 Biography:
Linda Kevich, Wedding Expert
Linda Kevich is an
internationally recognized wedding expert and the creator and editor
of SuperWeddings.com - a popular internet wedding resource which has
been online since 1999. A professional wedding consultant since 1991,
she has assisted thousands of brides and grooms in planning the
weddings of their dreams for over a decade.
A dynamic and
highly accomplished industry leader, Ms. Kevich maintains an
intensive level of daily involvement and professional responsibility
in the wedding industry. As a respected authority on weddings and the
wedding industry, she is frequently interviewed and quoted by
national and international media. Transcripts of some of her recent
interviews are published below.
Ms Kevich is also
the founder and director of the International
Institute of Weddings - a professional organization dedicated to
facilitating the highest standards of professional excellence within
the wedding industry. She writes extensively on the subjects of
weddings and the wedding industry, for both the consumer market and
the trade. Ms Kevich has been approached by major book publishers to
author titles for them, and by major television networks. For
example, Adams Media called upon Ms Kevich to author and completely
re-write the third edition of their wildly popular "Everything
Weddings" title, and a well-known national cable channel
has approached her to host a regular television series about
weddings. However, due to the demands such projects would require of
her time, she chose to maintain her focus on The International
Institute of Weddings, SuperWeddings.com, and the loyal audience of
web visitors, members, and students who depend upon her dedicated guidance.
Ms Kevich's
extensive experience in a multitude of sectors of the wedding
industry has rendered her very well versed in all aspects of wedding
planning. She is frequently called upon to review the latest wedding-related
books for major publishers. Brides she works with affectionately
refer to her as the 'Etiquette Queen' for the unfailing advice she
dispenses where matters of social correctness are concerned. She is
also well known for her creative money saving secrets for weddings,
and for her endless supply of creative ideas for making one's wedding
more memorable, unique, distinctive, and personalized.
Ms. Kevich also
shares her expertise with other members of the wedding industry as a
business and marketing consultant, and has authored numerous
industry-related training materials and business guides. Her
experience and expertise in the wedding industry span the areas of
retail, wholesale, mailorder, floral design, decor, bridal fashion
and accessory design, editorial work, and bridal show production.
As the developer
of one of only a handful of training programs in the world for
professional wedding consultants, she now teaches career courses in
wedding consulting via distance education, and has personally trained
and assisted hundreds of wedding consultants internationally in
launching, developing, and expanding their their careers and
businesses. She is responsible for the development of all training
programs offered by the International Institute of Weddings and for
directing the Professional Development Division of SuperWeddings.com.
Her courses have been used extensively by wedding consultants and
students internationally.
An industry leader
who leads by example, Linda Kevich is the antithesis of
that old adage: "Those who can, do; those who can't, teach".
She maintains an extremely high and multifaceted level of daily
involvement in the international wedding industry. Perhaps what makes
the leadership and training provided to wedding professionals by the
International Institute of Weddings & SuperWeddings.com so
powerfully effective is that the individual who is driving the
organization remains right in the thick of the industry &
profession for which she provides guidance. She has an indepth
understanding of weddings, the wedding industry, and the bridal
consumer which is current and relevant. It always
reflects what is happening in the industry now, and ensures
that the individual providing the leadership never becomes removed,
detached, or out of touch from the very business/industry about which
she provides advice and teaches others about. She continues to keep
her finger on the pulse of the bridal market through ongoing daily
interaction with brides and grooms-to-be, their families, and bridal
party attendants.
Ms Kevich is the
head instructor of the wedding
consultant training program. She takes a strong and personal
level of interest in the success of every student who enters the
program and prefers to be personally involved in the training of as
many students of the program as her schedule will allow.
