How linked is your Photography Website?

Having a well designed website is important to attract potential clients but is it well linked? Links into your site are vital to ensure that search engines like google, yahoo and msn display your site under search criteria. By increasing quality link to a photography website, your ranks will increase and the site will list higher and higher in the results. Why is this important? Well, think about it in very simple terms. If your site is popular (many quality link pointed into your site) then search engines look at the website as a valid informational portal and present within the results. If you photography website has little to no linkage, search engines see no reason to display it.

Quality links are from reliable sources of similar content. If you are selling wedding photography then you would want links from other studios, wedding reception sites, wedding coordinators and wedding services.

VirtualPhotographyStudio.com allows studios to add their photography businesses to a directory of other studios. This in turn will add another quality link into your site.

The goal is to have your site show more when potential clients access searches. By working with a strategy that will enhance linkage of your studio's site on a daily, weekly or monthly basis, you will start to see increase in how your photography website displays in the search engine results.

Wedding Photographers see a very busy day

What an incredible past week this nation and world has seen! For the United States, the celebration of our independence on July 4th and Earth Day on 07/07/07.

We were out of the country during the July 4th celebration but still enjoyed it. This holiday is one of my favorite holidays.

On July 7, 07, many photographers were crazy busy photographing what was one of the most popular days for weddings. I don’t think that there were many photographers out of work on this special day.

Another item that was celebrated around the world was live earth day. Artists spanned the globe hosting concerts in a 24 hour marathon event that has never been seen. For more information on live earth and what you can do to help protect our environment, we have included a link - Live Earth

I hope everyone had a wonderful celebration on safe holiday.

Perfect Aim: Hit The Bull's-eye!

Perfect Aim: Hit The Bull's-eye!
How often have you worked throughout the week, worked hard at everything you've done, and yet you still feel as if you haven't accomplished anything within your business? It's not that your unproductive, it's a simple case of not having set the right priorities. Priorities determine what will bring success into your life, and what will keep you where you are today. In order to move in a new direction, you have to set the right priorities.

Success is achieved by having focus and concentration. You must have your target clearly in place. You must concentrate on aiming straight for the middle, have the proper follow through, and hit the target directly in the center. The ability to set clear priorities is what will help you achieve that bull's-eye time and time again. Anything else will just be wasted effort.

So as we move throughout our day, we often set priorities that might not be truly necessary for us to achieve success. We often prioritize by the way we feel, or what we're comfortable with. Prioritizing based on achieving success is much more different than prioritizing based on comfort zones. When you begin setting up what it takes to achieve a goal, certain priorities will become apparent for a successful outcome. Your job is to learn to weed through your priorities, and only perform those tasks that will truly move you into a new direction. You need to learn to set your comfort levels aside, and perform the tasks that will move you towards your goal. Goals cannot be reached if you don't take the action necessary to achieve them. And as you begin delving into new areas, your comfort levels will expand, and you will be willing to take on new responsibilities. You will begin setting priorities that do make a difference!

Update your wedding photography website with templates

Now is the perfect time to update your current wedding photography look and website. With the ease of pre-made website templates any photography business can change the studios look quickly. Imagine any visitor on your wedding photography site and the next day there is a completely updated website. It can be that easy. The cost of some photography website templates can be under $25 and unique website designs will increase the cost to $500 to $1000. If you have an Internet presence then it should be your goal to show your clients how professional your wedding photography studio is. Take a look at just a few of the offering that we found at thetemplatecafe.com

Blog resources for your photography business

Blogging is fun, great to show of your latest images and easy to do. For those who would like resources on blogs and blog programs, we have worked on a list to help:

• Bitty - Bitty Browser helps you keep track of your favorite Web stuff by enabling navigable windows directly within your favorite sites — it's like Picture-in-Picture for the Web. http://bitty.com/


• Blogburst - BlogBurst bloggers who are getting picked up by some of the world’s most popular media sites. http://www.blogburst.com/


• Blogcode - Start a blog site and locate similar blogs. http://www.blogcode.com/


• Bloggersnap - BloggerSnap is a little tool which allows your visitors to easily post on your blog or website a snapshot taken with their webcam. http://www.bloggersnap.com/


• Bloggoggle - A customized directory of blogging professionals, bloggoggle helps you bring true expert resources into focus. http://www.bloggoggle.com/


• Blogs - blo.gs lets you keep an eye on your favorite weblogs via the web and email. http://blo.gs/


• Cocomment - coComment keeps track of all the online conversations you're following in one convenient place, and informs you whenever something is added to a conversation. http://www.cocomment.com/


• Feedblitz - RSS, Blogs, XML, readers and aggregators can be confusing. Adding email services to your blog isn't. Email RSS feed and blog subscriptions powered by FeedBlitz. http://www.feedblitz.com/


• Freevlog - Set up free video blog and show your stuff. http://www.freevlog.org/


• Measuremap - Measure Map helps you understand what people do at your blog, and what influence you are having on the world. Blog site stats. http://measuremap.com/


• Structuredblogging - Structured Blogging is all about giving bloggers the tools to create and syndicate structured information, such as reviews and events. http://structuredblogging.org/


• Blogniscient - Categorize and rank blog articles and blogs in real time, providing up-to-date information on the hottest blog entries. http://www.blogniscient.com/
  

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How To Promote A Photography Business

It takes more than handing out a few business cards to bring in enough business to create a successful studio. It takes commitment and a plan. In this article, discover ways of promoting your photography business.

Are you chasing every customer with a few bucks to spare? Or are you getting "rich in your niche"?

Starting out in photography, we tried many types of photography. In fact, I speak with photographers every day that take a lot of jobs they don't necessarily want or advertise for - but they bring in a few extra dollars. How can you turn away a client willing to spend a few dollars in your studio?

Becoming a jack-of-all-trades is not what's best for your business. Instead, focusing in on what you love best with photography will make you well known for your specialty. Think about which photographer has a better chance of getting known:

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Selecting a Professional Photographer to capture an important event like a wedding, high school senior graduation portrait, a business portrait or a baby’s first photographic image can be a huge task. A studio that can create perfect exposures using a digital cameras’ shutter, aperture, photographic lights and props to capture a perfect expression. Using tools of the trade, from a light meter to a studio flash strobe, a photographer who captures an expression in a latent image on a negative filmstrip. VirtualPhotographyStudio.com has cultivated a very large list of studios in your area that will help in your professional photographer choice.

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