Comments on: Grover’s Photographer Recession Survival Tactics

By: louisvuittonhandbags

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By: ed hardy

ed hardy — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:06:22 +0000

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By: paul prescott

paul prescott — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:42:22 +0000

I would like to comment about point 2. Embedding. As I find this tool marvellous, I have to point out that it has its limitations. Namely, low Search Engine Optimization. Many people do Google “Image” searches. If you got your photo referenced on a first google page listing it would drive many people to your site. Google searches for JPEGS. However, PhotoShelter’s EMBEDDED slideshow gallery or EMBEDDED photo are Flash based, not JPEG. Even if you wanted to place a non-flash PhotoShelter image, most blog sites don’t accept PhotoShelter’s http:// version of the file location. PhotoShelter has done this for our protection, and also so people can link to our portfolios directly. All these tools were made for Viral Marketing, but how many people do you know how to EMBED a slideshow? A limited amount. Regarding Viral Marketing, my question is, “what is more efficient, a Google Algorithm or people struggling to EMBED galleries into their blogs?” Google would be the better Viral Marketer if the photos were JPEGs and if PhotoShelter could automatically create a JPEG with a caption that Google could pick up, because a photo is nothing without text surrounding it. I was wondering if anyone had any other ideas or insight on this issue. I am not trying to criticize PhotoShelter. I think they do a great job at everything. I would just like to open a discussion on this subject to see if anyone has any views on this subject. Regards Paulp

By: Mike Shipman

Mike Shipman — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:53:23 +0000

Thanks for the post, Grover. There are some things there that I’ve been thinking of doing, have done, and will think about. I actually just raised my prices on some things after completing a full site redesign to mesh with my customized PS archive pages. As you say, the personal use downloads are a bit scary, but I think I’ll try it. It does seem people are more likely to download a digital file (for convenience and to “get it now”, maybe similar to an impulse buy) than they are to wait for a “hard copy”. I think I’ll start with a select group of images and create a specific gallery for them so they are easier to find on my portfolio page. I’ve also created a “limited edition” gallery for my fine art prints, and priced them accordingly. I’m trying to take advantage of embedding slide shows and individual images in my blog, and on other sites to “spread the word”. We do have to remain positive, although it can be awfully hard to do. Fortunately, Photoshelter provides multiple, easy-to-use tools to help alleviate the pain and get my images out where they can be seen. Thanks! P.S. I was asked to log in when trying to make a comment. I’m already logged in, but then found out I needed to log in to TypePad, hence the anonymous posting. Mike

By: Kristjan

Kristjan — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:56:51 +0000

It is bad to be glad about some ones misfortune. I had been thinking for a while to take the full step of moving from DRR to Photoshelter. They took it for me and I am happy (- money lost) My clients are also happy. Now I can easily update both of my website and use the embedding to show my images. I am also moving more and more to using embedded images i my blogs and can probably in the end cut down on hosting cost to. keep up the good work best Kristjan

By: kombizz

kombizz — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:55:06 +0000

I like the information in this well written article. Thank you for sharing.

By: Nigel Merrick

Nigel Merrick — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:20:38 +0000

I really enjoyed reading this post, thank you. There are a lot of photographers out there who are struggling needlessly in this recession. Thank you for helping to share the knowledge! This is something I am also trying to do through my Zenologue blog (www.zenologue.com) Best regards and keep up the good work, Nigel

By: Michael Lopez

Michael Lopez — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:58:36 +0000

This is a great article… I really like #9… no time for pity go out there and get it… Mike Lopez M329 Photography http://www.m329.com