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The Benefits of Craigslist for Photographers
I want to focus on convincing those photographers who are just starting their businesses that Craigslist, despite all that you may have heard, is a good resource to help grow your business. So here are 5 reasons wedding photographers should post on Craigslist.
Wordpress Plugins for Photogs
WordPress is our recommended blogging platform for a variety of reasons, one of which is its extensive library of 3rd party plugins. These plugins make life easier for us bloggers, with functionality ranging from aesthetics to SEO. You can link to your Twitter and Facebook accounts, include “sexy bookmarks,” flash headers, and add other great, [...]
Transfer Hosting to Bluehost
Time is free, but it’s priceless. You can’t own it, but you can use it. You can’t keep it, but you can spend it. Once you’ve lost it you can never get it back. Â – Harvey MacKay SLR Lounge used to be hosted on Go Daddy, but after hours lost dealing with various issues, [...]
Best Hosting for Photographers?
As photographers, we have multiple websites, portfolios and blogs that show off our work and capture leads. And while we may be experts at photography, we may not be as knowledgeable at finding the correct hosting solutions for our websites. While there are many different hosting companies out there, three commonly used amongst photographers are [...]
Install Wordpress with Blue Host
Here is a short video tutorial on installing WordPress on your website or blog using Blue Host’s hosting services. Bluehost has a ton of great features that fit a photographer’s needs perfectly We pay only $7 a month for a single Bluehost.com account that hosts each and every one of our domains, allows for unlimited [...]
Install Wordpress in Godaddy
Here is a short video tutorial on installing WordPress on your website or blog using Godaddy’s hosting services. Feel free to comment with any questions or concerns! Click Here to sign up with Godaddy
SEO Backlinks
Our photography SEO expert and friend, Zach Prez, author of Photographers SEO Book, is back to share some more tips about link building in the photography industry. We hope this information is useful and informative for your photography studio. After reading our previous post titled Understanding SEO, you know that your best time spent in [...]
Basic SEO
For this entry, we asked our Photography SEO expert and friend, Zach Prez, author of Photographers SEO Book to share some insights on how to get started on SEO in the photography industry. Enjoy! Search engine optimization can provide your website a constant stream of new photography clients. SEO for short, has been my home [...]
How to Optimize Images
Here’s a tip for building traffic to your website: Optimize your images for search engines. Â Most artists don’t take advantage of this, and all it takes is a little extra effort each time you add an image to your site. Search engines work mainly off of text and links. Â Because of this, search [...]
Website Landing Page (1 of 3)
Your landing page is not only the first thing clients see, it is also the first thing search engines see! It is crucial to create a landing page that not only looks great, but is also well equipped and SEO (Search Engine Optimization) prepped. This  is the first entry of a three part blog series [...]
Splash Page Template
Most photographers have at least 2 sites (a portfolio and blog) if not more. Thus, our websites require a splash/portal page that allows our clients to access any of our sites with ease. While we have a good foundation in web programming, we realize that this may be a daunting process for those of you [...]
SLR Lounge v1 Theme Install Instructions
Note: There are newer themes available. They are still completely free but they now come with an options page (to customize your blog without altering the code), improved functionality, and a variety of new features. Â Click here to view examples and receive download and installation instructions for these new free wordpress themes. Â However, the theme [...]
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