I used sheets and sheets of paper to track text, image and link migration. So un-Web 2.0.
Where have you been? What’s up with your blog? Um, could we get some new freakin’ posts!?
This is the spirit of comments and emails I have been receiving about this blog, and I can understand why. I have committed a major blogging sin by letting this AfterCapture blog seem to fall into disrepair, allowing you to think — gasp! — that it might have even met an untimely death.
Not good. Not good at all.
Luckily, the Blogosphere is a forgiving place, and the best way Continue reading “The Pain of Migrating”
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I try to avoid writing reviews of books I don’t deem worthy of reading. But I feel that it is important to steer you away from Scott McNulty’s “Building a WordPress Blog People Want To Read.”
McNulty is one of the few people actually earning a living blogging, and he is certainly an expert on the topic, having a wealth of information to share. But that wealth is not shared well in “Building a WordPress Blog.” The book definitely contains valuable tidbits, but this information is Continue reading “A Blogging Book To Avoid”
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In my last post I offered resources for thinking about maintaining a blog in a fresh, innovative way to help you get the most out of this unprecedentedly powerful media for marketing your services. Now, let’s turn to some practical strategies that I gleaned from interviews with more than a dozen photographer power bloggers.
Personal, Creative Freedom with Clear Business Goals in Mind
What distinguishes the photographers I interviewed from the average, aint-this-fun! bloggers is that they are all very aware of the business value of their blogging efforts. In short, they know they are blogging for potential clients as well family, friends and fans. Yet every one of them insisted that this focused marketing did not require a major effort. They all said if you are not having fun, there’s something wrong with your blogging.
This is the secret of power blogging for photographers: Finding a way to enjoy yourself in a relaxed, unfettered way — a break from regular chores and obligations! — but with an eye on Continue reading “Practical Strategies for Power Blogging”
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