Photographers taking the leap from amateur to professional face the tremendous challenge of building a clientele base. It is almost impossible to make the change from amateur to professional without creating an online presence for your portfolio. Many potential clients do still use the phonebook or word of mouth to find photographers, but it is much more compelling for a client to be able to evaluate your work themselves. Creating a website to showcase your work is the best way to reach new clients in an unobtrusive way.
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Photography Guides Affiliate Marketing and Referrals
Posted by Rowena on November 11th, 2009
Got your website up and running? Managed to get visitors coming to see your work day to day and want to make some money out of it? Affiliate marketing could be for you. Affiliate marketing is when a website helps to promote an online store by promoting their shop on their own website and getting [...]
Photography Guides: Using PPC on your Website
Posted by Rowena on November 9th, 2009
Many photographers have websites and if your only attracting a few visitors, you may want to think about ways of using PPC so that you attract more visitations. PPC stands for Pay-Per-Click – it’s a paid way that you can advertise your site and services on the Internet. You pay each time someone clicks on [...]
Photography Guides: Using SEO on your website
Posted by Rowena on November 6th, 2009
If you have a great website and are ready to open up more doors then may want to look for ways of improving the amount of traffic you get to your website. SEO is one way you can get more visitors and people looking at your site. SEO stands for Search Engine Optimisation and here [...]
Networking Sites for Photographers Part 2
Posted by Rowena on September 11th, 2009
Last time we had a look at the reasons why you would join a networking site as a photographer and how to get started. Here are some sites that you can join and what to expect. Many of the top networking sites on the web are free to join and instantly put you in touch [...]
Networking Sites for Photographers Part 1
Posted by Rowena on September 9th, 2009
As a photographer, you should be looking for ways to get your work seen, shared and critiqued, as well as building contacts and connections with people around the world. This is called networking, and the internet makes it easier than ever to link up with people around the world. It isn’t something you have to [...]
Building a Website for Photographers: Part 1
Posted by Rowena on August 24th, 2009
Many photographers, professional and aspiring, have a website they use to showcase their work and drum up business. Having a website is something that can be quite straightforward and cost effective and if you know how to do it. For a few hours investment, you can have an online portfolio that people can visit from [...]
