Monday, September 1, 2014

A Corporate-Sponsored Wedding?

Hey! How y'all doin'? Wassup? Get your invite yet? No not to the Kardasian or George Clooney wedding...to Courtney and Jamil's. First though, fill your mug with some Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee and snag a virtual doughnut, why don't'cha? Today's topic is...well...let's just say, it surprises me that it took so long for someone to come up with the idea. 

A young couple from Orlando, Florida, have found the perfect way to organize their dream wedding without spending a penny. Courtney McKenzie and her fiancĂ© Jamil Newell are opting for a corporate-sponsored ‘social’ wedding and honeymoon, which means their special moments will feature all sorts of product endorsements and ads.

Courtney, who works in social media and runs a marketing company, is the brains behind the idea. “I thought, why not couple my two loves: my soon to be husband Jamil and my love for marketing?” she said. Jamil isn’t complaining either – after all, who wouldn’t want an all-expense paid wedding and honeymoon?

The couple, who love traveling, will be getting married this winter at their dream wedding destination – Thailand. The wedding ceremony itself will take place on December 14, and they plan to spend the next 11 days traveling in South East Asia, doing exciting things like elephant trekking, scuba diving, and bamboo river rafting.

Hey...there's a business opportunity for some enterprising entrepreneur. Start a 'Get Married for Free' service where you round up sponsors and run ads. Sponsored wedding gowns? How about the Nike check mark and a 'Just Do it!' flash down the side? Nifty, eh! I thought so. 

Think I'd better leave it at that for now...

See ya, eh!

Bob 

PS: Thailand's a great idea too, by the way!

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