Comments on: Element One Photography Blogging http://www.practicalphotography.net/element-one-photography-blogging-209.html Sat, 19 May 2012 04:14:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Kim Koehler http://www.practicalphotography.net/element-one-photography-blogging-209.html#comment-442 Kim Koehler Sat, 17 Jan 2009 01:54:27 +0000 http://www.practicalphotography.net/?p=209#comment-442 Hi this is Kim Koehler, owner of Element One Photography. I would just like to clarify a couple things. When I started Element One, it is true that I did not have the money to build a custom html or flash site. I started a website through a very inexpensive web hosting site with a free flash template. I did not spend a ton of money or "my savings" on a flash site. I invested my money first in local print advertising and worked on spreading my word of mouth advertising. To put in a fair word for myself, I did not commit marketing "suicide", since putting up the flash site was a temporary, inexpensive, and almost instantaneous way to post a great looking portfolio on line. I see no harm in that! I do recommend a html site. However, that does take time, and money to get one that is not ridiculously cheesy, so it won't kill you to post a online photography portfolio until you have your ducks in a row. I used a site called www.solomodels.com for the first year of my business. I now do, in fact, have a html site www.elementonestudio.com (designed by Eric Lobdell, and coded by Nicholas Krut www.nicholaskrut.com) Blogging definitely increased traffic to my site and is an affordable way to get some seo going for yourself. I would recommend hiring a company like www.searchingsolutions.com to help once you are ready to take on more business! Thanks, Kim Hi this is Kim Koehler, owner of Element One Photography. I would just like to clarify a couple things. When I started Element One, it is true that I did not have the money to build a custom html or flash site. I started a website through a very inexpensive web hosting site with a free flash template. I did not spend a ton of money or “my savings” on a flash site. I invested my money first in local print advertising and worked on spreading my word of mouth advertising.

To put in a fair word for myself, I did not commit marketing “suicide”, since putting up the flash site was a temporary, inexpensive, and almost instantaneous way to post a great looking portfolio on line. I see no harm in that!

I do recommend a html site. However, that does take time, and money to get one that is not ridiculously cheesy, so it won’t kill you to post a online photography portfolio until you have your ducks in a row.

I used a site called http://www.solomodels.com for the first year of my business. I now do, in fact, have a html site http://www.elementonestudio.com (designed by Eric Lobdell, and coded by Nicholas Krut http://www.nicholaskrut.com)

Blogging definitely increased traffic to my site and is an affordable way to get some seo going for yourself. I would recommend hiring a company like http://www.searchingsolutions.com to help once you are ready to take on more business! Thanks, Kim

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