For the 8th year in a row, I am attending the WEVA Expo! (WEVA stands for "Wedding & Event Videographers Association", and have been holding International Conventions for 19 years now.) This year it is at the brand-new Orlando Hilton Hotel, which just opened 2 weeks ago! The Expo is Monday thru Thursday.
What does this mean to you? Well, present at this Expo is the biggest mix of Wedding Video Professionals, industry-leading innovators, and some of the biggest names in Video (such as Panasonic, Adobe, and Canon). There is an Expo, which is basically a huge trade show, with booths set up from multiple companies selling and showing off their latest products and equipment.
There is also 3 days packed full of seminars and training sessions, from marketing to production, covering a wide range of topics relevent to our industry. An Award-Ceremony kicks it off Monday night, where the WEVA Creative Excellence Awards are given out to ground-breaking, unbelievable wedding videographers across the nation.
Every year, the Expo fills me with excitement, energy, and most importantly, awesome ideas that I bring back to Detroit and incorporate in my business, and in turn, incorporate into your wedding video! It keeps me current, I know the latest trends and the biggest hurdles facing the industry. All in all, it helps to separate me from the pack of the "same old" videographers that are all over the place in our area!
Keep posted to the blog as I will give updates throughout the week!
Tom Santilli, Owner
Monday, September 14, 2009
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Bridal Show Special until November 1st!
We are happy to have awarded Karen & Ryan the Free Video Package that we were raffling off at the Palace Bridal Show! Their wedding is coming up next month and I'm excited to be a part of it!
For the rest of you who entered, you still will get an awesome deal from my company. Make sure you visit the main website, www.cvideosolutions.com to view some samples of my work, as video is such an important part of your wedding...I'd hate for people to miss out on it!
So from now until November 1st, 2009, all's you have to do is contact me, via email (info@cvideosolutions.com) or phone (586-242-7944) about your wedding, and you will qualify to receive a discount of $500 on any Video Package. Your wedding can be this year, 2010, 2011, or even 2012!!! You do not have to book by November 1st, just contact me. You don't have anything to lose, so I look forward to hearing from you soon!
Tom
Complete Video Solutions
For the rest of you who entered, you still will get an awesome deal from my company. Make sure you visit the main website, www.cvideosolutions.com to view some samples of my work, as video is such an important part of your wedding...I'd hate for people to miss out on it!
So from now until November 1st, 2009, all's you have to do is contact me, via email (info@cvideosolutions.com) or phone (586-242-7944) about your wedding, and you will qualify to receive a discount of $500 on any Video Package. Your wedding can be this year, 2010, 2011, or even 2012!!! You do not have to book by November 1st, just contact me. You don't have anything to lose, so I look forward to hearing from you soon!
Tom
Complete Video Solutions
Make Payments & Deposits On-line!
Trying to accomodate as many people as possible, and make things easier, you can now make payments and/or place your deposit thru the main Complete Video Website, http://www.cvideosolutions.com/
Just click on the "Online Payments" button, and follow the instructions. The payments are thru Paypal and are 100% safe & secure. There is a $50 transaction fee to make online payments.
Stay tuned for more options, including adding features to your package, Video Registry (have guests "buy" a portion of your wedding video, and they receive a DVD copy!), and even gift certificates, all on-line. Stay current with cutting-edge companies like Complete Video!!!
Just click on the "Online Payments" button, and follow the instructions. The payments are thru Paypal and are 100% safe & secure. There is a $50 transaction fee to make online payments.
Stay tuned for more options, including adding features to your package, Video Registry (have guests "buy" a portion of your wedding video, and they receive a DVD copy!), and even gift certificates, all on-line. Stay current with cutting-edge companies like Complete Video!!!
Monday, August 31, 2009
Palace Bridal Show a Success!!!
I had a BLAST out at the Bridal Show on Sunday...If I saw you out there, thank you for stopping by and it was great to meet you!!!
