It was such a pleasure working with with Rose on the Studio Art Photography Blog.  It turned out great! 

We are proud to present Sarah Rhoads' new website!  Check it out here!

We get a lot of questions on how to get a website or blog indexed in the search engines, especially Google.  So in response to all of these questions we decided to write a blog post about it.  Below is a list of search engines and a link to where you can submit your website or blog.


Google: http://www.google.com/addurl/

Yahoo: http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/submit

Bing: http://www.bing.com/docs/submit.aspx


If you have a blog and want to take it a step further, go to http://pingomatic.com/.  From there you can submit to a large list of blog search engines.

Some great photographers have been using video on their blogs to enhance the understanding of who they are and the brand experience that the client will receive. In the sea of photographers, it could mean the difference between the client making a connection with you or your competitor. Video is a great way for the client to understand a bit about the process and what to expect. This is also a powerful way to attract the right type of client for the most successful photo shoots. I wanted to take this opportunity to share a few videos with you that might give you some inspiration.

JAY REILLY

Jay Reilly has been utilizing video for years...he is normally ahead of the curve. This is a great shoot that helps people get a glimpse of what he does. It is simple, short, has good music, and get the point across. He has made quite a few of these and they are all very successful.

http://mycameraisbiggerthanyours.com/announcements/jet-set-spring-09-video-of-the.html

BROOKE SCHWAB

Brooke put this video on her website to give people an idea of a really great wedding shoot. She mixed in video of herself, the clients, and actual snapshots. The music is good and again, it is not a super long video. It is enough to make you want to work with her. Definitely a good one.

http://brookeschwabphotography.com/mysite/#video-4c53f3

SARAH RHOADS

Sarah's video is really cool. It is a bit more elaborate than most but really fun to watch. She put it on her about page which is so much more powerful than an image and text. This video really makes you want to work with Sarah.

http://www.sarahrhoads.com/blog/about.html

VIMEO

If you do not know about vimeo, check it out.

http://www.vimeo.com/

Many photographers have flash websites that are not Search Engine Optimized. Since search engines can't crawl their website content, they try to STUFF key words onto an HTML splash page to help with optimization. The truth is that most search engines frown upon this method. In the last year, I have see so many people using this method. So, I thought I would provide you with some links to learn a bit more about search engine optimization.

SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_optimization

KEYWORD STUFFING: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyword_stuffing