ACAWS is a ‘not for profit’ organisation. This means that your Membership fee is used to cover the day-to-day administrative running costs of maintaining a fully functioning Association and promoting your business.
Members enjoy the following benefits:
• Membership of the UK's most exclusive and highly selective wedding association
• A custom Membership Certificate identifying you as a Certified Member
• Full company details listed in the Members' Directory
• Use of the ACAWS logo and trade marks on company literature and websites
• Direct hyperlink from the Members' Directory on ACAWS to Member’s individual
websites
• Referrals from prospective clients via the Association's website and advertisements
• Statistical information relating to the number of unique times your listing
has been viewed
• Support, advice and assistance on industry related matters
• Advertorial space allocated on the ACAWS website
• Free Sponsored listing on the Asian Wedding Index
• Discounted rates from PartyOffers
• Access to contract templates
• Guidance on issues such as insurance, health and safety…
• Opportunity to advertise current vacancies on the ACAWS website, under
the ‘jobs in the industry’ section
• Business development through networking with like-minded professionals
• Discounted rates to Social events at both regional and national level
• Quarterly Newsletter and other ACAWS publications
• Annual Awards Ceremony with reduced rates for members
• Reduced rates for members to many training days, seminars etc
• Discouted rates on web design, PR, print and graphic design
• Discouted rates on selected member services
Advertising & Promoting ACAWS
The Association's website has been fully optimised for search engines in
the UK and overseas. Being optimised for various wedding related keyword
search terms ensures that we ACAWS can be found near towards the top of
all major search engines when applicable keywords are entered.
The majority of our advertising budget is spent on online advertising, much
of it dedicated to a variety of Google adword campaigns. This therefore
guarantees us a prominent Google placement and ensures that couples find
us easily, thereby allowing them free and easy access to the Member's Directory
to search for their specific wedding services and suppliers. We also advertise
in a number of online wedding directories, wedding magazines, radio and
TV.