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Hello! I’m Claire and this is my UK wedding blog.
English Wedding is an independent blog. That means it’s just me here, and I’m not linked with any big wedding industry magazines or big-profit making corporations.
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Tag Archives: UK wedding magazine review
The elusive magic of a wedding ad that works
It’s notoriously difficult to create an advert that you know will work for your business. This applies in every industry, with weddings being no exception. If you’re thinking of advertising in a UK wedding magazine you should read this.
Is there a secret to wedding magazine advertising that really works?
There is.
You need a beautifully designed advert, a standout product with superb photography and you need it to be shown to the right audience in a receptive mood. You need to knock their socks off and get an instant purchase, or a phone enquiry. And then you need them to love your product so much they tell all their friends about you.
UK Wedding Magazines: The Review: Advertising
The UK wedding magazine review so far has focused on brides, giving an idea of what’s inside each of the best UK wedding magazines. I hope it’s been helpful for some of you and will prove useful for future brides and grooms.
Now it’s the advertisers’ turn. I know a lot of wedding business owners read the blog and you have strong opinions about wedding magazine advertising, based on your own experiences. It’s been very interesting reading your tweets, facebook comments and emails so thank you!
UK Wedding Magazines: The Review: Cheshire Bride
I included a couple of regional wedding magazines in my review of the best UK wedding magazines. I appreciate you won’t all be familiar with Cheshire Bride, but most counties have their own publications so this represents them.
Cheshire Bride magazine: a review
Issue compared: 2011 edition
Cover price: £4.50
- 292 pages
- 77 pages of real weddings
- 9 pages of advice and feature articles
- 7 other non-selling pages (contents etc)
- 4 pages of product ideas
- 195 pages of advertisements
- 67% of the magazine pages are ads
UK Wedding Magazines: The Review: Cosmopolitan Bride
The latest installment in my UK wedding magazine review: Cosmopolitan Bride is — as you’d expect — fashion-led, stylish and young at heart. With fewer pages than most UK wedding magazines and more of a focus on aesthetics and trends, it’s one to buy if you’re looking for a wedding mag that’s a bit different.
Cosmopolitan Bride magazine: a review
Issuse compared: April / May 2011
Cover price: £3.99
- 180 pages
- 18 pages of real weddings
- 13 pages of advice and feature articles
- 6 other non-selling pages (contents etc)
- 59 pages of product ideas
UK Wedding Magazines: The Review: Your Manchester Wedding
Another regional wedding magazine is Your [insert county here!] Wedding. County wedding magazines cover most of the country so this was a great title to include in the review representing regional wedding magazines. My local one is Your Manchester Wedding, but if you’re in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Bristol, Somerset, Essex, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Kent, London, South Wales, Surrey, Sussex or the West Midlands you can get this one where you live too.
Your Manchester Wedding Magazine: a review
Issue compared: February / March 2011
Cover price: £2.95
- 103 pages
- 8 pages of real weddings
- 14 pages of advice and feature articles
UK Wedding Magazines: The Review: Wedding
Wedding magazine definitely caught my attention with its feature on the top UK wedding bloggers, and has some of the most inspiring bridal shoots as well as being one of the best designed UK wedding magazines overall.
Wedding magazine: a review
Issue compared: June / July 2011
Cover price: £4.90
- 260 pages
- 15 pages of real weddings
- 25 pages of advice and feature articles
- 13 other non-selling pages (contents etc)
- 82 pages of product ideas
- 125 pages of advertisements
- 48% of the magazine pages are ads
UK Wedding Magazines: The Review: Perfect Wedding
Perfect Wedding magazine came joint fourth place in my review of UK wedding mags. It’s one of the handbag sized magazines and despite me losing it twice I managed to finish my review!
Perfect Wedding magazine: a review
Issue compared: March 2011
Cover price: £2.99
- 260 pages
- 22 pages of real weddings
- 21 pages of advice
- 15 other non-selling pages (contents etc)
- 79 pages of product ideas
- 123 pages of advertisements
- 47% of the magazine pages are ads
UK Wedding Magazines: The Review: Wedding Ideas
Wedding Ideas is the best handy sized wedding magazine in the UK. Coming out joint second place in my comparison and review of all the UK wedding magazines, Wedding Ideas has an impressive count of real weddings, a healthy advertising ratio (relative to the other wedding magazines) and plenty of advice pages.
Wedding Ideas magazine: a review
Issue compared: June 2011
Cover price: £2.99
- 338 pages
- 43 pages of real weddings
- 27 pages of advice and feature articles
- 26 other non-selling pages (contents etc)
- 98 pages of product ideas
- 144 pages of advertisements
UK Wedding Magazines: The Review: Brides
The biggest UK wedding magazine, Brides came joint second in my review and comparison of the best UK wedding magazines. With a whopping (love that word!) 394 pages it’s also one of the most expensive, but has some good content.
Brides magazine: a review
Issue compared: March / April 2011
Cover price: £4.99
- 394 pages
- 12 pages of real weddings
- 24 pages of advice and feature articles
- 13 other non-selling pages (contents etc)
- 93 pages of product ideas
- 252 pages of advertisements
- 64% of the magazine pages are ads
UK Wedding Magazines: The Review: 2
The results are in, the wedding magazines are back on the shelves, and I can now officially reveal the result of my UK wedding magazine review. Drum roll please.…
The best UK wedding magazine
Properly objectively analysed, pages counted and compared with other top UK wedding mags… The best UK wedding magazine is You & Your Wedding. With the best quality content, valuable advice, inspirational and exciting shoots and comparing well for every criteria I considered — You & Your Wedding magazine is far and away the best UK wedding magazine for brides.
