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Oct
5

New Media Photographer Podcast 69

Monday, October 5th, 2009

This week Rosh talks about new things you need to know and reflecting on the benefits of social media.

  • Time 30:00
  • Hosted by Rosh Sillars
  • This podcast is about social, digital and new media and how it relates to the photographer.
  • Topics on this week’s show: Social Media, Fuji 3D camera, Jason Z (repeat) on Digg.com, search, new things you should know, taking photos with my phone (not camera), Posterous.com , facebook, Twitter,  the benefits of social media, adwords, what works and what does not. Xtranormal.com, creating messages using animation, reflecting on social media, please for give the couple glitches – I just want to get this podcast released.
  • This week new media photographer – news headlines: Fuji 3D camera
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Sep
11

Is Facebook lite a Twitter killer?

Friday, September 11th, 2009

What do you think of Facebook lite?

Last night Facebook released the rumored Facebook lite. It’s a slimmed-down version of the main Facebook social media Web site.

Is it a Twitter killer?

I don’t think so. It’s a nice alternative for those who don’t like all that distracting stuff on the main site. Facebook is a closed community; Twitter is open to the world.

In my opinion, Facebook is where you keep up with family, friends and associates. Twitter is more media and information driven.

Will it make a difference? Only if the lite version becomes public and can be indexed by the search engines. If that happens then Facebook lite becomes a media stream.

Personally, I don’t want that to happen. I’m having too much fun sharing with family and catching up with old school friends.

Rosh

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Sep
3

ScreenTweet – more than you think

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

Last weekend I was interviewed by a local reporter about ScreenTweet, which is a screen shot, image and video delivery application to share content on Twitter. The reporter properly captured my thoughts, mood and comments. Unfortunately, I feel I minimized the value of ScreenTweet.

I’m even more excited about ScreenTweet’s presentation product, Ignite 4. I hope applications for Mac and the Web will soon follow.

In the interest of full disclosure, I have met the people and toured the Scate technologies facilities in Orion, Mich. I have also shared my enthusiasm for the company’s products on my podcast. But after reading my quotes in the article, I feel I appear lukewarm about the product. Therefore, I thought I would write a review of ScreenTweet on the new media photographer blog.

It should be mentioned that there have not been any comments or complaints about my quote in the article.

Screentweet displayed at Newmediaphotographer.com

There are a number of good photo delivery systems online. Tweeting photographs is rather easy. Sites like Twitpic, Tweetphoto, Yfrog, Twitgoo, Picktor (still in alpha testing), Img.ly and Pikchur all offer an easy method of sharing photographs. But, ScreenTweet is a great value with a growing suite of features worthy of consideration.
The site layout is user friendly. It is a comfortable platform on which to work. Other things I like: it has a screen capture capability and the ability to share embedded videos from your favorite sources such as YouTube, Vimeo or CNN.

Uploading photographs is extremely easy and can be done via the Web or phone. Once an image is uploaded, you can add tags, a pointer, text and audio comments.

Your posts are not limited to Twitter. You can send content to Facebook, Linkedin, Tumblr, Digg and at least 50 other destinations. ScreenTweet also has its own link-shortening tool. I’ve mentioned before I wish the site had more analytics, but to be fair, I wish all sites had more analytics.

Knowing what I do about the technology behind ScreenTweet and its sister applications, I feel the options will continue to grow at a solid pace and users will continue to enjoy its functionally and expanding catalog of applications.

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May
21

31 things you are not doing

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

Listed below are 31 things you are not doing for your photo business, but should be doing. Many are advanced ideas. Some ideas, like flossing, are things you know you should do, but don’t. The rest are ideas that never crossed your mind.  Ultimately, I believe you will find a few ideas on this list that you are not doing.  If that is not the case and you are doing all of these things, good for you.

You are not …

1. Creating video slide shows of your work or portfolios

2. Placing your videos in the local Google search

3. Using Digg or StumbleUpon to share your photographs

4.  Re-releasing older blog posts on Twitter

5.  Publishing your blog through Amazon for the Kindle https://kindlepublishing.amazon.com/

6. Effectively using site maps on your Web site

7. Managing your RSS feeds with Feedburner

8. Tracking the effectiveness of your links with Bit.ly (or other link shortners w/ analytics)

9.  Customizing your Photoshop Web galleries

10. Placing Google Analytics code in all your online client Web galleries

11. Regularly sending promotional post cards

12. Sending thank you cards via U.S. mail

13.Using Grader.com to review your Web site through the eyes of Google

14. Offering special gifts in exchange for prospects’ e-mails

15. Creating affiliate programs to sell your work

16. Ignoring the stupid games, polls and applications on social media sites

17. Scaling your Web activities for mobile devices

18. Remembering that Google isn’t the only search engine on the Web

19. Backing up your digital files off site

20. Writing articles to help establish yourself as an expert

21. Testing your Web sites on different browsers

22. Calibrating your monitor on a regular basis

23. Calibrating your printer

24. Optimizing all your pages —  not just the front page – for searches

25. Placing meta data and water marking images before you upload to the Web

26. Thanking people who link to your Web site or blog

27. Offering Web site translation buttons for your international prospects and customers

28. Syncing all of your communications tools so they work seamlessly

29. Creating and updating a price list

30. Culling your contact lists

31. Understanding your changing market

 

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May
19

Bit.ly is big stuff

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

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Link shortening is an important and necessary step, especially in the world of micro-blogging.  TinyURL.com, which shrinks long URLs into short links, has been serving the Internet community well since 2002. Today, there are new services with even more options.

Since the launch of TinyURL, micro-blogging has become more  mainstream. Web sites such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn limit the space in which to express thoughts and share links.  More reliable services have become available, such as http://is.gd. The best of these services, in my opinion, is Bit.ly. Its service is bigger than its name.

Signing up to Bit.ly allows access to a world of knowledge. But, you can easily use the Bit.ly link-shortening service to share a long URL without signing on to  the site. 

Once you are in the system, you can post your shortened links instantly to Twitter.  Below the posting box is link tracking — one of the most addictive elements of the site.  The system automatically tracks the number of times a link is clicked.  The tracking includes displaying the location of the clicks, retweets, referring Web sites and a timeline. These are just a few of the growing list of features.

Another beneficial tool is the Twitter link search traffic analyzer.  You can search key words on Twitter and analyze the most popular links related to the key word.

Who can resist such easy-to-use tools that offer so much useful information?

Words drive traffic in the micro-blogging space. A request to “check out” my great blog post or photograph will not offer the same results as asking a compelling question or sharing a moving description.

The ability to analyze your traffic allows you to understand what works and what doesn’t.  This site offers an excellent method of testing headlines and improving traffic to your Web site or blog.

Bit.ly is one of the best free, easy-to-use, and useful tools available on the net today.

 

Rosh

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