Tag Archives: products
YES, I'LL BE YOUR DOMINATRIX.
I’m scared. Like, really really scared. See, I have this service that I think people really need, but I’m also witnessing a HUGE backlash against photographers who sell anything to other artists, ever. For any reason. ::insert tense moment here:: Shaking in my boots yesterday, I sent out a super-secret e-mail like this blog post [...]
PROJECTION AND SALES MERIT BADGE IS HERE!
You may or may not have noticed the button that appeared at the top of the blog over the weekend — the projection and sales merit badge is here! Upon launching my own portrait business, I decided to start projecting my portrait sessions to increase my business’ customer service and ‘wow’ factor. I then spent [...]
FOR YOUR SEO PLEASURE
So, if you’ve purchased SEO School and are now obsessed with SEO, page rank, social bookmarking, and all that yadda yadda blah blah — download and install SEO Quake. This bad boy is totally free, adds on to your Firefox browser, and lets you actually SEE the basics of SEO for any given webpage when [...]
SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION FOR PEOPLE. NOT ROBOTS.
The problem with Search Engine Optimization is…it’s search engine optimization. It is technical. It is boring. It is distinctly factual. You’re on the front page of Google search engine results or you’re not. Your page rank is 9 or it’s not. You appear to those looking for your business or you don’t. ::yawns:: After deciding [...]
SIX MINI-CONSULTS AVAILABLE…STARTING NOW.
Happy Monday, everyone! Just a quick note to let you know that there are SIX mini-consults available in the shop. If there are none left when you get there, you won’t be able to check out, so hurry it along… The mini-consult process goes like this: you download a questionnaire and e-mail it to me, [...]
WIN AN ADVANCE COPY OF BRANDAID
First, read this. Just go. Read. And then we can continue. Okay, so other than having developed a crush on Johnny B. Truant, you’ll appreciate the fact that I may not be doing this right. There are a million things I should be writing about on this blog, and I’m choosing to say this… In [...]
MAD MIMI : CLIENT E-MAIL AGENT OF AWESOME
If you don’t have a way to capture prospective clients’ e-mail addresses on your blog or website, you’re missing out on marketing potential and revenue. That Mom or brother or uncle or teenager who isn’t ready to pull the trigger on purchasing your services at this moment may be more than happy to do so [...]
BRANDING MINI-CONSULT WINNERS
The winners of the branding mini-consults are: Andrea Roberts, Angela Duncan, and Irmalou Photography. I used random number generator to choose, as I couldn’t pick between your witty, honest, and insightful comments. Congrats! Thanks to everyone who took the time to enter the contest. For the (contest) losers, a treat! Up to 10 of you [...]
PHOTOJOJO BOOK REVIEW.
Okay, so…I’m not really into being a salesman. And yet, I’m telling you to GO BUY THIS BOOK. Wait wait, back up…if you haven’t already, subscribe to Photojojo. Get hooked on their killer content, rad ideas, and ways to hack plunger hardware into a tilt-shift lens. (That’s a screen capture below, so don’t go clicking [...]
PRICING IS PART OF YOUR BRAND.
So, the winner of the Easy as Pie Pricing Guide — we’ll get to that. First, a tale of two ketchups. (This is how the story was told to me, so ketchup it is.) You are at the grocery store, and there are three ketchup choices that catch your eye. One is $3, one is [...]
