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I have an outside sales person that receives 15% of what she brings in. But she's under contract.

Ask him, if he wants monetary compensation, if he'd go under contract.

If it's business that treat it as such, if it's cause he likes your work - it'll be because he wants you to succeed.

I would look at Molly West or similar cloth/paper albums. They are about $100 or so and very quality.

Get photo corners and 5x7's and paste them in one to a page.

They can only pay for what they can afford.

You might want to rethink this. I would hate to have to sit through some a bunch of photos to find the one I was looking for. I provide a physical proof book with numbers, along with online proofing.

The proofbook is nice because it is convenient, you don't need a TV or a computer to view it.

The online proofing can be categorized, so you don't need to sit through a long slideshow to find a single photo.

I use Collages.net, but Pictages.com is also out there. I don't like Pictages customer service so switched to Collages.

They will also fulfill photo orders too.

If you are able to shoot your other weddings, despite any health issues.

And if people hired YOU...

You have to own up.

Richard,<br>

I agree that SEO is sometimes overly thought about and under implemented in most cases.

But I still believe that having a great reading site is nothing without exposure.

At the very least a well exposed site that is on page one of Google will have more chances for someone to hire

you. It is all a numbers game.

<p>As far as the main question goes: If you have no experience in HTML, use a blog or have someone build you a site.

You can find inexpensive designers on Craigslist or E-Lance.</p>

<p>I think it's more important to have something that you can hand a business card to someone and they can view your

work at a professional sounding website like "yourname.com"</p>

I have an S2 that I am going to be upgrading soon also. I get amazing images, but I'm ready to jump ship. Fuji will always be a step (or more) behind Nikon.

The D300 has blown away the S5 in so many ways. And since I shoot entirely RAW, I'm not as concerned about blowing out high values in my images.

I only own one lens as well, and I may opt for the D700 and start fresh, with new lenses. And yes, the D700 will auto detect the DX lenses (you will see a rectangle in the viewfinder that indicates the area of coverage).

I will more than likely hang on to my S2 as a second camera. But there are so many reasons to jump the Fuji ship: Faster autofocus, faster frame rate, greater buffers, better flash syncing with speedlights, better software, quicker product releases.

I would recommend D300 or D700 (with battery pack you can get 8 fps too)

You should just use your jpgs (full res) for the album. The printing of album pages is likely to be done in sRGB anyway.

Plus I find that getting a client to select 100-200 images is like watching grass grow.

I select the images for the album - and they have a chance to review it and ask for changes.

It makes things go much faster... Including getting paid for the album.

Between the two, Collages wins hands down. I was with Pictage for a couple of years

then moved to Thailand for a year. When I got back they only offered a monthly plan and

I was locked out of my account, had terrible customer service, and if I remember correctly

they still owe me thirty bucks.

What everyone said about the slideshow is accurate, it's much more intuitive and

impactful.

I'm actually surprised that you don't call a week ahead to go over everything and touch base. I wish not to sound like a jerk, but it seems that while the bride does have a responsibility of informing you and other vendors of cancellation, you owe it to yourself and your clients to check in on them sometime before.

I will admit that is quite an odd one though.

You have to bear in mind what the blogs role is. Aside from providing prospective clients internal thoughts about what you are shooting, the most important aspect is providing fresh content on your site.

Google is a huge fan of blogs because they rely on fresh, relevant content on sites to give good rankings.

When you have a site that doesn't change much (pricing page changes once a year, bio rarely ever changes, neither does your philosophy). With those rather stagnate pages you have to rely on your blog to provide that fresh content.

It's up to you whether or not you want to blog, but you'll find that you have to spend the same time investment in other areas to get that traffic.

Happy Blogging (or not)