Photography Websites to look at for your Digital Photography

phixr.com – Online Photo Editor Phixr is a web-based images editor that you can access from any computer. You simply need to upload your pictures and make all the changes you want. After editing your images, Phixr enables you to upload them to Flickr, Fotopic, Livejournal, Photobucket,

phoja.com – Social Photo Discussion Phoja is a free “social photo discussion” service, where users can share photos and discuss about them with the rest of the community. You may post photos on Phoja from the web site or your mobile phone. The photos can be about something interesting you saw, something you need advice on, and even something amusing. You can also post photos taken from your mobile phone camera or a digital camera, along with a relevant question, and seek advice from other like-minded Phoja users.

photoblog.com – A Way to Share and Preserve Memories of Daily Life Organizing photographs and thoughts neatly by date, users can save special moments in their life to share or look back on years down the road.

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Finding information to blog about

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Digital Photography – Tips For Getting Leads Into Your Business

Every business needs it. Every business owner makes it his or her top priority goal. It never changes, from the moment you start your business until you close the doors for the final time. To survive, your business must bring in leads that ultimately turn into good quality, paying clients.

But how do you bring them in consistently? What methods do you use?

Well that all depends on how much business you need in your studio.

Let’s say that you want to photograph thirty weddings per year. How many leads you need to generate those thirty weddings would depend on a number of factors:

* How much do you charge for your weddings?

* Do your leads know and understand your pricing before they contact you?

* How good are you at turning leads into sales?

If your leads are pre-qualified, have a lot of information on you and your services before they contact you, know and understand your pricing, and have a strong referral, you might only need thirty leads to book your thirty weddings.

But if your leads come in with little knowledge of you or your services, they call in ‘blind’ from a vague advertisement with little information, and don’t match your criteria for your ideal client; you may end up having to meet ten to fifteen prospects before turning one of them into a client.

Which would you rather have for your business: thirty prospects turning into thirty clients, or 450 prospects turning into thirty clients? Obviously, your ultimate goal should be the first option.

Lead generation is all about reaching out to your prospects, and turning them into clients. The better you understand your customers, the easier it will be to connect with them. The better you define your perfect client, and the better your marketing strategy to reach your perfect customer, the easier your business will be.

Once you have your client defined, you can begin reaching out to connect with them. There are hundreds of ways to connect; choose methods that work for you and your budget. Consider options like:

Networking events
Tradeshows
Magazines
Newspapers
Trade journals
Direct mail
Brochure placement
Flyers
Door hangers
Postcards
Card decks
Sponsorships
Ezines
Email advertisements
Banner placement

While the list for marketing opportunities is endless, you’ll soon discover certain methods that resonate with your goals and strategies, and seem to connect better with your prospects and clients.

Choose your methods, and monitor your results. And as the leads come in, observe the quality of each lead, and the method the lead was generated. Choose to continue using quality methods that bring in “perfect” leads. And discontinue use of other, less attractive methods. You’ll soon develop a strategy that is perfect for your business, and brings in a comfortable level of leads that generate your perfect level of business.

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You’ll learn:

•     What is a blog?
•     How do you add the right content at the right time?
•     What’s the easiest way to put text, photos and video into a blog post?
•     The true purpose of a blog
•     Ways to add your own personality to your blog
•     How do you market your blog?
•     What makes blogging social?
•     How can blogging help you connect to social sites like Facebook and Twitter?

And a whole lot more.

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Blogging Tips – 10 Secrets Of Successful Blogging

With everyone talking about blogging, is it really possible to blog successfully for your business? Can you really make money with a blog?

Yes. But it does take some work. It’s not like a website where you hire a designer to design it, and leave it set for months at a time. You have to work at it every week.

Get started with these tips, and you’ll soon be on your way to successful blogging.

1. Start with a purpose. What do you want to talk about in your blog? Every post should be related to your end purpose, and help you create an informative blog that accomplishes your goals.

2. Create a theme. Maybe your blog is built around photos or videos. Maybe you title certain posts in the same manner. A great blog develops patterns, and gives the reader something to look forward to…. read more>>

How to blog about your business

Photographs into comic strips

Found a great site for adding a story to your photography – Tell your Story Comeeko lets you take your photos and put them into nice photo strips. Create your own photo strips and share them online. Photo strips are your photos made into comic strips. Photography into comic strips

Digital Photography Resources and Learning

Are you overwhelmed and  lost with what digital photography is or what digital photography can do, we found a really cool resource that can help. I know that not everyone knows what “firmware” is or how “lag time” affects your image but you can find out lots of valuable information with this digital photography resource

Here are just  a few items that the site offers:

• Over 4,000 full-color interactive pages organized into 153 topics.
• Highly illustrative with thousands of images and animations.
• Easy to follow step-by-step animated image editing tutorials.
• Easy to understand basic and advanced practical theory.
• Selectable learning levels:
  Beginner, Advanced Amateur, Professional.

I was amazed to see and learn more than I thought possible from a digital photography resource.

Post Your Digital Photograhy Images

Wanted to share a new site with you. If you’ve ever wanted to publish your own book, poetry, manual, or even photographs, this may be the site for you. http://www.visionofsuccess.com/youpublish We are always looking for resources that work with the digital photography industry

Wedding Photography – Zookbinders introduces new album line of matted books

One of my favorite album companies just announced a new album line. If you like the matted albums but hate filling out all of the forms, your day is here. With the new design system, you can enjoy all of the above and none of the hassle. Visit Zookbinders.com and see what an amazing album company can do for your digital photography studio. This is not a paid submission but an honest testament of a quality company that is the backbone of my studio.