Publisher of The Wedding & Special Event Yellow Pages Honored as 'Associate of the Year' by International Industry Group

Wedding & Special Event Yellow Pages publisher Laurie Morgan named 2005 "Associate of the Year" by Association for Wedding Professionals International.

Sacramento, CA (PRWEB) March 29, 2006 -- Laurie Morgan, publisher of The Wedding & Special Event Yellow Pages (http://www.weddingyellow.com), was honored by the Association for Wedding Professionals International (http://www.afwpi.com) as their Associate of the Year for 2005.

Presented in a ceremony last month at California State University Sacramento, the award recognizes Morgan and her publication for creating an effective promotional avenue for wedding vendors, and for good business practices and professional ethics.

The Wedding & Special Event Yellow Pages is a unique publication that offers brides a simpler way to shop for their weddings, and, by extension, offers wedding vendors a highly effective means of promotion. Introduced in Sacramento in 2003, The Wedding & Special Event Yellow Pages now publishes print editions in both the Greater Sacramento and Bay Area markets, and online editions for Greater Sacramento, the Bay Area and the Central Valley.

Said Julia Markel, Vice President of AfWPi, “Laurie Morgan exemplifies the characteristics we hope to find in an Associate of the Year. She delivers a high-quality product that works for our members, and consistently demonstrates her commitment to ethical conduct and to supporting the wedding industry.”

Said Laurie Morgan, “I’m thrilled that our publication has been honored in this special way -- by the vendors who can benefit from its strength as an advertising vehicle. Of course, we’re motivated to try even harder in the future to deliver the most useful tool possible for brides -- because that’s what makes our product work for advertisers.”

About the Wedding & Special Event Yellow Pages

The Wedding & Special Event Yellow Pages is a comprehensive directory of resources designed to simplify the wedding planning process. It combines the best-researched listing of local resources and contact information with features of a planner – so brides can not only shop for vendors, but also take notes and track appointments. What’s more, the book is highly portable, so brides can take it with them whenever they’re shopping for wedding goods or meeting with wedding vendors.

The Wedding & Special Event Yellow Pages is a free publication available in print and on the Internet at www.weddingyellow.com. The Wedding & Special Event Yellow Pages web site includes several companion services to assist brides, including the Request for Information system (www.weddingyellow.com/RFI.shtml), the Reception Site Finder (www.weddingyellow.com/PDF/reception-site-finder.pdf), and Wedding Timesavers (www.weddingtimesavers.com).

About Laurie Morgan

Publisher Laurie Morgan has more than 14 years experience in media and publishing. Prior to founding her current venture, The Wedding & Special Event Yellow Pages, she held senior executive positions at IDG and at Sony Broadband Entertainment’s 550 Digital Media Ventures.

At IDG, Laurie was the founder and president of IDG.net, the company’s global Internet marketing and ad sales division. At Sony, Laurie founded an electronic media venture that developed a patent-pending technology for delivering multi-media books over the web. Laurie is a graduate of Brown University and the Stanford Graduate School of Business. She writes about marketing for wedding professionals in her blog at www.weddingyellow.com/marketing_tips/marketing_strategy.html.

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