Wedding Photographers Blog » business http://www.weddingphotographyblog.org Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:32:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 © chris@holymoleephoto.com () chris@holymoleephoto.com Just another WordPress weblog chris@holymoleephoto.com No no http://www.weddingphotographyblog.org/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Wedding Photographers Blog http://www.weddingphotographyblog.org 144 144 Facebook Marketing & Wedding Photography: Part III http://www.weddingphotographyblog.org/facebook-marke%e2%80%a6graphy-part-iifacebook-marketing-wedding-photography-part-iii http://www.weddingphotographyblog.org/facebook-marke%e2%80%a6graphy-part-iifacebook-marketing-wedding-photography-part-iii#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:10:19 +0000 admin http://www.weddingphotographyblog.org/?p=107 Social Networking is a big thing nowadays if you’re targeting Millennial (or Gen-Y) couples, Bridimus rexes and Groom-asauruses.

In this series of blog postings I will provide you free advice on marketing strategies with facebook.

In part 3 we will explore the importance of how facebook can be the best free tool for you to find the right and perfect client for you.

  1. Network. Old school networking in person never changed when transcended into online social networks. Just make sure you don’t come off the get go to try to sell. Remember online communities and online social networks always have etiquette. Always observe a community or group first and see how they interact (do your research!!!!!). Some things you can do: Post and comment on photos. Offer
  2. Pimp your profile: Add some facebook applications that will adorn and display your favorite photos. Which leads me to the next point:
  3. Start a conversation: Create some sexy photos (Not that kind of photos; you perv!) with couples or the type of photos that you’re so passionate for. The photos that make you excited to that you became a wedding photographer.
  4. Wall Posting: Find whatever reason you can to post onto other people’s walls. Try to connect with people when they’re at their most happiest point of their life: Comment on status messages conveying or exuding their extreme happiness, Birthdays, Anniversaries, engagements etc.
  5. Be patient: Social networking and social media is not something you can produce ROI on instantly. But this is free. The only thing you are spending is your time. Time is essentially something you have to commit to.
  6. Have fun: Be yourself, and be expressive. You’re pretty much doing this to make friends. This will drive your word of mouth marketing.
  7. Keep updated: Use facebook apps to host and update your network with new and fresh wedding photos. Make sure you keep your facebook status updated as well.
  8. Twitter: Use twitter to update your facebook status. If you don’t know about twitter please visit http://www.twitter.com . There are zounds of awesome photographers . I will discuss Twitter in some next social marketing series.
  9. Add friends: add more friends as you go along. I would suggest meeting people in person and then adding them. You have to remember about etiquette. Most people won’t add you unless you’ve got a reason.
  10. Go do it now. That’s it for now. Go out and do what i’ve told you to.
]]> http://www.weddingphotographyblog.org/facebook-marke%e2%80%a6graphy-part-iifacebook-marketing-wedding-photography-part-iii/feed Facebook Marketing & Wedding Photography: Part II http://www.weddingphotographyblog.org/facebook-marketing-wedding-photography-part-ii http://www.weddingphotographyblog.org/facebook-marketing-wedding-photography-part-ii#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:30:24 +0000 admin http://www.weddingphotographyblog.org/?p=100 Social Networking is a big thing nowadays if you’re targeting Millennial (or Gen-Y) couples, Bridimus rexes and Groom-asauruses.

In this series of blog postings I will provide you free advice on marketing online with Facebook.

In this part II of our 4 part series we will look at building your network. We will look at creative ideas to grow the number of friends you have in your network.

Facebook becomes the best ways to keep up to people. It is virtually the best Contact Resource Manager. It is so easy nowadays to connect with people and keep up with them. Part of being successful is meeting some of your contacts in person and then going home and remembering to add them. Make sure you have permission from them. Remember Facebook is permission-only marketing.

