Photo Marketeers

Let me introduce Yahoo Answers to you with this quote…

“When your focus shifts from getting rich, selling more ebooks, and banking more cash to a mindset of adding value to more people’s lives, helping them get richer, healthier, happier, more successful… a paradigm shifts in your success level.”

The above quote by my friend Dr.Mani does a lot to explain ultimately what is at the heart of all successful businesses… whether that’s in Internet marketing, digital photography or any online niche. It’s all about giving. It really does pay to give your knowledge away.

And one great way to give is by using Yahoo Answers. Basically this is where you can go to ASK any questions you have, or answer other people’s questions. (To answer other people’s questions, just search for questions on your preferred topic, and post with an answer. Make sure to drop in a link to your website too!)

I love Yahoo Answers because you get some really, terrifically HONEST questions being asked. And to be able to help these people out is very rewarding. There’s a photography section too, and so you constantly get people looking for photography tips, printing photo questions, selling photos, website help etc.

IF you are knowledgeable in a particular area, it’s worth contributing, and posting your perspective. I try to get in there every week and give it a blast. If your answer is chosen as the best answer, you can end up (down the track) with some good search engine rankings. Yahoo comes with a LOT of link power!

Answers.Yahoo.com - remember to add to Yahoo Answers with quality input.

Yahoo! Answers allows you to make someone’s day each time you reply, give value to people no matter where they live in the world, and share your intelligence (and depth of knowledge) for a good cause.

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One of the most important things I study and constantly watch is the amount of traffic or visitors that flow through to my websites. With my SiteBuildIt (SBI!) site I don’t need to worry too much about how to increase website traffic - I just focus on creating LOTS of content, and let the SBI! submitter engines purr away, working like magic to get my web pages discovered in the search engines like Google and Yahoo.

If you want an all-in-one solution (for $299 a year) then SiteBuildIt wins hands down.

So, if you’re the type of person that just wants to focus completely on creating your web pages, over delivering with great content and helping your visitors get what they are looking for, then SBI! is for you.

Click here to find out more about SiteBuildIt!

But if you don’t have a SiteBuildIt site then there’s other options available out there too. In fact, I use a variety of different tools to increase my website traffic - the newest is this one. (This is one tool so darn valuable that I’d prefer to keep it secret - but I’ve decided to reveal it to the passionate photographers that are reading this!)

This amazing software tool (created by Jon Leger) has allowed me to score 4 top ten rankings for specific ‘photo niche’ keywords in Google within 36 days (since I’ve been a member). And I have no doubt there’s many more top ten rankings to come.

Was I reluctant to fork out $47 a month for this? At first, yes. But it all depends on what you’re selling or offering, and what you want to achieve. One digital photo book sale, a few days of Google Adsense earnings, or a few stock photo sales and you’ve covered your membership fee…

So, from that perspective, it’s definitely worth it…

Click here to read more about this amazing tool.

The other way to attract visitors - and increase website traffic is by writing articles. (The resource box at the bottom of your article will link back to your website or blog). This is the ’slow and steady wins the race’ method that also works wonders. Of course you need to put the time in to actually writing the articles to make this fully effective!

Click here to download a great free guide called Article Marketing Strategies by Alan Cheng that’ll teach you how to write the articles, where to submit them, how to get ideas for your articles, and LOTS more great info…

OK, that’s 3 digital photography tips that I use to attract visitors to my photo websites (including this digital photography business blog). You can easily take one of these methods and use it to get started. Go for it.

Download Article Marketing Strategies Here

“I used to work hard. The 18-hour days. The 7-day weeks. But I didn’t start making big money until I did less - a lot less. For example, this ad took me about 2 hours to write. With a little luck it should earn me 50, maybe a hundred thousand dollars.”

That’s not my quote but you get the idea… The idea is that as a photographer, you want to be utilizing your talents and knowledge and inbuilt genius in the best ways possible. One of these ways is with photography.

You go out and you create art, or beauty, or amazing digital landscapes, or abstract photography, whatever it may be, and you form it into an image. Your genius goes into this image, and then the image travels the globe, end up on magazine stands, posters, postcards, websites, exhibits, t-shirts and a thousand surprisingly different avenues of expression.

For many of you, this is your big mission in life. But having said that, there’s still something missing. You are also capable of expressing your creative talents in words. And if you struggle with this and blurt out “but this is why I take photos, so I don’t have to write!” Then let me assure you that there are an abundance of passionate photographers out there who you can interview at the drop of a hat. In fact, right now, they’re waiting for you to call them!

