Archive for November, 2010

Photographers Social Media Check List: Podcast 129

Monday, November 29th, 2010

This week: Photographers Social Media Check List.

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Three Links: Future Work Station, Camera Ban and Controling Google.

Sunday, November 28th, 2010

Is this the photographers future work station? (here)

Camera Ban in Kuwait!

Control Googles crawl and indexing.

Jason Fried Interview: Rework

Saturday, November 27th, 2010

Jason Fried is the co-founder of 37 signals and co-author of the book REWORK. I’m reading REWORK and believe many of the ideas in the book are useful for photography business owners.

I’ve reviewed a few Jason Fried video interviews. I looked for a short interview, with good information, to share with the new media photographer community. Below is an interview from the people at fbadz.com.

The book is full of anti business as usually ideas. If you find their  business ideas interesting – I encourage you to look up more videos on YouTube and read the book.

You may not agree with everything, but these guys will make you think.

Thank you

Thursday, November 25th, 2010

Thank you for being apart of the new media photographer community.

We are celebrating Thanksgiving in the United States.  I realize many of our community members live outside the US. But, I still believe it is important to take time be thankful and show appreciation.

Many of you interact via blog comments or share your thoughts through social media -  you help to make this community more dynamic.

Most of our thousands of community members silently read the blog or listen to the podcasts in the background.  Although we may not have connected; I want you to know that I appreciate you too.

All the best to you.

Rosh

Small reward for big ideas?

Wednesday, November 24th, 2010

If you blog about the basics of your industry you will earn traffic.  If you are funny and make people laugh you will gain a following.  If you create top 10 lists your blog will receive viral traffic.

If you write from the heart or share cutting-edge advanced ideas the crickets in the community background will be louder than the typing on your keyboard.

The question for many bloggers is: Do I want to be an insightful professional or develop a large following?

It is possible to be a well-received thought leader by sharing new and innovative ideas.  Some leaders are widely read, but I would suggest that many of the best ideas are lost in the long tail of the Web.

Popularity is great for the ego.  But, if your writing helps only one person whom you have never met, I suggest you have succeeded as a blogger.

Note: The morning after, I’m not sure I agree 100% with this post.  What do you think?