There are lots of different ways to incorporate social media into wedding preparation and the wedding day. For most weddings it starts from the moment you say, “Yes!” (hopefully) to your fiancé/partner. I cannot count the times that I’ve seen young girls updating a Facebook status “I’m engaged! Steve (or whoever) proposed!!! I’m so happy…” and then they upload a photo of the ring on her finger. This is becoming a great way to get the word out, so you can get the news out to most of your friends in one short status update. Now it’s time to move past the engagement to the really fun part, the planning, parties, and the actual day of your wedding.
A good place to start with social media is to create a wedding blog. TheKnot.com is a good place to go and is very popular right now. Your first post will include some dating history and the actual engagement, I would hope that someone would not create a wedding blog before he pops the question! With photos and a place to sign into the blog for guests is such a great way for people to wish you well in your future life. Your posts should include planning processes, engagement party pictures and details, which’s in the wedding parties, and the details for the actual day.
Moving on to the much more active stuff like Twitter and Facebook, this is a great way to send out details for stuff. Maybe someone has planned a wedding shower for the bride and her friends, a great way to send out invites or reminders would be utilizing Facebook Events. Also send out information on a bachelor or bachelorette party through Facebook messages. Definitely make a wedding album on your Facebook posting photos from engagement photos to engagement parties to a few fun and crazy bachelor party photos.
The final part of social media for your wedding is the actual day of your wedding. The ceremony is completely off limits and made to be special and stay technology free, other than maybe later on uploading a video from the ceremony. The reception is a great way to connect your guests and even update people who aren’t there. A Twitter master at the wedding using a special wedding hashtag (Example: #BrianandMelissasWedding) for your guests to use so that they can tweet about your wedding and later you can see what your guests were saying about your special day. The twitter master will tweet updates on what is happening or upload photos to Facebook throughout the reception for others who aren’t there to see. As the world is changing and utilizing social media even more, your wedding should not be excluded.
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