  1. Add friends you already have on Facebook. With every person, there are probably a handful of friends that you already know. It is probably a better idea to build your network with existing friends that you already know. So if you can start with the closest friends you have and add them to Facebook.
  2. Convince friends to join Facebook. If your closest friends aren’t on Facebook have no fear. Just ask them to take a few seconds and themselves.
  3. Network with people in person. Stir up a conversation. Where ever you go there’s always people to meet and talk to. Bring it up in conversation and discuss your experiences of Facebook and let them know what they’re missing out on. Some might even be so curious that they’ll join and add you themselves
  4. Patience. Facebook is also about letting your network of friends grow organically. You didn’t accost individuals and meet the friends (you did now in real life) by just demanding them to be your friends instantly. That would be silly and preposterous.
  5. Marketing. Publicize that you and your business are on Facebook. Put it on your website, Use in store signage, email marketing, in advertising you already currently are pursuing (make sure if you are doing print you check out the guidelines for logo placement).

Next month we will cover some marketing strategies to pimp your Wedding Photography.

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In this series of blog postings I will provide you free advice on marketing online with Facebook.

Define your market
If you’re a wedding photographer, you’re probably hunting for this type of client: affluent, sophisticated, between the ages of 18-35 & educated. Most likely you’ll be able to all zounds of these types of people online. But where do you look?!

In this digital age Facebook, is a huge advantage to allowing wedding photographers build their online brand presence. The following reasons will advocate you for putting your wedding photography company on facebook:

  1. It’s Free. You just need an email address.
  2. Allows you to connect into thousands of people
  3. It’s searchable. Often your Facebook page will allow you to be found easily from google.
  4. Bottom Up Marketing: Facebook puts you in front of clients who are looking for you. You are not trying to force them into making buying decisions.
  5. Effort: Takes very little time and effort to maintain a Facebook profile
  6. Very little expertise needed: Sometimes the web may confuse photographers. Facebook is very easy to use.
  7. Contact Resource Management Tool (CRM): You now can use facebook as a way to constantly be connected with others
  8. Interactive advantage: Facebook interactivity allows them to learn about you as well as connect with you on a personal level. This allows you to leverage your selling power — they know you’re human and and they can instantly ask questions with a message, post. A traditional media ad cannot achieve this.
  9. Hip - You’re cool you’re hip taka taka (Stolen from austin powers from the 90s). Little requirements: computer, internet, open mind, patience. [Update] Wow i’m a dork. I’m taking that reason out.
  10. Constant Consideration - Interacting and networking with others on a constant basis will allow you to be placed on a their consideration list more often.
  11. Proactive - Facebook allows you to build relationships immediately for future purchases. Whether you do weddings, people or portrait photography or senior portraits.
  12. Fun - This is more fun than any other form of advertising
]]> http://www.weddingphotographyblog.org/facebook-marketing-wedding-photography-part-i/feed Top 10 free internet sites to promote your photography http://www.weddingphotographyblog.org/top-10-free-internet-sites-to-promote-your-photography http://www.weddingphotographyblog.org/top-10-free-internet-sites-to-promote-your-photography#comments Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:02:16 +0000 admin http://www.weddingphotographyblog.org/top-10-free-internet-sites-to-promote-your-photography
  • Flickr.com - by far the best place to start. Start putting your photos there. make sure they’re branded or have your copyright symbol at the bottom. Utilize the power of community by submitting your photos to relevant groups. Eventually you’ll have enough users to viewing your photo stream that you won’t need to submit your photos to communities. People will invite to put your photos in certain communities
  • Facebook - This is great if you have a large group of facebook friends already. If you don’t it doesn’t really mattter. You can start building friends right away by adding your relatives, friends, coworkers to your friendslist so they can be updated with some of your work every time you publish it to the web.
  • Deviantart.com - This website has a large community of users that post and submit their photos online. Many of them will favorite or bookmark your photos.
  • Myspace.com - build your own myspacepage. Try to keep it simple. Don’t go overboard with customizing your profile. Market your photos by putting them up in your profile. You don’t need to spam people. Just add your friends as well.
  • Blogspot.com - you can have your own free plog right here.
  • Twitter.com - post links to your photos
  • Modelmayhem.com - This is specific to fashion or model photography. This is a great resource for photographers of that nature
  • Dgrin.com - Post your photos in their last photo standing contest. Every once in a while they have a contest among the photographers in the community. It’s free to post, just take the time to shoot something beautiful. The photographers there are very very skilled!
  • Smugmug.com - Similar to flickr. This community allows you to rate and tag your photos for other photographers to see. It’s free to join!
  • Photographyvoter.com - If you have a blog post your photos in on this website so photographers will rate and vote on your link or entries.

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