vendors on facebook

I'm friends with lots of my vendors, and lots of WW vendors on FB. It's just another way for me to contact them, I see no problem with it.

It's happened to me, my potential makeup and photog for E pics..Generally I'm fine with it, I mean they haven't posted anything weird, and I haven't either, just as general decency would dictate. lol. Well I mean for the makeup artist I did see some partying pics, but that's fine with me, a bit unprofessional yes? Personally I don't put any pics of me with alcohol in hand on FB. Soo i guess in short, if I was a vendor I would not befriend clients on my personal account, only a business one..For photos they often put their work on their FB accounts, well some of it, so thats a benefit I have had as a client, getting to see more current work that is not necessarily on their website.

Okay, so it was helpful as you were booking vendors? I haven't actually said that we will be using a vendor, (Heck, I haven't even met him yet!) and I found it odd that he friended me on facebook. Thanks!

Yep, I did think it was helpful, like the makeup artist befriended me so that I could see pics of her wedding in which she did her own hair and makeup..also I don't think it's weird to befriend you before hiring, a lot of vendors use FB as a means of networking..if you don't hire them, you may have other engaged FB friends who see your new friend and check them out.

I actually like it when my couples friend me; it gives me insight into them and I can write a better ceremony. I wouldn't friend them however; I think my taking the first step is intrusive....

I send a friend request to brides and grooms that inquire about my services. But I only use Facebook for business, so they can check out the videos that I post each week from the weddings I shoot. And after I shoot theirs, I can "tag" them in the video, so that they and all their friends can see it on their wall.

But I don't let my "real" friends post goofy stuff on my wall...I don't use it for personal stuff. If I did, I wouldn't send friend requests to brides. I agree that it is unprofessional to do that. I don't want to be-friend my clients just so that I can show them pictures of me drinking beer with my friends on the beach in 1988.

I just booked my photographer last week and she friended me on facebook. I thought it was sweet and makes it a lot easier for me to contact her. I also have my florist on there. Very helpful!

I"m friends with my photographer

I am facebook friend of my wedding venue, and I love when they update the pictures. But I recently sent a price inquiry to a videographer (who were above our budget) and then one of the employees sent me a friend request and that weirded me out. If we did decide to use them, I would have no problems with it., but we didn't so just a little awquard.

How did they find you? Were these just random vendors you haven't contacted before?

I had a vendor friend me and would not stop messaging me or posting on my wall asking if we had a dj yet. Needless to say he got unfriended. At that time we weren't even planning anything yet.

It's a photographer that I have communicating with via e-mail, so it wasn't just a random thing. I ended up accepting the friend request based on Ab Z's advice, and she was right, there are more current examples of his work and it was easier to look through the pictures on facebook. Thanks, everyone for the advice!

Hehe No problem!

@Turtle, I had contacted both on email beforehand; nothing was random, I agree if it was random that would be kinda odd. Also you don't necessarily have to befriend vendors if you don't want to..I know both of mine keep their profile public so I could have seen their work anyways even if I didn't friend them, the aren't all like that tho.

We have a facebook page where we offer deals, promotions, etc and encourage clients to friend us. But ...no...I would never friend them. Congratulations and best of luck on the wedding planning!

I'm on my vendors fan pages, but I wouldn't add their personal pages. To me, that's mixing business with pleasure, and I want to keep that seperate. As cool as some of these people are- at the end of the day, they are vendors and I am a paying client. I don't want too much emotional attachment in case thing so south quick.

I had a recent prospect find me on Facebook. Strangely enough on my personal page, not my business page. We actually have been exchanging a few messages.

I'm friends with my florist on fb, but I hunted him down, not the other way around. He'd mentioned in our initial meeting that he had a fb page. He mentioned it because it's like a portfolio for him. It lets us see what he's currently doing. (this was also his professional site, not a personal one.)

I encourage brides visit my website and "like" my facebook page.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Harpist-Margaret-Sneddon

However, I think it's better for them to seek me out than the other way around and I try to keep them on my professional page rather than my personal profile.

My brides usually friend me, even potential ones. I never ask to friend a potential client unless there's a good reason. They don't need to "friend" me to see my latest work because I put all of that on my biz FB page. Anyone can view that. Now, I will ask to "friend" brides if I'm trying to tag them in their pictures that I've posted. I can only do that if they are "friends".