NJWedding.com was founded by New Jersey couple Erik and Beth Kent on February 14, 1997 to help wedding professionals promote their services and directly connect with future brides and grooms. The web site currently receives over 500,000 hits per month and features over 500 wedding businesses serving New Jersey and parts of New York and Pennsylvania that future brides and grooms can choose from, including helpful articles and tips about wedding planning, expert relationship and marriage advice and much, much more. Click here to read our company vision and mission statement... Here's what's been happening on NJWedding.com, as well as recent media coverage: August 1, 2008 - NEW! NJWedding.com launches new product for the wedding marketplace, the Art of Marriage Photo Frame, to "Celebrate Your Meaningful Marriage." This wedding product is a 10x10 frame with an insert for a 5x7 engagement, wedding or anniversary photo (vertical) and features the popular wedding poem / reading, "The Art of Marriage" by Wilferd A. Peterson. Available in black, silver or gold wood. Visit marriageframe.com for more info and to listen to an interview about this product on the Wedding Podcast Network. November 6, 2007 - New Jersey Wedding Pros Establish the Art of Marriage Foundation - We're proud and excited to announce the launch of a non-profit charitable organization called the Art of Marriage Foundation developed to promote healthy marriages through marriage education in New Jersey and throughout the United States. Rev. Laurie Sue Brockway, editor of Wedlok.com, interviewed Erik Kent about the mission, goals and objective of this new foundation, and about how it was inspired by the discovery of an essay called "The Art of Marriage" by Wilferd A. Peterson. September 27, 2007 - NJWedding.com featured on "It's YOUR Wedding: Get real with Samantha Goldberg" LIVE call-in show on The Wedding Podcast Network - Robert Allen and Holli Ehrlich and special guest Samantha Goldberg (featured wedding planner in the Style Network's "Who's Wedding Is It Anyway?" and "Married Away") answer Erik Kent's questions about helping couples plan for their marriage, as well as their wedding, and also discuss the growing trend of charitable giving as part of the wedding planning process. Click here to listen to the podcast... September 15, 2007 - Wedding Industry Resources Now Available Online - NJWedding.com launches WeddingIndustry.biz to help wedding professionals grow their business. Thanks to NJBIZ Magazine for including NJWedding.com & WeddingIndustry.biz in their recent Meeting & Special Event Planner on 9/24/07 to promote the wedding industry in New Jersey August 8, 2007 - Virtual Wedded Bliss - Erik Kent was interviewed by Deborah Balshem, a reporter from U.S. 1 Newspaper for their "Business Survival Guide." In this article, Erik discusses the upcoming Regional Wedding Industry Conference, and provides an overview of how NJWedding.com started, even when it was just a "big idea" back in 1995... Thank you to the Association of Bridal Consultants world headquarters, for sending out a press release about the Northeast Regional Conference which resulted in the above interview! July 1, 2007 - NEW! Regional Wedding Industry Conference comes to New Jersey - NJWedding.com will be a participating sponsor in the upcoming 10th annual Northeast Regional Wedding Conference (NERC) in coordination with the Association of Bridal Consultants (ABC) on Sunday, August 12, 2007 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in New Brunswick, NJ. Erik Kent will be a featured speaker, discussing elements of wedding business success with his presentation, "Making/Renewing Your Wedding Business Vows." For more information about NERC, click here. June 25, 2007 - NEW! NJWedding.com featured on "Jersey Weddings Blog" on NJ.com - Erica Sapio has been "blogging" about weddings on NJ.com in her "Jersey Weddings" forum and we thank her for including NJWedding.com in her recent post about the upcoming 4PM/Wedding Salon show at The Palace. Check out her blog here... June 15, 2007 - Erik Kent interviewed on Wedding Podcast Network - Robert Allen, founder of WeddingPodcastNetwork.com, interviewed Erik for the "Bridal Scene #24" show, to promote the upcoming 4PM Events/Wedding Salon luxury bridal event at The Palace at Somerset Park (Wednesday, June 27, 2007 in Somerset, New Jersey). NJWedding.com is a participating sponsor of this premier luxury bridal show in NJ and will be exhibiting along with Sharon Naylor, who will be autographing and giving away her latest books at the event. Listen to the Wedding Podcast Network here... May 28, 2007 - High-Tech Help for Brides and Grooms: NJWedding.com celebrates 10 years of wedding business bliss (.pdf file) - a special Milestones supplement of NJBIZ, a business publication sent to New Jersey executives, entrepreneurs, CEO's and business managers, helped to celebrate NJWedding.com's 10th anniversary this year. May 22, 2007 - 10 Years of Wedding Bliss for Rutgers Couple - Erik and Beth, who met at Rutgers College and graduated in 1992, were recently interviewed for the Rutgers University Alumni Monthly eNewsletter, sent to over 120,000 alumni, about publishing NJWedding.com for the past 10 years and their life together since Rutgers. May 6, 2007 - Getting Married in New Jersey - a special supplement to the New York Times, featured NJWedding.com in it's editorial write up, saying: "A little more than a decade ago, friends of Erik and Beth Kent were living in Boston but trying to plan a wedding in New Jersey. The Internet was just becoming popular as a commercial resource, but they still couldn't find everything they wanted," Kent says. And then the proverbial lightbulb over the head went on. He and his wife are now celebrating the 10th anniversary of publishing NJWedding.com, a wedding-planning web site that features local professionals, photographers, entertainment companies, banquet facilities and more. It more than fills the need of thos couples using the Internet as their research base, and even