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How to Build Your Photography Website With WordPress in 2020: Part 2

Post Author:Alicia Simpson
Post Category:Recently On Behind the Shutter / Website

Wordpress is a platform with the power to build almost anything you want, but all that freedom makes it really tricky to navigate. Until I found the right tools through a lot of trial and error and crashed sites, I found it frustrating as well (in fact, as I write this, we’re dealing with the headache of switching the ShutterFest site to a new server). In this series, I want to save you all those headaches and show you the entire process of building a Wordpress site for your photography business, from beginning to end.

How to Build Your Photography Website With WordPress in 2020

Post Author:Alicia Simpson
Post Category:Recently On Behind the Shutter / Website

Wordpress is a platform with the power to build almost anything you want, but all that freedom makes it really tricky to navigate. Until I found the right tools through a lot of trial and error and crashed sites, I found it frustrating as well (in fact, as I write this, we’re dealing with the headache of switching the ShutterFest site to a new server). In this series, I want to save you all those headaches and show you the entire process of building a Wordpress site for your photography business, from beginning to end.

Your 2020 Digital Marketing Handbook

Post Author:Michael Anthony
Post Category:Marketing / Recently On Behind the Shutter

Our economy is booming, and for wedding photographers, The Knot and WeddingWire are predicting the highest number of engagements since they started tracking those statistics. There is no better time to start planning than right now. Here are some strategies that you will want to adopt to crush it in 2020 and beyond.

How Important Is Image Optimization for Your Photography Business’s Website and Your Digital Blueprint?

Post Author:Myrna Daramy
Post Category:July 2019 Issue / Recently On Behind the Shutter / Website

As the increasing dominance of visual content continues to expand on the web, it creates new opportunities for increasing your site’s traffic and overall digital blueprint. Just as I tell all of my photography clients, you are the gatekeeper to this valuable content, and you have a slight advantage, because you are the creator of visual imagery.

It’s Time for Some House Cleaning: Easy Updates For Your Website

Post Author:Skip Cohen
Post Category:Business / Recently On Behind the Shutter

While February is right in the middle of what many of us refer to as the slow season, that doesn’t mean it should be a quiet stretch for you. Now is the time to do some serious house cleaning and stop procrastinating about the key elements on your website. You know the areas that need attention, but you’ve been hoping to skate by month after month. Well, there’s no reason to let that dripping faucet continue.

Branding and Marketing to Your Ideal Client

Post Author:Michael Anthony
Post Category:Branding / Recently On Behind the Shutter

Here are the five things that define your brand: logo, imagery, website, social media presence and totality of your past client experiences. Let that sink in. These are all of the things you have to pay attention to when you are building your brand. Let’s dive into each of them and figure out exactly how important they are to your success.

Your Work Is Great But Your Website Sucks (At Getting You Business)

Post Author:Gary Hughes
Post Category:Business / Recently On Behind the Shutter

No matter how many people tell you they love your site, if it isn’t bringing in sales, it needs some work. Making changes to it isn’t going to hurt you. Photographers from the commercial and business worlds often understand something that portrait and wedding photographers don’t: Your website needs to be more than a portfolio. Here are five things your website needs to be relevant.

Set Up Your Business for Success in 2018

Post Author:Skip Cohen
Post Category:Business / Recently On Behind the Shutter

This month marks the slow time of the year for most of us, the first quarter, but it doesn’t have to be. Many of us think that because the revenue stream slows down, so should the work. Being successful in business today is tough enough without the unnecessary challenges so many of you create for yourself. We all do it, me included. So, let’s look at two of the critical areas slowing your growth and come up with a few solutions to set 2018 up for your best year yet.

5 Brand Elements Your Website Needs Now

Post Author:Phillip Blume
Post Category:Branding / Recently On Behind the Shutter

The last time we upgraded our site was in 2011, to a popular WordPress theme. Despite its ease of use, our careful lead tracking made it clear that some pretty major roadblocks must be preventing Internet traffic from reaching us. Let’s look at some of those roadblocks—and how to fix them on your website. By the time you read this article, our brand-new Showit site will have just launched. We’ve invested a lot this year to sit down with many of the most successful web marketers in our industry. And we kept hearing the same tips about effective website design.