But make no mistake. Content does rule the Internet, friend.

Cast your mind over the millions of people this very minute with fingers poised, quietly brainstorming within for the right keywords to use to find what they want online. Will they find you? Do you want them to?

But back to the story…

Yes, it’s cool if you’ve got 200 stunning nature pictures on your photo blog or website. But even cooler is if you’ve got articles, reviews and over-deliver with great content on your website, as well as those compelling nature pics.

Because we want to read all about it! We do want to know what makes you tick, what pulls YOU up in the morning, what makes you chase thunderstorms, get up at 5AM to snap the misty start of a new day. All that and more!

And so, after all this… How do you increase website traffic (attract more visitors) then?

Well, one way is by writing articles. (Or do the interview thing I mentioned above). Simple stuff. 500 words or so. Just like you were talking passionately to a close friend. Just talk about what you know best. You can, right? And then you submit these articles to specific websites. Boom.

With a link that points back to YOUR website in the resource box (you’ll put that at the end of your article), your good articles will be picked up by other websites. And all across the web they’ll swim… far and wide. With little friendly links all pointing back towards your website… and LOTS of people reading your article and finding out what makes you tick…

You getting the big picture here? I hope so… Because if I could give you any digital photography tips whatsoever then this one would be HIGHEST on the list.

And now you have no excuse not to take ACTION. Because ‘Article Marketing Strategies‘ (with 51 very revealing pages) is yours to download. All you need to do is click the link above. Or below:

Download Article Marketing Strategies Here

And then go forth and create your digital photography empire!

Image via WikipediaIf you’re mulling over potential photography careers READ this:

Looking out your back door… what do you see?

Where I live I see planes, trucks and automobiles.

Ok not that many planes…

But lots of motorcycles and vehicles and stuff that NEEDS to be insured.

And all those vehicles need a ‘record of documentation’ for insurance purposes. In other words, the ‘insurance people’ need photos of your new Toyota Camry, Mac truck, or Ducati 996 Superbike…

Hmm… So who’s going to gather the photos and REQUIRED info to document the transactions that need to take place?

How about YOU?

In terms of photography careers, this little opportunity TAKES the cake.

The Insurance companies are not going to have their own photographer waiting around in every town, are they? (I’ll just have my 48th Cafe Latte while I wait for the next call…)

It certainly wouldn’t be COST effective…

Now think about ALL the people in your local area right this minute going online for loans, leases or purchasing insurance… (Do people actually visit their ‘local’ insurance, mortgage or loan company anymore?) Would you? After all, it’s much quicker to get it all done and quoted on with a click of a mouse, right…?

Now think about all the companies that need basic and specialized photography work - from leasing to insurance companies and many more.

YOU guessed it… they need photos taken to detail all the essential information they need.

Can you see the potential for your own easy-to-run digital photography business here?

It’d be a GREAT part time occupation or a cosy and FLEXIBLE photography career for the ‘enthusiastic’ photographer who likes to work his or her own hours…

You’d need to have your PC or Mac, a digital camera with reasonable resolution, cell phone, transportation, and the WILL to make this photography career WORK for you…

Need I say more?

Go here to see: http://hurleypix.com/wow

Image by Auzigog via FlickrI’ve HAD an ongoing interest in eBay for a while now, sold the occasional photo using my eBay CafePress method, and mulled over the very cool idea of selling e-photos too.

Then eBay pulled the plug on selling digital products from under our noses.

Of course, you can look at that and immediately SEE shining opportunity.

Just think of all the CD cases and DVD cover box design work a good designer or photographer could now get… After all, all those physical products are going to need some pretty pictures to make them stand out…

And if YOU’VE considering putting together a unique digital photography tips DVD, or wants to still sell e-photos and fast track your digital photography business using info-products (plus learn to be an eBay PowerSeller) then there’s still time…

Anyway…

Along comes John Thornhill to the rescue. John looks at the ‘problem’ and thinks it over for a night or two. On the third night he wakes up with the solution, and a brilliant one at that.

John thinks w-a-y outside the square and says ‘why not sell the digital product from your own site?‘ That’s right… deliver digital products from your OWN website (after you drive traffic from eBay!)

OK John, I’m impressed. You win. There is genius in simplicity.

And now he’s re-launched his own eBook Membership website that will show you exactly HOW to do this…

The whole kit is included… tutorials, videos, tools, even the kitchen sink…

And the best thing?

