Review of Wedding Speech For You

Wedding Speech For You features several wedding speech packages for all common wedding roles: groom, bride, best man, father of the bride, mother of the bride, and maid of honor. For each wedding role, 20 sample speeches are included, as well as a lot of additional material. Each package contains between 90 and 120 pages. The speeches are clearly written by professionals, with carefully chosen and appropriate words. The best man speeches are more on the funny and entertaining side, while the groom and bride speeches are more serious and touching. Most speeches are around 700-800 words long. Depending on your talking pace and how many personal additions and changes you make, this will probably make between 5 and 15 minutes when spoken.

In addition to the pre-written speeches, many aspects of writing your own personalized speech are covered. There are tips and techniques for laying out your speech, researching materials, creating a draft, revising and editing, practicing, and battling writer's block. Each speech package also includes a complete list of responsibilites and duties for this wedding role. While the maid of honor is certainly the most important one, the best man and father of the bride also have a number of things to take care of. Along with addressing them in detail, formalities like the toasting order or being Master of Ceremonies are described as well.

Several additional bonuses are included with each package. For instance, the best man package also has a 13-page collection of about 600 jokes, quotes and one-liners suitable for the situation. Not role-specific bonuses which come with all speech packages are the Unstoppable Confidence audio program by Kent Sayre and a book on coping with stress and anxiety called "Stressbusters". The Unstoppable Confidence program is worth special mentioning. Its standalone edition has sold over 100,000 copies and is a major success with a 4.5/5 star rating on Amazon.com. It deals with speaking and behaving in a confident and successful way, and can be eye-opening and useful in many other situations beside delivering wedding speeches.

Dan Stevens, the author of Wedding Speech For You, is clearly very confident in his product, and offers an unconditional 60-day satisfaction guarantee. The site is certified by the Fair Trade Authority and you are insured up to $300 in case of complaints. However, we don't think you'll have any, and this is supported by lots of visibly genuine success stories and positive testimonials from many different people.

Review of The Wedding MC

The Wedding MC is a 96-page book which exists both in paperback and electronic versions. It focuses on catchy and entertaining wedding toasts as opposed to longer and in-depth speeches. Mainly designed for the best man and father of bride, it can still be helpful for other wedding roles and includes instructions for the maid of honor role as well.

The book has been presented and recommended on national television by Regis Philbin, US host of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire", in late 2005. Regis used it to prepare for the wedding of his daughter and found it to be an excellent help with his father of the bride duties. Other wedding authorities to recommend it include Richard Markel, the president of Wedding Professionals International, and Linda Redmond, associate publisher of Wedding Bells Magazine.

Bonuses coming with The Wedding MC include Tom Haibeck's "Ultimate Wedding Speaker Kit". This kit focuses on delivering the wedding speech and has some templates and a self-affirmation audio recording. There is a 14-day money-back guarantee.

Verdict: at $19.95, The Wedding MC comes at the same price as Wedding Speech For You, and offers good value for the money especially for the best man and father of the bride roles. However, it is best suited if you want to be brief, and does not offer nearly as much assistance on writing longer speeches as Wedding Speech For You. Despite the prominent testimonials, in comparison we can only place it in the second spot.

Review of Ultimate Speeches

Ultimate Speeches is an older site which offers 5 pre-written speeches of about 1000 words each for best man and maid of honor roles (and father of the bride speeches on a separate page). Although the speech quality is good and they make a polished impression, just 5 speeches for the same money is a bit subpar compared to Wedding Speech For You. There are also several bonuses, such as tips to reduce fear of public speaking, and a toast collection plus checklist for best man and maid of honor, respectively.

The site claims that there is a special marketing test going on to reduce the price, and that it will increase, but in fact it has been constant for a while now, at $19.99 for the best man/maid of honor speeches and $17 for father of the bride speeches. A 14-day satisfaction guarantee is also offered.

Verdict: with the same price tag as our #1 and #2 picks, the UltimateSpeeches package, while having several quality speeches for the best man and maid of honor roles, falls behind. Wedding Speech For You certainly offers much better value for the money.