I won the 2014 WeddingWire Couples' Choice Award

 

From WeddingWire:

The WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards™ recognizes the top 5 percent of local Wedding Professionals from the WeddingWire Network throughout the United States and Canada that demonstrate excellence in quality, service, responsiveness and professionalism. Unlike other awards in which winners are selected by the organization, the WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards™ are awarded solely based on the reviews from over 200,000 newlyweds. Awards are determined by a combination of excellence in four factors: overall rating (quality), total number of reviews (quantity), review performance from 2013 (recency), and consistency of reviews from year to year (consistency).

From Me:

In other words, your review really does matter.  Here's how it works:  After I play for you, I'll send you an e-mail with a link to a review survey.  It will ask you a bunch of questions which you answer by selecting 1-5 stars.  At the end there's a box for additional comments.  It only takes a minute to fill out, you don't have to create an account if you don't want to, and it really does make a difference.  How?  First, there's the business end of it.  If you have a good experience with me playing your wedding, and you say so in a review, others are more likely to believe they will also have a good experience, therefore they hire me for their weddings.  To put it bluntly, more reviews = more business, which is great.  But second, and most importantly, your review provides valuable feedback that lets me know how I'm doing and what I need to improve.  I don't have a boss or an annual performance review.  You are my boss, and my only evaluations are these reviews, so please be honest and please be specific.  Was I too loud?  Too quiet?  Did I respond in a timely manner?  Do I need to be clearer throughout our correspondence?  Was there something I did or said that you really liked?  Or didn't like?  I know I've said it before, but I take my job very seriously.  I'm fortunate enough to be doing what I love, and as such, I want to do it as best I can.  I strive for excellence, but there's always room for improvement.  Thank you for making 2013 my best year by far.  Let's make 2014 even better.