Question:
Need a website/web designer to set up my photography business. Tight budget?
Talia W
2008-05-15 06:57:10 UTC
Hiya, as above im in need of my own website to offer wedding photography aswell as other photographic services. Im not looking for a highly techy site ie:flash everywhere, but would obviously like it to look proffessional and inspiring to potential clients.

I ahve tried using clikpic and another photographers site, yet these are still too confusing for my brain and would rather a know-it-all web designer had a go instead.

Im just starting out and recently graduated, so a tight budget is in place.

Would love to hear from any creators or anyone that can recommend someone.

Thanks in advance,

Talia
Seven answers:
anonymous
2008-05-15 12:15:44 UTC
If you know anyone who has a current Mac computer and subscribes to a .mac account, you can generate a complete full-fledge photo website using I-Web software. To cover the URL with your domain name [which you can obtain from godaddy.com], merely use godaddy's forwarding with masking option. And prior to publishing your website on major search engines, i.e., Google, Yahoo & MSN, make sure to set up your SEO metatags on the index.html webpage.



Here's a helpful tutorials on how that is done:



The most effective way to advertise on the Internet is

to first set up a website and publish its domain name

on major search directories such as Google.com,

Yahoo.com [at http://www.google.com/addurl/?...... and

MSN.com since 85% of Internet shoppers rely on these

search directories to provide them with goods and

services. In a sense, these search directories are a

very large Internet Yellow Pages.



Nevertheless, should your website or opening webpage

fail to contain "generic" keywords, then anyone using

such "generic" queries will not be able to discover

your website. Your domain name [URL] of your website,

in a sense, will be invisible, undiscoverable.



You may want to consider some simple algorithms which,

when observed and committed in designing of a website

with placement of various critical metatags that can

surely achieve a high search engine presence and

increase Internet traffic to your website. These

metatag strategies work well with published webpages

at Google and Yahoo.



Design: Should you create an extensive Flash-based

website, make sure to fill-in the property entries

such as the Title, Description and Keywords. Failing

to do so, leaves no hard HTML or ALT resource that can

be readily indexed by search robots. Also consider the

Internet audience and their incoming setup. For

example, if they are on analog/dialup, Flash webpages

take too long to load up and therefore analog users

will likely lose interest and discontinue entering the

Flash site. On the other hand, anyone on hi-speed DSL

lines, will welcome Flash pages which load quickly. So

before designing a pure Flash websitge, ask the simple

question, "Who's my end user - is he on dialup or

DSL?" And if you had to choose between these two users

for maximum marketability, then select analog users

since 80% of most resident users are still analog

Internet subscribers and pure HTML designed webpages

is best for them.



A non-Flash-based website which relies on hard text,

is far easier to be indexed by search robots. Limit

the use of stylized text saved as .gifs since as a

graphic, they are not indexable by search robots.



Avoid use of frames since any number of search robots

are unable to properly classify textual material.



Placement of Metatags:



A ranking or search order does take place with Google

and Yahoo and it begins with the "Title" metag which

should consist of no more than 65 characters separated

by commas. The "Title" should describe in generic

terms, the goods and services, followed by a location

from which the resource is located, i.e., city, state.

The placement of a domain name which is not generic

within the "Title" is not appropriate, unless your

domain name is a major recognizable brand name.



The second metatag is the "Description" which is

usually 25-30 words to form a complete sentence which

best describes one's goods and services.



And the very last category - "Keywords" are also

somewhat limited to 15-16 words which can be plural

and compound in nature. Again, avoid multiple entries

which could be mistaken as "spamdexed entries" which

is defined as the loading, and submission of

repetitive words into a particular metatag category.

"Spamdexing" when discovered on a webpage and reported

to Google's spamreport.com can result in the

elimination of your website from their search

directory.



Here's an example of a very highly-placed website on

Google.com: Begin with the very "generic" search query

"sandwiches downtown los angeles," taking note to not

abbreviate Los Angeles to "LA" and of course, leave

out the parentheses ("). It will bring up some 2.4

million+ search results. Check out where "Nazos.net"

is ranked. It's ranked No. 1!

Again, Nazos.net's high web presence was achieved by

proper web design and placement of relevant metatags

according to Google's publication guidelines.



Good luck!
anonymous
2016-04-06 03:08:13 UTC
Well, you want to get the best value for your buck. What you could do is offer to do a few sessions for free, in order to build your portfolio (they pay for any prints). If you're wanting to concentrate on weddings, ask independent bridal stores if you can leave a stack of business cards, or flyers. If you're wanting to stick with portraits, tack a business card/flyer on a community bulletin board. With Christmas coming soon, families will want portraits--again, maybe offer a special just to help get the word out. Also, get a small yellow pages ad. Even now, people still turn to the yellow pages when they need a particular business, but don't have someone particular in mind. Good luck!
Viki
2015-12-07 20:33:13 UTC
Try Trick Photography Special Effects : http://tinyurl.com/37qnI4bj6K
Rahul
2008-05-18 22:51:49 UTC
Hi Talia,



I suggest you to check out our website http://www.design2please.com/ and check out our portfolio showing a variety of projects that we have developed recently.



There are high skilled professional websites who will make sure that you get the best output from your investment.



The prices are very much affordable. You can call them at : US & Canada: 888.652.2121 (Toll Free) and find out more
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2017-02-11 08:15:34 UTC
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Andrew B
2008-05-15 07:05:49 UTC
Hi Talia, I just emailed you through yahoo answers.



Thanks,

Andrew
fixtheskyalittle
2008-05-15 14:35:07 UTC
do you have dreamweaver software or is it easily accessible to you?



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