You get a massive $100 discount if you ACT now (before the price goes up on TUE 20th)

Go here to LOOK now:
http://hurleypix.com/90day

Now, here’s a quick rundown on what you’ll get:

# Automatic product updates - Your website will automatically update with the latest products.

# Automated digital delivery - As soon as a customer purchases the product will be delivered via email.

# Search Facility - Customers can search your entire site for their required eBook.

# AdSense integration - AdSense is integrated at the click of a button.

# ClickBank integration - Your ClickBank ID is added to products and all affiliate links throughout the site at the click of a button.

# Aweber integration - Your aweber ID is added to subscription fields throughout the site at the click of a button.

# Add/Remove Categories - The ability to very simply add/remove your own categories.

# Add/Remove eBook Pages - The ability to very simply add/remove your own eBook pages.

# WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editing - Editing content within your website really could not be simpler.

# SEO integration - Your OWN SEO is added to your site via simple text in the Admin Panel.

In a nutshell it’s ALL specifically designed to be extremely user friendly and amazingly simple! Nearly every single feature on this website is editable from your own admin panel.

http://hurleypix.com/90day

This special will only last for a few days, so if the link is the normal price, sorry!

It’s still worth while of course to learn HOW to set up your own website to sell photos, how to sell digital info products and that cool unique digital photography tips DVD project that you’ve been telling me all about!

http://hurleypix.com/90day

Remember, eBay is where the people GO. And selling information is still as strong as it always was… Why not learn how to do it with an expert?

I’ve always wondered what sort of photography careers you could have yourself in the military.

By the look of some of these revealing images, it seems like a photography career in the military would be a pretty exciting job. Although rather quite challenging at times. Depending of course where you are, and what you’re photographing…

In this absolutely exceptional, compelling photograph, U.S. Air Force Academy graduates throw their hats in the air as the Thunderbirds fly overhead signaling the end of the Air Force Academy graduation ceremony, (Colorado Springs, Colo., May 30, 2007).

A masterful image by Cherie A. Thurlby.

Here’s where you go to see more:

http://www.defenselink.mil/photoessays/photoessays.aspx

In this image (above) U.S. Air Force pararescuemen from the 48th and 58th Rescue Squadrons prepare to load a mock patient into an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during a mass casualty exercise in the Huachuca Mountains in Sierra Vista, Arizona. (July 27, 2006).

U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Veronica Pierce: www.defenselink.mil/homepagephotos/homepagephotos.aspx?month=200608

Sometimes I have pondered what it would be like living the life of a photo journalist who is embedded into military units in hot spots around the world…

Such as photographer (Tim Hetherington) does (above)…

Make sure you go read Tim’s article about US soldiers in Afghanistan. It’s an amazing read…

The images are honest and very powerful.

www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/01/afghanistan200801

Image via WikipediaIn all honesty I personally never took photography lessons, know nothing about the technical side of cameras, and when I went to learn photography skills, I found myself daydreaming of adventures in far and remote lands…

But for some of you, you’ll really get into how the camera works, depth of field, the best new lens, etc, etc…

I, on the other hand, ‘trained’ myself to look for situations that were suitable to shoot. I looked for the right times of the day, locations, objects and materials that were noticeable enough to take note of.

So this means I’m unable to give out photo tips…

But I CAN go for hours on how you can expand your ‘brand-of-one,’ super-charge your website or blog, create multiple information products from what YOU do…

And now, after inserting a huge and overwhelming dosage of Internet marketing into my blood, and carefully mixing that with the vision of a ‘portable’ digital photography business, it has come to be.

Well, almost anyway.

Anyways, no matters what I think, the whole point of all this is about you. Let me help you build up your portable empire, your passive income photo business, so that you are free to do what you darn well want to do, everyday…

The best way to start is by firing your questions at me…

Look for the little ‘comments’ link and click that… and ask away.

Whether you want to sell photos online, sell photos to Alaskans, get your own funky and terrific photo blog, do screen savers or slideshows, create podcasts, or whatever… It’s all DO-able…

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Photography Careers: The Best Kept Secret Of All Time?


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IF you read my last post you’d have a GOOD idea how this video was made…

And as long as the Youtube video (above) is ‘appearing’ then we are good to go. I’ve been having a few slow Youtube days… Maybe it’s because of my location, Southern Thailand…

Anyway…

I jumped full speed into Kevin Riley’s ‘Recipe For Quick And Easy Production Of HOT Promo Videos‘ and this is the result…

It’s certainly pretty impressive.

You might notice I show a URL at the end of the video that points to a niche photo product (that isn’t mine). You could do this - OR you could just use Kevin’s magnificent Recipe to point to your OWN website.

