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Replies and head counts.
How to ask so that people actually answer, and what to do about the ones who go quiet. Head counts, dietary needs and the final list.
7 guides
- Asking guests about dietary requirementsAsk once, at reply time, in one open box. Why the tick list is the wrong shape, and what your caterer actually needs from you.4 min read
- What to do about the guests who never replyTen percent of any guest list goes quiet. How to tell the ignorers from the ones who never got it, and the message that actually works.5 min read
- How to collect RSVPs online without chasing anyoneReply cards lose a third of your answers. What to ask, what to never ask, and the two changes that get most of a guest list to answer in a week.6 min read
- Setting an RSVP deadline that actually worksHow to pick the date, why the obvious one is too late, and the small wording changes that get people to answer on time.5 min read
- What to do when a guest says noHow to reply, whether to ask why, when to offer the seat to somebody else, and how not to take it personally.4 min read
- Reading your invitation statisticsOpens, replies, sources and the numbers that mean nothing. What to watch in the first week, and when silence is actually a problem.5 min read
- Collecting guest names for the table planA head count seats nobody. How to get every name in the party, spelled correctly, without a second round of messages.4 min read
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Start an invitationOther subjects
- WordingWhat to actually write, with lines you can take as they are.15 guides
- EtiquetteWhose name goes where, who has to be invited, and how to say no kindly.6 guides
- PlanningWhen each piece happens, and what has to be decided before it can.9 guides
- SendingGetting it into a hundred hands without a trip to the post office.9 guides
- DesignHow an invitation looks, and what that is quietly saying.6 guides
- OccasionsThe other days that need an invitation, from the engagement to the fiftieth.5 guides