This was the first Bridal Show that I've done for Complete Video Solutions, and I'm glad I did. It was a great chance to network with a bunch of awesome vendors (two of which I was next to: Breathe Yoga and Vision Photography, both incredibly friendly and awesome to have met!) And it was also incredible to meet and talk with all of the Brides at the show. Our booth was in a great location right next to the Runway of the Fashion Show, and I don't think I ever sat down the entire 5 hours!!!
A HUGE, tremendous thank you to Kevin & Laura Grammens, a couple that had me as their Videographer 5 years ago...I didn't know them prior to their wedding, but since then they have become close, dear friends of mine...They both showed up and helped me with the show, and I can't thank them enough!!!! Laura was so energetic, it was great to watch her interact with brides who were "on the fence" about having a video...and Kevin not only helped me with the booth, and walked around the show taking notes and jotting down ideas: he was also spotted helping many couples carry bags, and strollers down the Palace steps....2 stand-up individuals whom I am honored to call my friends!
So if you were at the show, I hope you had a great time and got a ton of info!!! You will probably get bombarded with emails and phone calls from the numerous vendors you saw there....including me!!! I try not to be a pest, so let me know your interest level, and I'd be happy to give you more information or remove you from the list! I hope you got a chance to watch some of the videos I had playing, and I look forward to talking to you more specifically about your wedding!
Take care and again thank you for your support!!!!
Tom Santilli
This was the first Bridal Show that I've done for Complete Video Solutions, and I'm glad I did. It was a great chance to network with a bunch of awesome vendors (two of which I was next to: Breathe Yoga and Vision Photography, both incredibly friendly and awesome to have met!) And it was also incredible to meet and talk with all of the Brides at the show. Our booth was in a great location right next to the Runway of the Fashion Show, and I don't think I ever sat down the entire 5 hours!!!
A HUGE, tremendous thank you to Kevin & Laura Grammens, a couple that had me as their Videographer 5 years ago...I didn't know them prior to their wedding, but since then they have become close, dear friends of mine...They both showed up and helped me with the show, and I can't thank them enough!!!! Laura was so energetic, it was great to watch her interact with brides who were "on the fence" about having a video...and Kevin not only helped me with the booth, and walked around the show taking notes and jotting down ideas: he was also spotted helping many couples carry bags, and strollers down the Palace steps....2 stand-up individuals whom I am honored to call my friends!
So if you were at the show, I hope you had a great time and got a ton of info!!! You will probably get bombarded with emails and phone calls from the numerous vendors you saw there....including me!!! I try not to be a pest, so let me know your interest level, and I'd be happy to give you more information or remove you from the list! I hope you got a chance to watch some of the videos I had playing, and I look forward to talking to you more specifically about your wedding!
Take care and again thank you for your support!!!!
Tom Santilli
Friday, August 21, 2009
See you at the Palace, August 30th!!! Win a FREE Video Package!
I'm happy to announce that I will be at the Palace of Auburn Hills Bridal Show on August 30th!!! The show is from Noon to 5:00 pm and my booth will be located on the Arena Level, just near the stage of the Bridal Fashion Show. I'd love to meet you, come out and see me!
I will be there not only hosting a show-only promotion (raffling off a FREE Basic Video Package; value $1400!) but I will also be there representing the Examiner.com (The Detroit Wedding Examiner). I will be providing a bunch of free info, handouts, and I am also working on a coupon book that will give you discounts at various vendors throughout our area.
The show is coming up soon, so get registered! Go to cbride.com and sign up online to receive a $2 off admission coupon.
I hope to see you there!
Tom
I will be there not only hosting a show-only promotion (raffling off a FREE Basic Video Package; value $1400!) but I will also be there representing the Examiner.com (The Detroit Wedding Examiner). I will be providing a bunch of free info, handouts, and I am also working on a coupon book that will give you discounts at various vendors throughout our area.
The show is coming up soon, so get registered! Go to cbride.com and sign up online to receive a $2 off admission coupon.
I hope to see you there!
Tom
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
The Detroit Wedding Examiner Articles: Help with your Wedding!