Uploading some of your own photos would do the trick… Instant promotional tool.

Get it here: http://photomarketeers.com/quickvideo/

Hope you like it as much as me…

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Home Based Businesses Go Crazy
Over Innovative ‘Instant Video’ Idea!

Most home based businesses are well aware that video marketing is here to stay. And many are not. They miss the brilliance of video marketing… an incredible medium that can be done by anyone - no matter if you’re a complete amateur, wahm (work at home mum) or top notch professional.

After all, we’ve all (or most of us anyway) been brought up on a ‘visual’ diet… We got TV in us, man. Video is the new TV. Video will help you sell your products, advertise your goods, let the world know YOU exist.

Home based businesses really NEED to, (if they don’t already), seriously consider video as a key business strategy, and use the phenomenal ‘persuasion power’ of video marketing to attract more visitors to their web site or blog…

Don’t believe me? Drop in on YouTube and check out some of the heavily eyeballed videos… from 3000 to 300,000 views and sometimes this figure shoots to well over a million views with some of the most basic and ordinary videos you could ever lay eyes on.

And then, think of this… viral video marketing… Wow! When YOUR video gets picked up and embedded on other people’s blogs and websites, and more and more people see it, and enjoy it so much they then put it on their own website… And so it goes…

All across the Internet you fly… with everyone eyeballing your little URL and popping over for ‘just a quick look’ at your website… the trickle of traffic becomes an avalanche of bulging traffic, streaming in from all across the universe… making your home based business suddenly appear as a BIG player to all.

AND it gets even better than this…

I just invested in Kevin Riley’s ‘Recipe For Quick And Easy Production Of HOT Promo Videos‘ and I won’t sleep tonight for sure. No way in Video Land. I’m primed. Kevin introduced me to a website that actually makes videos for you. It’s the perfect recipe! You just add the pictures, throw in some cool sounds, and click stir.

Get it here: http://photomarketeers.com/quickvideo/

Oh yeah, gotta do a lil’ bit of keyword research beforehand… so you know what people are looking for… (By the way, you can use the free trial at WordTracker - look for the ‘Take The Free Trial‘ box at the top of the page - http://photomarketeers.com/wordtracker/ - or try Spyfu.com to do a similar thing).

Then before you can say ‘viral video’ your work masterpiece is completed and ready to upload to YouTube or an assortment of other video sites.

Hey, does it get ANY better than this?

Kevin’s Hot Promo Videos Recipe guide slammed me like a truckload of bricks as I read through its resourceful, idea-inspiring, image-guided, step by step 97 pages of video recipe goodness…

AND what else? Well it’s WAY underpriced so if you have ever thought about creating videos for affiliate products (or for your own home based business products) QUICKLY then this is the way to go…

NB: He also shows you where to grab your royalty free stock photos to use in the videos too…

OK are we done here? I got a recipe to bake…

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That’s a HUGE number of templates.

Of course I’m kidding though… There’s not 10 million WordPress templates out there floating around in cyberspace. But, I’ll admit, there is rather a LOT. Some are way too ‘out there’ for me, but a few are very COOL…

It does take time to search through and find the right web page templates for your specific needs.

Whether you want to make your own website using WordPress (like this) or whether you want to use your own Photoshop templates… Here it is:

‘How To Create Stunning WordPress Templates Blog That You Can Start Making Money From In 24 Hours Or Less’

You’ll be happy to know I have finished my report that shows you how I created this WordPress blog, and also goes into detail about other ‘photo niche’ websites you can easily set up. But the main focus is on the rockin’ WordPress style…

I did however forget, in my enthusiasm to get this report into your hot little hands, a detailed description of how to create a ‘header’ like the one you’ll see at the top of this blog.

Can add that part later… Leave a comment if you’re interested.

And now, to download your gift gratis (on the house, please tell your friends) just click the link below.

Stunning WordPress templates blog zip

Hope this fires you up to get your hammers, tools and spanners ready to build a nice lil’ niche photo blog or something similar.

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Nb: Follow the instructions below to download your report.

You must have WinZip or a similar program to open the files ending in .zip. If you don’t already have this, go to the WinZip web site below. You should download the “free evaluation version” which will do everything you need. If you need assistance, select the “Brief Tutorial” in the WinZip Help menu.

Download WinZip Evaluation Version

http://www.winzip.com/downhome.htm
http://www.winzip.com/downwz.htm

Try one of these web sites above.

Mac Users get Stuffit Standard here:

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/6326