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<p>Thanks for this forum. It's nice to know what standards and practices for

the community of photographers is.<br>

<br>

Adam<br>

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portfolio/commercial-photography/index.html">Paradigm Digital

Photography</a><br>

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portfolio/web-site-consulting/index.html">Paradigm Web Site Design</a><br>

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<p>The others are probably right, that's a good price. Plus the exposure in

the San Francisco area would be great. A lot of design, web, art companies

are out of the bay. Good luck.<br>

<br>

Adam<br>

<a href="http://www.paradigmprint.com/corporate-marketing-planning/

portfolio/commercial-photography/index.html">Paradigm Digital

Photography</a><br>

<a href="http://www.paradigmprint.com/corporate-marketing-planning/

portfolio/web-site-consulting/index.html">Paradigm Web Site Design</a><br>

<a href="http://www.paradigmhost.com/">Paradigm Hosting</a></p>

<p>Hmm... I think we use Quick Books for our business, but for better advice

go to <a href="http://www.versiontracker.com">www.versiontracker.com</a>

or <a href="http://www.macupdate.com">www.macupdate.com</a> and

search for "accounting"<br>

<br>

I don't know which ones are good for photography or a photo business, but

you should be able to find a couple with some solid user reviews behind

them.<br>

<br>

Adam<br>

<a href="http://www.paradigmprint.com/corporate-marketing-planning/

portfolio/commercial-photography/index.html">Paradigm Digital

Photography</a><br>

<a href="http://www.paradigmprint.com/corporate-marketing-planning/

portfolio/web-site-consulting/index.html">Paradigm Web Site Design</a><br>

<a href="http://www.paradigmhost.com/">Paradigm Hosting</a></p>

<p>When starting a photography business ... start building a web presence

now. Whether you hire someone to build it or you build it yourself. Get a host

and a domain and start collecting your photos and information about what

kind of stuff you shoot. Then submit your site to the dmoz.com . The major

search engines use this for data and it might take a couple months for you to

get listed so start today. You'll feel great when you get your first call saying &

quot;I found you on google".<br>

<br>

And do what the others said to. But get a web site up. Even if its small.<br>

<br>

Adam<br>

<a href="http://www.paradigmprint.com/corporate-marketing-planning/

portfolio/commercial-photography/index.html">Paradigm Digital

Photography</a><br>

<a href="http://www.paradigmprint.com/corporate-marketing-planning/

portfolio/web-site-consulting/index.html">Paradigm Web Site Design</a><br>

<a href="http://www.paradigmhost.com/">Paradigm Hosting</a></p>

<p>Yes, I'd like to hear the experience of some on who submits their work to

stock photography services.<br>

<br>

Adam<br>

<a href="http://www.paradigmprint.com/corporate-marketing-planning/

portfolio/commercial-photography/index.html">Paradigm Digital

Photography</a><br>

<a href="http://www.paradigmprint.com/corporate-marketing-planning/

portfolio/web-site-consulting/index.html">Paradigm Web Site Design</a><br>

<a href="http://www.paradigmhost.com/">Paradigm Hosting</a></p>

<p>We have a customer we do extensive digtal product photography for his

construction equipment. Because we do it digitally and save money on

development costs and don't have to worry about film getting screwed up and

the whole "did we get it" factor... we are able to pass some of the

savings on to him. Film often has more character, but digital is awesome for

commercial purposes.<br>

<br>

Adam<br>

<a href="http://www.paradigmprint.com/corporate-marketing-planning/

portfolio/commercial-photography/index.html">Paradigm Digital

Photography</a><br>

<a href="http://www.paradigmprint.com/corporate-marketing-planning/

portfolio/web-site-consulting/index.html">Paradigm Web Site Design</a><br>

<a href="http://www.paradigmhost.com/">Paradigm Hosting</a></p>

<p>As a web design firm that does some product photography, I would

suggest pumping up your web site a little. Not by design or photos (everything

looks great, one of the best web sites I've seen today.) Here's a couple tips

that will ramp thing up.<br>

<br>

#1: On each page make the title different. Right now all your page titles are

titled "Maria Manjelo - East Brunswick NJ Photography ..." This is

good for one page but each page should be different such as:<br>

<br>

"Adult Portrait Photography"<br>

"Children Portrait Photography"<br>

"Portrait Photography" ... and so on ...<br>

<br>

This way each page is viewed as a separate document by the viewer and

the search engine.<br>

<br>

#2 Make sure the titles of each page have the main searched keywords

first.<br>

Instead of "Maria Manjelo - East Brunswick NJ Photography"<

br>

Try: " Portrait Photography Studio New Jersey Maria Manjelo"<

br>

<br>

Remember on search engines ... you want to get people who don't know

who you are --- New Customers!!! So try a keyword search tool and mix it up

on each page:<br>

<br>

http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/<br>

<br>

#3 Post on photography forums and in the signature of each post leave your

web site address. Such as:<br>

<br>

Post: I think Ansel Adams is overrated.<br>

Signature: Maria http://www.mariamanjelo.com/<br>

<br>

This will tell the search engine that your site is an important photography

site because tons of other photography sites link to it.<br>

<br>

#4 Submit all the pages of your web site and all the pages you post on to the

search engines. That way the search engines will be sure to crawl the page

and realize you are a hot shot photography.<br>

<br>

#5 Give your web stats about a month and watch your visitor count grow.<

br>

<br>

What do you think?<br>

<br>

Adam<br>

<a href="http://www.paradigmprint.com/corporate-marketing-planning/

portfolio/commercial-photography/index.html">Paradigm Digital

Photography</a><br>

<a href="http://www.paradigmprint.com/corporate-marketing-planning/

portfolio/web-site-consulting/index.html">Paradigm Web Site Design</a><br>

<a href="http://www.paradigmhost.com/">Paradigm Hosting</a></p>

Speaking as an "agency" who does photoraphy ... in texas and in colorado

(usa), the increase in demand for digital photography is continually

expanding. Having to work photos into all-electronic layouts of the web or

digtal file formats for printing, digital photos are the best. All though we do a

fair amount of scanning for fine art photographers. So it depends on who you

work with. <br>

<br>

Adam<br>

<br>

<a href="http://www.paradigmprint.com/corporate-marketing-planning/

portfolio/commercial-photography/index.html">Paradigm Digital

Photography</a><br>

<a href="http://www.paradigmprint.com/corporate-marketing-planning/

portfolio/web-site-consulting/index.html">Paradigm Web Site Design</a><br>

<a href="http://www.paradigmhost.com/">Paradigm Hosting</a>