Here is a link to my page that includes the 7 Detroit Wedding Examiner articles that i have written thus far. The response to these articles has been great, thank you all for reading and subscribing to my future articles!!!
I will be writing 3-4 articles per week, on a variety of different topics. Once a week, I will try to have a "Spotlight On" Article, featuring a specific Vendor in the Detroit Area, who will talk about their business and also their section of the Wedding Industry, full with tips & tricks for you. Check out the first Spotlight article, featuring JS Photography.
Also, starting this week, I will feature one "101" article each week...These topics will be wide-spread as well, but will focus on the bare basics, and provide you with some helpful insight that sometimes goes overlooked.
Again thanks for reading and please feel free to post your comments!!! Also, if you have any topics that you would like me to cover, or if you're a vendor who wants to be Spotlighted, contact me at info@cvideosolutions.com.
Thanks!!!
Tom Santilli
I will be writing 3-4 articles per week, on a variety of different topics. Once a week, I will try to have a "Spotlight On" Article, featuring a specific Vendor in the Detroit Area, who will talk about their business and also their section of the Wedding Industry, full with tips & tricks for you. Check out the first Spotlight article, featuring JS Photography.
Also, starting this week, I will feature one "101" article each week...These topics will be wide-spread as well, but will focus on the bare basics, and provide you with some helpful insight that sometimes goes overlooked.
Again thanks for reading and please feel free to post your comments!!! Also, if you have any topics that you would like me to cover, or if you're a vendor who wants to be Spotlighted, contact me at info@cvideosolutions.com.
Thanks!!!
Tom Santilli
Thursday, July 2, 2009
I'm the Detroit Wedding Examiner!!!
I have just joined on as a columnist for a popular website (Examiner.com). My title is the "Detroit Wedding Examiner" and I am pretty excited about it!!
The Examiner.com is a very cool website, if you haven't experienced it you should check it out, just click the link. It is localized, meaning that there are Examiners in your area no matter where you live. It covers all ranges, from Arts & Entertainment, Politics, Sports, Home & Living (where you will find the Wedding Examiners!), and a variety of other topics.
I will be writing 3-4 articles per week for the website, all dealing with wedding-related topics, and specifically weddings in the Detroit area. My first article has just posted and has been well received, read it by clicking here! If you like what you see, you can subscribe to my future articles. Future topics will spotlight local venues and vendors, provide advice, tips & tricks to help in your planning, as well as practical advice about how to translate your relationship into a successful and long-lasting marriage. Mixed in along the way, will be some history behind some of the oldest of wedding traditions, from the aisle walk, to the vows, to the meaning and purpose of the Unity Candle. I am very excited to be able to provide my experience in this field to a great number of Brides looking for some local pointers!!!
Hope to see you on there, if you have any good ideas for future articles, are a vendor that would like to be featured, or have some questions that you would like to see addressed, please contact me right away!!!! info@cvideosolutions.com
Take care!
Tom Santilli
The Examiner.com is a very cool website, if you haven't experienced it you should check it out, just click the link. It is localized, meaning that there are Examiners in your area no matter where you live. It covers all ranges, from Arts & Entertainment, Politics, Sports, Home & Living (where you will find the Wedding Examiners!), and a variety of other topics.
I will be writing 3-4 articles per week for the website, all dealing with wedding-related topics, and specifically weddings in the Detroit area. My first article has just posted and has been well received, read it by clicking here! If you like what you see, you can subscribe to my future articles. Future topics will spotlight local venues and vendors, provide advice, tips & tricks to help in your planning, as well as practical advice about how to translate your relationship into a successful and long-lasting marriage. Mixed in along the way, will be some history behind some of the oldest of wedding traditions, from the aisle walk, to the vows, to the meaning and purpose of the Unity Candle. I am very excited to be able to provide my experience in this field to a great number of Brides looking for some local pointers!!!
Hope to see you on there, if you have any good ideas for future articles, are a vendor that would like to be featured, or have some questions that you would like to see addressed, please contact me right away!!!! info@cvideosolutions.com
Take care!
Tom Santilli
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