Friday, May 30, 2008

Before the Big Day's Jubilee Special Offer


{Photo Credit} Caught the Light


Thank you for your interest in sponsoring Before the Big Day!

In celebration of the Queen's Jubilee, Before the Big Day is offering an amazing deal on advertising this June.

With every 6 month long Large or Extra Large advert, we're offering a FREE Sponsored Feature worth £100.

Sponsored Features include lots of pictures, plus a glowing editorial about your work. Here's one example, and here's another!

But we only have space for FIVE new adverts, so you'll need to get back to us quickly!



This is a great time to get involved with Before the Big Day.

♥ Our readership has more than tripled since January this year, and we're now posting at least twice, and sometimes three times a day.

♥ I've started my regular appearances at wedding fairs, where I host hugely popular DIY Bride sessions, which draw large numbers of brides to the blog. Over 2000 new regular brides joined Before the Big Day's readership after my appearance at The In Wedding Show.

♥ We've recently been nominated one of the UK's best blogs by Sky Living and Channel 4, and that's on top of all the other industry recommendations.

Readership is set to rocket, and with brides already booking for next summer's weddings, this is a great time to raise your profile.

Here are the costs for Adverts on Before the Big Day

Large adverts (190 x 120 pixels) cost £160 for 6 months / 12 months = £260

Extra-large adverts (190 x 180 pixels) cost £170 for 6 months / 12 months = £270.

For more information about this incredible offer, or just for a chat, do email me. I'd love to hear from you!

More Information

Before the Big Day is a boutique wedding inspiration blog for stylish brides and grooms. Updated more than twice-daily, and brimming with ideas, it’s the go-to website for creative couples who are keen to make their big day stand out from the crowd.

Launched in September 2009, we're already the favourite wedding blog of thousands of brides and grooms! So if you're a wedding business, and you sponsor or advertise with Before the Big Day, you can be sure you're targeting the right people.

One of the most popular UK wedding blogs, Before the Big Day rates very highly on Google searches. We're top of the list when you search 'wedding blog UK'.

♥ Advertise!
Button adverts {Ad Banners} are available in a range of sizes, with prices ranging from as little as £30. Please get in touch for my rate card. I'm also more than happy to offer larger sized adverts or banners.

Regular: 190 x 60 pixels
Medium: 190 x 120 pixels
Large: 190 x 180 pixels

Sponsored Features & Sponsored Links
I'm more than happy to recommend fantastic services and companies to my readers, in fact I do it every day. My readers trust me to only suggest the best, so if you fit into that category, then I'd be more than happy to arrange a sponsored feature. Do get in touch for details of my sponsored feature fees.

♥ Bride Testimonials & Happy Advertisers

Kerry Bracken, Wedding Planner: "Not only has Before The Big Day brought me several business leads, appearing on such a fantastic blog has validated the quality of my services for clients who have not even initially found me via the blog. As a wedding vendor, being featured on quality wedding blogs like Before the Big Day is extremely valuable not just for the generation of business leads but also for overall brand recognition. A huge thanks to Georgia at Before The Big Day for being such a loyal ambassador and overall good egg!!!

Alex from My Love Story: "In the wedding world you seem to get people who are either really cold and never get back to you, or people who are really lovely, helpful and encouraging. Georgia is definitely the latter! She's very keen on promoting good quality work, and giving a platform for people to shine. She was key in helping me develop my business, by featuring my work, which in turn led to me getting new clients."

Patrick from Butler-Madden Weddings: "Before the Big Day is a fantastic blog to be featured and have a banner. I often meet up with brides after they have seen my work on the blog, and they come armed with mood boards and inspiration mostly drawn from Georgia's pages. They love it, not only for the photography, but for all the ideas and details that are so important in modern weddings. Thoroughly recommended!"

Juliette from Brown Paper Designs: "Last year you put one of our invitations on your lovely blog. From that we got so many inquiries, and subsequently also designed a bespoke set of wedding stationery for one of your readers! So thank you!"

Kym from Lash Lab: "Since I was featured on Before the Big Day, I’ve had lots of brides getting in touch to have their lashes done for their wedding day. The blog is a great source of information for brides to be and has given my business valuable exposure to the wedding community. If you're in the wedding business, Before the Big Day is the blog for you!"

Katy: "I look at all the wedding blogs, but Before the Big Day is my favourite. I love the style of your postings, and there's always tonnes of inspirational ideas."


Sarah: "I just wanted to write to say how much I've enjoyed reading your blog; admittedly I only discovered it last week but I've been making really good headway with it since then even staying up to the small hours reading it in bed! So full of great ideas and useful hints."

Jade: "I recently stumbled across your blog and completely fell in love with it! I am due to get married next June and the theme for my Wedding is 'Key to my Heart'. I have spent most of yesterday afternoon (at work) reading your blog and looking at the other stunning weddings, gaining inspiration as I go."

Izabella: "First of all - loving your blog! I'm not a very girly lass, and before my wedding I sort of looked at about 2 magazines - but followed your blog closely - inspirational, classy stuff!"