Posts Tagged ‘Plug-in’

Feb
18

A few thoughts on Flickr

Thursday, February 18th, 2010








Flickr isn’t your professional portfolio, but it is becoming a more important part of a photographer’s business.

We know that photography buyers at all levels are using Flickr to find images and talent.  Many buyers are looking for cheap photography. If someone is interested in your image — especially if it is of a unique subject, style or person — you have negotiating power.  Use it.

Last week was a big one for Flickr  with the integration of Apple, Google and Microsoft applications.  Flickr has great functionality and applications that make storing images off site much more useful.  Some of the plug-ins, for example, will allow you to pull your images directly into your blog post with the click of a button.

In addition to Flickr’s own easy upload application, Apples’s iPhoto and Abode’s Lightroom also have a Flickr upload available. Remember to add key words to your images. Build a community around your work by getting involved in groups and commenting on other people’s photographs.

No matter how functional Flickr is, remember Flickr is not your portfolio and should not should be treated as such.

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Jul
13

New Media Photographer Podcast 57

Monday, July 13th, 2009

New media photographer show notes:

This week Rosh talks about social media – it’s just media and your bounce rate.

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Jul
6

New media photographer podcast 56

Monday, July 6th, 2009

New media photographer show notes:

This week Rosh talks about prosperous artists academy, Synectics Media, word press plug-ins and email.

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Jul
2

WordPress plug-ins I like to use

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

WordPress is an amazing platform.  The plug-ins available make it even better.  Here are a few plug-ins I use for my blogs and Web sites.  Most of these plug-ins are available at http://www.wordpress.org.

  • Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is an important part of growing your blog. I would recommend either of these SEO plug-ins every time you start a new blog:  All in one SEO Pack and Platinum SEO Pack
  • Google xml site maps: Site maps help Google and other search engines find all our your pages.
  • Ultimate Google Analytics, Google Analyticator or Google Analytics for WordPress: All three of these allow you to use your Google analytics with WordPress.
  • Sociable:  Automatically places buttons at the base of each post so visitors can share your content at their favorite social media sites.
  • WordPress Stats: This is the standard for keeping track of basic statistics for WordPress blogs. Cystats in another one I’ll plug in once in a while.
  • Podcasting: I use both podpress and podcasting for sharing my podcasts
  • eShop has worked well for e-commerce.
  • Zemanta: This plug-in gives you contextual content recommendations. I like this plug-in because it helps save me time trying to think of all the key words I need for post tags.
  • WishList: If you want create  a membership site, try WishList. This is not a free plug-in, but worth the money.  They really are engaging their users with support and information. http://member.wpwishlist.com/
  • I’ve been using Simple:press for the forum at prosperousartists.com.  It has a ton of features.  If you are not interested in a lot of features I’ve also heard good things about WP Form.
  • WP super cache is a good plug-in if you are looking to increase load time speed.  I’ve used it.  It’s a pain if you are updating your settings on your blog.  Make sure you deactivate it if you have a lot of work to do.

I don’t use these plug-ins, but I’ve heard good reviews:

  • NextGEN Gallery: Flash gallery to display your photographs, it’s always been a popular choice.
  • HeadSpace2 SEO
  • Contact form 7
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