Linda Kevich's
SuperWeddings.com has been online since 1999, and reaches an
international audience of thousands of visitors from around the world
on a daily basis. SuperWeddings.com typically sits at or near the top
of the search engines for a large variety of highly popular wedding
related search terms. Linda Kevich is typically ranked by Google as
the #1 wedding expert out of more than five-million citations
found on the internet for the search term wedding
expert. SuperWeddings.com has been recommended as a resource
in wedding planning reference books, a multitude of newspapers and
magazine articles across the US and other countries around the world,
by radio and television stations domestically and abroad. The site as
also been reviewed, recommended, and spotlighted by major internet
portals throughout North America as well as Asia, Africa, India,
Germany, and the United Kingdom. However, it is the brides themselves
who provide SuperWeddings.com with the reviews which perhaps matter
most. A glance through the Comments
section on the SuperWeddings site provides a glimpse into the
powerfully positive response among the bridal consumer.
An examination of
the content, quality, depth, and accuracy of the information
contained within the pages of the SuperWeddings site offers a
testament to Ms. Kevich's vast and extensive knowledge of weddings
and wedding planning. SuperWeddings.com is among the leading sites on
the internet for quality wedding content, and is a content provider
to other wedding related sites and portals in the US and abroad. For
more information about SuperWeddings.com, visit About
Us
Ms. Kevich's
educational background on the university level was carefully plotted
with her intended career in the wedding industry in mind - and
clearly it has served her well. She studied Human Ecology (Home
Economics), specializing in fashion design and merchandising - with
an obvious emphasis on bridal. She became known as a style leader and
trend setter with an unfaltering eye for design and good taste. Her
curriculum also included studies in marketing, communications, design
theory, marriage and family dynamics, sociology, and psychology.
Following her university education she studied to become a
professional bridal consultant and went on to launch her own business
and eleven year career in the wedding industry. She quickly gained
notice for her innovative business approaches and strategies, natural
marketing savvy, and inherent insights into the bridal consumer. Her
warm, approachable manner and genuine love of weddings, and the
industry as a whole, has earned her the admiration and endearment of
brides-to-be, as well as other professionals and peers in the wedding industry.
Linda Kevich is
frequently invited to appear on radio and television, and is
regularly interviewed by the national print media. Members of the
media who wish to request an interview may contact her through her media
relations department. Full, unedited transcripts from some of
her recent interviews with the media, and links to articles she has
recently been quoted in, are featured below. Content of all interview
transcripts is protected by international copyright law. No portion
of any transcript may be used for any purpose without explicit
permission in writing.
Sample of
Online Links to Media
Articles Featuring Linda Kevich
January 2002 - The
Waco Tribune Herald, Waco, Texas
 See
first article
See
second article
July 2002 - Niche
Magazine
See
article
November 2002 - Tribune
Media Services
See
article
June 2003 - Reuters
See
article
November 2, 2003 - Scripps
Howard News Service
See Article:
Break
from tradition - Grooms-to-be find new ways to paint the town
... professional
wedding consultant Linda Kevich told Scripps Howard News Service.
Kevich is director of the International Institute of weddings and
editor ...
February 14, 2004
- Northwest Indianna Times
Topic: Valentines
Day Weddings
See
article
February 14, 2004
- Honolulu Star Bulletin
(International
Institute of Weddings)
See
article
July 23, 2004 - Danbury
News Times
(SuperWeddings.com)
See
article
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April 2, 2005 - The
Financial Times (London)
The Big Fashion
Questions For the Bride
See
article
...Then ask
yourself if the feeling matches how you want to feel on your wedding
day," says Linda Kevich, director of The International Institute
of Weddings, ...
