Almost 100% of my potential customers who contact me on the phone have ALREADY been to my web site to see the kind of work I do...by the time they call me, they have an idea of my work and whether or not they like my style. For that reason alone doing a site is very worth my time....it weeds out those who may not like my style. I put my web address on EVERYTHING...business cards, ads, thank you notes, etc. It's as important to me as my phone number. Lea ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gavyn Aaron" <gavynaaron@xxxxxxxxx> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 7:53 AM Subject: Re: On the Road > I believe that it ranks at the top of the list with any standard advertising > you do. There are two ways to look at it: > > 1) I only got a few sales from the web site last year. I don't think it's > worth it. > 2) Wow! I got a few sales from my web site last year that I wouldn't have > had it I didn't have the web site! > > A web site, today, is like a business card. It's not a question of whether > or not you need one. It's only a question of how big, extensive, inclusive > or whatever you need. > > You can get a free hosting account in many places and use it as a place to > showcase some of your work, contain basic contact information and what not. > You've lost nothing more than the time it took to create it, and if you > don't rely on it for a large portion of your sales then you don't need to > spend a lot of time updating it. > > I use mine as a major marketing asset to my business. The vast majority of > my contacts are made online, and most of my work (including submissions, > invoicing, etc) are done online as well. Others prefer to use more > traditional methods that work well for them > > ~G~ > > Regards, > Gavyn Aaron > Photographer/Artist > OutBC Productions > (Ph) 832-794-1671 > (E-Mail) GavynAaron@xxxxxxxxx > (Web Site) http://www.OutBC.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gregory Stempel" <fyrframe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" > <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 3:45 AM > Subject: Re: On the Road > > > > Hi Gavyn, > > > > The word "best" wasn't really the issue, I have contacts who have seen > more > > action from their yellow page ad, than their website. Some have said they > > have but just a few sales each year that are directly related from their > > websites. Something like 8000 new websites are started everyday, and > almost > > as many fail. Volatile? Transitory? > > > > I agree, I get a lot of people asking if I have a website and if nothing > > else, I seems to send a message about competence or market savvy, or tecno > > presence. I also get "do you shoot digital?" almost everyday now. I'm not > > shooting any better. > > > > Website traffic seems to be but one of many avenues for today's shooter > and > > I wonder where on the list of options does it reside? > > > > Take care, > > Gregory david Stempel > > FIREFRAMEi m a g i n g > > www.americanphotojournalist.com > > > > > > > > >
