Business

How I Became A Professional Photographer

September 2, 2010

The path to becoming a professional in anything is daunting. I have heard some say that it takes a lifetime and other say that to be a professional it just means doing your job when you don’t feel like it. Regardless of what you believe a professional consists of I thought it would be interesting [...]

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Why I Buy Locally Most of the Time

August 31, 2010

I am a huge advocate of shopping locally. I believe that we are becoming less and less of a small business friendly nation. The United States was built on Small Business, but due to convenience and the must have it now mentality, it is hard for small business to compete. Because many small businesses have [...]

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Wedding Photographers, a Brides Guide to Booking One

August 10, 2010

Since I began my (slash) Photography career I have heard many stories from others about their experience with Photographers. Depending on who I am talking to, some of those stories are funny, some creepy and others outright sad. My wife and I have acquired many married friends since our own wedding who have shared their [...]

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Slash Careers

August 10, 2010

I want to write more about this later… I am often asked what I do and I usually refer to myself as a Wedding Photographer and Website Designer. That answer is followed up by the question, which do you enjoy more? Which is a much more difficult question to answer. Many of us are wearing [...]

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Facebook vs The United States

April 6, 2010

Info-graphics have definitely been the trend this year, and I have yet another one to share with you. Muhammad Saleem broke down Facebook’s user base and compared it to the population of the US. Demographic information is important when deciding how you are going to market to Facebook users. I have been focusing my marketing [...]

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Social Networking Etiquette Lesson

April 1, 2010

Social Networks such as Facebook and Twitter have been exploding over the last few years. Businesses have flocked to this new space because that is where the people are. Active business people, sometimes known as “Movers and Shakers” are usually the first to take part in using new networks to their advantage. However, the tone [...]

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Just How Powerful is Facebook You Ask?

March 30, 2010

Facebook has became what those who were here before it couldn’t have dreamed of becoming. With 400 Million users spending an average of 55 minutes logged in every day it’s apparent why there is so much hype surrounding this website. Almost every day I get asked the question, “What can I do to use Facebook [...]

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Being More Referable

March 25, 2010

In a world where everybody has an incentive program and a special offer in an attempt to create additional referrals they are really missing the point. It is true that these things will do something to generate more business but it really takes a different approach to create referrals that keep coming and regenerating through [...]

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Everything You Need to Know About the Value of Social Media Sites

March 14, 2010

With all of the self proclaimed “social networking experts” out there it is hard to decide who to believe and trust. Most of them want money from you in trade for what they call their “experience”. However what makes me smile is that almost none of these people have any business experience at all. If [...]

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Tutorial: Foursquare, Gowalla, Yelp and Brightkite for Small Business Owners

March 9, 2010

The other day I posted an audio blog about using social location sharing apps to promote your business. I decided to walk through the apps on my iPhone to give you an example of how to do this. The apps I suggest using in the video are Foursquare, Gowalla, Yelp and Brightkite. The great thing [...]

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