 Feburary
15, 2006 - USA Today
Topic: More
Couples Choose Exotic Sites for Elaborate Weddings Far From Home
(Destination Weddings)
See
article
February 16, 2006
- St Petersberg Times
Also Ran in The
Washington Times
Topic: Winning
Hearts at the Winn Dixie
(Weddings in
NonConventional Locations)
See
St Pertersberg Times article
See
Washington Times article
February 2006 - Bridal
Guide 2006
Skagit Valley
Publishing Co
Topic: Elaborate
Weddings Far From Home |
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March 6, 2006 - The
National Ledger
Topic: Angelina
Jolie Follows 'Kindness Trend' in Wedding With Brad Pitt
By-Line: Linda Kevich
See
article
March 11, 2006 - The
Post Chronicle
Topic: Kindness,
Charity On The Mind Of Angelina Jolie For Wedding
See
article
January 2007 - Cookie
Magazine (A Conde Nast Publication)
Party
Politics: How to Throw an Adults-Only Soiree
April 2007 - The
Globe and Mail (Canada's Largest National Newspaper)
Run,
Here Comes Groomzilla
January 29, 2008 - Pulse
MagazIne (Cincinnati)
Sponsored
Weddings
April 2008 - Lifescript
Network
That's
Amore: Italian Weddings
May 15, 2008 - Philadelphia
Inquirer
To
Invite or Not to Invite
June 5, 2008 - Rochester
Insider (Rochester, NY)
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Options for 1 Single Night
More
Online Links to Syndicated
Media Articles Featuring Linda Kevich
USA
Today
CNet
Yahoo
Technology News
Cookie
Magazine
Rocky
Mount Telegram, Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Longview
News Journal, Longview Texas
The
Daily Sentinel, Grand Junction, Colorado
The
Daily Sentinel, Nacogdoches, Texas
The
Lufkin Daily News, Lufkin, Texas
The
Marshall News Messenger, Marshall, Texas
The
Journal-News, Hamilton, Ohio
The
Springfield News-Sun, Springfield, Ohio
Active
Dayton, Dayton, Ohio
Dayton
Daily News, Dayton, Ohio
The
Middletown Journal, Middletown, Ohio
The
Daily Advance, Elizabeth City, North Carolina
The
Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina
The
Atlanta Journal Constitution Atlanta, Georgia
NZoom
Technology News, New Zealand
Yahoo
India Technology News
Navegante,
Madrid, Spain
Terra
Network, Columbia
Listas
de boda online con regalos no tradicionales..
Untitled;
Spanish Publication
Ocala
Star Banner - March 19, 2006
Full Interview Transcripts
June
2003 - Reuters
June
2003 - St.
Petersberg Times,
St.Petersberg, Florida
January
27, 2003 - The Washington Post
November
2002 - Tribune Media Services,
(Syndicate
branch of The Chicago Tribune)
July
2002 - Niche
Magazine
January
2002 - The
Waco Tribune Herald, Waco,
Texas
December
2001- The
Ocala Star-Banner,
Ocala, Florida
Fall
2001 - Alabama
Weddings Magazine
Linda Kevich's SuperWeddings.com
Has Been Featured In/On:
The
book "Kavet's Internet Sites for Your Wedding & Honeymoon", The
Cincinnati Post, Living TV, Australia's
Woman's Day magazine, 400Edition Bridal Guide (North Georgia), The
Ocala
Star Banner (Ocala, Florida), Modern Bride, KPOA
93.5 Radio
Hawaii, 95.9KXLR
Fairbanks Alaska, KABX - Oldies 97.5 Merced California, 105.7 FM
Yakima Washington, 100.9FM Yakima WA, The Rock 99.5 FM Oregon, 101.3
KSTT California, POWER 99 Kennewick Washington, KNDZ 105.1 FM
Billings Montana, KFAT FM 92.9 Alaska, KTMT - Beat93 Medford Oregon,
WNIS 790am NewsRadio Virginia Beach, Pittsburg Bride Magazine,
Modesto Weddings, Houston
Weddings, iAfrica, MyAsiaOne, BriefMe
Magazine, KISS Guide to Planning a Wedding, and
many other media & publications.
Linda Kevich
has also appeared in:
The Globe and
Mail, Chatelaine Magazine, Consumer Reports Magazine, Newsweek
MagazIne, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Modesto
Weddings, Houston
Weddings, South
Shore Weddings, Hitched, Gift Basket Magazine, and
a multitide of other publications and media.
Other:
Linda
Kevich is also the Wedding Industry Expert for The Rat Race
Rebellion™, which has been featured on Good Morning America.
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