bill_burke1

<p>Hi Holly, your website is done well. Its simple and classy. Just a few thoughts - on the home page, I would put a few more images on the slide show. They should be the best of the best of the best to grab visitors and make them want to start looking further. The images are beautiful - they show your distinct style. That said, to ask the question about why no clients and relating it to the website is a little "off". Very few clients are going to find you just by doing a web search. Do you know how well your SEO is getting you to show up on the first page of google? If someone has to type in your exact business name, city and "portrait photography" to see you on google, you need to tweek your SEO. Also, your website is only 10% of your overall marketing strategy. You should be networking with other vendors (hair salons, bridal shops, limo companies, floral shops, etc etc.) Offer them big beautiful images of their work with your logo to post in their stores. Use facebook and the targeted ads they offer. Hook up with existing studios and offer to back them up for dates where they double book themselves (you'd be photographing as part of their studio, but this will help you build up your portfolio if you get them to allow you to use certain images.) Also - work on getting a diverse portfolio (different ethnicities, religions, same sex marriages, etc) - this makes you more marketable and opens up a wider cliental. I know you probably don't want to do weddings, but consider this - newlyweds will need to update their portraits and will probably end up having babies. As these families grow up, you'll be there to do their portraits - as long as you have a good method of staying in touch and on their radar. As a previous poster mentioned - there are WAY too many newbies and hobbyists out there with a D90 and a Go Daddy website offering portraits and weddings for free, just to see if they can do it. That's your competition, not the veteran photographers who have a solid client base.</p>