Posts Tagged ‘tags’

Building a blog

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

This blog has been live for about five months.  It’s a growing blog, of course, not growing fast enough for my taste.  But, there is a lot of competition for your eyeballs and ears.

Your ears have been filled with information about social, digital and new media and how it relates to the photographer during the last twenty podcasts. The content of the blog has grown formed and shaped during the passing months.  I think the blog is looking good. But, it can be  better.

Now is the time to up the game and grow even faster.

How? The answer is simple.  It’s the only answer. 

Redesign…No.

Create a new logo…No

Spam every email address I can find?….No

Place good branding banner ads all over the internet…. No

Offer better content…. Yes.

Newspaper publishers are you reading this?  Businesses fearing the recession do you understand? 

It’s always about what you give…. not cut, gain or take away. 

It’s time to start building the new media photographer community.  Are you a new media photographer?  If you create electronic photographic images and place them on the web, the answer is yes.  What can you share with your community?

To take this blog to the next level do I need to offer more, better or different content?  That is my question to you. My opinion doesn’t matter.  The only real question that counts is what content are you looking for?  

 

 

New media photographer podcast #20

Monday, October 27th, 2008

In this edition of the new media photographer podcast I review the last two weeks of blog posts and share the new media photographer of the week.

Rosh

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Blogging as easy as email

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

 

 

Posterous is a very easy email to blog system.  

If you are looking for a blogging platform, but don’t care to learn the technical side of blogging, this is a solution for you.  If all you know how to do, or desire to do, is use email and attach photographs then Posterous is an excellent answer.  Posterous will make you a blogger in a matter of minutes with the ability to post anywhere you have email access.

Posterous is the anti-WordPress.  I use WordPress for my blogs, it has more options than I know what to do with.  But, not everyone desires nor has the time to learn such a deep blogging platform.

I’ve tested the Posterous email to blog system and I am very impressed.  It really is simple.

Even signing up is easy.

The system recognizes your email and posts it to your customized blog automatically.  No need to worry, you may edit your posts later in the system if you wish.

My test blog is at Posterous is http://rosh.posterous.com

Bottom line: this is easy.  I like easy.  

Rosh

Tweet your images

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

There are a number of ways to send photographs to your twitter.  Twit Pic is one of the better options.  It follows the Twitter platform and is easy to use.  It has three simple steps. 1) Login to twitter, 2) upload and 3) send. 

Words of wisdom

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

Two of the best techniques I know of to support your photography are extremely simple.  Often the simple ideas are the most powerful.  The two statements below reflect such a philosophy.

 

 

Do what works

Let go of what doesn’t work

 

Although the ideas sound simple they are not easy to accomplish.  How may people do you know who have failed and started again using the same poor business model.  

How about relationships?  I have a few friends who keep picking the same partner over and over with different names and wondering why the relationships never work.  The same can also hold true for business relationships.

These statements are also true for new media and social media.  Embrace what works and let go of the platforms that don’t work. Just because you’re comfortable with it doesn’t mean it is the best solution for you. Although new inventions to support your photography are created everyday, you don’t have to use all of them.

Rosh