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Self Motivation or What gets me out of bed in the morning?

Unless you have a monster for a boss who likes to micromanage every minute of your day, then the disciplines and behaviors required for achieving your career goals are largely going to be your own responsibility and doing (as they should be.) So instead of waiting for opportunity and success to come to you, I think it’s best to take initiative and begin taking actions every day that will help improve your reputation, your career and ultimately your level of income.

Blog Announcement – Marcus Bell

One of my all-time favorite wedding & portrait photographers, Marcus Bell, just announced his new blog.  Is it a coincidence that I recently wrote an article on blogging awhile back, and now Marcus has a new blog that’s off the hook?  I know it’s probably been in the works for awhile, and its wishful thinking [...]

Blogging to showcase your work and build community

Greetings, photographer friends – This post includes samples of my own work, a special offer and awesome ideas to inspire and inform you all about the brave new world of blogging for pro photographers.  First of all, this is a blog post to share the work from a recent wedding.  While I could have spent hours [...]

Photo Cart by PicturesPro rocks!

I just wrapped up another article for Rangefinder which I think will help photographers decide on the best sales solution for selling images online.  If you already have a selling system in place, I think it will provide some food for thought. After completing my article I asked Tim from PicturesPro if I could evaluate Photo Cart.  [...]

Quick tips for Landing Page Design

Here are some quick, if not obvious (to me) strategies to help improve the quality and effectiveness of your website.  I just browsed several photog websites, so please bear with me while I think out loud.  Feel free to comment and let me know your thoughts. Instead of Googling for “10 tips on Landing Page [...]

Delighted by inspiration

If you are like me, inspiration comes and goes, and when it comes it is always a delightful surprise.  In reflecting back over the years, I admit that I have always held a private curiosity about writing for pleasure and for publication.  Everyone has at least one good book in them somewhere, or so we [...]

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