Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
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From: "AlunFoto" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Semi-OT: Social Media Marketing
I absolutely agree with Christine. Not that I manage to see any
customers there for myself, but I observe several successful Norwegian
nature photographers using FB to their advantage. They post regularly,
and thus give the impression of relentless photographic activity. From
the look of it, some could definately benefit from HA medication, or
at least go more easy on the caffeine... :-)
They have shifted from promoting their photos to promoting their
activity as photographers. But it keeps them at the front of their
customers' minds.
Look around at the pro outdoor photogs in the U S and you'll see the same
phenomenon.
Thet're selling workshops & tours !
Jostein
2011/1/13 Christine Nielsen <[email protected]>:
Well, I hope you are up-to-date on your tetanus...
Alternatively, you might consider how facebook could work *for* you.
I suppose you could start by figuring out if your potential customers
are on facebook. If not, if you are marketing yourself to fellow
Luddites, then it's not an issue. :) But, if you want to put your
"brand" in front of other folks, then it might be worthwhile. I have
seen other photographers (wedding and portrait, mostly) really use fb
to their advantage... it's the 21st century version of that old
shampoo commercial... "and she told 2 friends, and he told 2 friends,
and so on, and so on..." Many wedding/portrait photogs have blogs
that complement their websites, and every time the blog is updated
with new material from their latest shoot, it is linked to the fb
page, and the update happens simultaneously. I don't know how much
time it takes to maintain... but it might be time better spent than
other marketing efforts in getting you to your goal.
Let me know if you get on fb... and I'll "friend" you.
:)
-c
On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 9:10 AM, John Sessoms <[email protected]>
wrote:
I say only semi-OT because I am a *Pentax* photographer.
I attended the Central Region winter seminar for the PPofNC Sunday and
Monday. Hoped there would be at least one speaker with ideas on how to
improve myself as a photographer, but it was all about at marketing
yourself.
Even the one session that was supposed to be about how to streamline
PhotoShop and Lightroom was about how to get the images up on Facebook
faster.
It's pretty much 24/7 social media now. Actually left me with a question
and
some doubts.
Q: In this 24/7 assault on Facebook et al, when do you actually make
time to
take photographs?
And none of it addressed my current aims in life.
I don't want spend 24/7 on a computer marketing myself. I spend far too
much
of my time on the computer now just from trying to keep up with this one
mailing list I belong to.
As a photographer, I don't want to *WORK* full time. My aim is a part
time
business to supplement my income just enough to pay for the equipment
and
perhaps a little location travel.
I undertake the *work* of photography for a specific purpose; to allow
me to
afford what I need in order to enjoy the *pleasure* of photography. In
other
words, I'll take the photos someone wants to buy, so that I can have the
financial resources to take the photos *I* want to take.
But, it's not worth it if I have to work so hard I never have time for
myself.
And then there's Facebook. That's a problem in itself.
I'd rather be trapped in a Bronx phone booth at 3:30am on Sunday
morning,
masturbating a rabid mountain lion with a handful of rusty barbed wire
than
to spend one minute on Facebook.
Yes, I *am* a Luddite!
I'd start a fan page for Luddites Anonymous, but I don't have a Facebook
Account.
Later ... gotta get ready for school. Looks like the ice has melted
enough
that it's finally going to open today.
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