SEO Advice for Photographers
If you want to be found on the Internet by people searching for photographers then good SEO is essential!
Google, (or any search engine) is looking for the best site [...]
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Strange Long Tail Keyword Searches
Somebody searched for the long tail keyword "person trapped behind a bar code" and ended up on finding this image on my site. The long tail keyword is key [...]
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Traffic and The Future of Photography
Building traffic is a long term endeavor that may hold the key for continued success in the photography market.
An Unpleasant Truth For Photographers
The recent sale of The Huffington Post [...]
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A Thousand Visitors a Day: Taking Stock
Keeping up with SEO, social media, and creating images can be overwhelming, but in the long run will, I believe, be worth it!
A Thousand Unique Visitors a Day
I reached [...]
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Forget about Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is secondary to content for building significant traffic for your photography (or other) business.
SEO, Quality Content, and Search Terms
Am I serious when I suggest to [...]
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Interview with Photographer Quang-Tuan Luong
Photographer Quang-Tuan-Luong Interview:
Quang-Tuan Luong, Phd., is much more than a world-class photographer. From a technical climber to a mountain guide to a University professor and contributor to the fundamentals [...]
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Long Tailed Key Words and a Tidal Wave of Money
Long-tailed key words are the key to success in generating traffic to monetize stock photos on the Internet.
Searching The Internet For Images...and a Tidal Wave of Money
Every so often [...]
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Twenty Months of SEO and Monetizing Photography
Even with a bad sales report the only reason I might be tempted to jump from a balcony is to make a splash!
Getty, Corbis and Abysmal Sales Reports
My Getty [...]
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Google Image Search and a Wake Up Call For Photographers
A unused jetway or gangway stands deserted on the airport tarmac representing missed opportunities, missed connections and being left behind as well as a host of other business concepts [...]
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A New Breed of Art Director And Success
Lol Cats, Funny Animal Pictures and Key Words
I want people to find my funny animal pictures, a lot of people. I want to make it really easy for cat [...]
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Genghis Kahn, Mongolian Hordes and Your Own Destiny
Not having a system to deal with flash memory cards, especially in the heat of battle, cost me most of my images from this Genghis Khan re-enactment. Having my [...]
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Facebook, Twitter and Stock Photos
A businessman, briefcase in hand, stands before a fork in the road as he faces choice and a decision
We all face constant choices in our business such as where [...]
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Social Media, An Art Buyer, and Google Image Search
Social media and networking is illustrated in this stock photo by showing the teen-aged girl's network of friends and family in a sphere of portraits.
Social Media and Google Image [...]
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Cute, Funny Animal Pictures and Plan “B”
Funny cat picture of two cats relaxing and chatting in a beauty spa
Funny animal pictures are part of my Plan "B" to diversify and increase my security and earning [...]
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Funny Animal Pics, Concept Stock Photos And SEO For 2010
This funny animal picture started my Animal Antics collection of anthropomorphic pet pictures for greeting cards, coffee mugs, and other products.
I believe it will be increasingly important to produce [...]
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To Stop Photo Theft, The Best Defense Is A Good Offense
My "Animal Antics" funny animal pictures, such as these two bulldogs sumo wrestling, are my most infringed upon images.
Appropriated Images And Lost Opportunities
Sometimes it makes me a little [...]
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Penetrating The Consumer Market For Photography
Turbulence, Change And Pictures As Products
In this crazy time of turbulence and change in the photography world, I think it is extremely important to keep an eye on, and [...]
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Traffic, The New Currency For Photographers
Traffic Is The New Currency
I am not sure if the above phrase is entirely accurate, but it sounds catchy and it does convey my point that traffic is rapidly [...]
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Golf Greens, Key Words And Challenges
Key Word Suggestions And Getting It right
Key words make me crazy! They make me crazy and I don’t even have to do them. While the agencies that carry my [...]
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Odds, Ends And The Long Haul
An Interview, Imagekind and CafePess.
Had a nice interview by Marc Silber Marc Silber Interview go online.
Sold a print on Imagekind this week. That makes about one print a month [...]
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My flickr Experiment
I am amazed at how resistant I am to trying new things! Specifically I am talking about using social media and the Internet. I believe in the Internet, I [...]
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On Getting Seen
I met a designer at a party this weekend. He says he buys a lot of stock photography…and always at iStockphoto. This brings up for me a continuing concern. [...]
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Seeing the “Big Picture”
Seeing the big picture
I once read an interview with a man who lived in the Canadian Rockies. He was quoted as saying that "…the mountains are OK, but they [...]
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Multi-tasking to success
Multi-tasking my way to success
Just finished an article about the creation of my latest concept stock photo. http://www.johnlund.com/Artcl35-conflict.htm I have this theory about one way to be successful in [...]
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The most valuable thing for my stock career right now
The most valuable thing, right now, for my business success
I often ask myself “what is the most valuable thing I can do right now for my business success?” As [...]
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