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Photography + Small Business + PIPA and SOPA = Death To An Industry
A couple of weeks ago, I posted Why SOPA/PIPA Affect All Of Us to help you better understand two bills that were before congress and the impact they could have on us all. I’ve been involved in groups for the past couple of years that have been watching and fighting this “concept” as it makes [...]
Market Your Photography Business So You Can Travel and Live Anywhere
Many people dream of the day they can quit their jobs, throw a camera in a bag and travel the world. We love to travel and experience new things. Taking pictures is a way to remember each step of the way. And if you can get paid for doing it as well, why not start [...]
Cutting Your Costs: 11 Cheap Tools To Grow Your Photography Business
One of the most common questions people ask me is: “I’m trying to grow a photography business on a very small shoestring budget. What should I do?” As a small business owner, “shoestring” automatically becomes a word commonly used in your vocabulary. Times are tight and when you have a very limited budget, you attempt [...]
8 Ways To Gain More Followers On Facebook And Keep Them Interacting
According to many of the top SEO companies that study social impact, the two things that matter most when using Facebook to gain authority within the search engines is: 1. The number of Facebook shares you have 2. The authority of your sharers Which means if you want to rank well under your keywords and [...]
Get Creative With Your Marketing: How Others Are Using Pinterest
Pinterest is definitely looking like it will be the social media darling of 2012 if the first month of the year is any indication. Not only has it found its way into the top 10 websites in the social media category, its also scoring over 40 times the number of total visits in had just [...]
Photography Is Emotional: Make Them Laugh, Make Them Cry
People hate being sold to. But they love to buy. People don’t buy with their heads; they buy with their hearts. All decisions are based on emotion. If you use emotion to sell what people want – not what you think they want – you’ll have success every time. Yes, all of this is actually [...]
8 DIY Publicity Tasks You Must Do Now
If you are in business for yourself, you must do every task necessary for your business. That includes everything from photographing your clients to taking out the trash. You don’t get to pick and choose what you want to do; instead everything is equally important when it comes to building a success business. Which means [...]
How To Use The New Facebook Timeline
Facebook has announced that profiles will soon be disappearing, being replaced by Facebook Timeline. It’s a new interface equipped with multiple features, all of which are supposed to make your experience on Facebook easier and more beneficial for you and your friends. Facebook is implementing it on a rollout schedule. Depending on what part of [...]
Spending Millions To Promote A Dying Industry
Last night we were watching a little TV and a commercial came on I couldn’t help but notice. It was for a major yellow pages business. They were advertising their services, stating they could help a variety of buisnesses in many manners. They could provide you with a host of advertising methods, including the hard [...]
Workflow Resource – Give Image Finder A Try
On any given day, do you have a gazillion things running past you, and just as many windows opened up on your computer? I know I do. So when you start in on a new client, or have someone call up with questions on images, your mind quickly scrambles to come up with where the [...]
10 Things You May Not Have Know About Copyrights
10. In most cases, a registered copyright will last your life plus 70 years. There are however exceptions to the rule. Cornell has a great resource page showing the common and special situations. 9. If you’ve asked for a copyright, you don’t need to renew it, as long as the work was created after January [...]
The One Big Secret You Can Learn From Kodak
Its official. Kodak filed for bankruptcy today. The 131 year old company went from being the leader in the industry, to losing sight of a strong, successful path. They went from employing 63,900 to 17,000 in less than 10 years. They failed to see future trends (even though they developed digital technology), which ultimately cost [...]
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What is your main business challenge as we finish out 2011?
- Not enough clients (50%, 5 Votes)
- Lack of direction/don't know what to do next (50%, 5 Votes)
- Too little funding for marketing (0%, 0 Votes)
- Not enough sales (0%, 0 Votes)
- Other (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 10
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