direct couples and groups to your AAA PhotoBooth set up near the entry. Guests take a couple of shots and choose their favorite picture to add to your wedding photo guest book. (Make sure to provide the scissors and glue sticks so they can trim the edges off and add their picture with a personalized message!)

 This is so much more fun and a great way to get guests involved from the beginning. Your clients will always be able to see exactly what everyone wore and how they did their hair which could be really funny in a few decades! Remember the 70s? No trying to dig up memories of what people wore or how they had their hair done. You get the real feeling as if it were yesterday!    

Best Bets on Services to Create Your Book

Go to www.mixbook.com to make your own guest book! Create your free account and simply follow the easy step-by-step instructions to create the most beautiful guest book you can dream up! You should do this no later than two weeks before the wedding. There are also other websites where you can make a wedding photo guest book such as:

•           www.flickr.com

•           www.snapfish.com

•           www.winkflash.com

•           www.photobox.com

•           www.shutterfly.com

 

 

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How Same Sex Marriage Laws Effect Your Photo Booth Business

April 25, 2012 by Leave a Comment

THE OPPORTUNITY

Same sex marriage laws are becoming more common these days as activists for equal rights are making greater progress. Politicians are saying the number of universal marriage laws are going to surpass the more numerous women’s pro-choice health laws.

It wasn’t until 2004 that same sex couples could get married anywhere in the United States. Today same sex marriage laws exist in Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont and our nation’s capital is likely next with the state of Maryland.

 

MOVEMENT ORIGIN

The state of California started the movement, but opponents have fought the marriage equality laws through the ballot. However, over the last few years more than 18,000 marriages took place before Proposition 8 temporarily halted same sex marriages again.

In the United States, 29 states have passed laws approved by voters to prematurely block these laws from ever becoming part of their state’s constitution. Many people still believe in the concepts of marriage as one woman and one man.

 

NEW CUSTOMERS

So what can this do for you? If you live in one of these states and own a photo booth rental business or are thinking of getting into the photo booth industry, this group of untapped customers can jumpstart your business with a new niche to cater to.

Remember, there are some people in the photo booth business that will overlook the opportunity or feel uncomfortable renting a booth out to a same sex couple getting married. This is where unbiased business owners have a have a huge advantage!

 

NETWORKING

Get the word out about your photo booth business amongst the gay and lesbian community. News travels fast in a close knit community and your photo booth business will be appreciated.

One way to do this is to research local gay rights activists and introduce yourself. Be the first to offer them your services because some people in this world still judge.

Get in contact with the leaders of these organizations. This is the first step in getting your services known. Once you establish your business in the same sex community, chances are your services will be more needed than you think.

A wedding is still a wedding, no matter the sexual orientation of the people getting married.
Event planners are also an excellent resource of information on how to get your photo booth introduced into the gay community.

 

SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITY!

Marriage equality is on the rise because people want the American dream. The numbers of same sex marriages are a staggering business opportunity with great rewards when you get your business out in front of others that are not taking advantage of this lucrative niche.

YOU will be the one they remember and recommended to others to capture the memories of their most cherished day. The important thing to remember is to not discriminate. All married couples need your photo booths!

AAA Photobooth is always looking for information that is relevant to your success. We search for new ideas to give to our customers. That’s what separates us from the rest in our line of work. We do this free of charge!

 

 

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Why Wedding Clients Prefer Video Capable Photo Booths

March 29, 2012 by Leave a Comment

For most people, weddings are the biggest days of their lives. Everyone wants it to be a special, memorable occasion and have as much as they can to remember it by. What better way to capture the big day than to record everyone’s heartfelt wishes on video?

 Choosing a photo booth with video capability, such as our AAAUltimate Booth, will allow a small business to market to weddings far more effectively. Here’s why:

 

A Perfect Environment

Photo booths at weddings allow the perfect environment for producing sincere videos showing how the guests feel about the big day: they have privacy and room to collect their thoughts, and the time limit will make sure that they condense everything down to the things they really came to say. Relatives can cheer, Dad can get a little misty, and friends can say things meant only for the ears of the bride and groom.

 

Much Better than Any Slideshow

After the event, you can offer to edit together a longer video made up of short clips of the guests’ videos. Start out with cheerful congratulations, sprinkle in the comic relief, and build up to the tearful and sincere words from those closest to the newlyweds… before you know it, you’ll have turned a bundle of disconnected clips into an award-winning dramatic experience! No slideshow could hope to have as powerful an impact.

After everything’s been put together, the newlyweds can keep the video collection private, or upload it to YouTube for the whole family to have easy access (see our article “How to Upload a Photo Booth Video to YouTube” for more information). Either way, it’ll be a wonderful thing for them to look back on any time they want to remember their big day and the friends and family who helped them reach it. With the ability to offer all of this at your disposal, you can count on having much happier customers—and you’re certain to see an increase in business.

 

 

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How To Turn A Regular Wedding Guest Book Into An Exciting Photo Keepsake

March 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment

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Wedding guest bookTips for Brides – Make it special

 

Wedding guest books are an age-old tradition, but in reality, they capture little of the feeling of that special day. Sure, you might break yours open ten years later to settle a debate over whether or not Uncle Bob actually attended… but who’s going to look at a bunch of signatures for the pleasure of it?

 

Wouldn’t it be more exciting to open your guest book and see everyone dressed in their best and grinning for the camera? It sounds difficult at first—who has the time to photograph everyone as they come in to sign their names on a wedding day?  The answer is fun and simple.  A wedding photo booth and a glue stick will practically do it for you!

 

How to

 Just have your wedding photo booth set up at the entrance, right next to the guest book.  When guests begin to arrive, they will be able to snap a strip of photos of themselves and have it in their hands in a matter of seconds, quickly adding it to the book with a bit of glue. All they need to do after that is add a personal note and there you have it!

 

Getting this to happen naturally is another story.  First, before the guest arrive, have your maid of honor take the first photos and place the strip in the book.  This can be done easily and cheaply with a few glue sticks (just make sure to provide more than one in case any go dry or roll away on the floor). Once the first strip is secured, have them write in a personal note.  This will set the precedent and anyone who goes to sign the book will feel like doing the same.  

 

You’ll save others time and confusion by providing an example first. If you’re having the guests glue the photos in place, make sure that there are outlines on each page that show where the photos go. Finally, make sure there’s still room for those signatures and special wishes!  You can do this by choosing the right guest book. You may also be able to find special books with laminate photograph casings like photo albums, which will offer longer-lasting protection for the photos.

 

Just imagine

With signatures, personal remarks, and a strip of photos, each person’s entry will be a sincere and loving addition to the book and it will surely capture the true life and excitement of the day. Why settle for an old-fashioned wedding guest book when a photo booth can make it so much more?  By renting a wedding photo booth you can easily create a special keepsake that generates good feelings for years to come.

 

 

Tips for Photo Booth Professionals

If you’re a photo booth entrepreneur, you can add value to your service by creating a template book to demonstrate the idea to the couple. It’s always a hit and not everyone thinks of it.  Not only could you offer the idea, but you could go one step further and carry extra glue sticks, pens and guest books in case disaster strikes.  What if someone forgets the book or loses the glue sticks?  Having a backup ready for them could mean saving the day.

 

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