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What is a digital photography blog and how can you get one in 10 minutes?
Let’s break it into steps. Here’s how Wikipedia describes a photography blog…
A photoblog (a.k.a. photolog or phlog) is a form of photo sharing and publishing in the format of a blog, but differentiated by the predominant use of and focus on photographs rather than text.
In the case of PhotoMarketeers we use a WordPress template blog, and add the occasional small photo attachment to every post. (The excellent plugin that automates the ‘add photos’ part easily is Zemanta).
You could do a similar thing of course by starting out with WordPress. You can download WordPress for free at http://wordpress.org/
And when you get to the ‘writing’ stage, (like I’m doing now) remember you can add more than just images too… Use bullet points, graphics, etc, to break up the text and make it easier on the eye when your visitors ‘speed browse’ your site.
But I digress…
To keep things simple, what you’d do is add thumbnails or small photos to your photo blog, with links out to your FlickR photo folio, or to SmugMug photo sharing (so the viewer can go see more snaps if they desire).
All this depends on what YOU want your viewers to see…
In our case the emphasis is on the content, and we support the words with images.
But if you wanted to put the focus more on the images themselves then you’d use a photo blog template that’s specifically designed to display photography work. Do a Google search for ‘WordPress photo blog templates’ to find a list of these.
You can also invest in a digital photography blog that’s pretty much plug and play.
That means it’s all set up and ready for you to just add your photos, your content, and then go hassle everyone you know about it. Go here to see one of these (never used this – can’t confirm how good it is!)
If what you’ve just read sounds good then why not take it further and get your hands on my ‘How To Make A Stunning WordPress Blog‘ (for photographers)?
You’ll be able to download this (free) rockin’ guide within minutes once you sign up to my free photo marketing ezine.
That guide explains how to set up your digital photography blog in greater depth with step by step screen pictures showing you exactly what to do, and how to do it.
It’s not that difficult to set yourself up with a photo blog. You can get yourself started in 10 minutes. Next week we’ll explore how to host your photo blog too.
What do you think?
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