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<blockquote data-quote="Essence of Imagery" data-source="post: 3178" data-attributes="member: 920"><p>That's an interesting point of view. </p><p></p><p>Perhaps I'm an old, outdated guy, but I'm not really THAT interested in being found by Google searches. From my experience, and from the experience of the wedding photographer who was my mentor, MOST of my wedding business comes in because someone was directed there by a business card, a contact, or word of mouth. All but one of the weddings I have booked this year have been a result of a referral from a friend or a satisfied client, who told the new client about us, pointed to our website, and the person contacted us because they like what they saw.</p><p></p><p>Don't get me wrong, blogs have their place, but if they are to be kept relevant and on-topic, there is a lot of work to be done. If I'm blogging about the last wedding we shot, the family who wants a portrait session, or the high-school senior who wants their photo taken will most likely move on. Conversely, if an engaged couple is looking for a wedding photographer, and my recent blogs are about landscape photos, a modeling session that I've done, and a few random photography posts, they aren't to dig around to find portfolio images related to our wedding photography.</p><p></p><p>The way I've structured the site, I believe that the people who are pointed to the site will be able to simply skip to what's relevant to them. Hence the simple, non-text driven main menu. From my experience, the first thing I look for/at in any photographers' website is their portfolio. If I like what I see, THEN I explore the other parts of the site. Hopefully this helps explain the reasoning behind the design.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Essence of Imagery, post: 3178, member: 920"] That's an interesting point of view. Perhaps I'm an old, outdated guy, but I'm not really THAT interested in being found by Google searches. From my experience, and from the experience of the wedding photographer who was my mentor, MOST of my wedding business comes in because someone was directed there by a business card, a contact, or word of mouth. All but one of the weddings I have booked this year have been a result of a referral from a friend or a satisfied client, who told the new client about us, pointed to our website, and the person contacted us because they like what they saw. Don't get me wrong, blogs have their place, but if they are to be kept relevant and on-topic, there is a lot of work to be done. If I'm blogging about the last wedding we shot, the family who wants a portrait session, or the high-school senior who wants their photo taken will most likely move on. Conversely, if an engaged couple is looking for a wedding photographer, and my recent blogs are about landscape photos, a modeling session that I've done, and a few random photography posts, they aren't to dig around to find portfolio images related to our wedding photography. The way I've structured the site, I believe that the people who are pointed to the site will be able to simply skip to what's relevant to them. Hence the simple, non-text driven main menu. From my experience, the first thing I look for/at in any photographers' website is their portfolio. If I like what I see, THEN I explore the other parts of the site. Hopefully this helps explain the reasoning behind the design. [/QUOTE]
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