Tuesday, April 28, 2009

A little spring cleaning

Spring cleaning is a good thing, so I decided to do a little cleaning (and updating) of the photo hard drive. Funny how such a small task can take until the wee hours of the morning. I do feel better knowing that I have purged the drive of some waste, plus I moved several assignment shoots offline. Lightroom sure makes the task easier.

Cleaning also allows me to review the photo collection. I found 54 new photos that I posted to my site (www.mooreagphotos.com). Maybe cleaning will pay!

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Imperial Valley, here I come!

I'm putting the final touches on a trip to the Imperial Valley May 5-8. I was able to secure a super-cheap airline ticket, and I'm piggybacking my travels with a conference that my wife is attending.

While it will be a vacation, of sorts, I know that the days will be quite long. I have three full days to myself to shoot, and the weekend in San Diego.

These types of shoots are the ones I REALLY enjoy. I have a loose schedule, plenty of CF cards, and a good chance I won't see rain.

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Search Engine Optimization

I've been up and running with my web site (www.mooreagphotos.com), via Photoshelter, for about three months now. I've also added Google Analytics to the site, which is a great tool to determine how many folks are coming to my site, how long they stay on, what pages they view, and where they come from.

One area that's been missing is getting my name to start showing up at the top of the search engines. I spent one afternoon attending a Photoshelter webinar on optimizing my site for search engines, and it was a great investment of my time. I learned what to do, and what not to do, to get traffic to my site.

It's starting to pay off, and I am seeing more folks coming in from referring sites and from search engines. Now, I have to generate some sales. But at least I'm taking the first step.

If you want to find out more, Photoshelter has the webinar available at www.photoshelter.com. It's free, takes about an hour, and provides some excellent ideas on how to help your site.