If you’re reading this you obviously have stumbled across my blog somehow – either because I’ve done photos for you or someone you know or because someone has shared my work with you. In a very short time I’ve begun to learn how many of you have come to admire my photography and as I continue to build my portfolio I must take a moment to thank you all early on for the support. In the short time that my web site, blog and facebook page have been live online I have received more responses to my work than ever before. As I continue to build my portfolio I encourage you all to share my work with those you think might be interested. I thought I’d share with you a few ways to help you share my work and ways that might make it easier for you all to stay updated with my photography and the many other things I’ll likely be involved in the months to come.
SUGGEST FANS
One of the easiest ways for you to share my work with others if you use facebook is to head over to my facebook fan page and choose the link to “suggest to your friends”. It’s located on the top left of my fan page and once you choose the link it will prompt you with a list of your facebook page. Hopefully this screenshot will help you guys find the link.
Thus far I have 365 facebook fans – so I’m curious to see how much of a difference you all can make in promoting my photography to others who might be interested in seeing my work.
SUBSCRIBE TO MY BLOG
My blog uses RSS, which means you can subscribe to it – much like you can subscribe to a newspaper. You can do this either by email or by using an RSS reader. On the bottom right of my blog is an email subscription link – which means as I update my blog you will receive an email with updates. If you’re unsure of RSS but interested in subscribing to the RSS instead I’ve written a couple tutorials over on Valencia’s graphics blog { 1 | 2 } that may help you understand it. RSS is definitely one of the biggest things that has simplified my life and helped me stay updated the last few years – and it’s definitely the easiest way to know when I post something new on my blog. I will continue to post updates regularly in the coming months to share with you all my photography and other things of interest that I’m involved in.
JOIN FLICKR
Flickr is another way I share my photography. It’s by far the best photo sharing web site out there – so I use it regularly. I continue to post work in flickr to share with family, friends and others interested in my work. Through flickr you are able to comment or favorite photos of others and you are able to post your own photos to share online. Best of all, it’s free to join! Here’s the link to where I’ve been posting some of my photography.
WORD OF MOUTH
I realize not everyone is on facebook, twitter, flickr, using email or RSS – so if you know of others interested in my photography you may share my web site: www.amandakern.com. I’ve come to learn just in this short of time that word of mouth is by far the best way to promote a business. In fact, virtually everyone I’ve photographed to date has been referred to by someone who somehow knew me. So though moving forward I may begin to seek out other ways to promote my photography – I must thank all of you who are already fans – thanks to your support I’ve been able to come such a long way with my photography in less than two years.
So enough of the sappy moments, don’t be shy…no pressure — go have fun suggesting my photography to your friends and family.
And seriously…thank you all!!!
by Amanda Kern
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