Brian Franklin is the Co-Founder of Vows & Speeches, a company that provides writing and delivery coaching for wedding vows, speeches/toasts, ceremonies, presentations, and other events.  He was previously a nationally recognized political strategist and advertising consultant, as well as a former professional singer-songwriter/guitarist, and is the host of the podcasts, “Achievements & Strategies” and “The Vows & Speeches Podcast”. As a Reverend in the Church of the Latter Day Dude, he’s married three couples who remain together to this day.

He’s been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, The New York Post, Brides, Bridal Guide, The Knot, Dallas News, Politico, Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel, Miami Herald, and many more.

Signed to Mecurial Music/Polygram in 1995 and dropped in 1996, his not-so-illustrious music career still continued, if somewhat in hobby form. He’s released four albums, in total written and recorded 90 songs, and later teamed with Rob Elba to record and produce the Soundtrack to the Rat Opera – the music from a rock opera that was called “A masterpiece” by the Broward/Palm Beach New Times and “not unlike The Who’s Tommy performed by the Pixies.” He has also co-written songs with Nashville-based artists Diane Ward and Dean Fields.

As a political consultant, he and his company, Impact Politics, won major campaigns across the country, including minimum wage in FL, medical marijuana in FL, as well as ballot amendments in CA, NM, and CO. They are 4-time Pollie award winners of “Best Overall Internet Campaign” by the American Association of Political Consultants, for which Brian was also a Board Member for ten years.

A writer by trade, Brian continues to do speechwriting & speech-editing not only for politics, but also for personal and corporate events. As Dudeist Reverend, he’s performed three weddings and so far, all three couples are still together.

During the Pandemic, Brian launched the “Achievements & Strategies” podcast, which features an array of musicians, comedians, athletes, political figures, and consultants.

Brian lives in Los Angeles with his wife, dogs, kids, and a cat, and enjoys bowling, boats, cars, and guitar shopping.