Need Some Ideas for Making Your Next Party More Memorable and Fun? Go to YouCanPlanAParty.com - Watch Short Videos for Step-by-Step Guides

    MANHATTAN BEACH, CA, February 26, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- YouCanPlanAParty.com is an interactive, community-based party planning web site that provides informative videos and resource links to help the ordinary person host extraordinary parties.

Launched by Potluck Productions, a video content production company based in Manhattan Beach, CA, YouCanPlanAParty.com highlights Shelby Phillips, an award-winning event planner with over 20 years experience.

Featured on The Style Network's "Big Party Plan-Off," Phillips admits, "People tell me I'm like the Rachel Ray of party planning because I show people how to turn simple every-day things into something fabulous so that it looks like you spent a fortune even though you didn't."

Phillips is also the co-author of a book series entitled, "The Enlightened Party Planner: Guides to Creating Parties from the Heart."

Based on Phillips' books and party planning experience, a video series was created for the website entitled "Shelby's Secrets to a Great Party." The videos walk people through her six 'golden rules' of planning a great party in short, easy-to-access segments that cover all the bases:
- From choosing a theme
- Creating a compelling invitation
- Deciding on the decor and ambiance
- Figuring out the food and beverage
- Planning unique activities
- Giving guests something memorable to take home

A new themed 'party plan' is featured each month, with the premiere plan showing viewers how to throw a "Mad Hatter Tea Party."

A one-stop resource for party planning, YouCanPlanAParty.com includes links to retailers, manufacturers and service providers. It also contains monthly contests, blogs, shopping tips, downloadable music playlists, recipes and transformations. An RSVP Club membership - free for the initial six months - includes how-to videos, forums, menu suggestions, behind-the-scenes interviews, and a monthly live video chat with Shelby.

"People are clamoring for party ideas on the internet," notes Monique Roy, Potluck's web and marketing master. She notes that in one month, over 4.5 million web searches were made on Yahoo and Google alone for the top ten party-related terms. "Millions of people want the information we're providing with one convenient click of the mouse," she continues.

The concept is unique according to the show's producer Charlotte Marshall. She points out that there aren't any how-to shows on TV or the Internet like "Shelby's Secrets to a Great Party" that demonstrate how to plan a party with an easy-to-follow formula.

"Cooking shows touch on entertaining, but they don't include all aspects of planning an event from start to finish," explains Marshall. "We took this into account when designing the site and the show, formatting everything to accommodate people's busy lifestyles and making it easy for them to have this information at their fingertips from one place."

Other highly desired party plans scheduled for the next few months include milestone birthday and graduation celebrations, Mother's Day and Father's Day ideas and specialty theme parties.

"The business community has been trying to figure out how to make Internet sites profitable business models and we've been told by industry experts that ours is a viable formula," says Roy. It encompasses all the new technology applications - Internet, video on demand, smartphones, and even pumptop TV - which play into their short-format video segments.

"It's also an impressive platform for the sponsors since it hits several highly targeted demographic groups with a great vehicle to showcase a wide variety of products, and, in some cases, shows new uses for them," Roy discloses.

Potluck Productions creates dynamic, entertaining and educational shows for broadcast. The company's mission is to make it easy for people to access its informative, proprietary content anywhere, anyplace, anytime utilizing the latest technologies. Our vision is to foster and encourage a sense of community and connection, two of the human soul's greatest joys. For further information, please contact us at (310) 379-6104.

Website: http://www.YouCanPlanAParty.com

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