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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ohkphoto" data-source="post: 18164" data-attributes="member: 1573">Wanted to share what I learned in a marketing webinar recently (PR WEB and Vocus).  This will also reinforce what Anthony has already said regarding social networking.1.  You must have a web presence with social networking at the top of your list. --the three biggies: Facebook, Twitter, Youtube --it takes a while to build a presence on these sites.2. a good web site for landing from those three sites:  non-Flash, like Anthony said, it's the worst thing because SEO engines don't recognize it.  If your reason for using flash is concern over photo theft, start using slide shows embedded in your blog or webpages.  If you don't want to mess with software, try a service like animoto.com --they do it all for you.  IT's free if you do short videos and don't mind their logo.3. Don't have just one domain --target your audiences --e.g. one for weddings, one for street photography, etc.  I thought it might be good to take each of those items and share what we're doing and give/take suggestions on how to do it better.  Thanks to Anthony, I got started on twitter --marketers are predicting that the growth here is even faster and more impressive than FB.The marketing gurus are comparing the social networking explosion to the gold rush days.  When the starting line shot was fired, the quickest got the best land.  We're at the starting line . . . the businesses who learn to use these tools, will do the best before the rest of the pack catches up.What could be better than free marketing?  Remember what a newspaper ad cost?And this is not just for those who have a business - - if you're even thinking of someday promoting yourself as a photographer, you should start now.</blockquote>

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