includes a wedding planning expert who will answer questions on the site. "We wanted to be a helpful resource," Kent says, "beacause so many questions arise during the process." May 1, 2007 - NJWedding.com and Sharon Naylor collaborate on NJ Wedding Planning Book Thank you to Gerard Monaghan, president of the Association of Bridal Consultants (ABC) for including our book project in the international ABC newsletter, Dialogue, which is sent to over 4000 members in 25 countries! Spring 2007 - Wedding Outlook - newsletter of the Association of Bridal Consultants - New Jersey branch featured Erik Kent in their "Member Spotlight" with various questions about NJWedding.com. April 15, 2007 - Winners chosen for "Most Romantic Wedding Proposal Contest!" March 18, 2007 - "I DO" To Tradition: Wedding Expo Caters to Gays - Home News Tribune staff writer Laurie Granieri interviewed Erik Kent about the New Jersey Gay & Lesbian Wedding Expo on March 21, 2007 in Edison, NJ. March 2007 - South Asian Weddings find mainstream focus at NJWedding.com February 19, 2007 - NJWedding.com Launches NJ Civil Union Celebrations Section February 14, 2007 - NJWedding.com Celebrates Decade of Serving the Wedding Community - Projects Strong Growth of New Jersey Weddings in Coming Years Thanks to The Record (Bergen/Passaic Counties), Daily Record (Morris County), Suburban News (Union County), Press of Atlantic City (Atlantic/Ocean Counties), The Bright Side (Cape May County) and Worrall Community Newspapers (Essex and Union Counties) for including an article about NJWedding.com's 10th anniversary in their popular bridal editions! January 2007 - NJWedding.com Launches Business Resource Center - Vows Magazine, the resource for the Bridal and Wedding Industry, included an article about our recently unveiled "Business Resource Center" for wedding professionals, providing links to bridal industry statistics, trends and information, local wedding and event associations and much more! November 22, 2006 - NJWedding.com & Sharon Naylor launch "Most Romantic Wedding Proposal" Contest! March 1, 2006 - NJWedding.com & Sharon Naylor launch "Best Wedding Weekend Event" Contest! February 14, 2006 - NJWedding.com Celebrates 9th Anniversary Of Helping Future Brides & Grooms Plan Their Wedding Online September 1, 2005 - NJWedding.com Expands Online Wedding Planning Service To NY & PA - we're celebrating our recent expansion of NJWedding.com include parts of New York and Pennsylvania! Thanks to the Suburban News (9/21/05), Press of Atlantic City (9/22/05) and Bergen Record (9/29/05) for including an article about NJWedding.com's expansion in their popular bridal editions! June 1, 2005 - N.J. Web site aggregates services and advice - reporter Sarah Greenblatt from the Courier-Post interviewed Erik Kent about the history of NJWedding.com and also discussed the types of wedding planning questions that come through the site with Sharon Naylor. February 20, 2005 - The Ring Is THE Thing - reporter Jessica Adler from the Herald News interviewed Sharon Naylor for expert advice on shopping for wedding rings, as well as New Jersey couple Bill Rudolph and Tennille Coba for an article on wedding rings. February 15, 2005 - NJWedding.com's "Most Romantic Wedding Proposal" contest mentioned and discussed on "Passion Phones with Mary Walter" on New Jersey101.5 . Thanks to Mary for expanding on a great topic and inviting New Jersey couples to call in and share their engagement story! February 15, 2005 - NJWedding.com "Favorite Movie Contest" Winners Announced February 14, 2005 - NJWedding.com Celebrates 8th Anniversary Of Helping New Jersey Brides & Grooms Plan Their Wedding Online Thanks to the Asbury Park Press (2/10/05), Cape May Herald (2/9/05) and Press of Atlantic City (2/17/05) for including an article about NJWedding.com's 8th anniversary in their popular bridal editions! February 4, 2005 - NJWedding.com Contest Winners Featured In People Magazine - Congratulations Michelle Mintz & Billy Olk and Angela Birchbauer & James Gunja! September 2004 - NJWedding.com Couple Featured On Inside Edition - We received an inquiry from a producer at Inside Edition television putting together a piece on September 11th weddings. They were interested in speaking to couples who were getting married that day, as well as couples who had moved their wedding from that day, or decided to have it earlier or later. NJWedding.com couple Lynne Padula and Keith Brennan of Oak Ridge were chosen to be interviewed about their Sept. 11th wedding (read their story here) and their segment was shown early September! Congratulations Lynne and Keith on your national TV appearance! August 19, 2004 - Couples plan to marry on September 11 - reporter Ed Beeson from the Herald News interviewed Erik Kent and some New Jersey couples about their wedding plans for Septebmer 11, 2004. August 1, 2004 - Couples torn in considering Sept. 11 as wedding date - Associated Press reporter Evan Berland interviewed Erik Kent, Sharon Naylor and some brides who used NJWedding.com to plan their wedding on September 11, 2004. The article appeared in several newspapers, including the New York Newsday, Burlington County Times, Press of Atlantic City and Daily Record (Morristown). March 11, 2004 - Daily Record (Morristown) - Romantic Proposals - reporter Minauti Davè included information about Sharon Naylor's "Most Romantic Wedding Proposal" contest than ran through March 31, 2004. Click here to view the contest winners! We have been featured in Sharon Naylor's wedding planning books (Sharon is the resident Q&A expert on NJWedding.com and regularly answers questions from New Jersey brides and grooms personally) NJWeddding.com is highlighted in the newly released Chicken Soup for the Bride's Soul by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Maria Nickless, Gina Romanello. We have also been featured in newspapers including The New York Times, Asbury Park Press, Bergen Record, Press of Atlantic City, Home News Tribune, and many others... 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