If social media is your thing, hashtag your #wedding

THERE is no denying that most of us live our lives on social media these days which is why it makes sense to give your big day its own hashtag if social media hype is your thing. This allows you to keep in touch with guests during the exciting build up, while it also gives the day its own online platform and a ‘celebrityesque’ feel.

Instagram, Facebook and Twitter can all help promote your wedding and keep guests in the loop with exciting new plans. By sharing the hashtag on invitations, napkins and any other wedding day paraphernalia – it’s all about spreading the message – you’ll be able to create an online niche for your wedding day. Some couples hire a hashtag maker to avoid duplication as you want your hashtag wedding stream to be exclusively yours.

But while the hashtag wedding is popular, it’s also subjective and there are some things you need to consider: You’ll have less control over what pictures and images are put online; it only works if your guests are tech-savvy; while guests can get fixated with hashtag weddings to the point where they have their eyes glued to phones all day long checking for likes and retweets.

Having said all that, it’s just a bit of fun and there’s no denying the power of social media as a mechanism to promote something. It will have all those stunning wedding pics circulating in no time.