Well, I hope you are up-to-date on your tetanus... Alternatively, you might consider how facebook could work *for* you. I suppose you could start by figuring out if your potential customers are on facebook. If not, if you are marketing yourself to fellow Luddites, then it's not an issue. :) But, if you want to put your "brand" in front of other folks, then it might be worthwhile. I have seen other photographers (wedding and portrait, mostly) really use fb to their advantage... it's the 21st century version of that old shampoo commercial... "and she told 2 friends, and he told 2 friends, and so on, and so on..." Many wedding/portrait photogs have blogs that complement their websites, and every time the blog is updated with new material from their latest shoot, it is linked to the fb page, and the update happens simultaneously. I don't know how much time it takes to maintain... but it might be time better spent than other marketing efforts in getting you to your goal.
Let me know if you get on fb... and I'll "friend" you. :) -c On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 9:10 AM, John Sessoms <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > I say only semi-OT because I am a *Pentax* photographer. > > I attended the Central Region winter seminar for the PPofNC Sunday and > Monday. Hoped there would be at least one speaker with ideas on how to > improve myself as a photographer, but it was all about at marketing > yourself. > > Even the one session that was supposed to be about how to streamline > PhotoShop and Lightroom was about how to get the images up on Facebook > faster. > > It's pretty much 24/7 social media now. Actually left me with a question and > some doubts. > > Q: In this 24/7 assault on Facebook et al, when do you actually make time to > take photographs? > > And none of it addressed my current aims in life. > > I don't want spend 24/7 on a computer marketing myself. I spend far too much > of my time on the computer now just from trying to keep up with this one > mailing list I belong to. > > As a photographer, I don't want to *WORK* full time. My aim is a part time > business to supplement my income just enough to pay for the equipment and > perhaps a little location travel. > > I undertake the *work* of photography for a specific purpose; to allow me to > afford what I need in order to enjoy the *pleasure* of photography. In other > words, I'll take the photos someone wants to buy, so that I can have the > financial resources to take the photos *I* want to take. > > But, it's not worth it if I have to work so hard I never have time for > myself. > > And then there's Facebook. That's a problem in itself. > > I'd rather be trapped in a Bronx phone booth at 3:30am on Sunday morning, > masturbating a rabid mountain lion with a handful of rusty barbed wire than > to spend one minute on Facebook. > > Yes, I *am* a Luddite! > > I'd start a fan page for Luddites Anonymous, but I don't have a Facebook > Account. > > Later ... gotta get ready for school. Looks like the ice has melted enough > that it's finally going to open today. > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1191 / Virus Database: 1435/3376 - Release Date: 01/12/11 > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
