Create your own website
A website in 2010 is perhaps the single most important tool you can have to sell yourself as a photographer. With over 500 billion documents and 2,024 webpages and 109.5 million websites the internet is a very big sea and you are a very, very small Plankton. However by following these small steps, you can help yourself get more noticed and eventually become Krill sized.
Where to start
Unless you have time to study PHP and other web design codes you are not going to be able to script your own website. However there are many tools out there, most of them are free. To help you create a good website.
www.webs.com - This is a great tool if you have no idea about web design or flash. It has plenty of great templates for you to use.
Now you will want to upgrade your website to it has its own domain, so people know its you. Any webs/youdomain names look tacky and unprofessional and wont bring any traffic to your site. Web hosting and domain names are not free, and the webs package comes with a free domain. The prices are very reasonable and are what you would expect to pay for web hosting of this level.
www.wix.com is the second website. This uses flash primarily and requires a very basic understanding of web design. You can have as little or as greater control over the design as you like.
Again pricing is around the same mark as before. However these packages come with a free domain as well as $75 of google advertiseing and $50 facebook advertising. These are very useful for bringing visitors to your website.
Facebook
Facebook is a social network service and website launched in February 2004 that is operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. As of July 2010 Facebook has more than 500 million active users. Users may create a personal profile, add other users as friends and exchange messages, including automatic notifications when they update their profile. Additionally, users may join common interest user groups, organized by workplace, school, or college, or other characteristics.
Facebook is a useful tool for advertising yourself as a photographer. With 500 million users worldwide you can almost force your content onto people. You are guaranteed to get visitors to your website.
www.webs.com - This is a great tool if you have no idea about web design or flash. It has plenty of great templates for you to use.
Now you will want to upgrade your website to it has its own domain, so people know its you. Any webs/youdomain names look tacky and unprofessional and wont bring any traffic to your site. Web hosting and domain names are not free, and the webs package comes with a free domain. The prices are very reasonable and are what you would expect to pay for web hosting of this level.
www.wix.com is the second website. This uses flash primarily and requires a very basic understanding of web design. You can have as little or as greater control over the design as you like.
Again pricing is around the same mark as before. However these packages come with a free domain as well as $75 of google advertiseing and $50 facebook advertising. These are very useful for bringing visitors to your website.
Facebook is a social network service and website launched in February 2004 that is operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. As of July 2010 Facebook has more than 500 million active users. Users may create a personal profile, add other users as friends and exchange messages, including automatic notifications when they update their profile. Additionally, users may join common interest user groups, organized by workplace, school, or college, or other characteristics.
Facebook is a useful tool for advertising yourself as a photographer. With 500 million users worldwide you can almost force your content onto people. You are guaranteed to get visitors to your website.
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